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From Microsoft to Facebook, tech majors ask H-1B visa holders to return back to the US within a day

September 20, 2025 19:17 IST

Worried engineers with H-1B visa currently in India rushing back to US; those in America can't go out of the country.

Sat, Sep 20, 2025

Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Infosys, Wipro ADRs fall on New York exchange after Trump’s H1-B visa order

September 20, 2025 15:52 IST

Visa shock likely to drag down shares of IT companies in Indian markets

Sat, Sep 20, 2025

Founders of Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Jerry Greenfield , left, and Ben Cohen, pink shirt, protest in front of Sudan's embassy July 29, 2004, in Washington.

Scoop of dissent over Gaza in the Trump era: Why Ben & Jerry’s co-founder walked away from Unilever

September 19, 2025 13:20 IST

Greenfield’s frustration runs deeper. He pointed to the Trump era as a time when the brand should have spoken louder — on civil rights, voting rights, immigration, abortion and LGBTQ protections. Instead, he said, Unilever muzzled its most vocal child.

Sat, Sep 20, 2025

Adani gets SEBI clean chit, but some Hindenburg allegations remain unansweredSubscriber Only

September 19, 2025 08:40 IST

Adani-Hindenburg Case: In 2023, Hindenburg Research, a US-based financial research firm and short seller, accused the Adani Group of pulling off “the largest corporate fraud in history”. While SEBI has cleared Adani, questions remain. Here's what the silence in SEBI’s Hindenburg orders says

Sat, Sep 20, 2025

Adani group chief Gautam Adani. The regulator made it clear that none of the charges in the show-cause notice could be proved. It also confirmed there was no violation of the Sebi Act concerning fraudulent or unfair trade practices.

Clean chit for Adani: Sebi dismisses insider trading and manipulation claims raised by Hindenburg

September 18, 2025 19:56 IST

A Supreme Court-appointed expert panel had previously echoed similar findings, noting no prima facie evidence of wrongdoing.

Fri, Sep 19, 2025

Bima Sugam portal launched: Single digital marketplace for all kinds of insurance

September 17, 2025 18:59 IST

The idea is simple but ambitious: all insurance needs—life, health, and general insurance, including motor, travel, property, and agricultural policies—can be accessed on one platform.

Thu, Sep 18, 2025

Hospital industry body AHPI seeks restoration of basic cashless care by Star Health Insurance

September 15, 2025 22:17 IST

AHPI said the suspension of cashless services has left hospitals dealing with angry and distressed patients who are shocked to find that the most basic benefit of their health insurance—cashless admission and treatment—is no longer available.

Mon, Sep 15, 2025

Digital arrest scam: Even as MHA, RBI act to curb cyber fraud, citizens lose over Rs 2,500 crore in 2 years

September 15, 2025 07:00 IST

Banks, regulators race to contain rising scam

Tue, Sep 16, 2025

The GI Council, which represents non-life insurers in India, strongly opposed AHPI’s stand.

Hospitals, insurers face off: GI Council cautions against cashless care disruption

September 13, 2025 21:29 IST

Hospitals to stop cashless services for Star Health Insurance from Sept 22

Sat, Sep 13, 2025

Onam Bank Holiday in India Today September 4, 2025: Check city-wise operational status for banks in India today. (Express Archives)

RBI cuts holdings in US Treasury securities: Why Trump’s tariffs could further the trend

September 09, 2025 09:52 IST

With foreign exchange reserves touching new highs in 2025, the RBI’s calibrated reduction in US T-bills and realignment of gold holdings reflects its cautious approach amid global financial uncertainty.

Tue, Sep 09, 2025

From Sept 22, health, term insurance premium will come down by 18%

September 04, 2025 20:20 IST

Group health plans to attract 18 pc; Health insurers to take up to 3 pc input tax burden

Fri, Sep 05, 2025

The outstanding home loan portfolio grew at a steady 12.8 per cent, reaching Rs 41.2 lakh crore as of June 2026.

Public sector banks tighten grip on home loan market, eat into private banks’ share

September 02, 2025 21:51 IST

Despite the dip in market share, private banks continued to command the highest average ticket size at Rs 41 lakh, although this marked a 3.3 per cent year-on-year decline.

Tue, Sep 02, 2025

Why have bond yields risen despite RBI’s rate cuts?Subscriber Only

September 01, 2025 11:40 IST

This rise in yields comes down to two key factors: the RBI’s hawkish stance on inflation and concerns over higher government borrowing due to proposed tax reforms.

Tue, Sep 02, 2025

Return of Urjit Patel: why has the same Govt that clashed with the reclusive central banker-economist chosen him as India’s voice in the IMF?Subscriber Only

August 30, 2025 16:58 IST

Urjit Patel’s journey is paradoxical and enigmatic: a powerful intellect who avoided the limelight but found himself in the eye of a political storm, became RBI Governor but resigned mid-term in protest, and has now been chosen by the same government as IMF Executive Director.

