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The RBI raised minimum daily CRR maintenance to 99 per cent from October 16 and announced a 25,000 crore bond sale on October 13 to align overnight rates with the repo rate.

Bloomberg consensus estimates project banks' Q2FY27 net profit at 1 trillion, up 19.6 per cent year-on-year, while large FCNR(B) deposit inflows are expected to weigh on margins.

HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank and SBI saw their market capitalisation decline in the July-September quarter, while Kotak Mahindra Bank overtook Axis Bank to become the fourth-largest lender by market value

Strong box office collections, higher ticket prices and spending per head are set to lift PVR Inox's Q2 results, while broadcasters face weak advertising and margin pressures

Qualcomm expects advanced AI features to reach cheaper smartphones gradually as memory price inflation pushes up costs and smaller AI models become more efficient

NBFCs are expected to sustain credit growth and earnings momentum in H2FY27, but rising funding costs, geopolitical uncertainty and erratic monsoons make asset quality a key monitorable

India will have at least two confirmed gold-medal matches on Day 14 in the form of men's cricket and hockey finals

India will have several medal opportunities on October 2, with archery, boxing, wrestling and hockey in focus

India will have several medal opportunities on Day 11, with archery, wrestling, cycling, judo and boxing among the key events

India will have several medal opportunities on Day 10, with shooting, boxing and athletics dominating the schedule

Rising seas are raising legal questions over territory and maritime zones. The UN has adopted a declaration addressing these issues as coastlines change

The Nifty cracked 1.4% to a low of 22,807.55 on Monday, reaching within striking distance of its 200-week moving average at 22,607. The index last closed below the 200-WMA in June 2020, shows chart.

The Form 6 row centres on changes made by the ECI to the voter enrolment process during SIR. Here is what the Supreme Court said, what ECI changed and why the new declaration is being questioned

The proposal would reward education, English skills, salary and job offers while restricting several existing family-based pathways.

LPU has suspended classes for 10 days and postponed mid-term exams after violent protests over unverified sexual assault claims; Police have registered an FIR and formed an SIT

All sectoral indices traded in the red in early trade. Broader markets also faced intense selling pressure as both midcap and smallcap indices were down 1 per cent each.

Banks will remain open from September 28 to 30 after the UFBU deferred its three-day strike following talks with the IBA on five-day banking, the PLI scheme and other pending issues

Ben Macintyre's Redwood explores a Cold War spy defection that had deadly consequences for Iran

Check India's Asian Games 2026 Day 9 schedule for September 28, featuring medal events, boxing quarter-finals, key athletes and complete timings in IST

Indirect aggression in Indian conversations on social media platform X is most common during major social, financial, sporting and political events, business school researchers have found after they used machine learning models to examine patterns of aggressive communication, analysing more than 1.31 lakh posts. The study, titled Indian Aggression Detection through Multiple ML Models from Twitter Data, was conducted by researchers at Goa Institute of Management (GIM) and Goa Business School. The

India will have several medal opportunities on Day 8, with action across athletics, archery, shooting, equestrian, badminton, hockey, volleyball and other sports

India will have several confirmed medal opportunities on Day 7, with action across athletics, shooting, canoe sprint, squash and kabaddi

The Election Commission has deferred two voter-awareness programmes in Uttar Pradesh, while maintaining that the decision was unrelated to the controversy surrounding the poll pane

Indian shuttlers were off to a winning start in the Asian Games singles and doubles competitions with Unnati Hooda and the mixed pair of Tanisha Crasto and Dhruv Kapila registering facile victories in their first-round matches here on Friday. Unnati defeated North Korea's Mi Song Yu 21-9 21-10 in a 30-minute contest to move into the second round. Tanisha and Dhruv got the better of Maldives' Nibal Ahmed and Aminath Nabeeha Abdul Razzaq 21-8 21-7 in a 21-minute clash to move ahead. The Indians en

The finance ministry will begin a month-long series of pre-budget meetings from October 12 as part of the preparations for Union Budget 2027-28. Pre-budget discussions to finalise RE (Revised Estimate) 2026-27 and BE (Budget Estimate) 2027-28 in respect of the Grants/appropriations will commence with effect from 12.10.2026 under the Chairmanship of Secretary (Expenditure), a notice by the Budget Division of the ministry said. The notice dated September 23, 2026, circulated to all ministries and

Rohibina Devi will present India with their first medal opportunity on Day 5 when she takes the mat for the wushu women's 60kg final at 6:10 am IST

The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) on Wednesday raised India's GDP growth projection for current fiscal by 80 basis points to 7.1 per cent citing resilient domestic demand and government policies that cushioned households and firms from the impact of higher energy prices. In June, the Paris-based inter-governmental body had projected the Indian economy to grow at 6.3 per cent in 2026-27. OECD said structural policy reforms that enhance the ability of economies to c

Parag Milk Foods Ltd, Lumax Auto Technologies Ltd, Inox Wind Ltd and Varroc Engineering Ltd are among the other losers in the BSE's 'A' group today, 23 September 2026.

