Taiwan’s Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd., which operates as Foxconn globally, has decided to invest ₹15,000 crore more in Tamil Nadu to build on its already sprawling electronics manufacturing operations in the state. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin and Foxconn’s India representative Robert Wu in Chennai on Monday, 13 October 2025. (Guidance_TN/X) As […]
Silver is trading at a steep premium in India over global prices, as the world’s biggest consumer of the precious metal grapples with surging demand from millions of investors. In the first eight months of 2025, silver imports fell 42% to 3,302 tonnes, while investment demand, especially from silver ETFs, soared to record levels. (Representative […]
HCL Technologies Ltd. has become the first top-tier Indian IT firm to declare AI revenue separately, at a time when larger peer Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. has made known its intensions to become the largest AI-led technology services company globally. HCLTech’s new deal wins crossed the $2.5-billion mark in July-September 2025 without any mega deals. […]
HCL Technologies Ltd. delivered on its topline and bottomline in fiscal second quarter as deal wins sustained in the face of headwinds stemming from US tariff and H-1B visa shocks. On Monday, HCLTech shares fell 0.09% to ₹1,494.10 apiece on the NSE even as the benchmark NSE Nifty 50 ended the day 0.23% lower at […]
State Bank of India wants a third of its total employees to be women by the end of this decade, a top official has said, as the country’s largest lender looks to boost gender diversity among its ranks. SBI has a staff strength of more than 2.4 lakh—the highest in Indian banking. (Bloomberg) “If we […]
India’s retail inflation rate in September 2025 fell to the lowest since June 2017 and below the Reserve Bank of India’s tolerance band for the second time this year, strengthening the case for a repo rate cut as India’s GDP growth faces pressure of 50% US tariffs. the above-normal monsoon this year has boosted agricultural […]
Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt have won the Nobel Prize in Economics 2025 “for showing how new technology can drive sustained growth”, according to The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt, winners of the Nobel Prize in Economics 2025. (Nobel) “Over the last two centuries, for the […]
The Indian Rupee (INR) has barely budged against the US Dollar (USD) over the past three weeks, prompting some traders to speculate that the Reserve Bank of India is once again tightening its grip on the currency. The RBI is keeping a close watch of the rupee’s movements and would take “appropriate steps” as warranted, […]
India’s stock markets will open for a special one-hour Muhurat Trading session on 21 October 2025, marking Diwali’s Laxmi Pujan. For the first time since 1957, the session will be held in the afternoon — 1:45 pm to 2:45 pm — instead of the traditional evening slot. While Muhurat Trading is more symbolic than tactical, […]
Sovereign Gold Bonds (SGBs) are government-backed securities that let you invest in gold digitally. They offer 2.5% annual interest, tax-free capital gains at maturity, and eliminate the need to store physical gold. Each gold bond unit represents one gram of gold and earns a fixed annual interest of 2.5%, in addition to any capital appreciation […]