<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title>Economic Times</title><link>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com</link><description>The Economic Times: Breaking news, views, reviews, cricket from across India</description><language>en-gb</language><copyright>Copyright:(C)Thu, 15 Oct 2026 06:55:52 Bennett Coleman and Co. Ltd,  http://info.indiatimes.com/terms/tou.html</copyright><docs>http://timescontent.com/</docs><image><title>Economic Times</title><url>https://img.etimg.com/thumb/msid-76939477,quality-100/economictimes.jpg</url><link>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com</link></image><lastBuildDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 06:55:52 +0530</lastBuildDate><atom:link type="application/rss+xml" rel="self" href="https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/rssfeedstopstories.cms"/><item><title><![CDATA[IMF urges deficit cuts as borrowing costs climb]]> </title><link>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/business/no-magic-fix-imf-chief-warns-growth-cannot-solve-americas-40-trillion-debt/articleshow/134955028.cms</link><guid>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/business/no-magic-fix-imf-chief-warns-growth-cannot-solve-americas-40-trillion-debt/articleshow/134955028.cms</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 06:44:14 +0530</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ankita Bhandari protest ends in pre-dawn detentions]]> </title><link>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/ankita-bhandaris-parents-congress-leaders-detained-during-india-gate-protest/articleshow/134955007.cms</link><guid>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/ankita-bhandaris-parents-congress-leaders-detained-during-india-gate-protest/articleshow/134955007.cms</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 06:40:27 +0530</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Chicago police probe assault at fraternity party]]> </title><link>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/sexual-assault-allegation-at-chicago-fraternity-house-puts-campus-safety-in-focus/articleshow/134954991.cms</link><guid>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/sexual-assault-allegation-at-chicago-fraternity-house-puts-campus-safety-in-focus/articleshow/134954991.cms</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 06:35:54 +0530</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[5 things that make Jio more than just a telco giant]]> </title><link>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/ipos/fpos/jio-ipo-5-strengths-that-put-the-reliance-backed-digital-giant-in-spotlight/articleshow/134946580.cms</link><guid>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/ipos/fpos/jio-ipo-5-strengths-that-put-the-reliance-backed-digital-giant-in-spotlight/articleshow/134946580.cms</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 21:50:58 +0530</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Questions dog Trump's press secretary Katie Zacharia]]> </title><link>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/trump-press-secretary-katie-zacharia-faces-questions-over-law-credentials/articleshow/134954950.cms</link><guid>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/trump-press-secretary-katie-zacharia-faces-questions-over-law-credentials/articleshow/134954950.cms</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 06:30:30 +0530</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hegseth heckled as he vows to stop Iran having nukes]]> </title><link>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/hegseth-vows-to-stop-iran-getting-nuclear-weapons-as-anti-war-protesters-disrupt-speech/articleshow/134954921.cms</link><guid>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/hegseth-vows-to-stop-iran-getting-nuclear-weapons-as-anti-war-protesters-disrupt-speech/articleshow/134954921.cms</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 06:26:00 +0530</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Diwali gets less sweet as sugar prices climb higher]]> </title><link>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/cons-products/food/sugar-prices-surge-festival-budgets-set-to-balloon-amidst-inflation-crisis/articleshow/134925850.cms</link><guid>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/cons-products/food/sugar-prices-surge-festival-budgets-set-to-balloon-amidst-inflation-crisis/articleshow/134925850.cms</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:32:38 +0530</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Houthis hit Saudi oil giant as Iran war escalates]]> </title><link>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/houthis-hit-aramco-headquarters-as-iran-war-widens-across-saudi-arabia/articleshow/134954884.cms</link><guid>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/houthis-hit-aramco-headquarters-as-iran-war-widens-across-saudi-arabia/articleshow/134954884.cms</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 06:19:01 +0530</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[IDBI row: Akhilesh cries 'EOS sale', Nirmala hits back]]> </title><link>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/indi-alliance-parties-ruined-psbs-nirmala-sitharaman-responds-to-akhilesh-yadav-season-end-sale-remarks-on-idbi-bank-fairfax-deal/articleshow/134946994.cms</link><guid>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/indi-alliance-parties-ruined-psbs-nirmala-sitharaman-responds-to-akhilesh-yadav-season-end-sale-remarks-on-idbi-bank-fairfax-deal/articleshow/134946994.cms</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 22:14:58 +0530</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[RaGa-led plea against SIR may be heard in SC]]> </title><link>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/supreme-court-likely-to-hear-rahul-gandhi-and-other-india-bloc-leaders-plea-against-ecis-sir-decisions/articleshow/134946377.cms</link><guid>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/supreme-court-likely-to-hear-rahul-gandhi-and-other-india-bloc-leaders-plea-against-ecis-sir-decisions/articleshow/134946377.cms</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 21:37:18 +0530</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Have RIL shares? Jio’s IPO may have a Diwali surprise]]> </title><link>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/ipos/fpos/diwali-offer-for-ril-shareholders-reliance-jio-sets-aside-rs-2500-crore-shares-in-ipo-reservation/articleshow/134944234.cms</link><guid>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/ipos/fpos/diwali-offer-for-ril-shareholders-reliance-jio-sets-aside-rs-2500-crore-shares-in-ipo-reservation/articleshow/134944234.cms</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 