Banking And Finance
High equity taxes dampen market sentiment amid FII outflows, West Asia war: What should investors do?
Investor sentiment in Indian equities continues to be shaped by a combination of factors, including the current geopolitical turmoil in the Middle East, persistent foreign institutional investor (FII) outflows, and…
UPI ID blocked due to cybercrime complaint? Here’s how to recover your account and restore access
Unified Payments Interface (UPI) remains the most preferred mode of payment in India for its speed, convenience and wide acceptance across merchants and individuals. Its share in digital transactions rose…
Bengaluru engineer, 25, has net worth of Rs 40 lakh. Here’s how he built it
What if someone told you that failing maths twice in school does not stop you from building wealth? A 25-year-old software engineer from Bengaluru is proving just that. Just two…
UPI processes 85% of India’s payment volumes but just 9.5% of value; RTGS dominates at 68.6%
UPI processed 85.5% of all payment transactions in India by volume in the second half of CY 2025 but accounted for just 9.5% of the total value — while RTGS,…
Market
Nifty claws back from 23,317 abyss; Rupee hits record low near ₹96.40
Markets staged a dramatic intraday recovery on Monday after nearly losing 400 points from the open, as the Nifty 50 crawled back from an intraday low of 23,317 to close…
Broker’s call: Sedemac Mechatronics (Buy)
Target: ₹2,350 CMP: ₹1,980.80 Sedemac Mechatronics is among the leading and few domestic players to have developed control-intensive, critical-to-the-application electronic control units (ECUs). Underpinned by the high-quality technical capabilities and…
Cognizant doubles 2026 stock buyback target to $2 billion
IT major Cognizant has announced that its Board of Directors has authorised an increase of $2 billion to its existing share repurchase programme, taking the company’s total share repurchase authorisation…
Multibagger Apollo Micro Systems stock jumps over 5% after strong Q4 results; rebounds 70% in under 2 months
, a multibagger defence stock, closed 5.6% higher at ₹311 apiece in Monday’s trade on May 18 as investors cheered the company’s strong March quarter performance. The company reported a…
Market
Demand for long products softening on slowing construction activity: Tata Steel
After a strong demand season, expects marginal softness in demand, especially in long products used in the real estate and infrastructure projects, while that of flat products remains strong. TV…
Zydus Wellness enters harvest phase in FY27 as ₹7,800-crore acquisition bet faces execution test
Zydus Wellness Ltd, which reported consolidated net sales of ₹3,940 crore in FY26, up 46.4 per cent from ₹2,691 crore in FY25, EBITDA of ₹510 crore, up 34.2 per cent…
Vodafone Idea sees subscriber stabilisation and profit boost amid restructuring in AGR liability
A decisive quarter of network rollouts, rising data usage and a restructured AGR settlement have stabilised subscribers and materially improved Vodafone Idea’s balance sheet, setting the stage for a multi‑year…
Sanjay Dutt’s TIGERFIRE Vodka eyes 25,000 case sales in India by year-end
Tigerfire Vodka, the premium spirits brand co-founded by actor Sanjay Dutt along with Paresh Ghelani, is betting big on India’s growing premium vodka segment, with plans to expand to five…
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