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Reliance Retail boosts B2B store count

Reliance Industries' retail arm has scaled its businessto-business (B2B) store count following its acquisition of Metro Cash and Carry's India operations, bringing the total to over 200 stores across more than 180 cities.

RIL, BPCL hope to improve refining biz after muted Q1

The state-run Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) and private refiner Reliance Industries (RIL) pin their hopes on the US driving season among other factors to improve refining prospects in the current financial year (FY25) after reporting weak first quarter results.

Outlook positive for IT cos, challenges persist

The first quarter results (Q1FY25) of Indian IT services hint towards better fiscal growth than the preceding year, but as the management commentary said, \"there is still some time for the industry to be firing on all cylinders.

Nasscom says no to K'taka govt's 14-hr workday proposal

A day after IT sector unions in Karnataka opposed the state government's proposal to increase the working hours to 14 hours a day, the National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) said it does not support the move.

Tiruppur weaves its way into Paris Olympics legacy

The Olympics may be kicking off in Paris on July 26, but the ripples of its celebrations are already felt 8,000 kilometres away in Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu.

Early-bird net profit growth slowest in 7 qtrs

The early-bird results for the AprilJune quarter of 2024 (Q1FY25) hint at a slowdown in corporate revenues and profits in FY25.

Airlines play catch-up with flight schedule

About 1,000 flights delayed at country's three busiest airports

India for distinct tariff plans with all Asean partners

Round-III of review meet from July 29 in Jakarta

CEOs bet on jobs, reforms, capex theme for Budget

India Inc chiefs see measures for rural economy

Patanjali net jumps 200% to ₹263 cr in Q1

Indian fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) company, Patanjali Foods, reported a 200 per cent increase in net profit to ₹262.9 crore in the first quarter ended June 30, 2024.

Ceat teams up with Bayer 04 Leverkusen

With an eye to the European market, Indian tyre manufacturer Ceat has inked a two-year partnership deal with German football club Bayer 04 Leverkusen - the reigning Bundesliga champions.

Insolvency proceedings will force Byju's to shut down: CEO

Insolvency proceedings against ed-tech giant Byju's, once India's biggest startup valued at $22 billion, will likely force thousands of employees to quit and result in a total shutdown of its services, its CEO said in a court filing seen by Reuters.

US Biosecure Act may boost Indian CDMO, CRO firms

Indian drug companies to benefit as American biopharma looks to diversify sourcing

Infosys among top IT bets after strong Q1 showing

Shares of Infosys zoomed 4.76 per cent, hitting their fresh 52-week high of $1,843 apiece on the BSE during Friday's intraday deals.

India in early stages of equity cult: Chris Wood

Says a change in capital gains tax can trigger a correction

F&O volumes a macro concern, says Sebi chief

The rising volumes in the derivatives segment have now become a macroeconomic issue instead of being a risk concentrated to only a few individual investors, said Madhabi Puri Buch (pictured), chairperson of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi).

Nearly ₹8 trn wiped out as mkts tumble

Benchmarks snap 4-day winning run amid global IT outage

Covid: India lost 2.6 yrs' life expectancy

In the aftermath of Covid-19, life expectancy saw a decline, with socially-disadvantaged groups experiencing the most significant losses.

It's raining diseases across India this monsoon

Chandipura virus claims 15 lives in Gujarat; Kerala, K'taka see spike in dengue

Underlying cause of outage fixed, says Microsoft

A worldwide tech outage crippled industries from travel to finance on Friday before services started coming back online after hours of disruption, highlighting the risks of a global shift towards digital, interconnected technologies.

Biz as usual at bourses, some brokers face issues

The domestic securities market remained largely unaffected by the global technical outage triggered by issues at cybersecurity CrowdStrike.

10 banks, NBFCs see minor disruptions: RBI

The Indian financial sector largely escaped unscathed, experiencing only minor disruptions, amid the global tech outage that severely impacted major services worldwide.

Manual check-ins, flight delays: Chaos reigns supreme at Indian airports

Nearly 1,100 flights delayed, over 100 cancelled across Delhi, Mumbai, B'luru

The Fed should not cut interest rates yet

With inflation cooling and unemployment rising in the United States, investors are betting that the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates.

Time for accommodation

Supporters of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) can be forgiven for asking themselves dismally when there will be good news.

Martian dream vs reality

EYE CULTURE Ilon Musk has unveiled an audaE cious vision: A million-strong Martian metropolis.

Watching space Rahul

Congress party's score of 99 in the Lok Sabha elections has vaporised three painful questions dogging Rahul Gandhi for two decades. His record so far deserves a closer look

Congratulations! Twitter turned 18

Earlier in the week, Twitter turned 18 a landmark birthday for the world's most popular microblogging site.

Trump for unity, tax cuts, trade wars

Former US President accepts Republican nomination, recounts assassination attempt

Russian court convicts US reporter of spying, jails him for 16 years

The Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich (pictured) was convicted Friday of espionage and sentenced to 16 years in a maximum-security prison on charges that his employer and the US government have rejected as fabricated.