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ICICI Prudential Life Insurance gets 391 crore demand order from I-T

The company said it will file an appeal against the order

25 Mar 2026 1:11 am
Pasupati Acrylon temporarily shuts plant after war delays raw material supplies

The company said the reopening of the plan will depend on the arrival of vessel of raw materials

25 Mar 2026 1:11 am
NHAI-sponsored InvIT gets listed on the BSE

The public InvIT, regulated by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), is aimed at widening investor participation in the countrys highway infrastructure sector

24 Mar 2026 11:12 pm
HDFC Life Insurance gets I-T order for 172 crore

Consisting of 126.46 crore tax demand, 45.55 crore interest, and nil penalty, the order from the Income Tax authorities in Mumbai is for Assessment Year 2023-24 (financial year 2022-23) and related to multiple alleged violations

24 Mar 2026 10:51 pm
State-owned general insurer New India Assurance gets 189.37 crore I-T demand order

The order for 1,89,37,08,470 is for assessment year 2023-24 and issued by the National Faceless e Assessment Centre disallowing certain expenses, says New India Assurance

24 Mar 2026 10:42 pm
Regulator asks city gas distributors to make available piped gas to residential schools, colleges, hostels within five days

Officials say that India holds the capacity to add 15 lakh new PNG connections over the next two weeks

24 Mar 2026 10:41 pm
Truckers invoke force majeure amid fuel shortage, decline in cargo movement

The industry body also called for immediate clearance of overdue payments and ad hoc financial support to ease a mounting liquidity crunch among fleet operators

24 Mar 2026 10:41 pm
Rupee slumps 23 paise to hit an all-time low against U.S. dollar

Foreign fund outflows amid uncertainties over the West Asia crisis further weighed on the local unit, Forex traders said

24 Mar 2026 8:43 pm
Where does the India-U.S. trade deal stand? | Explained

After the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the tariffs imposed by Donald Trump on countries across the world, how did the American President react? Will reciprocal tariffs be removed? Why does a 50% tariff on aluminium and steel imports continue?

24 Mar 2026 6:01 pm
Stock markets jump nearly 2% as Trump halts strikes on Iran's energy infrastructure

Mr. Trump said on social media that he has extended the deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, the strategically located shipping lane between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman, and that he will hold off strikes against Iranian energy sites for five days

24 Mar 2026 5:39 pm
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman exits Helion Energy's board as firms explore partnership

Helion was founded in 2013 by Kirtley, along with John Slough, Chris Pihl, and George Votroubek

24 Mar 2026 1:50 pm
OpenAI sweetens private equity pitch amid enterprise turf war with Anthropic, sources say

OpenAI is offering private-equity firms preferred equity stakes with a guaranteed minimum return of 17.5%, significantly higher than typical preferred instruments, two people familiar with the matter said

24 Mar 2026 1:47 pm
Nikhil Kamath, Quant MF back Swan Defences Offer For Sale

The OFS was oversubscribed 1.2 times, with demand largely driven by long-term institutional investors

24 Mar 2026 1:39 pm
HDFC Bank appoints law firms to probe Atanu Chakrabortys allegations

HDFC Bank said that Atanu Chakraborty did not mention any happenings and practices which were not in congruence with his personal values and ethics

24 Mar 2026 1:09 pm
Airlines cancel more flights as West Asia conflict escalates

Tens of thousands of passengers are stranded as global air travel remains severely disrupted

24 Mar 2026 12:45 pm
Rupee falls 20 paise to 93.73 against U.S. dollar in early trade

At the interbank foreign exchange, the local unit opened at 93.66 against the greenback before slipping to 93.73, down 20 paise from its previous close

24 Mar 2026 11:39 am
Siemens CEO says customers holding back on investments due to Iran war

Siemens will provide 26 new services spanning industrial infrastructure, automation and AI-powered applications to Alibaba Cloud customers

24 Mar 2026 10:23 am
U.S. needs more energy development to power AI, Google president says

Big Tech is pouring hundreds of billions of dollars into its expansion of energy-intensive server warehouses

24 Mar 2026 10:18 am
OpenAI warns Microsoft ties pose risk ahead of potential IPO: Report

Microsoft was one of OpenAIs earliest investors, injecting $1 billion in 2019 and $10 billion at the beginning of 2023

