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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Fevicol-maker Pidilite Industries Ltd has held up relatively well amid the recent market downturn. While the benchmark Nifty50 index has dropped 3% so far in 2025, Pidilite’s stock has slipped by 6%, cushioned by the company’s ability to sustain healthy volume growth despite a challenging demand environment.

Axis Bank has introduced revisions to terms and benefits of Axis Bank Vistara Credit Card. The changes will be effective for all Axis Bank Credit Cards, due for renewal starting April 18, 2025. As part of this transition, Axis Bank has waived the annual fee for renewals while discontinuing certain travel-related perks such as complimentary Maharaja Club tier memberships and milestone ticket vouchers. Cardholders will continue to earn Maharaja Points on eligible transactions and enjoy premium benefits like lounge access, dining discounts, and golf privileges. This article provides a detailed breakdown of the changes, how they impact cardholders, and what to expect going forward.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The relief rally in small-cap stocks appears to have opened bargain hunting windows for mutual funds that recently avoided investments in new scrips in this segment, as beaten-down stocks begin to look more appealing. Small-caps chased by retail investors over more than two years plunged nearly 24% from their most recent highs, before a rally over the last three days limited losses to 20%.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Indian stock market extended its gains for a third straight session on Wednesday, 19 March, with both benchmark indices closing higher. The BSE Sensex rose 147.79 points (0.20%) to end at 75,449.05, while the NSE Nifty 50 climbed 73.30 points (0.32%) to settle at 22,907.60.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Narayana Health is ramping up its oncology offerings with a new chain of cancer care centres, taking the treatment to patients and keeping them out of hospitals as the disease burden rises in India.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. A laser-sharp focus on the US market in a world being reshaped by artificial intelligence has cast shadows over three Indian tech services companies catering to healthcare and life sciences companies. Lack of diversified businesses, policy uncertainty in the Donald Trump era, and the challenges of GenAI pose major risks for Sagility Ltd, Indegene Ltd, and Inventurus Knowledge Solutions Ltd, all of which listed on the stock exchanges in the past year, analysts said.

NASA astronauts Sunita Williams and Butch Wilmore, who spent a long nine months in space rather than the scheduled eight-day mission, are to be paid extra for their additional time on the International Space Station (ISS), according to a report.

A hair loss drug that first gained popularity in the 1990s is seeing a resurgence of interest

Trump administration’s decision to declassify thousands of documents related to the assassination of John F. Kennedy was meant to bring long-awaited transparency. Instead, it may have unintentionally exposed something else—the CIA’s covert surveillance tactics and espionage strategies during the Cold War. While conspiracy theorists were hoping for definitive answers about whether assassin Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone or was part of a larger plot, the real bombshells lie in the documents detailing how the CIA spied on Soviet and Cuban embassies, recruited double agents, and tapped phone lines in foreign countries.

NASA astronaut Sunita Williams has safely returned to Earth after spending nine months aboard the International Space Station. She, along with fellow astronauts Nick Hague, Butch Wilmore, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov, splashed down in SpaceX’s Dragon capsule on Wednesday. Williams has always embraced her Indian heritage, carrying symbols of her cultural roots with her on her space missions. Over the years, she has taken a variety of Indian-origin items to space, each holding personal and spiritual significance.

The RBI report stated that India’s external sector continues to find support from resilient services exports, which remain less affected by global disruptions. “Going forward, India’s structural strengths—sound fiscal policies, a well-calibrated monetary framework, and digital transformation initiatives—are expected to provide a strong foundation for long-term sustainable economic growth,” the report stated. The RBI lowered the benchmark policy rate by 25 basis points to 6.26% in February, and the easing inflation print triggered economists to forecast another 25 bps cut in rates in April, according to an ET poll of 12 economists. After taking charge, President Donald Trump announced a series of tariff proposals leading to uncertainty on growth in both emerging and advanced markets. The pass-through of higher tariffs to consumer prices would be a key risk to global inflation, and central banks in advanced economies would have to factor in a potential slowdown in growth.

The conversation lasted approximately an hour, and Trump indicated that further details would be provided soon. “Just completed a very good telephone call with President Zelenskyy of Ukraine,” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform. “Much of the discussion was based on the call made yesterday with President Putin in order to align both Russia and Ukraine in terms of their requests and needs. We are very much on track.” Trump also confirmed that Secretary of State Marco Rubio and National Security Adviser Michael Waltz would release a statement outlining the points discussed. On Tuesday, Trump spoke with Putin about a possible partial ceasefire. Putin agreed not to target energy infrastructure but refused to back a full 30-day ceasefire.

income-driven repayment plans used by millions of student loan borrowers. The American Federation of Teachers in a lawsuit filed in federal court in Washington late Monday took aim at the Education Department's decision last month to halt borrowers' ability to enroll in the affordable repayment plans. The department made the change after a federal appeals court ruled that Democratic President Joe Biden's administration lacked authority to pursue a student debt relief program designed to lower monthly payments for millions of borrowers and speed up loan forgiveness for some. The court's decision, issued after Biden left office, had set back his administration's efforts to address what his White House described as a broken student debt system that can financially burden Americans seeking higher education. The Biden-era Saving on a Valuable Education (SAVE) Plan provided more generous terms than past income-based repayment plans, with monthly payments dropping for some borrowers to as low as $0. It also provided debt forgiveness for some smaller loans in as few as 10 years.

