India’s white-collar job market closed FY’26 with an 8% annual rise in hiring, marking a clear recovery after a muted year. However, beneath the upbeat numbers lies a deeper shift—non-IT sectors are driving growth, AI/ML demand is surging at high salary bands, and Tier-II cities are steadily emerging as new employment hubs, reshaping India’s hiring…
Bhumi Pednekar recently confessed to taking a 10-month break after the release of Netflix India show The Royals, for which she received her share of flak. While she’d already shot for her new Prime Video India crime thriller show Daldal and Danish Aslam’s Adhoore Hum Adhoore Tum opposite Imran Khan, she admits that she feels…
Global investors have sold nearly $24 billion worth of Indian equities so far this year as capital shifted towards the artificial intelligence-driven rally in Taiwan. (AI image) After months of AI-led rallies, Taiwan has finally overtaken India in terms of total stock market valuation, driven largely by the sharp rally in shares of Taiwan Semiconductor…
Jio Financial Services Ltd on Friday (April 17) has reported a drop of 3% in its annual profit after tax. The financial services conglomerate has clocked a net profit of ₹1561 crore during the FY26, compared with ₹1,613 crore in FY25. For the quarter ended March 2026, the net profit grew by 1% on a…
Christian Eriksen collapsed during Denmark’s international friendly against Ukraine in Odense on Sunday, forcing the match to be abandoned and bringing back painful memories of his cardiac arrest at Euro 2020 five years ago. Christian Eriksen collapsed during the Denmark vs Ukraine international friendly. (X) The Danish Football Association said Eriksen was conscious and “doing…
Debt mutual funds witnessed sharp outflows in March 2026, marking a steep reversal from the previous month as institutional and treasury-related redemptions intensified toward the financial year-end. According to AMFI data, debt mutual funds saw net outflows of ₹2.94 lakh crore during March, compared with inflows of ₹42,106 crore in February. The reversal was largely…
Pakistani PM Shehbaz Sharif with Crown Prince Mohammed Salman during the signing of the pact between both nations. (File photo) Leaked classified documents have revealed the inner workings of a secret Saudi Arabia-Pakistan mutual defense pact, exposing how Islamabad may be far more deeply tied to the ongoing Iran conflict than previously known.The disclosures, obtained…
Proxies’ usually apply to war or near war situations while ‘levers’ are really tools of diplomacy, coercion and negotiation which would be applicable in standoffs without wars actually being fought. They would be also applicable in situations where wars are underway, to limit, ignite or terminate them.Background‘Proxies and levers’ provide a novel theme to analyse,…
Dutch greenhouse growing tulips In a greenhouse on the outskirts of the Netherlands’ flower-growing regions, rows of tulips bloom in a climate controlled not only by traditional horticultural equipment but also by humming cryptocurrency computers. Instead of allowing heat generated by Bitcoin mining machines to dissipate into the air, farmers and engineers have begun redirecting…
India’s economic outlook continues to be supported by strong domestic demand and improving high-frequency indicators, even as rising geopolitical tensions in the Middle East add a fresh layer of global uncertainty and raise the risk of stagflation, Morgan Stanley said in its recent report.The report said that “domestic demand remains resilient; however, headwinds are emerging…