19:16:59 +0530</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ambani's Jio IPO gets its date set with D-St investors]]> </title><link>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/ipos/fpos/reliance-jio-files-rhp-announces-ipo-dates-for-record-issue/articleshow/134943768.cms</link><guid>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/ipos/fpos/reliance-jio-files-rhp-announces-ipo-dates-for-record-issue/articleshow/134943768.cms</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 18:50:41 +0530</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hormuz under fire? Two ships hit in attack, one sinks]]> </title><link>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/exclusive-two-singaporean-ships-attacked-in-strait-of-hormuz-one-sinks-amid-fire/articleshow/134945123.cms</link><guid>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/exclusive-two-singaporean-ships-attacked-in-strait-of-hormuz-one-sinks-amid-fire/articleshow/134945123.cms</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 20:05:28 +0530</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[India tightens tax rules for Mauritius investments]]> </title><link>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/officials-can-deny-benefits-if-tax-relief-found-sole-motive-india-mauritius-double-taxation-avoidance-agreement/articleshow/134950348.cms</link><guid>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/officials-can-deny-benefits-if-tax-relief-found-sole-motive-india-mauritius-double-taxation-avoidance-agreement/articleshow/134950348.cms</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 01:01:06 +0530</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Behind big billions, China hedge begins to take shape]]> </title><link>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/company/corporate-trends/hyundai-15-billion-india-investment-china-plus-one-strategy-global-manufacturing-supply-chain-shift-foreign-direct-investment-greenfield-fdi/articleshow/134937580.cms</link><guid>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/company/corporate-trends/hyundai-15-billion-india-investment-china-plus-one-strategy-global-manufacturing-supply-chain-shift-foreign-direct-investment-greenfield-fdi/articleshow/134937580.cms</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 14:51:08 +0530</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hyundai bets on expansion to climb leadership board]]> </title><link>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/auto/auto-news/hyundai-bets-on-expansion-hopes-to-return-to-no-2-position-in-pv-sales-by-2028-29-says-ceo-jose-munoz/articleshow/134949878.cms</link><guid>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/auto/auto-news/hyundai-bets-on-expansion-hopes-to-return-to-no-2-position-in-pv-sales-by-2028-29-says-ceo-jose-munoz/articleshow/134949878.cms</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:20:51 +0530</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[CJP members jailed; Rahul Gandhi condemns custody]]> </title><link>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/cjp-members-jailed-rahul-gandhi-joins-allies-to-condemn-custody/articleshow/134949105.cms</link><guid>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/cjp-members-jailed-rahul-gandhi-joins-allies-to-condemn-custody/articleshow/134949105.cms</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:02:21 +0530</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Keemo Paul's 5-for wrecks India's chase against WI]]> </title><link>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/sports/cricket/india-vs-west-indies-4th-t20i-keemo-pauls-five-for-wrecks-indias-chase-after-hopes-ton-as-wi-level-series/articleshow/134949160.cms</link><guid>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/sports/cricket/india-vs-west-indies-4th-t20i-keemo-pauls-five-for-wrecks-indias-chase-after-hopes-ton-as-wi-level-series/articleshow/134949160.cms</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 23:38:15 +0530</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA['Painful' for Trump to choose different side: Ukraine]]> </title><link>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/ukrainian-president-zelenskiy-says-it-is-painful-for-trump-to-choose-a-different-side/articleshow/134948243.cms</link><guid>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/ukrainian-president-zelenskiy-says-it-is-painful-for-trump-to-choose-a-different-side/articleshow/134948243.cms</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 23:18:16 +0530</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hormuz attacks reach highest level since war start]]> </title><link>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/attacks-in-strait-of-hormuz-reach-highest-level-since-start-of-us-iran-war-security-data-shows/articleshow/134947229.cms</link><guid>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/attacks-in-strait-of-hormuz-reach-highest-level-since-start-of-us-iran-war-security-data-shows/articleshow/134947229.cms</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 22:42:56 +0530</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Greenland exploration to begin: Trump]]> </title><link>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/trump-says-oil-gas-and-mineral-exploration-in-greenland-is-set-to-begin-its-not-that-simple/articleshow/134947171.cms</link><guid>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/trump-says-oil-gas-and-mineral-exploration-in-greenland-is-set-to-begin-its-not-that-simple/articleshow/134947171.cms</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 22:18:21 +0530</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Tata's jewellery titan is bullish on festive demand]]> </title><link>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/cons-products/fashion-/-cosmetics-/-jewellery/tanishq-ceo-arun-narayan-bullish-on-festive-demand-but-watchful-on-rural-trends/articleshow/134934610.cms</link><guid>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/cons-products/fashion-/-cosmetics-/-jewellery/tanishq-ceo-arun-narayan-bullish-on-festive-demand-but-watchful-on-rural-trends/articleshow/134934610.cms</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 13:13:17 +0530</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[IND vs WI 4th T20I: Hope slams fourth ton of