Sebi on Wednesday said it has reduced the minimum investment amount for Zero Coupon Zero Principal (ZCZP) instruments on the Social Stock Exchange from Rs 10,000 to Rs 1,000. ZCZP are instruments for donating money to non-profit organizations (NPOs) listed on the SSE. The move aims to enhance retail participation in social impact investments.

Justice Department lawyers said in a court filing that Washington-based U.S. District Judge James Boasberg was improperly intruding on presidential discretion to handle sensitive diplomatic and national security matters. Boasberg has issued an order temporarily banning the administration from removing migrants from the United States under the 18th century law that Trump invoked in proceeding with the deportations. Trump invoked the law, the Alien Enemies Act of 1798, to declare that the Venezuelan prison gang Tren de Aragua was conducting irregular warfare against the United States, subjecting its alleged members to deportation without a final order from an immigration judge, as generally required. «The pending questions are grave encroachments on core aspects of absolute and unreviewable Executive Branch authority,» the Justice Department lawyers wrote. The filing on Wednesday came a day after U.S. Chief Justice John Roberts rebuked Trump for calling for the judge's impeachment.

social media platform X over the recent incident of AI chatbot Grok using Hindi slang and abuses and will be examining the issue, according to sources. The ministry will look into the matter and the factors that led to the use of abusive language, they said. «We are in touch, we are talking to them (X) to find out why it is happening and what are the issues. They are engaging with us,» sources said. The IT Ministry is examining the matter, they added. Grok, the powerful AI chatbot on Elon Musk's X, shocked netizens recently with its wild side when its response in Hindi came loaded with abuses and slang after provocation by users. The banter started when an X user requested that Grok provide a list of the «10 best mutuals». After a silence, the user responded with some harsh comments. This prompted Grok to retaliate with an equally casual tone and slur-loaded response.

Supreme Court on Wednesday directed the Greater Noida Industrial Development Authority to provide details of the financial demands that it would have raised had the original builder completed an abandoned housing project in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh. The apex court criticized the authority for failing to cooperate in the entire exercise of reviving a dead project where the home buyers had been cheated by the builder who had vanished decades ago. A group of 40 home buyers, who joined together to complete one tower containing 40 apartments of four-bedroom each, claimed that they wanted to revive the abandoned project and were willing to pay their proportionate share of the charges due to the Authority.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The leader of a war-torn African nation has put a secret deal on the table for President Trump: Help his country defeat a powerful rebel force in exchange for access to a trove of minerals needed by U.S. high-tech firms.

salary growth over the next 12 months, as organisations adapt to evolving talent demands and navigate macroeconomic challenges, a report said on Wednesday. In India, GCCs are seen as the top payers, outpacing traditional IT services in pay parity and growth, and are expected to give 9.8 per cent salary growth over the next 12 months, 'India's Talent Takeoff — The GCC 4.0 Story' report by digital talent solutions provider NLB Services said. «With India hosting over 55 per cent of the world's GCCs and projected to reach a market size of USD 110 billion by 2030, these centres have become critical nodes for organisations seeking agility, cost efficiency, and access to a vast talent pool. This growth trajectory is now translating into significant salary increases for employees, especially for specialised skills which are commanding higher premiums than ever before,» NLB Services CEO Sachin Alug said. However, he said, despite this strong momentum, gender-based disparities still require attention, with women earning approximately 75-85 per cent of male salaries on average, a gap which further widens at senior positions, reflecting the limited representation in leadership roles.

The failure to implement the law will bring out women workers on streets in Bihar and other states, she said. Suggesting political motives behind bringing the law for women's reservation, Lamba said the delay in its implementation was akin to betraying the women of India. «The BJP government has been in full majority since 2014, but the women reservation law was passed just ahead of the 2024 elections. Why is it not being implemented? This is our next question to Modiji. »Why women, who form half of India's population, are deprived of their rights to participate in the assembly and Lok Sabha?" she asked while addressing the media after Geeta Patel formally took over the reins of Gujarat Pradesh Mahila Congress.

With India’s mutual fund industry hitting the market regulator’s $7 billion overseas investment limit, one door has been shut for Indian investors looking for global diversification. But they have the alternative option of investing overseas through portfolio management services (PMS), which are professionally managed funds with access to international markets.