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US equities moved in mixed territory early Wednesday, with technology stocks continuing to weigh on sentiment, while gold prices rebounded and moved back above the $5,000-per-ounce mark as investors sought safe-haven assets.The S&P 500 slipped 0.1% in early trade, coming off its fourth modest decline in the last five sessions. The Dow Jones Industrial Average…
With India’s foreign exchange reserves rebounding sharply during the week, the country’s overall forex buffer rose by $14.167 billion to $701.36 billion in the week ended January 16, RBI data showed on Friday.The increase follows a relatively modest rise of $392 million in the previous week, when total reserves had edged up to $687.193 billion.While…
India’s shipments to China posted a rare year-on-year increase in 2025, even as the bilateral trade gap ballooned to an all-time high, underlining the persistent imbalance in the two-way economic relationship, PTI reported.Data released by Chinese customs on Wednesday showed that Indian exports to China rose by $5.5 billion during January–December 2025, taking total outbound…
IT services major Infosys on Wednesday reported a 2.2 per cent decline in consolidated net profit to Rs 6,654 crore for the October–December quarter of FY26, even as revenue from operations rose nearly 9 per cent year-on-year.The Bengaluru-headquartered company had posted a net profit attributable to owners of the company of Rs 6,806 crore in…
BENGALURU: India’s deeptech funding rose in 2025 even as investor risk appetite tightened, with capital flowing to fewer companies, at later stages, and in larger cheque sizes. The shift lifted overall funding levels despite a sharp fall in the number of deals, highlighting a move towards selectivity and concentration rather than a broad-based return of…
Copper touched $13,000 a ton for the first time, extending last year’s scorching rally as mine outages and trade dislocations fuel concerns over supplies of the key industrial metal. Benchmark futures rallied as much as 4.3% in London. A strike at the Mantoverde mine in Chile was just the latest supply disruption at a time…
TIRUPATI: A 42-year-old drunk man sneaked into the Sri Govindaraja Swamy temple, located in the heart of the temple city of Tirupati, around midnight on Friday and tried to break the Kalasams on one of the Gopurams inside the TTD temple, exposing glaring lapses in temple security.The man, identified as Kuthadi Thirupathi, a resident of…
M Ramesh of Tiruchengode, who had climbed the steps in the same manner for six years from 2018 to 2024, accompanied Prakash extending support to him. NAMAKKAL: A 30-year-old man climbed the 1,300 steps of the Sri Arthanareeswarar hill temple in Tiruchengode in Namakkal district on Thursday doing a push-up on each step to inspire…
India’s captain Harmanpreet Kaur with teammate Shafali Verma at the end of play after India defeated Sri Lanka during the third T20 International cricket match (PTI Photo) NEW DELHI: India opener Shafali Verma has once again shown why she is one of the most exciting batters in women’s cricket. After a series of strong performances…
Sidney Crosby needs a multi-point game tonight to overtake Mario Lemieux for the most points in @penguins history (Getty Images) Sidney Crosby stands at the center of a moment that feels heavier than a routine night on the NHL calendar. When Mario Lemieux walked into PPG Paints Arena this week, the building carried a sense…
