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Jan retail inflation at 2.75% under new CPI base year

With food prices up just 2.13% and housing costs at 2.05%, the data shows how spending habits are changing as incomes rise

12 Feb 2026 10:29 pm
Protean eGov Technologies reports 13% revenue growth in Q3

Posts EBITDA of 46 crore, up 34 per cent from the same quarter last year

12 Feb 2026 10:24 pm
Bodhi Tree Multimedia reports 124% revenue surge in Q3

Bodhi Tree produced approximately 200 hours of original content during the quarter for platforms including Colors, JioStar, Zee, Dangal and Shemaroo

12 Feb 2026 10:21 pm
Maharashtra govt - Tata Trusts partner on development programmes in the State

Multiple Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) were signed to facilitate this

12 Feb 2026 10:20 pm
DAC clears 3.25 lakh crore deal for 114 Rafale fighter jets

Announcement about the deal is expected during French President Emmanuel Macrons upcoming visit

12 Feb 2026 10:16 pm
Pune emerges as Indias second-largest GCC market in 2025: Cushman & Wakefield

In Pune, GCCs contributed 55 per cent of the citys total office leasing of around 10 MSF, underscoring the segments dominant role in the local market

12 Feb 2026 10:16 pm
Centre cuts toll rates on partially-open expressways

The amendment is expected to boost usage, ease highway congestion

12 Feb 2026 10:00 pm
Shadowfax Technologies Q3 net profit up 440% to 35 cr

Shadowfax Technologies revenue rose 65.5% to 1,160 crore, from 701 crore logged in the year-ago period

12 Feb 2026 9:57 pm
Fratelli eyes global scale as diaspora, fine dining drive early traction

Fratelli has expanded its export footprint from over 10 countries in 2024 to more than 15 markets

12 Feb 2026 9:48 pm
Not an exit: Founder says USV deal signals pharma validation for nutraceuticals

A strategic partnership to scale within a pharmaceutical ecosystem

12 Feb 2026 9:29 pm
Draft KCC scheme: Marginal farmers to get flexi credit limit of up to 50,000

Banks will also enable payments via different modes like UPI, debit cards, mobile banking, internet banking, NEFT, etc. after obtaining explicit consent of the account holder

12 Feb 2026 9:28 pm
To become major player in AI, India has to reimagine itself: Piyush Goyal

If we are looking at becoming a major AI player, a major player in the future of tech...we have to reimagine ourselves. Theres no way we can live in the past..We have to quickly reorient, accept the future, adopt it, he said at an event here.

12 Feb 2026 9:21 pm
Q3 Results Highlights: HAL, HUL, IHCL, Bharat Forge, Muthoot Finance Q3 profit rise, Hindalco, Coal India net down

Q3 Results Today, 12th Feb 2026 Updates: Find all the latest Q3 results 2026 updates

12 Feb 2026 9:16 pm
IT stocks plunge 5.5% as AI disruption fears grip markets; Nifty sheds 147 points at 25,807

Nifty IT index plunges 5.5% to a 10-month low; Tech Mahindra slumps 6.4%

12 Feb 2026 9:14 pm
Silver became a star in January retail inflation, experts see headline number to rise further

This has impacted core items (excluding food, fuel segments), which now have a higher weight in the new series, with most prices rising 3%

12 Feb 2026 9:13 pm
Chirag Paswan asks Indian dairy industry to comply with quality norms

Cautions against non-compliance that undermines market access and allows fraudulent players to thrive

12 Feb 2026 9:07 pm
Govt needs to ensure accountability of seed companies in the Bill, says MP Sudhakar Singh

Calls for capping seed prices and addressing key issues such as terminator seed technology

12 Feb 2026 9:00 pm
Petition against WeWork India IPO withdrawn

Agarwal had challenged aspects of disclosures in WeWork prospectus, asserting that certain regulatory complaints were not fully reflected in the documents

12 Feb 2026 8:47 pm
Shortened compliance window for DPDP will not impact MSMEs, Deepak Goel, Cyber Law and Data Governance, MeitY

While Goel said the Data Protection Board will soon be announced pending manpower, the government has still not taken any decision in terms of the shortening of the compliance timeframe.

12 Feb 2026 8:45 pm
Mustard yield can be increased by 70%, says former ICAR-IIMR chief

Transforming the rice fallows into productive farmland by adopting the rapeseed-mustard cultivation offers a remarkable opportunity, says P K Rai

12 Feb 2026 8:43 pm
FM denies squeezing States in Budget debate

Accuses Congress of shedding crocodile tears over rising debt

12 Feb 2026 8:40 pm
Revised US fact sheet reflects joint understanding on India-US trade framework: MEA

MEA Spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal emphasised that the original joint statement issued on February 7 remains the definitive basis for mutual understanding

12 Feb 2026 8:36 pm
Rolls-Royce to scale-up businesses in India

Rolls-Royce CEO Tufan Erginbilgic had met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday to discuss the companys desire to be part of Viksit Bharat

12 Feb 2026 8:28 pm
Airlines industry flag Operational Instability Over draft cabin crew rest norms

The Federation of Indian Airlines seeks staggered implementation

12 Feb 2026 8:23 pm
India a cost-effective destination to build DCs with quality talent ecosystem, says Sify Chairman Raju Vegesna

About Sifys plans, he said that for the next few years, they are focused on building Edge DCs across various tier 2 cities in India and also large DCs in the metros.