Mon, Sep 01, 2025

Reliance Jio IPO: Reliance Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani addresses the annual shareholders' meeting of Reliance Industries in Mumbai on Friday

Jio IPO may unlock value, but RIL shareholders unlikely to gain directly

August 30, 2025 07:14 IST

A separate listing would have been a straightforward value unlock for investors if RIL chose to demerge Jio Infocomm and distribute its shares directly, similar to the earlier Jio Financial Services spin-off.

Sat, Aug 30, 2025

In his address at the RIL annual general meeting (AGM), Meta Chairman and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said the initiative would democratize access to AI, empowering people and businesses alike.

Meta, RIL to form AI joint venture: Ambani, Zuckerberg join hands to build open-source AI models for Indian businesses

August 29, 2025 18:07 IST

We are seeing glimpses of our AI systems starting to improve themselves. And it seems clear that superintelligence is going to greatly improve all of our existing systems and let us build things that we can't even imagine today,” Zuckerburg said.

Sun, Aug 31, 2025

Ambani said that Jio has now surpassed the 500 million subscriber mark.

RIL’s Jio Infocomm to go for mega IPO in first half of 2026: Mukesh Ambani

August 29, 2025 15:24 IST

Reliance AGM 2025 Highlights: Addressing the 48th Annual General Meeting of Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), its Chairman and Managing Director Mukesh Ambani on Friday said that Jio now has over 500 million customers.

Fri, Aug 29, 2025

The GI Council had criticised AHPI’s move, calling it a sudden and unilateral action that has caused widespread confusion and concern among citizens.

Suspension of cashless treatment: Hospitals cry foul, accuse insurers’ body of ‘cartelisation’

August 28, 2025 20:14 IST

The Forum stated the GI Council has introduced a so-called “common empanelment” framework under which all insurers collectively dictate hospital tariffs and commercial terms.

Fri, Aug 29, 2025

IRDAI had asked insurance companies to go for cashless settlement of health insurance claims from August 1, 2024, making hospital bill settlement of policyholders smoother and faster.

Thousands may lose cashless treatment as hospital body to suspend services of Bajaj Allianz, Care Health Insurance: Insurers call action unilateral

August 26, 2025 21:49 IST

GI Council has urged the Association of Healthcare Providers to immediately withdraw its advisory to suspend cashless services.

Sun, Aug 31, 2025

On Monday, the company’s shares fell by 8 per cent to Rs 1,088.40, down 5.83 per cent, in the opening session on the BSE.

Gaming ban: Nazara Technologies shares crash 23% in 8 sessions

August 25, 2025 11:33 IST

Jhunjhunwala sells entire stake before ban

Mon, Aug 25, 2025

Tax concessions could boost consumer spending, but external environment challenging: RBI MPC MemberSubscriber Only

August 24, 2025 22:27 IST

Bhattacharya, who is also a Senior Fellow at the Centre for Policy Research, said that “the concessions on direct income taxes and the proposed changes in GST should put more disposable income in the hands of consumers. Yet, the external environment is likely to be challenging.”

Mon, Aug 25, 2025

Lord Swraj Paul, whose takeover bids left a mark on India’s corporate history, passes away at 94Subscriber Only

August 22, 2025 11:16 IST

Lord Paul, who moved to the UK in 1966, laid the foundation of the Caparo Group in the UK in 1968. The Caparo Group, with headquarters in London, has operations in the UK, India, USA, Canada and UAE.

Fri, Aug 22, 2025

The acquisition is subject to regulatory approvals and is expected to close by December 31, 2025.

Wipro buys Digital Transformation Solutions unit of HARMAN for $375 mnSubscriber Only

August 21, 2025 20:10 IST

As part of the agreement, over 5,600 DTS employees in 14 countries, including key leadership, across the Americas, Europe and Asia will transition to Wipro upon closing of the transaction.

Thu, Aug 21, 2025

While exemptions can certainly reduce the cost component of premiums, how much of that reduction reaches the end consumer will vary across insurers.

GST relief on health, life insurance premiums: Insurers caution zero rate could drive up costs, erode tax creditsSubscriber Only

August 21, 2025 13:42 IST

Insurers presently avail input tax credit on significant backend costs such as insurance commission, re-insurance, technology, customer support and distribution expenses.

Thu, Aug 21, 2025

Sunjay Kapur, chairman of the Rs 30,000-crore auto parts giant Sona BLW Precision Forgings Ltd (Sona Comstar), died unexpectedly while playing polo in the UK

Sona Comstar: Inside the power struggle after Sunjay Kapur’s sudden deathSubscriber Only

August 21, 2025 11:28 IST

Sunjay Kapur’s Sona Comstar Rs 30,000-crore feud: Sunjay Kapur's untimely death triggered a bitter power struggle within the Kapur family, over control and inheritance of the sprawling Sona Group empire. Here's what has happened so far.

Sun, Aug 31, 2025