Banks across cities in India will remain closed for four days in a row from March 26 to March 29 due to a combination of festival-related holidays and the standard weekend break. In certain Indian cities, lenders from the public and private sectors will be impacted during this time. The extended holiday stretch is primarily…
When Masoud Pezeshkian, the president of Iran, appeared in public very briefly to greet citizens at an anti-Israel rally last week, another member of his family was also there.Yousef Pezeshkian, the president’s 44-year-old son, who serves as his adviser, had not spoken to his father since the war broke out and the country’s leadership went…
Microsoft’s head of experiences and devices unit, Rajesh Jha, announced his retirement in March. Now, the software giant is reportedly reorganising leadership responsibilities after Jha’s decision to leave the company after 35 years. This restructuring will reassign key Microsoft divisions, including Windows, Office, Microsoft 365, and Copilot, to several senior leaders at the company, according…
The president’s youngest son marks his birthday on 20 March 2026. Here is what we know about the 6-foot-7 NYU sophomore who has spent his whole life in the spotlight, and mostly managed to avoid it. Barron William Trump was born on 20 March 2006, the fifth child of Donald Trump and the first and…
Telecom infrastructure firm Indus Towers Ltd on Thursday (April 30) reported a largely flat net profit for the fourth quarter, with earnings at ₹1,793 crore compared with ₹1,779 crore in the year-ago period. Revenue rose 5% year-on-year to ₹8,101 crore in the quarter, compared with ₹7,727 crore in the same period last year. EBITDA rose…
SITEEE 2026 Phase 1 admit card: Symbiosis International University has released the admit card for the Symbiosis Institute of Technology Engineering Entrance Exam (SITEEE) 2026 on the official website, set-test.org. Candidates who have registered for the exam can now download their hall ticket by using their registration ID and password. Exam dates for both phases…
Maruti Suzuki India Ltd., India’s largest passenger car manufacturer reported its March quarter results on Tuesday, April 28, which were in-line when compared to expectations. Net profit for the period stood at ₹3,591 crore, a decline of 3% from last year’s figure of ₹3,711 crore. Maruti’s net profit was also lower than the CNBC-TV18 poll…
The tussle over the opening of the Strait of Hormuz continues as the Middle East crisis intensifies, with oil shipments yet to return to normal levels. According to a senior Gulf Oil adviser, any impact on fuel prices in the United States is likely to take time.Tom Kloza, the company’s chief energy adviser, told CNN…
The global diamond industry is evolving as lab-grown diamonds gain wider acceptance alongside traditionally mined stones, according to industry experts Chaitanya V Cotha, Executive Director, C Krishniah Chetty Group, and C Vinod Hayagriv, Managing Director at the same group. They say changing consumer preferences and price accessibility are reshaping the market. Chaitanya V Cotha notes…
Retail investors can now buy gold and silver at exchange-linked prices and opt for physical delivery through a newly launched product that integrates commodity futures, clearing, and vaulting infrastructure under a regulated framework. Trading platform Dhan on Wednesday (April 29) introduced ‘Gold Vault’, which the company said is a first-of-its-kind offering that enables individuals to…
