Bharti Airtel Q3 2025 Results: Net Profit Declines Amid Rising Costs

Bharti Airtel’s Q3 2025 results reveal a significant drop in net profit despite revenue growth, highlighting the impact of rising operational costs and strategic investments in the competitive telecom market. Photograph: Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters Key Points Bharti Airtel’s consolidated net

What Budget 2026 Says About Taxes

This Budget positions India’s taxation ideology as not merely a revenue source but as a strategic catalyst for growth, inclusion and long-term confidence. IMAGE: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman presents Budget 2026 in the Lok Sabha. Photograph: Sansad TV on YouTube

India will lower tariffs on wide range of US goods: Greer

Noting that in 2024, America’s agricultural trade deficit with India was $1.3 billion, United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said India’s growing population is an “important market” for American agricultural products and the deal will go a long way to reducing

Indian pharma to get stronger dose of EU mkt access

Indian tariffs on EU pharma and chemical exports will drop to zero from the current 11 per cent and 22 per cent, respectively. The European Union’s (EU’s) offer to slash tariffs on 97.5 per cent of Indian chemical exports to

Heavy sell-off in IT counters; Sensex ends up 79 points

Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended marginally higher on Wednesday as a sharp decline in IT blue-chip stocks restricted the rally in the markets. Photograph: Shailesh Andrade/Reuters Key Points 50-share NSE Nifty went up by 48.45 points Sensex firms, Eternal,

Soft hiring trends keep Info Edge on back foot

The general hiring environment remained challenging, with global capability centres being the only bright spot. IMAGE: Info Edge Founder Sanjeev Bikhchandani. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff Key Points Realisations in the segment may remain under pressure Uncertainty in the US is affecting

India to restrict Russian oil buy, import only where…

The commitment to halt Russian oil purchases removes the additional 25 per cent punitive tariff earlier imposed, effectively lowering the applied US tariff on Indian exports to 18 per cent from 50 per cent. Image used only for representation. Photograph: Richard

Sensex surged 2,073 points, Nifty closed

Reduction of US tariffs on Indian goods from 50 per cent to 18 per cent enhances India’s competitive position among emerging markets. Photograph: Amit Dave/Reuters Key Points From the 30 Sensex firms, Adani Ports surged 9.12 per cent Prominent winners

Realty to get indirect push from Budget proposals

Companies like Anant Raj, Lodha, L&T Realty, DLF, Panchshil Realty, Rustomjee, the Hiranandani group, Mindspace Reit, and Adani Realty have entered the segment in recent years. Photograph: Kind courtesy CtrlSDatacenters/facebook.com Key Points Developers will view data centres as long-term, stable-yield assets

Strong demand boosts January sales of automakers

Utility vehicles — consisting Grand Vitara, Brezza, Ertiga, and XL6 — however, rose to 75,609 units last month as against 65,093 units a year ago. Photograph: Hamad I Mohammed/Reuters Key Points SUV Victoris achieved a milestone of 50,000 units in