12 Feb 2026 8:20 pm
Indian textiles exporters will get same tariff benefits in the US as Bangladesh: Piyush Goyal

While garment exporters cheer, some farmers have expressed concern about cotton sourcing requirements from the US potentially hurting domestic growers

12 Feb 2026 8:17 pm
Farm and workers Unions protest against FTAs, VB-G-RAM-G, Seed Bill and Labour Codes

The joint platform of CTUs and Independent Sectoral Federations and Associations call the Bharat Bandh a grand success

12 Feb 2026 8:15 pm
Sufficient grain-based ethanol capacity in country to meet 20% blending with petrol

Ethanol blending levels thereafter increased to 12.06 per cent in ESY 202223, 14.60 per cent (ESY 202324), and 19.24 per cent (ESY 202425).

12 Feb 2026 8:08 pm
Storage in Indias key reservoirs drops to 64% of capacity

45% deficient rainfall so far this year leaves the level in 30 reservoirs below 50% of capacity

12 Feb 2026 8:06 pm
Natural rubber prices surge on supply crunch, strong demand

The overall outlook seems to be positive due to increased demand from the industry

12 Feb 2026 7:46 pm
Bulk, block deals dip 11% on weak market sentiments

Bulk and blocks in this fiscal (up to January), at 5.32 lakh crore have already exceeded the 5.23 lakh crore recorded in the entire FY25, according to data sourced from primebbdatabase.com.

12 Feb 2026 7:44 pm
Zaggle Prepaid Q3 net profit up at 36 crore, revenue grows to 497.6 crore

The board approves setting up Zaggle Payments IFSC Ltd in GIFT City, alongside plans for a UAE entity in Abu Dhabi

12 Feb 2026 7:28 pm
MoD inks deal with HAL for 8 Dornier aircraft at cost of 2,312 crore

This deal is part of a mission to boost the Coast Guards air fleet from 80 to 100 by 2030

12 Feb 2026 7:25 pm
12 Feb 2026 7:19 pm
BharatNet reaches 2.14-lakh gram panchayats till now: Scindia

Rural broadband rollout gains pace, investment boosts service-ready gram panchayats across India

12 Feb 2026 7:16 pm
Indias antitrust watchdog slaps 27-crore fine on Intel over territorial warranty restrictions

Processors sourced from Intels overseas distributors, including through parallel import channels, were denied warranty service in India and redirected to the country of purchase, said the Competition Commission of India

12 Feb 2026 7:07 pm
Mahindra Research Valley to be expanded with an investment of 196 crore

The company is expanding its Advanced R&D Centre and Testing Facilities near Chennai with an additional 2000 skilled professionals

12 Feb 2026 7:01 pm
Matirmony.com PAT down 17% y-o-y at 8.3 crore

Revenue down 1.8% at 113.2 crore

12 Feb 2026 6:52 pm
Prasanna Kumar D to be new President of ICAI

The ICAI also announced Mangesh Pandurang Kinare as the new Vice President

12 Feb 2026 6:45 pm
Eicher Motors gets green nod for Cheyyar expansion; Royal Enfield annual capacity to rise to 20 lakh units

While the companys proposal submitted to the State government for EC states the investment as 1,104 crore, a company release showed the amount as 958 crore

12 Feb 2026 6:44 pm
SEBI eyes lower cost of capital, compliance reforms to boost competitiveness

CEA-led panel to shape impact assessment framework as regulator reviews economic cost of rules

12 Feb 2026 6:30 pm
12 Feb 2026 6:26 pm
Madras HC orders enquiry into corruption allegations at NLC India

CBI to examine 422-crore allegations against the PSU

12 Feb 2026 6:19 pm
Brokers Call: Hindustan Foods (Buy)

Systematix Institutional Equities

12 Feb 2026 5:10 pm
12 Feb 2026 5:09 pm
First retail inflation in 2024 series recorded at 2.75%

The inflation rates for rural and urban are 2.73% and 2.77%, respectively

12 Feb 2026 4:44 pm
Stock Market Highlights: Sensex closes 558 points lower at 83,674, Nifty 50 slides 146 points to 25,807

Sensex, Nifty, Share Prices: Sensex settled 558.72 points or 0.66% lower at 83,674.92, and Nifty 50 depreciated by 146.65 points or 0.57% to 25,807.20 amid lingering concerns over AI-driven disruption and diminishing expectations of a near-term US Federal Reserve rate cut that dampened investor sentiment.

12 Feb 2026 4:43 pm
India's CPI Retail Inflation Highlights: Retail inflation quickens to 2.75% in January, MoSPI releases new series with 2024 as base year

The item basket and the corresponding weights are based on Household Consumption Expenditure Survey 2023-24. The exercise is being done for enhancing the coverage and representativeness of the inflation measure, says the PIB press release from MoSPI

12 Feb 2026 4:42 pm
No GST registration required for AMC services driven by the head office: Odisha appellate authority

Appellate authoritys ruling beneficial for corporate providing AMC at various locations, say experts

12 Feb 2026 4:26 pm