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Mumbai: Country's largest software services company TCS Friday reported a 9.1 per cent growth in its March quarter net profit at Rs 12,434 crore. The Tata Group company's post tax profit during the January-March period last year stood at Rs 11,392 crore. In the fiscal...

Mumbai: Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty plunged by 1 per cent Friday as investors booked profits after a recent record-breaking rally amid weak trends from Asian markets. The 30-share BSE Sensex tanked 793.25 points or 1.06 per cent to settle at 74,244.90 with 27...

Islamabad: The Asian Development Bank has said that Pakistan's economic outlook remains uncertain, as political instability would remain a key risk to the sustainability of stabilisation and reform efforts, according to a media report. The Manila-based lending agency in its ‘Asian Development Outlook' said potential...

New Delhi: Passenger vehicle wholesales in India touched a record high of 42,18,746 units in the financial year 2023-24, registering a year-on-year growth of 8.4 per cent on the back of robust demand for utility vehicles, industry body SIAM said Friday. As per the latest...

Colombo: The Asian Development Bank has forecast Sri Lanka's economy to record moderate growth of 1.9 per cent in 2024 and 2.5 per cent in 2025 following two consecutive years of contractions. The Asian Development Bank's (ADB) growth forecast hinges on the continuation of reforms...

Washington: US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan will travel to India next week to “compare notes on the Indo-Pacific,” talk about technology cooperation and also meet his counterpart Ajit Doval and others to take the US-India relationship to the next level. Sullivan is likely to...

Male: The Maldives is currently discussing with India if the island nation can make payments for its imports from the country in Maldivian Rufiyaa, a senior minister has said. A similar arrangement is also being worked out for imports of goods from China, Minister for...

New Delhi: Moody's Analytics Friday projected India's economy to expand 6.1 per cent in 2024, lower than 7.7 per cent growth clocked in 2023. It said output in India remains 4 per cent lower than it would have been without the COVID pandemic and its...

London: Instagram said it's deploying new tools to protect young people and combat sexual extortion, including a feature that will automatically blur nudity in direct messages. The social media platform said in a blog post Thursday that it's testing out the features as part of...

New Delhi: India registered a 17 per cent jump in the export of digitally delivered services to a staggering $257 billion to become the world's fourth-largest exporter in the segment, according to the latest Global Trade Outlook and Statistics report of the World Trade Organisation...