24 Mar 2026 9:58 am
Grim future: On the economy, discomfiting data

Indias economic fundamentals need a realistic reassessment

24 Mar 2026 1:19 am
Signs of LPG crisis easing a little

Jag Vasant and Pine Gas, owned by Great Eastern Shipping and Seven Island Shipping respectively, are likely to reach Indian ports between March 26 and 28

23 Mar 2026 11:19 pm
Coal Minister writes to CMs, Chief Secretaries of States to ensure coal prices are not hiked

The Coal Ministry had recently informed that coal production in the country had scaled 1 billion tonnes for the second time in a row

23 Mar 2026 11:16 pm
Trump military pause on Irans attack: Closely monitoring developments, says Centre

The announcement led to cooling of oil prices with benchmark Brent Crude futures (May) slipping more than 12%

23 Mar 2026 10:51 pm
`Its not a zero-one situation for Indias2-wheeler industry: Gaurav Gupta of TVS

`West Asia crisis: We are evaluating,watching the scenario and trying to understand how it will all pan out

23 Mar 2026 10:36 pm
India closely monitoring developments: Centre says on Trump pause

The announcement led to cooling of oil prices with benchmark Brent Crude futures (May) slipping more than 12%

23 Mar 2026 10:34 pm
Net FDI negative for fifth straight month in January 2026 as outflows exceed inflows by $1.4 billion

Data from the RBI shows that the outflows were mainly driven by repatriation and disinvestment by foreign companies in India, while the gross amount of money entering India also contracted.

23 Mar 2026 10:18 pm
Union Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw unveils three new initiatives to promote orange economy

The three initiatives in the creative economy are the National AI Skilling Initiative in partnership with Google and YouTube; MyWAVES, a citizen creator platform on WAVES OTT; and the rollout of advanced Electronic Programme Guide (EPG) and in-built satellite tuners in television sets for enhancing access to DD Free Dish ser vices

23 Mar 2026 10:13 pm
Prolonged war to be detrimental to the broader global outlook: RBI bulletin

The capacity and resilience of Indian economy to absorb external shocks have strengthened over time

23 Mar 2026 9:56 pm
Two more Indian-flagged LPG tankers cross Strait of Hormuz: Ministry

These vessels, destined for India, are likely to reach Ports between March 26 & March 28, 2026

23 Mar 2026 9:06 pm
Indices fall 2.5%, Nifty likely in bear grip

Rupee slips past 94, stabilises on likely RBI intervention

23 Mar 2026 8:56 pm
Gold, silver crash over 7% amid West Asia tensions

Market experts attributed the decline to a combination of rising inflation concerns, higher interest rate expectations and a stronger dollar

23 Mar 2026 4:39 pm
Rupee slumps 50 paise to settle at fresh record low of 94.03 against U.S. dollar

Brent crude, the global oil benchmark, was trading 1.11% lower at $113.4 per barrel in futures trade

23 Mar 2026 4:37 pm
Asian shares decline as hopes dim for resolution in Iran

Higher oil prices, which also shook stock markets on Friday, dashed hopes for a possible upcoming cut to interest rates by the Federal Reserve, analysts said

23 Mar 2026 12:45 pm
SoftBank plans massive U.S. power plant for AI data centres

SoftBank is a major backer of ChatGPT maker OpenAI, and its flamboyant CEO Masayoshi Son is a long-time ally of U.S. President Donald Trump

23 Mar 2026 12:28 pm
Silver hits lower circuit in futures trade, plunges 9% to 2.06 lakh per kg amid weak global cues

On the Multi Commodity Exchange, silver for May delivery slumped Rs 20,409, or 9 per cent, to Rs 2,06,363 per kilogram, its lower circuit limit

23 Mar 2026 12:15 pm
Tencent integrates WeChat with OpenClaw AI agent amid China tech battle

The software, called ClawBot, will appear as a contact within WeChat, allowing users of Chinas most popular app with over 1 billion monthly active users to access it

23 Mar 2026 11:48 am
OpenAI to nearly double workforce to 8,000 by end-2026: Report

OpenAI is ramping up recruitment of specialists focused on technical ambassadorship, aimed at helping businesses make better use of its tools, the report added

23 Mar 2026 11:23 am
Rupee nears 94, down 41 paise to record low of 93.94

Sustained foreign fund outflows and a crash at the domestic equity markets in the morning session further weakened the local unit, forex traders said

23 Mar 2026 10:19 am