Category: Business

The United States has imposed fresh sanctions on a major China-based oil refinery and around 40 shipping companies and tankers linked to Iranian oil transport, escalating its campaign to choke Tehran’s key revenue stream.The move, announced on Friday, targets what Washington describes as an extensive “shadow network” used to move Iranian crude to global markets.It […]

US President Donald Trump’s second term has seen a striking trend: most major geopolitical moves, trade signals and domestic policy pushes appear to orbit a single strategic axis—oil.What once sounded like campaign rhetoric in the form of “drill, baby, drill” has now evolved into a structured economic doctrine, where energy dominance is not just a […]

O2C Division Hit Hard By Rising Costs, Supply Chain Disruptions MUMBAI: Reliance Industries, India’s most valuable company by market capitalisation, posted a 9% fall in quarterly profit on Friday, as surging crude prices driven by the West Asia conflict weighed on its core oil-to-chemicals (O2C) division.Consolidated net profit fell to Rs 20,589 crore in the […]

RBI cancels Paytm Payments Bank licence; to approach High Court MUMBAI: RBI on Friday cancelled the banking licence of Paytm Payments Bank with immediate effect, prohibiting it from carrying out any banking business and setting in motion the process for winding up, even as the entity had already been reduced to a runoff institution after […]

BENGALURU: Headcount is passé, outcomes are the new currency. India’s top five IT services firms witnessed net workforce contraction in FY26, reversing the modest hiring recovery a year earlier, as demand uncertainty, delayed decision-making and AI-led efficiency gains weighed on headcount.The traditional fresherheavy pyramid is being reshaped. A people-plus-AI model is upending its foundation, putting […]

एक्सिस बैंक की ब्याज से कमाई बढ़ी Axis Bank reported a net profit of Rs 7,071 crore for the fourth quarter ended March 31, 2026, marking a marginal year-on-year decline of 0.6% from Rs 7,117 crore, as a jump in standard-asset provisioning as a prudential measure and drop in trading profits offset steady growth in […]

The United States has imposed a preliminary anti-dumping duty of 123.04% on solar cells and modules imported from India, a move that could further restrict shipments to a key export market, though its immediate impact may be limited as companies have diversified.The US department of commerce said it had found “critical circumstances” in its investigation […]

MUMBAI: RBL Bank reported a net profit of Rs 230 crore for the quarter ended March 31, 2026, up 234% from Rs 69 crore in the corresponding quarter a year earlier, driven by higher income and lower provisions.Total income rose 7% year-on-year to Rs 2,740 crore, supported by steady growth in both interest and non-interest […]

PUNE: Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Friday said that banks should continue to have a human interface while serving the customers despite the massive continuing thrust on digitisation.“Digitisation should happen. It brings in greater inclusivity. But as this digitisation is happening we should ask ourselves whether we are getting distant from our customer base,” […]

MUMBAI: Belgium’s top insurer present in life and non-life in India aims to break into the top 10, and will also explore acquisition opportunities as they arise, deepening its commitment to one of its fastest growing markets. The strategy builds on earlier moves, including becoming the first insurer in India to hold over 70% in […]