Stock market holiday today Investors will have a break from domestic equity trading on Friday as the stock market remains closed for Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti. October 2, 2026, is listed as a full trading holiday in the 2026 market calendar, with both the National Stock Exchange (NSE) and Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) shut for regular…
Brent crude climbs beyond $100as Strait of Hormuz disruptions choke global oil supplies Oil prices edged higher on Friday as fresh restrictions on Chinese fuel exports and reports of increased US military deployments to the Middle East kept supply concerns in focus.Brent crude stood at $102.60, higher by 28 cents or 0.27% while WTI crude…
HDFC Bank appointed Anup Bagchi as MD & CEO from Oct 27, succeeding Sashidhar Jagdishan, while Anup Kumar Saha will be Kotak Mahindra Bank chief for three years from Jan 1, 2027, succeeding Ashok Vaswani. MUMBAI: It was a day of coincidences in the banking sector. Two private banks, two new CEOs named Anup, both…
The sister-in-law also submitted a written statement to support the man’s version. (Image for representative purpose only) An income tax raid is conducted and foreign currency is found, but it doesn’t belong to you – what happens then? A few months after demonetisation, the Income Tax Department searched a man’s property in Delhi.During the operation,…
After securing the job, she allegedly left her in-laws to deal with financial hardship and other difficulties on their own. (AI image for representative purpose only) It is a known practise for government jobs to be offered to the family of the deceased if the employee has passed away while still in service. The aim…
The new rules, effective October 15, limit dealers to 1,000 quintals and require stocks to be sold within 15 days of receipt. NEW DELHI: The Centre has further tightened stock limits for sugar dealers ahead of the festive season, capping inventories at 1,000 quintals and restricting the holding period to 15 days in a move…
Since the vehicle was insured, the man expected the insurance policy to cover the loss. (Image for representative purpose only) You leave your punctured car on the roadside and in the morning it is found burnt. Should the insurer give a payout? In one such case a man’s BMW developed a tyre puncture on the…
Companies are cutting some mid-career and routine roles while continuing to hire specialist freshers. At a time when layoffs in the IT sector globally grab headlines every few weeks, what’s happening in Indian IT this year? The Indian IT jobs market is going through a shift that is increasingly more structural than cyclical – new…
AnthropicAnthropic’s AI paradox: More powerful systems could mean bigger risks to humanity Anthropic’s much awaited IPO is built around a striking contradiction: the artificial intelligence company wants public investors to help finance technology it says could transform the global economy, while warning in the same prospectus that increasingly powerful AI could pose catastrophic or existential…
PIB debunks fake Saturday holiday notification (representative image) The Press Information Bureau (PIB) Fact Check unit on Thursday debunked a document circulating on social media that claimed the Central Government had declared every Saturday a public holiday for all public sector banks, including the State Bank of India (SBI).In a post on X, PIB Fact…
