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CEA flags short-term savings habit as key hurdle to pension coverage

V Anantha Nageswaran said Indians are increasingly willing to take market risk, but have yet to commit savings for longer tenures needed to finance retirement

Five-day week: An 11-year dilemma

Extending the Saturday holiday at banks is no longer just a union demand - it is a logical step for the well-being and operational efficiency of 1.8 million employees in a digitally driven economy

IFCI, NIACL witness a 2-month roller-coaster ride amid NSE IPO; what next?

Shares of IFCI and New India Assurance surged up to 53% in the last two months, only to erase gains amid the NSE IPO launch. Tech analysts decode strategy in these two stocks.

Supreme Court refuses to stay order on Adani's ₹14,535 crore JAL bid

Top court directs Vedanta and other parties to present contentions before NCLAT; JAL monitoring committee also directed to not take major steps without tribunal approval

Samsung Galaxy Unpacked: How to watch S26 series launch, what to expect

Samsung may launch the Galaxy S26 series at its next Galaxy Unpacked event scheduled for February 25. The Galaxy Buds 4 series may tag along. Here's how you can watch the launch live

Adieu, Dharmendra: The swashbuckling hero with matinee star charms

Bollywood's He-Man Dharmendra passed away a few days before his 90th birthday

Satellite hunt for 'superpollutant' receives $100 million new funding

India's services PMI eased to 58.9 in October, marking the slowest expansion since May as competition and heavy rains weighed on growth, while cost pressures receded

ICICI Prudential Life Q2 FY26 result: Net profit jumps 18% to ₹296 cr

ICICI Prudential Life Insurance's net premium income increased 10.1 per cent Y-o-Y to ₹11,843 crore in the quarter, compared with ₹10,754 crore in Q2 FY25, and was up 39 per cent on a sequential basis

Inflation beaten, Fed cuts rates, but prices remain high: Donald Trump

So far, the Trump administration's tariffs haven't lifted inflation as much as many economists expected earlier this year

Xi Jinping's red line on Trump's export curbs threatens to upend truce

After China unveiled wide-ranging global export controls on products containing even traces of certain rare earths this week, Trump fired back by threatening to cancel an in-person meeting with Xi

Gandhi Jayanti 2025: History, significance and all about 'father of nation'

On October 2, people around the world will celebrate the 156th anniversary of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi's birth, also known as Mahatma Gandhi, as the International Day of Non-Violence

One shot every six months: India could change HIV prevention forever

A long-acting HIV jab promises near-perfect protection at just $40 a year, but 115 nations must wait for India's approval of generic production

India, Israel sign bilateral investment treaty to boost economic ties

From April 2000-2025, India's total overseas direct investment in Israel amounted to $443 mn, while Israel's foreign direct investment in India reached $334.2 mn between April 2000 and March 2025

SpiceJet settles long-standing $24 million liability with Credit Suisse

The liability stems from a 2011 10-year aircraft servicing deal with Swiss firm SR Technics, which transferred its payment recovery rights to Credit Suisse

Trump tariffs may trim 0.5% from India's FY26 GDP: CEA Nageswaran

V Anantha Nageswaran warns prolonged US tariffs pose a major risk to growth, but remains confident of meeting India's 6.3-6.8 per cent GDP target for FY26

Indian firms turn to small-town markets insulated from US tariffs

Consumption growth in India's countryside has outpaced that in urban markets for six straight quarters, according to data analytics firm NielsenIQ

Bharti Airtel Q1 results: Profit up 43% at ₹5,948 crore, revenue rises 29%

Airtel's revenue from operations stood at ₹49,462.6 crore in Q1 FY26, up 28.4 per cent Y-o-Y from ₹38,506.4 crore in the same quarter last year on account of strong performance in India and Africa

Wockhardt exits US generics business, files for liquidation of subsidiaries

The decision follows years of financial losses in the US generics business, including loss of nearly $8 million in FY 2025, Wockhardt said in a BSE filing

Iran mass expels Afghan refugees, raising alarms for women under Taliban

Iran's deportation of 250,000 Afghans, many of them women, has sparked a humanitarian crisis as returnees face deadly heat, Taliban restrictions, and limited support at overcrowded border crossings