Stock market today: Benchmark equity indices snapped a three-day winning streak on Thursday, with the Sensex plunging over 1,200 points and the Nifty closing near the 25,450 mark amid a broad-based sell-off triggered by escalating geopolitical tensions between the US and Iran.The 30-share BSE Sensex tumbled 1,236.11 points, or 1.48 per cent, to settle at…
The Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) remains one of the government’s flagship housing schemes aimed at improving home ownership affordability across urban India. The programme provides interest subsidies and financial assistance to eligible beneficiaries, particularly those in the Economically Weaker Section (EWS), Low Income Group (LIG), and Middle Income Group (MIG) categories.For applicants, documentation plays…
India’s state-owned Bharat Petroleum Corp (BPCL) and private refiner HPCL Mittal Energy Ltd (HMEL) have each bought one million barrels of Venezuelan Merey crude oil, marking BPCL’s first-ever purchase and HMEL’s first in two years, according to Reuters sources on Wednesday. The deals, arranged through trader Vitol, will increase India’s Venezuelan oil imports to at…
Gold and silver price prediction: Gold may extend its rally to the Rs 1,63,000 per 10 grams mark and silver has managed to sustain support, says Abhilash Koikkara, Head – Forex & Commodities, Nuvama Professional Clients Group. MCX Gold Price Outlook On the weekly chart, MCX Gold has been moving in a consolidation phase after…
Amit Zavery, president, ServiceNow (File photo) New Delhi: Nearly 50% of ServiceNow’s global R&D is based in India, making the country central to its innovation strategy, according to president and chief product officer Amit Zavery. Speaking to TOI on the sidelines of the India AI Impact Summit 2026, he said the Hyderabad and Bengaluru centres…
New Delhi: DeepMind Technologies CEO Demis Hassabis speaks during the India AI Impact Summit 2026, in New Delhi. (PTI Photo) New Delhi: Artificial general intelligence (AGI) could be years away, but its profound impact in the coming decade will be defined by scientific breakthroughs, not job extinction, Google DeepMind chief Demis Hassabis said at the…
Sarvam AI showcases futuristic solutions tailor made for India’s needs New Delhi: In a major step for India’s push to compete in advanced AI, homegrown startup Sarvam has launched a foundational 105-billion-parameter large language model (LLM), along with a range of tools and systems aimed at commercialisation. The company said the model performs on par…
AI image used for representative purposes Russia’s foreign ministry firmly claimed on Wednesday that it has “no reason to believe” that India changed its stance on purchasing Russian oil, despite US claims suggesting otherwise. The ministry emphasised that the oil trade benefits both nations and helps maintain global energy market stability, while dismissing recent statements…
Multi Commodity Exchange of India and National Stock Exchange of India have decided to roll back the extra margins that were levied on gold and silver futures, with the change coming into effect from Thursday, February 19. MCX announced that it will discontinue the additional 3 per cent margin applicable on all gold futures contracts…
ICAI president Prasanna Kumar D New Delhi: The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has set up a special group within its Financial Reporting Review Board to fast-track high-profile cases, the regulatory agency’s president Prasanna Kumar D said. “… more than 10 to 15 cases are there which have public interest. These cases will…