Central banks worldwide increased their gold acquisitions during the third quarter of this year, with a net addition of 220 tonnes. (AI image) Betting big on gold as a reserve asset, central banks around the world have ramped up their gold reserves in the third quarter of the ongoing calendar year 2025. Gold is traditionally…
CHENNAI: The festive month of Oct proved to be nothing short of impressive for India’s electric vehicle (EV) industry. Total EV registrations reached an all-time high, with every segment of battery-powered vehicles experiencing positive growth. Electric two-wheelers alone raced past the one-million-unit milestone for the calendar year – with two months still to go. This…
Asian stocks traded mostly in red on Tuesday as investors weighed Wall Street’s tech rally amid concerns of tech bubble formation in the sector. Traders were also remaining cautious as Fed officials gave mixed signals about the next interest rate move. Japan’s Nikkei traded in red, down 188 points or 0.36% to reach 52,222 at…
Trading on the stock markets will take a pause on November 5, Wednesday, as both the National Stock Exchange (NSE) and the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) will remain closed for Guru Nanak Jayanti. The NSE’s and BSE’s official trading calendar listed the holiday under Prakash Gurpurb Sri Guru Nanak Dev. With the closure, there will…
Mumbai: India Post Payments Bank, a 100% govt-owned entity under the Department of Posts, has signed an MoU with the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation to provide doorstep digital life certificate services to pensioners under the Employees’ Pension Scheme, 1995.Under the partnership, IPPB will use its network of around 1.65 lakh post offices and over 3…
Banks across several states will remain closed on Wednesday, November 5, as the country observes Guru Nanak Jayanti and Kartik Purnima. With banking counters shut in multiple regions, many customers are looking for clarity on which states will have bank holidays, especially those planning in-person branch visits or time-sensitive transactions. Banks in which states remain…
Indian stock markets are in a stronger position compared to last year, with the earnings cycle showing signs of bottoming out and growth expected to accelerate, according to a report by Motilal Oswal Financial Services.As per news agency ANI, the brokerage noted that second-quarter (Q2 FY26) earnings have largely met expectations, with the pace of…
Microsoft has entered into a $9.7 billion cloud services agreement with Australian artificial intelligence infrastructure provider IREN, a deal that will give the tech major access to Nvidia chips as it scales its AI and cloud operations, AP reported.The five-year agreement includes a 20% prepayment and is aimed at supporting Microsoft’s efforts to meet the…
HYDERABAD: Vaccine maker Bharat Biotech is foraying into the contract research development and manufacturing organisation (CDRMO) space with the setting up of a new wholly-owned subsidiary, Nucelion Therapeutics Pvt Ltd, that is focused on cell and gene therapies (CGT).Announcing its entry into this high growth CRDMO segment, Bharat Biotech said the new entity will support…
NEW DELHI: An Air India Boeing 777 (VT-AEH) operating a San Francisco (SFO)-Delhi via Kolkata flight Monday with almost 250 people on board safely diverted to Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, after pilots suspected a snag. AI is working on getting the 228 passengers and 17 crew members home.“AI 174 of Nov 2 made a precautionary landing at…