Banking And Finance
West Bengal’s ‘Annapurna’ yojana: Beneficiaries, scheme amount, eligibility, how to apply & more — All you need to know
The West Bengal cabinet has approved the government’s proposed ‘Annapurna’ scheme, which aims to provide ₹3,000 monthly assistance to women in the state from 1 June (next month), according to…
ITR forms out: Here’s why salaried taxpayers should wait till 15 June instead of filing their income-tax returns now
The Income-Tax Department has notified all I-T return forms (ITR-1 to ITR-7) and the updated returns form ITR-U, for financial year 2025-26 (FY26) or assessment year 2026-27 (AY27) as of…
EPFO set to introduce WhatsApp support for provident fund members amid growing grievances: Report
The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) is planning to launch WhatsApp-based chatbot services to handle user queries and basic account-related requests, with the aim of enhancing outreach and streamlining member…
Karnataka bus workers’ strike: What are their demands? Salary hike, arrears, DA increase, explained
Unions of Karnataka bus workers have called for a strike tomorrow, on 20 May to push their demands — from salary hike, pay arrears, and dearness allowance (DA) increase, according…
Market
Gold, silver rates today: Comex gold fell $91/oz; silver down $4 on inflation worries, firm US dollar
Precious metals came under renewed pressure on Tuesday, 19 May, as elevated crude oil prices kept bond yields near multi-year highs, reducing the appeal of safe-haven assets. A stronger US…
FPIs pare Tata stakes as retail investors buy the correction
FPIs have pared stakes across several Tata companies with the sharpest reduction seen in premium growth-oriented businesses that had witnessed strong valuation rerating during the post-pandemic rally. FPI holding in…
TSF Investments consolidated net profit up 28%
TSF Investments (formerly Sundaram Finance Holdings) on Tuesday reported a consolidated net profit of ₹530.2 crores in FY26 as compared to ₹412.09 crores registered in the previous financial year. The…
Rupee hits record low, crude bites; Nifty ends flat as IT rescues the day
spent Tuesday lurching between gains and losses before ending nearly flat, but the real story was elsewhere — , crude oil hovered near $110 a barrel, and an economy heavily…
Market
Beyond Appliances targets ₹500 crore ARR as smart kitchen category gains traction
Kitchen appliances startup Beyond Appliances is targeting an annual recurring revenue (ARR) run rate of ₹500 crore over the next three years as it doubles down on its smart kitchen…
Anthropic hires OpenAI co-founder Andrej Karpathy to build next-generation Claude AI models
OpenAI co-founder and former Tesla AI leader Andrej Karpathy has announced that he is joining Anthropic, marking a high-profile addition to one of OpenAI’s biggest rivals in the artificial intelligence…
Defence drone start-up EndureAir Systems bags ₹30 crore to scale 200-kg payload heavy-lift drone
Endure Air Systems, the IIT Kanpur-incubated start-up building unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and autonomous aerial systems, has secured ₹30 crore from the Government of India’s Research, Development and Innovation (RDI)…
Unacademy test-prep CEO Sumit Jain to step down ahead of upGrad merger
Unacademy’s Chief Executive for the test-preparation business, Sumit Jain, will step down from his full-time operating role effective June 30, ahead of the company’s proposed merger with upGrad, according to…
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