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Edtech unicorn Vedantu laid off 424 employees of its 5,900-strong workforce, expecting scarcity of capital in the upcoming quarters due to a tough external environment, it said on Wednesday. This is the edtech unicorn's second successive round of lay-offs with 200 employees let go earlier in May. In this edition of the Top News Podcast, CNBCTV18.co…

The younger generations have a vastly different relationship with money as compared to the generations that have come before them. In the age of NFTs, cryptocurrencies and other Blockchain assets, the concept of investment has changed rapidly. With these changing investment strategies, retirement planning for millennials has taken a new shape. In t…

Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) made a lukewarm debut on stock exchanges on Tuesday, listing at a discount of 8 percent from its issue price. LIC stock began its journey on NSE at Rs 872 apiece, a discount of Rs 77 or 8.1 percent, and finished the day at Rs 873. In this edition of Top News Podcast, CNBCTV18.com’s Kanishka Sarkar shares what expert…

Elon Musk said on Friday that his plan to buy Twitter for $44 billion is temporarily on hold as he tries to pinpoint the exact number of spam and fake accounts on the social media platform, another twist amid signs of internal turmoil over the proposed acquisition. Earlier in the day, Twitter fired two of its top managers and said the company is pa…

The Nifty50 slumped to the lowest closing level of 2022 and the lowest since July 30, 2021, on Thursday as the market extended its losing streak for the fifth day in a row. Financial, oil & gas, metal and auto stocks were the biggest drags but weakness across sectors pulled the headline indices lower. Some of the stocks in focus were Punjab Nationa…

Food delivery apps like Zomato and Swiggy have been taking longer to deliver orders in the past few weeks because there is an acute shortage of delivery executives across major metros. There are several factors why this is happening. According to TeamLease Services, this is a combination of the economy opening up, new business model experiments flo…

Digital influencers today are constantly expanding their horizons to engage with a larger audience. Their presence on all possible digital platforms to find new followers is a mandate if they plan to keep growing. The Metaverse is one such platform that is garnering the attention of influencers in their zeal to find new users. Manisha Gupta of CNBC…

Mahindra and Mahindra’s (M&M) president of the farm equipment sector Hemant Sikka told CNBC-TV18 on Tuesday that the automaker may increase the prices of tractors again in 2-3 months after it took a 2-2.5 percent price hike in April. In this edition of the Top News Podcast, CNBCTV18.com’s Kanishka Sarkar shares the latest on the auto sector, FMCG c…

India’s largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India on Friday reported a 51.14 percent jump in consolidated net profit to Rs 1,875.8 crore in the fourth quarter ended on March 31, 2022. Its consolidated total revenue from operations stood at Rs 26,749.2 crore as against Rs 24,034.5 crore and the total vehicle sales in the quarter under review stood at 4,8…

Shares of vegetable oil companies largely traded positive on Thursday shrugging off the impact of Indonesia widening the scope of its export ban on raw materials for cooking oil. The Street expects these companies to enjoy a higher pricing power in the face of a shortage. However, Indonesia’s ban on palm oil export will have a direct impact on Indi…

The initial public offer (IPO) of state-owned insurer Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) will hit the markets on May 4 and the decision to launch it now was influenced by reduced market volatility and a solid anchor book, the government said on Wednesday. In this edition of Top News Podcast, CNBCTV18.com’s Kanishka Sarkar shares more details…

Billionaire Elon Musk has reached an agreement to acquire Twitter for approximately $44 billion, the company said. The outspoken Tesla CEO, the world's wealthiest person, has said he wants to buy Twitter because he thinks it's not living up to its potential as a platform for "free speech." He says it needs to be transformed as a private company in …

ICICI Bank shares remained in focus On Monday, after reporting a strong set of quarterly results. During the session, the stock rose almost 2 percent and ended 0.9 percent higher. Nomura, Macquarie and Credit Suisse raised their target prices for ICICI Bank shares after the earnings announcement. In fact, Macquarie even said its search for the next…

The market halted a two-day winning run on Friday dragged by financial, IT, and metal shares. This is amid weakness across global markets as concerns resurfaced about the aggressive tightening of COVID-era monetary policies. Investors lost Rs 2.1 lakh crore in wealth as the market capitalisation of BSE-listed companies dropped to Rs 269.7 lakh cror…

LIC's initial public offering could be launched as early as next week, sources told CNBC-TV18 on Thursday, adding that the IPO size has been trimmed down from earlier Rs 55,000-60,000 crore to close to Rs 30,000 crore. LIC was yet to respond to CNBC-TV18’s query on the news. In this episode of Top News Podcast, CNBCTV18.com’s Kanishka Sarkar shares…

As COVID-19 cases are on the rise, the Delhi government on Wednesday again made it compulsory for people to wear masks in public places and those found without masks will be fined Rs 500. Schools in the capital will continue to conduct online classes for now. In Haryana, the government has made told schools take not to make it mandatory for student…

