Mahesh Thiagarajan: ‘Oracle Was Little Late To Cloud Game’

‘We realised that locking customers to our Cloud was not fair to them.’ Photograph: Kind courtesy Oracle India Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), the data management giant’s Cloud services platform, grew 50 per cent in the June-November 2024 period in India,

Income Tax Department conducts search at Prestige Estates offices

Real estate firm Prestige Estates Projects Ltd on Tuesday (February 25) announced that the Income Tax Department is conducting a search operation at its registered office and branch offices starting February 25, 2025. “…we hereby inform that the Income Tax

Defence stocks to buy for long term: Elara Capital sees 44-57% upside in Hindustan Aeronautics, Bharat Electronics

Brokerage firm Elara Capital is positive on India’s defence industry in the long term due to higher budgetary allocation and focus on self-reliance. The brokerage firm is optimistic about the growth prospects of the sector due to the government’s focus

Capgemini India CEO bats for 47.5-hour work week, no weekend e-mails

Joining the debate on working hours, IT services company Capgemini India’s chief executive Ashwin Yardi on Tuesday advocated 47.5 hours work per week, and was against sending e-mails to employees on weekends. Photograph: Stephane Mahe/Reuters He was speaking at Nasscom

India has lower exposure to US tariffs than APAC peers: Moody’s

Moody’s Ratings on Tuesday said India has a lower overall exposure to the US relative to others in the APAC region, although certain sectors such as food, textiles and pharmaceutical products face risks. Photograph: Dado Ruvic/Reuters Moody’s said most companies

EPFO net members addition grows to 16.05 lakh in Dec

Retirement fund body EPFO added 16.05 lakh net new members in December, which is 9.69 per cent higher compared to November 2024, as per the payroll data released on Tuesday. Further, a labour ministry statement said there was a growth

Sensex gains 148 points; Nifty ends in red

Benchmark BSE Sensex recovered 147 points in a range-bound trade on Tuesday, ending its five-day slide on the back of buying in financial and FMCG shares. Photograph: Savita Kirloskar/Reuters The 30-share BSE benchmark Sensex climbed 147.71 points or 0.20 per

Nifty target cut by Prabhudas Lilladher to below 26,000, highlights key long-term themes

Domestic brokerage firm Prabhudas Lilladher has cut its base case Nifty 50 target by nearly 6% to 25,689 from 27,172 earlier. It has also cut Nifty’s Earnings Per Share (EPS) estimates by 0.8%, 2% and 2.6% for financial year 2025,

Dividend Stock: This Nifty PSU company’s board to meet on March 5 to consider interim dividend

Dividend stock: The Navratna public sector undertaking (PSU) Bharat Electronic’s board will meet next week on March 5 to consider an interim dividend for the financial year 2024-25 (FY25), the company informed bourses on Tuesday, February 25. Bharat Electronics in

Housing prices rise 10% in Q3 in 8 cities, Delhi-NCR tops

Housing prices appreciated at an average of 10 per cent during the December quarter across eight major cities on strong demand, higher input cost, according to a report by CREDAI, Colliers and Liases Foras. Realtors’ body CREDAI, real estate consultant