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Government finalising data laws: Meity secretary – The Times of India
Bengaluru: S Krishnan, secretary of the Ministry of Electronics & IT (Meity), said the ministry is currently finalising the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act’s draft rules, addressing intricacies of online content regulation, and preparing for the evolving challenges arising from heightened adoption of AI. With the final rules under the DPDP Act under review,…
Sebi for stock F&O expiry on Tuesday or Thursday – The Times of India
MUMBAI: Markets regulator Sebi on Thursday proposed that each exchange offering equity derivatives products to investors should have either Tuesday or Thursday as the expiry day for all their contracts. This is being proposed so that there’s predictability of the expiry of derivatives products on each of the exchanges. Market players said the move would…
Centre to borrow Rs 8L crore in H1 FY26, 54% of year’s target – The Times of India
Mumbai: Govt on Thursday said it will borrow Rs 8 lakh crore or 54% of its total planned borrowing of Rs 14.8 lakh crore for FY26 during the first half of the fiscal. It refrained from front-loading the borrowing programme to avoid any upward pressure on rates when the RBI is infusing a record level…
Cognizant’s AI efforts free up 12k people, 14k rejoin co – The Times of India
Bengaluru: Cognizant CEO Ravi Kumar indicated that former employees constitute 5-7% of their lateral hires, signalling a growing trend of returnees. Cognizant saw 14,000 people rejoin the firm and has an additional 20,000 of them in the queue to return to the company. Kumar was speaking at the investor day held in the US recently.Kumar…
Countering FPI outflows: RBI looks to double investment limit for foreign individuals, says report – The Times of India
India intends to extend privileges previously exclusive to overseas Indians to all foreign investors. (AI image) The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) plans to raise the investment limit for individual foreign investors in listed companies to 10% from 5%, aiming to enhance capital inflows, according to senior government officials and documents seen by Reuters.Foreign portfolio…
EPFO withdrawal through ATMs, integration with UPI for payment up to Rs 1 lakh soon – The Times of India
EPFO auto settlement feature, capped at Rs 1 lakh, enables subscribers to access funds for various purposes including medical expenses. The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation or EPFO aims to streamline further its claim settlement procedures and plans to incorporate UPI payments for amounts up to Rs 1 lakh. In a conversation with TOI, Labour Secretary…
Stock market today: BSE Sensex opens flat; Nifty50 below 23,500 – The Times of India
“We expect the market to remain range-bound with stock/sector specific action,” said Siddhartha Khemka of Motilal Oswal. (AI image) Stock market today: BSE Sensex and Nifty50, the Indian equity benchmark indices, opened flat in trade on Thursday. While BSE Sensex was near 77,300, Nifty50 was below 23,500. At 9:19 AM, BSE Sensex was trading at…
Top stocks to buy today: Stock recommendations for March 27, 2025 – The Times of India
Top stocks to buy (AI image) Top stock market recommendations: According to Aakash K Hindocha, Deputy Vice President – WM Research, Nuvama Professional Clients Group, Affle, Amara Raja Energy & Mobility, and Bharti Airtel are the top buy calls for today. Here’s his view on Nifty, Bank Nifty and the top stock picks for March…
Top stocks to buy today: Stock recommendations for March 27, 2025 – The Times of India
Goldman Sachs’ top ideas for the current year are HDFC Bank with a target price of Rs 2,090, AU Small Finance with a target price of Rs 796, Titan with a target price of Rs 3,900, GCPL with a target price of Rs 1,370, Indigo with a target price of Rs 5,050, Adani Ports with…