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“Indian equity markets are expected to open on a strong positive note, with Gift Nifty trading around 23,456, up by 255 points, indicating robust opening cues for domestic indices. Global sentiment remains supportive amid easing concerns over major geopolitical developments and improving risk appetite across international markets. Positive global cues, coupled with stability in key…

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Data released during the week showed that US producer prices rose more than anticipated in May, resulting in the strongest annual increase in three-and-a-half years. Higher energy costs linked to the conflict in the Middle East contributed significantly to the rise. According to CME Group’s FedWatch Tool, traders are currently assigning a 60% probability to…

CHENNAI: Home services startup Pronto’s admission recently that it was piloting in-home video recordings to train physical AI systems shines light on a fast-growing and loosely regulated industry of AI data capture and labelling for the global robotics supply chain.Pronto is not alone. Startups such as Human Archive, Humyn Labs, Egolab AI and Neocambrian are…

Oil prices tumbled below the $90 per barrel mark on Friday on hopes of a deal to restore global crude flows after signs of easing tensions in the Middle East. US President Donald Trump said Washington had reached a framework agreement with Iran and that the “war has ended today.”Around 7 am IST, WTI Crude…

MUMBAI: Pine Labs has launched India’s first agent-to-agent payment capability, enabling autonomous transactions through artificial intelligence by extending UPI’s standing mandate framework to machines.The company on Thursday introduced the Pine Labs Payment Protocol (P3P), allowing users to authorise a onetime mandate that can be delegated to an AI agent, which can then independently decide when…

NEW DELHI: A fresh round of price hikes by FMCG companies is set to make everyday essentials costlier for consumers soon. The latest increases across categories, from soaps and detergents to toothpaste and edible oils, in the range of 4-11%, come weeks after the fuel price revision in mid-May, industry experts told TOI.Leading consumer goods…

MUMBAI: Credit growth surged to a high even as deposits shrank in the first two months of FY27, widening the funding gap and pushing banks deeper into a liquidity squeeze, with the wedge between loans and deposits reaching about Rs 3.8 lakh crore by May 31.Credit growth stood at 17.7% for the fortnight ending May…

There is new money, old money, and then the kind of money that could make someone the world’s first trillionaire!With SpaceX set to make its long-awaited Wall Street debut on Friday in what is expected to be the biggest IPO in history, that possibility may no longer seem far-fetched. If the listing goes as planned,…

India’s agriculture sector has undergone a significant transformation over the past 12 years, driven by higher public investment, record foodgrain production, expanded irrigation, improved access to credit and a stronger safety net for farmers, according to a government paper released this month.The report, titled Empowering India’s Annadatas, outlines how agricultural policy has evolved from a…