news

According to data compiled by PTI from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), states raised Rs 4.98 lakh crore through State Development Loans (SDLs) in the first half of FY27, of which Rs 3.28 lakh crore came through reissuances, accounting for 65.94 per cent of the total. The share o

Infosys Q2 result date and time: Shares of Infosys Limited ended higher on Friday, as wider positive sentiment helped Nifty 50 to snap its 8 weeks losing streak this time. The IT heavyweight stock will remain in focus due to its upcoming second quarter result announcement for the

Blockchain.com, a digital asset platform, wants to get in on the prediction market boom in the U.S. The company has filed for two licenses with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission to feature event contracts as well as cryptocurrency derivatives to retail and institutional cu

Sun TV share price: Sun TV Network’s investment case is increasingly extending beyond its traditional television business, with the value of its sports franchises emerging as a key driver of the stock’s valuation. Domestic brokerage house Elara Securities retained its ‘buy’ ratin

The first precision commercial alternative to GPS is preparing to go live when six satellites designed by the startup Xona Space Systems launch into orbit this month. A service that competes with free signals provided by governments around the world may seem foolhardy, but Xona i

Delta Air Lines CEO Ed Bastian said his carrier is weighing whether to go ahead with debuting a flight between Atlanta and Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, after attacks claimed by Iran-backed Houthi rebels in Yemen have escalated there. The flights between Riyadh and Delta's biggest hub ar

Three Saudi nationals, including a pilot, were killed in attacks on a Riyadh international airport by Iran-backed Houthi militants on Thursday, Saudi Arabia's civil aviation authority said. In a statement posted on X Friday, the Saudi Arabian General Authority of Civil Aviation (

For years, enterprises hired thousands of human executives to sell loans, answer customer queries and recover abandoned sales. Yet, even with massive teams, many high-value client interactions would slip through the cracks every single day. While some prospects were lost due to p

AI - Nvidia found $1B under the couch to help secure American scientific computing dominance Commitment comes as GPUzilla prepares to fortify Uncle Sam's arsenal with at least seven AI-optimized supers - TSMC taps GlobalFoundries to bolster US silicon interposer production in $2B

The Nifty 50 rose 288.65 points, or 1.30%, to close at 22,520.45, while the Sensex gained 879.09 points, or 1.23%, to settle at 72,472.33. Buying interest extended to the broader market, with the Nifty Midcap 100 and Nifty Smallcap 100 indices advancing 1.56% and 0.54%, respectiv

France faces a potential debt crisis and may have become "too big to save" for the European Central Bank, according to Nobel laureate economist Paul Krugman. Student protests over underfunding in education continue to rock France, as Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu faces a strug

The IPO raised about $703 million through the sale of 270 million shares by existing shareholders. The offer was priced at £1.96 per share, implying a market cap of £5.3 billion, or about $7 billion. The company had earlier targeted a richer valuation, making the final pricing a

Faisal’s view Two statements by US Senator Chris Murphy and Secretary of State Marco Rubio signal that Washington takes Gulf security seriously. They have come at a critical juncture for Saudi Arabia and the region. Senator Murphy’s comments carry weight because he has long criti

Natural personal care D2C firm Nat Habit is raising Rs 142.6 crore ($15 million) in a fresh round led by Trident Growth Partners, with participation from Bertelsmann, Firstport, Linklight Ventures and others. The board at Nat Habit is issuing 22.5 lakh Series C preference shares

The News Zambia signed a $1.5 billion health financing agreement with the US after separating it from a critical minerals deal that is still being negotiated. The health pact had been jeopardized by privacy concerns over sharing citizens’ data. Zambia is among several African cou

GQG Partners Adani Stake Sale: Adani Power shares saw buying during Friday's session despite news that GQG Partners was offloading its 0.02% stake in the company. The Gautam Adani-led company informed the GQG Partners' move in an exchange filing on Friday. However, it didn't affe

Domestic brokerage firm Choice International Equities has initiated coverage on Rishabh Instruments with a ‘Buy’ rating, citing multiple growth drivers that could support the stock’s rally. The stock has been scaling record highs this year, and the brokerage expects the upward mo

PC shipments tumble over 20% in 3Q26 as chip shortages bite — top three PC vendors ship 11.6 million fewer units year-over-year The memory chip shortage is hitting the PC market hard. PC shipments globally have dropped by 20.1% year-over-year in the third quarter of 2026, a decli

