India’s premium preschools are selling specialized learning methods at a steep markup. What are parents actually paying for—and can the spending be sustained through a child’s education?
The Madras High Court has upheld the cancellation of a Chennai Port Trust employee’s Scheduled Tribe (ST) community certificate after authorities concluded that he belonged to the Urali Gounder community and not the Urali tribe. The court also refused to direct the release of his full pension, gratuity, leave salary and other terminal benefits. In…
The artificial intelligence boom is no longer the exclusive domain of global technology giants. In India, it has created an unlikely set of stock market winners: optical fibre manufacturers. No company has captured investor attention quite like Vedanta-backed (0.98% stake) Sterlite Technologies. The stock soared an astonishing 400% in 2026, making it one of the…
When you leave a job, your employer is expected to record your date of exit on the EPFO portal. If the date is missing or incorrectly marked, it can disrupt the transfer of your old PF account to a new employer and may also raise questions during background verification by the new company. The good…
Tata Group stocks saw wild swings this week as multiple developments linked to the much-awaited Tata Sons IPO kept investors on the edge. The stocks sharply surged up to 20% on Tuesday after RBI rejected Tata Sons’ application for voluntary surrender of its Certificate of Registration (CoR) to be classified as an unregistered Core Investment…
Gen Z’s approaches credit and spending differently from older generations, credit-on-UPI platform Kiwi said in a report this month. It said internal data showed that younger consumers prefer convenience, use credit for larger purchases and opt for longer repayment tenures when financing high-value expenses. “Gen Z is not necessarily using credit more frequently; they are…
Indian equities are likely to remain guided by a mix of domestic growth data, global market cues, crude oil prices and institutional flows this week, with investors tracking India’s first-quarter GDP data and the US non-farm payrolls report for fresh direction. On Friday, August 28, benchmark indices, the BSE Sensex and NSE Nifty50, ended higher,…