Experts have sent alarm bells ringing to warn of acute power shortages in several states of the country due to a low inventory of coal. But that may not be the only reason for the power crunch. The power industry is also grappling with demand, as it has risen by 9 percent on the back of the opening up of the economy and the ongoing heatwave. PK Das…

IT major Infosys reported a 2.1 sequential drop in net profit to Rs 5,686 crore for the quarter ended March on Wednesday. Its quarterly revenue, however, increased more than a percent to Rs Rs 32,276 crore in the January-March period compared with the previous three months. That was short of Street expectations. Analysts in a CNBC-TV18 poll had est…

The government has widened the probe into the recent incidents of fires on electric vehicles (EVs), sources told CNBC-TV18 on Tuesday. More experts have been deployed to strengthen the team investigating the cases including that of Jitendra Electric Vehicles, they said. The Centre is conducting a comprehensive review of India's EV ecosystem includi…

Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) decided to keep the repo rate and reverse repo rate unchanged in its first bi-monthly policy meeting of FY23, Governor Shaktikanta Das said on Friday. However, the central bank has decided to continue with its “accommodative” stance but with a focus on withdrawal "to ensure inflation rem…

The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) will announce its policy decision on Friday a CNBC-TV18 poll of economists expects the central bank to hold rates steady. If that happens, it would be for the 11th consecutive time even as several people say RBI may be behind the curve compared to other central banks. Ahead of the po…

Food delivery apps Zomato and Swiggy faced outages on Wednesday afternoon with customers complaining they were unable to place orders, browse menus or make payments. The outage came during lunch hours on a weekday when these companies witness a sharp rise in orders.Autor: How’s It Going?

The market snapped a two-day positive streak and ended lower in a volatile session on Tuesday. Sensex closed at 60,176, down 435 points and the Nifty was down almost 100 points at 17,950. While FMCG and consumer durables stocks gained, financials including HDFC twins, Bajaj Finserv, Reliance Industries, and Kotak Mahindra Bank suffered losses. Auto…

The Union Cabinet approved a hike of 3 percent in Dearness Allowance (DA) for central government employees and Dearness Relief (DR) for pensioners on Wednesday. With the latest increase effective from January 2022, the DA and DR now stand at 34 percent. In this edition of Top News Podcast, CNBCTV18.com’s Kanishka Sarkar will share the latest on the…

At CNBCTV18.com, we have been tracking the fervour and popularisation of various cryptocurrencies closely. Manisha Gupta of CNBC-TV18 spoke to Tarusha Mittal- COO and CO-Founder at UniFarm and Rashmi R Padhy- VP, Biz Operations at WazirX about recent trends and categories surrounding altcoins and their future. Although Bitcoin and Ethereum are the …

The cost of both petrol and diesel was increased yet another time, by 80 paise a litre and that of diesel by 70 paise, each on Tuesday. This is the seventh hike in eight days. Since the last week, the cost of fuels has gone up by Rs 4.80 per litre. Petrol in Delhi Rs 100, and is above this mark in most other state capitals. Diesel is selling at Rs …

Yogi Adityanath took oath as the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister on Friday and the suspense over his deputy is also finally over. This time, Adityanath will have two deputies Keshav Prasad Maurya and Brahmin leader Brajesh Pathak. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Ministers Amit Shah and Rajnath Singh also attended the grand swearing-in ceremony.…

The Metaverse is rapidly changing the landscape of interactive media and communication. Manisha Gupta of CNBC-TV18 spoke to Rohit Kundliwal, Cryptocurrency Marketing Manager at WazirX, and Sai Krishna, VK- Founder at Scapic, about the future of the events in the metaverse. They talk about the potential of events in the metaverse and how the metaver…

MS Dhoni fans may not be all that happy as he decided to step down as the captain of the Chennai Super Kings (CSK) team on Thursday, just two days ahead of IPL 2022. Dhoni captained the team since its inception in 2008. It’s like the end of an era but also the beginning of one because now all-rounder Ravindra Jadeja will lead the team. In this edit…

Petrol and diesel prices were hiked by 80 paise a litre each for the second day in a row on Wednesday, after more than four months. Catch all the top news stories from March 23 here.Autor: How’s It Going?

A China Eastern Airlines aircraft with 132 people on board crashed in mountains in south China on Monday while on a flight from the city of Kunming to Guangzhou, China's Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) said. The jet involved in the accident was a Boeing 737 aircraft and the number of casualties was not immediately known, state broadca…

Ukrainian authorities on Wednesday have announced a 9 am-9 am ceasefire along several evacuation routes for civilians in besieged or occupied cities, though it is unclear whether Russian forces will respect it. Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said Russian authorities on Wednesday confirmed the cease-fire along the evacuation corridors to Ukr…

All Indian students stranded in Sumy have now been evacuated, Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Tuesday. He tweeted that all the students who were stuck in the Ukrainian city of Sumy have been safely moved to Poltova in buses. The development comes as Ukraine and Russia agreed to one evacuation corridor in Sumy, which has seen sustained Rus…

