Economy growing at robust pace, banking sector remains sound: RBI report

The Indian economy is growing at a robust pace, driven by strong domestic demand, low inflation, and the healthy balance sheets of banks, said a Reserve Bank report released on Wednesday. Photograph: Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters The domestic financial system remains robust

WazirX Reboots Operations After Mega Hack

‘We’ve not seen a crypto exchange come back after about 45 per cent of the value on the platform was impacted.’ IMAGE: Nischal Shetty, Founder and CEO, WazirX. Photograph: Kind courtesy WazirX.com   Indian crypto exchange WazirX is picking up

Fraud Bleeds Insurers Of Rs 10,000 Crore A Year

These losses increase insurance premiums for customers and reduce insurer margins on the other. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff   The insurance industry has been witnessing Rs 8,000 crore to Rs 10,000 crore leak in annual claim payouts due to Fraud, Waste,

Factors that will guide the markets this week

In an event-heavy week ahead, stock markets’ movement would highly depend on macroeconomic data announcements, global trends, RBI’s interest rate decision and trading activity of foreign investors, analysts said. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh India’s industrial production data for October 2025 will

Titan Q2 profit up 59% to Rs 1,120 cr

Leading jewellery and watchmaker Titan on Monday reported an increase of 59 per cent in consolidated net profit at Rs 1,120 crore for the September quarter of FY26. Photograph: Amit Dave/Reuters The company posted a net profit of Rs 704

Bharti Airtel Q2 profit more than doubles to Rs 8,651 crore

Bharti Airtel on Monday reported over twofold jump in consolidated net profit at Rs 8,651 crore for September quarter FY26, mainly on account of growth in high-paying smartphone customers and post-paid connections. Photograph: Adnan Abidi/Reuters The company posted a profit

Sensex inches up 40 points in muted trading

Benchmark indices Sensex edged up nearly 40 points while Nifty ended above 25,750 points in a lackadaisical trade on Monday, snapping the two-day declining streak on buying in select auto and banking shares. Photograph: Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters The 30-share BSE Sensex

Sebi’s Move Could Erode Mutual Fund, Broker Earnings

‘Sebi’s move to cap brokerage charges will help investors by lowering the overall cost of investments.’ Photograph: Francis Mascarenhas/Reuters   Cuts in mutual fund (MF) expense ratios and sharp reductions in the caps on brokerage paid by MF schemes are

‘Technology alone won’t help win customer’s confidence’

‘How responsibly banks use AI will be the decisive factor going forward.’ Kindly note that this illustration generated using ChatGPT has only been posted for representational purposes.   The return on investment (RoI) from technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI)

Factors that will guide the markets this week

Quarterly earnings, macroeconomic data announcements and global trends will drive the Indian stock markets in a holiday-shortened week, analysts said. Illustration: Uttam Ghosh Stock markets would remain closed on Wednesday for the Guru Nanak Gurpurab holiday. “The holiday-shortened week is