Defence stock Bharat Electronics (BEL) has been hitting 52-week lows for the last three consecutive sessions. BEL shares dropped 1.7% to hit a new 52-week low of ₹360.80 in intraday trade on Friday, 9 October, before ending with a modest gain of 0.38% at ₹368.50, snapping their t

Monarch Networth Capital has picked five stocks across sectors ranging from electronics retail and IT to capital goods, metals and mining, and hotels for its Q3FY27 portfolio. The brokerage has assigned a BUY rating to all five stocks, with potential upside ranging from 26% to 51

On Friday, the benchmark Sensex surged 879 points to close at 72,472. Amid the rally, seven stocks from the BSE 1000 index touched fresh 52-week highs, reaching their highest price levels in the past year. A 52-week high marks the highest price at which a stock has traded over th

Welcome to Edition 9.14 of the Rocket Report! The big news this week, from our perspective, is that United Launch Alliance’s Vulcan rocket appears to be close to launching. We’ve seen a no-earlier-than launch date for the return to flight mission of October 29 (an Amazon Leo flig

Independent tests rank Mistral’s new trillion-parameter Large 4 the best AI model outside the U.S. and China — but Chinese open-weights still overcome Europe's best efforts Its best result is a cyber test, but it falls behind on the index. Mistral launched its trillion-parameter

Grab this 32-inch 4K OLED gaming monitor from ASRock for the super low price of $596 — dual-mode refresh rates and resolutions let you switch between high-fidelity and esports gaming Supports both high-fidelity and esports gaming This week's sales period may have ended for most r

Ecommerce giant Amazon has reportedly laid off at least 100 employees in India as part of its latest global job cuts. Citing sources, ET reported that the affected employees in India were primarily from retail and customer service functions. Globally, fewer than 1,000 employees w

Russia ramped up its military outlays, putting it on track to spend a record $200 billion on defense in 2026 with little sign of the Ukraine war coming to an end. The huge increase — roughly 40% higher than its original plan for the year, with a similar amount expected in 2027 —

Navi Pillay, a South African jurist who was the UN’s longest-serving human rights chief, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. Pillay was a pioneer long before taking on major international roles: She was the first non-white woman to serve as a judge in South Africa’s High Court. Bu

Listen to this article in summarized format The price band buzz comes as Jio Platforms prepares for a likely IPO launch on October 21, with shares expected to list on October 28, Reuters reported earlier this week. The IPO has been widely expected to be India’s biggest listing an

Save $200 on the 2026 M5 MacBook Air right now, undoing Apple's June price hike with prices starting from $1,099 — Amazon deal nets you current-gen models with 16GB or 24GB RAM and up to 1TB storage Amazon's price drop makes these Apple laptops a little more affordable Back in Ju

Nomura has revised its financial model for PB Fintech following the consultation paper on insurance distribution reforms. The brokerage has lowered its premium estimates for the point-of-sales person (POSP) business, assuming the company exits the segment, while leaving its Polic

The rupee closed at 96.73 per dollar, barely changed from its previous close, staying within striking distance of its all-time low of 96.96 hit in May. State-run banks' dollar sales, most likely on behalf of the RBI, helped limit the fall, traders said. Frequent interventions by

Germany, Europe’s biggest economy, raised its growth forecast, a rare bright spot as regional economic worries abound. Berlin anticipates GDP will expand by 1.3% this year and a similar rate in 2027 — lackluster by global standards, but nonetheless significantly up from previous

Listen to this article in summarized format What began as a correction in the last few weeks has turned into a broad risk-off move, led by foreign selling, and higher crude oil prices. Over that eight-week stretch, Nifty and Sensex lost 8.7% and 8.4%, respectively. In the previou

AI - Nvidia found $1B under the couch to help secure American scientific computing dominance Commitment comes as GPUzilla prepares to fortify Uncle Sam's arsenal with at least seven AI-optimized supers - TSMC taps GlobalFoundries to bolster US silicon interposer production in $2B

India called comments by U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance about immigrants from the country "deeply offensive" in an official government statement published on Friday. Vance said on Thursday that the Trump administration wants foreign and local companies to "employ American workers

New Delhi rejected as “deeply offensive” Washington’s labelling of Indian workers in the US tech sector as “indentured servants,” as ties between the erstwhile partners frayed further. The two countries have been mired in deadlocked trade negotiations, have sparred over the US th