Companies are cutting some mid-career and routine roles while continuing to hire specialist freshers. At a time when layoffs in the IT sector globally grab headlines every few weeks, what’s happening in Indian IT this year? The Indian IT jobs market is going through a shift that is increasingly more structural than cyclical – new…
The technology used to produce premium-quality Waste Plastic Modified Bitumen was developed by IIT (BHU). (Image for representative purpose only) In a first for the road sector, the Nitin Gadkari-led Road Transport Ministry has used waste plastic in a wet mix with bitumen to construct a bituminous stretch of a national highway. The initiative could…
AnthropicAnthropic’s AI paradox: More powerful systems could mean bigger risks to humanity Anthropic’s much awaited IPO is built around a striking contradiction: the artificial intelligence company wants public investors to help finance technology it says could transform the global economy, while warning in the same prospectus that increasingly powerful AI could pose catastrophic or existential…
PIB debunks fake Saturday holiday notification (representative image) The Press Information Bureau (PIB) Fact Check unit on Thursday debunked a document circulating on social media that claimed the Central Government had declared every Saturday a public holiday for all public sector banks, including the State Bank of India (SBI).In a post on X, PIB Fact…
GST collections cross Rs 2 lakh crore India’s gross Goods and Services Tax (GST) collections once again crossed the Rs 2 lakh crore mark in September, rising 14.7% year-on-year to Rs 2.04 lakh crore, according to government data. The increase was driven by higher revenue from both domestic transactions and imports.Revenue from domestic transactions grew…
BIS hallmarking serves as a system for determining the purity of precious metal articles. (Image for representative purpose only) Gold hallmarking, a sign that allows you to verify the purity of the gold you are purchasing, has become costlier. And, the fallout of that is that there is a possible rise in fraudsters who are…
MUMBAI: Consumer demand appears to be losing momentum, with loans for consumer durables and credit card outstandings growing just 2.4% and 3.6% year on year, respectively, in Aug. At the same time, banks have seen strong demand for secured borrowing, with gold loans adding Rs 98,096 crore in the first five months of FY27, almost…
Commerce minister Piyush Goyal with US trade representative Jamieson Greer US trade representative Jamieson Greer called Union commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal a “trade minister for life” as he opened the G20 trade ministers’ meeting in Milwaukee. The light-hearted remark came as the two ministers met on the first day of the two-day gathering.Greer…
Commercial LPG gets costlier The price of a 19-kg commercial LPG cylinder has risen by Rs 62.50 from Thursday, October 1, taking the price to Rs 2,810. This follows a Rs 9.50 increase in September, when the cylinder was priced at Rs 2,747.50. ATF prices have also gone up by around Rs 16 per litre,…
Top stocks to buy today on October 1, 2026 Top stock market recommendations: Aakash K Hindocha, Vice President – Research, Nuvama Professional Clients Group/Nuvama Wealth has pickled DLF, Adani Green Energy, and PVR INOX as the top stocks to buy today on October 1, 2026. He has also shared his views on Nifty and Bank…