The Supreme Court delivered a split verdict on the Centre's plea to refer challenges to the 2023 Election Commissioners appointment law to a larger five-judge Bench

Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], September 23: Singapore-headquartered enterprise-grade video conferencing and unified communications provider, Yealink expects India to emerge as a strategic growth market as the rapid expansion of Global Capability Centres (GCCs), increasing AI adoption and the evolution of hybrid workplaces create new demand for intelligent enterprise communication and collaboration solutions.

Poll panel says internal notes and differing views are part of routine deliberations, while final decisions, including electoral roll revision measures, were unanimous

Jay Meena secured India's first ever soft tennis medal at the Asian Games, fetching a bronze after losing to Japan's Takuya Kurosaka in the men's singles semifinals here on Wednesday. Playing in his third Asian Games, the 26-year-old Meena produced a spirited fightback after falling three games behind but could not sustain the momentum, losing 2-4 (3-5, 1-4, 1-4, 4-1, 6-4, 1-4) to Kurosaka in the 45-minute clash. Meena, who hails from Madhya Pradesh's Dewas and is a 2022 National Games gold-meda

Pearl Global announced the commissioning of its new manufacturing facility in Bangladesh with an annual capacity of 7 million garment pieces.

The Indian men's and women's skeet shooting teams picked up bronze medals but individual podiums eluded them as two of the three in final finished fourth in the Asian Games here on Wednesday. After three days of qualification rounds, the Indian trio of Raiza Dhillon, Maheshwari Chauhan and Parinaaz Dhaliwal finished with a combined score of 331 to finish third behind gold medallists China (357) and Kazakhstan (336) in the women's team event. It was the first ever Asian Games medal in the women's

NSE IPO was entirely an offer for sale by existing shareholders. The GMP signals a 4 per cent listing pop.

Athletics competition at the Asian Games will begin on September 23 with race walking, while the track and field programme will get underway on September 24 at the Nagoya City Mizuho Park

The developing climate pattern could intensify heat stress worldwide, adding pressure on health systems and vulnerable communities

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) on Wednesday raised its forecast for India's economic growth in the current fiscal to 7 per cent, up from 6.6 per cent projected in July, citing stronger-than-expected economic performance in the first quarter despite supply-side disruptions caused by West Asia crisis. In its Asian Development Outlook (ADO) September 2026, the multilateral lender said, The revision reflects India's stronger-than-expected economic performance, with GDP expanding by 7.8 per cent ye

Elevate Campuses IPO: In the grey market, Elevated Campuses shares are trading at 367 apiece. This means that the listing gains could be 1.4 per cent.

S&P Global Ratings raised India's GDP growth projections for the current fiscal to 7 per cent, citing robust economic activity and forecasting that the RBI could hike interest rates by 25 basis points in FY27. In its Economic Activity for Asia Pacific report, S&P estimates consumer inflation to average 5.1 per cent in FY27. The Indian economy grew higher than expected at 7.8 per cent in the June quarter. S&P said factors like robust industrial activity, healthy consumption, strong goods exports,

Frontier Springs Ltd, Loyal Textile Mills Ltd, Premier Polyfilm Ltd and Manugraph India Ltd are among the other gainers in the BSE's 'B' group today, 23 September 2026.

Realty shares witnessed buying demand for six consecutive trading sessions.

IIT Bombay Professor Suryanarayana Doolla, an accused in the alleged suicide of student Sahil Wakode, has been sent on leave to facilitate an impartial probe into the case, sources said on Wednesday. The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay on Monday removed Doolla as the dean of Administrative Affairs following protests over the student's suicide. Prof Doolla has been sent on leave after being removed from his dean post to enable an impartial probe, with no classes currently underway, th

Analysts at Motilal Oswal say, steel industry pricing discipline will remain vital for margin sustenance, as the impact of current cost inflation is likely to become evident with a lag in H2FY27.

Opposition parties slammed CEC Gyanesh Kumar after an investigation by The Indian Express claimed there is a major rift within the poll panel over decisions related to SIR and electoral rolls

Ola Electric Mobility Ltd, Bikaji Foods International Ltd, Pearl Global Industries Ltd and Olectra Greentech Ltd are among the other gainers in the BSE's 'A' group today, 23 September 2026.

Mirabai's silver also gives India a long-awaited return to the weightlifting podium at the Asian Games, 28 years after Malleswari's historic finish in Bangkok

That left India needing a strong result against Mongolia to keep their hopes of advancing alive. Instead, the decisive match was never played

Japan has previously challenged Pakistan's auto policy at the WTO over export targets linked to tariff reductions and import licences