Kremlin on Monday said the Russian military action will stop ‘in a moment’ if Ukraine meets conditions. Russia has demanded that Ukraine ceases military action, changes its constitution to enshrine neutrality, acknowledges Crimea as Russian territory and recognises the separatist republics of Donetsk and Lugansk as independent territories, Kremlin …

Indian student coming from the Ukrainian capital Kyiv was reportedly shot at in the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine on Friday. The student has been hospitalised. The war between the two nations has entered day 9. Ukrainian officials said the Russian army was firing from all sides upon Zaporizhzhia NPP in Ukraine, which is the largest nu…

While the Russia-Ukraine war has kept stock market investors cautious, commodities are witnessing a bull run and experts believe it’s likely to continue. On Thursday, Sensex shed 366.2 points to end at 55,102.7, and the broader Nifty50 benchmark settled at 16,498.1, down 107.9 points from its previous close. ONGC, UPL, Power Grid, Wipro, Tech Mahin…

The Ministry of External Affairs advised all Indians in Kharkiv to leave immediately -- by 6 pm local time and 9.30 pm IST -- as Russian shelling on the Ukrainian city intensified on Wednesday. Indians have been advised to proceed to Pesochin, Babaye and Bezlyudovka for safety as the war has entered day 7. On the back of escalating Russia-Ukraine t…

Missiles pounded Ukraine's capital on Friday as Russian forces pressed their advance and authorities in Kyiv said they were preparing for an assault aimed at overthrowing the government. Air raid sirens wailed over Kyiv, which is a city of three million people, and some residents sheltered in underground metro stations, a day after Russian Presiden…

Russia declared war on Ukraine on Thursday and its effects are being felt across the world. Russian forces invaded Ukraine by land, air, and sea hitting cities and bases with airstrikes or shelling, as civilians piled into trains and cars to flee. This is the biggest attack by one state against another in Europe since World War Two. As tensions esc…

Ukraine's National Security and Defence Council has asked the parliament to impose a state of emergency throughout the country, except for Luhansk and Donetsk, which have been claimed by Russia, a Guardian report said on Wednesday. A top security official cited by news agency Reuters said the emergency state would last 30 days and could be extended…

Britain on Tuesday slapped sanctions on five Russian banks and three high-net-worth individuals including Gennady Timchenko after President Vladimir Putin ordered the deployment of troops to two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine. "This is the first tranche, the first barrage of what we are prepared to do," Prime Minister Boris Johnson told parli…

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The domestic market extended losses for the third straight day as investors remained cautious due to the ongoing tensions between Russia and Ukraine. Sensex ended 54 points lower at 57,833 and Nifty50 fell below 17,300 at the close. RIL, Infosys, Ultratech Cement, Bajaj Finance, ICICI Bank, Bharti Airtel, and M&M accounted for most losses on Sensex…

The Delhi Police found an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in a bag from a house in the Old Seemapuri area in Delhi on Thursday, reports said. Earlier, calls regarding unattended bags and bomb threats at two different places in east Delhi created panic. According to a source cited by news agency IANS, an investigation in the Seemapuri IED call has…

Legendary music composer and singer Bappi Lahiri aka the 'King of Disco' passed away on Wednesday. He was 69. The singer died at a Mumbai hospital battling multiple health issues. From Disco Dancer, Chalte Chalte to Tamma Tamma, the Kolkata-born musician has given numerous hit songs over the years that continue to play in people’s minds. In fact, t…

Russia said some units participating in military exercises were returning to their bases on Tuesday, adding to glimmers of hope that the Kremlin may not be planning to invade Ukraine imminently. However, it gave no details on where the troops were pulling back from, or how many. Britain, the United States, the European Union and other allies have w…

The Reserve Bank of India kept key lending rates —repo rate and reverse repo rate —unchanged at 4 percent and 3.35 percent, respectively on Thursday. The central bank has projected 7.8 percent GDP growth in FY23, which is lower than the Finance Ministry’s estimate of 8 to 8.5 percent. Investors cheered the RBI's status quo on key interest rates and…

The single judge of the Karnataka High Court hearing the case related to the Hijab ban in school-college campuses referred the matter to Chief Justice Ritu Raj Awasthi on Wednesday. The state government, meanwhile, has imposed a 2-week ban on gatherings and protests near educational institutions in Bengaluru. In this edition of Top News Podcast, CN…

The enthusiasm around cryptocurrency investments has made it increasingly important for investors to keep a check on the authenticity of any crypto project they invest in to safeguard themselves from potential scams. Manisha Gupta of CNBC-TV18 spoke to Faisal Kawasoo, Founder of Techarc, and Abhinav Venkat, Director - Product at WazirX, about ident…

The stock market snapped its three-day losing run with both Sensex and Nifty ending higher in a volatile trading session on Tuesday, ahead of the Reserve Bank of India's policy outcome on February 10. Auto, metal, pharma and PSU bank stocks gained while all other sectoral indices ended in the red. In this edition of Top News Podcast, CNBCTV18.com’s…