IOC, BPCL, HPCL could see margin pressure amid oil price spike: S&P

S&P Global Ratings have recently revised its 2026 average price assumption for Brent crude oil prices by $5 to $65 S&P Global Ratings on Wednesday said profit margins of oil marketing companies like IOC, BPCL and HPCL, could suffer as they are likely to keep retail prices of petrol and diesel unchanged to curb inflationary…

Gurugram overtakes Mumbai to become India’s biggest Rs 10-crore-plus housing market

After Gurugram and Mumbai, Noida and Greater Noida were the favorites as the twin cities together sold Rs 9,358 crore worth homes in the ultra-luxury segment in CY 2025.   Gurugram clocked transactions worth Rs 24,120 crore in the Rs 10-crore-plus segment during calendar year 2025 — a record for any Indian city In a…

L&T, Nvidia to set up gigawatt-scale AI data centre infrastructure in India

L&T said that the partnership will work on developing AI-ready data centre infrastructure to support large-scale workloads across sectors such as manufacturing and infrastructure Larsen & Toubro (L&T) on Wednesday said that it plans to set up a joint venture with chipmaking major Nvidia to build sovereign, gigawatt-scale AI factory infrastructure in India.   The…

RBI moves to inject over $23 bn of liquidity into banking system

RBI announced over $23 billion in liquidity measures via repos, FX swaps and bond buys to ease banking system stress amid rising yields and rupee pressure The RBI has bought 3 trillion rupees of bonds during December-January, boosting the note-purchase tally for the fiscal year to a record high of 5.7 trillion rupees   The…

Deepinder Goyal steps down as CEO of Eternal Group; Dhindsa to take charge

  Zomato’s Deepinder Goyal on Wednesday announced that he is stepping down from the role of Eternal Group Chief Executive Officer, effective February 1, according to a company filing.   In a letter to shareholders, Goyal said, “Of late, I have found myself drawn to a set of new ideas that involve significantly higher-risk exploration…

Bharat Coking Coal IPO opens today; check GMP, price band, dates, review

Ahead of its IPO, Bharat Coking raised ₹273.13 crore from 15 institutional investors through an anchor book on January 8 Bharat Coking Coal IPO:The initial public offering (IPO) of Bharat Coking Coal, a subsidiary of Coal India, opens for public subscription on Friday, January 9, 2026. The ₹1,071.11 crore mainline offering comprises an offer for…

India’s services sector growth hits 11-month low in December amid slow expansion in new businesses

  Rates of expansion in incoming new work and output eased to the slowest in 11 months, with companies refraining from recruiting additional staff   New Delhi: India’s services sector growth declined to an 11-month low in December amid slow expansion in new businesses, according to a private survey on Tuesday. The seasonally adjusted HSBC…

Zomato hikes delivery worker incentives for January 31 as company braces for higher order volumes on New Year’s Eve

Zomato clarified that the higher incentive move for delivery workers on December 31 was a regular process and did not relate to the ongoing strike by gig workers. Food delivery platform Zomato has hiked the incentive for its delivery partners during peak hours and year-end days as the company expects demand to go up during…

Real estate sector raises Rs 17,867 crore in FY26 YTD, set for best fundraising run in six years: Report

Between April and December 2025, real estate companies completed 11 capital market transactions, including IPOs, qualified institutional placements (QIPs), REIT issuances and rights issues. Notably, the number of deals completed so far in FY26 already matches the total recorded in the entire FY25.   Indian real estate is witnessing one of its strongest fundraising phases…