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Home sales momentum to continue

New home buyers, NRI investment drive boom

Slowdown in IT hiring hits recruitment sector

SLOWDOWN IN IT hiring has hit recruitment industry, affecting companies from job portals like Naukri.com to staffing solutions providers like Quess Corp, TeamLease, and others. Just like IT companies, even companies operating in recruitment domain are under margin pressure.

Delay in projects shows lack of investor interest

THE FALL IN value of investment projects completed to a ninequarter low of ₹1.19 trillion in the July-September quarter of this fiscal showed investor enthusiasm is still to revive meaningfully, analysts said.

Auto PLI payout to be ₹480 cr in FY24

THE GOVERNMENT EXPECTS to pay ₹480 crore under the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme to the auto and auto component industry this financial year as against the budget outlay of ₹604 crore, a senior official said on Friday.

Allow GM maize import, raise feed output: CII

Unveils Vision 2047’ for fast-growing sector

Export demand for lab-grown diamonds is back on track

BATTLING SLUGGISH DEMAND for natural diamonds in domestic and international markets, the gems and jewellery market has begun to show signs of revival on the back of growing demand for lab-grown diamonds (LGD).

Stocks of coal at 82 thermal power plants decline to critical levels

COAL STOCKS AT nearly half of the large thermal power units were at 'critical' levels during the weekend, indicating that despite the call for higher imports to shore up stocks, situation is yet to be satisfactory.

Colonial-era post office may be Taj's new address in Lanka

IHCL's proposal with Sri Lankan government

8 top investors see 15-101% wealth increase last Samvat

A MAJORITY OF big investors in the stock market continued to increase their wealth and beat the benchmark indices successfully in the past year.

I-T refunds in H2 to be up by ₹50,000 cr

FY24 figure set to cross ₹3.5-trillion mark

Samvat 2080 kicks off on a strong note

SAMVAT 2080 WAS off to a good start on Sunday in the Muhurat session with the benchmark indices putting up a strong show, driven by IT and PSU counters.

INDIA SUITED TO DEFEND TOTALS WITH APLOMB - Why India should bowl first against Netherlands

IRONY IS BLOWING in the Bangalore winds. Before the start of the World Cup, it had seemed that India were better off chasing, trusting their batsmen.

Here's a hairy truth about your sense of touch

Researchers showed that cells in your hair follicles release important chemical messengers in response to gentle touches to your skin

Is humankind ready for a giant, second leap?

A top scientist has proposed a new way to reconcile the two different ways that our clocks keep time. Meet - wait for it the leap minute

Government in denial, economy in distress

Economists have pointed out that private investment, private consumption and exports have stalled. There are ways and means to accelerate exports, stimulate private investment and encourage more consumption. As long as the government is in denial of the weaknesses and threats it cannot find the strengths and the opportunities

Diwali & fireworks

There is no evidence of linkage between Diwali celebrations and fireworks

Riding on hot air

It's the season of balloon rides, and even Uber offers one now

Shriram Prop Q2 sales bookings up 40%

REALTY FIRM SHRIRAM Properties has clocked 40% growth in its sales bookings to ₹608 crore in the second quarter of this fiscal year on better demand for its housing projects. Its sales bookings stood at ₹435 crore in the year-ago period.

How a city is planned will decide future impact of climate change

HOW A CITY is laid out, called urban land pattern, may help in reducing population exposure to future weather extremes, scientists in the US have found.

Google in talks to invest in AI chatbot startup Character.AI

ALPHABET'S GOOGLE IS in talks to invest hundreds of millions of dollars in Character.

IT firms face challenges in adopting Gen Al solutions

Retail, mfg sectors are at the forefront of Gen AI adoption

Biden and Xi meet next week: No detail too small to sweat

This will be Xi’s first trip to the United States in six years

CSR funding getting pro-climate, one small step at a time

LONG FOCUSED ON health, sanitation and education, corporate social responsibility (CSR) spending is now taking a serious turn toward environment protection.

COMPETITIVE AUTO SPACE - Market share gains tough for carmakers

MARUTI SUZUKI HAS never been so busy. It has launched 10 models in less than two years, but despite this model onslaught of which four are SUV s -the carmaker's market share hasn't changed much.

New EV policy soon, to offer investment sops

To protect auto industry, consumer benefits unlikely

Musk's X has a fraction of rivals' content moderators: EU

ELON MUSK'S X social media platform has just 2,294 content moderators to ensure users comply with EU online content rules, significantly fewer than Google and TikTok, a senior European Commission official said on Friday.

China's biggest lender ICBC hit by ransomware attack

THE INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL Bank of China's (ICBC) US arm was hit by a ransomware attack that disrupted trades in the US.

M&M profit zooms 67% in Q2 on volume boost

MAHINDRA & MAHINDRA (M&M) on Friday announced a 67% year-on-year (y-o-y) jump in standalone net profit for the September quarter buoyed by record volumes and a margin surge that took it past the previous peak of FY19.

Maxwell targeted 'subcontinent' trait in Afghanistan to make them unravel

WHILE THE WHOLE world and importantly the Afghanistan team watched him writhing in pain on the ground, and dealing with cramps in toes, calf, hamstring and back spasms, hoping he would buckle under, any moment, Glenn Maxwell had throughout been working on messing with their minds at Wankhede.

China, Canada and Gaza find place in India-US 2+2 talks

AS EXTERNAL AFFAIRS minister S Jaishankar and defence minister Rajnath Singh hosted visiting US secretary of state Antony Blinken and defence secretary Lloyd J Austin for the Indo-US 2+2 ministerial dialogue, the two sides discussed on Friday China's behaviour in the region, the contentious row between India and Canada, the implications of the ongoing Israel-Hamas war and the upcoming elections in Bangladesh - a range of issues on which Delhi and Washington agree and disagree at many levels.