tour]]> </title><link>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/sports/cricket/ind-vs-wi-4th-t20i-shai-hopes-dream-run-continues-with-fourth-ton-of-tour-windies-post-247/3-against-india/articleshow/134946052.cms</link><guid>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/sports/cricket/ind-vs-wi-4th-t20i-shai-hopes-dream-run-continues-with-fourth-ton-of-tour-windies-post-247/3-against-india/articleshow/134946052.cms</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 21:19:59 +0530</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[CBI arrests defence firm officials in leak case]]> </title><link>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/cbi-arrests-munitions-india-limited-official-smpp-ceo-in-defence-leaks-for-money-case/articleshow/134946264.cms</link><guid>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/cbi-arrests-munitions-india-limited-official-smpp-ceo-in-defence-leaks-for-money-case/articleshow/134946264.cms</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 21:20:47 +0530</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Modi govt’s 13 disinvestments in 10 years]]> </title><link>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/modi-governments-major-privatization-moves-13-strategic-disinvestments-in-just-10-years/articleshow/134945883.cms</link><guid>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/modi-governments-major-privatization-moves-13-strategic-disinvestments-in-just-10-years/articleshow/134945883.cms</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 20:53:56 +0530</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Hyundai shifts gears in Pune with Rs 11,000 cr bet]]> </title><link>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/auto/auto-news/hyundai-motor-india-to-invest-rs-11000-crore-at-pune-plant/articleshow/134941989.cms</link><guid>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/auto/auto-news/hyundai-motor-india-to-invest-rs-11000-crore-at-pune-plant/articleshow/134941989.cms</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 17:24:56 +0530</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canada targets India trade pact by year-end]]> </title><link>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/foreign-trade/canada-and-india-aim-for-major-trade-pact-by-year-end-to-boost-economic-ties/articleshow/134945593.cms</link><guid>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/foreign-trade/canada-and-india-aim-for-major-trade-pact-by-year-end-to-boost-economic-ties/articleshow/134945593.cms</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 20:30:50 +0530</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Cabinet okays Rs 52,878 cr IDBI-Fairfax deal]]> </title><link>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/banking/finance/banking/cabinet-approves-idbi-bank-sale-to-fairfax-arm-in-indias-largest-financial-sector-fdi/articleshow/134939852.cms</link><guid>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/banking/finance/banking/cabinet-approves-idbi-bank-sale-to-fairfax-arm-in-indias-largest-financial-sector-fdi/articleshow/134939852.cms</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 16:17:46 +0530</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ambani stirs up a ₹20 milk war with Amul, ITC]]> </title><link>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/cons-products/food/reliance-enters-ready-to-drink-dairy-market-with-joyland-flavoured-milk-priced-at-rs-20-to-start-new-rivalry-with-itc-amul-mother-dairy-nandini-cavins/articleshow/134939686.cms</link><guid>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/cons-products/food/reliance-enters-ready-to-drink-dairy-market-with-joyland-flavoured-milk-priced-at-rs-20-to-start-new-rivalry-with-itc-amul-mother-dairy-nandini-cavins/articleshow/134939686.cms</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 16:21:05 +0530</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[India's China trade boom brings a $100 billion bill]]> </title><link>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/foreign-trade/indias-trade-deficit-with-china-crosses-usd-100-bn-in-first-9-months/articleshow/134940831.cms</link><guid>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/foreign-trade/indias-trade-deficit-with-china-crosses-usd-100-bn-in-first-9-months/articleshow/134940831.cms</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 16:47:20 +0530</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canadian FM Anita Anand meets PM Modi]]> </title><link>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/canadian-foreign-minister-anita-anand-meets-pm-modi/articleshow/134945094.cms</link><guid>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/canadian-foreign-minister-anita-anand-meets-pm-modi/articleshow/134945094.cms</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 20:00:08 +0530</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Trump troubles ‘middle powers' for new strategies]]> </title><link>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/india-uk-canada-middle-powers-grapple-with-new-survival-strategies-under-trump-era-us-iran-war-middle-east-strait-of-hormuz/articleshow/134944734.cms</link><guid>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/world-news/india-uk-canada-middle-powers-grapple-with-new-survival-strategies-under-trump-era-us-iran-war-middle-east-strait-of-hormuz/articleshow/134944734.cms</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 19:47:52 +0530</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Netflix's biggest layoffs to date: Read letter]]> </title><link>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/business/netflix-announces-its-biggest-layoffs-to-date-to-fire-6-employees-read-the-full-letter-of-co-ceos-to-staff/articleshow/134944349.cms</link><guid>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/business/netflix-announces-its-biggest-layoffs-to-date-to-fire-6-employees-read-the-full-letter-of-co-ceos-to-staff/articleshow/134944349.cms</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 19:35:22 +0530</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Ambani's Jio transformed Indian telecom]]> </title><link>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/telecom/telecom-news/jios-10-year-timeline-how-ambanis-reliance-transformed-indian-telecom/articleshow/134943882.cms</link><guid>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/telecom/telecom-news/jios-10-year-timeline-how-ambanis-reliance-transformed-indian-telecom/articleshow/134943882.cms</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 19:25:46 +0530</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[India, Russia hold 7th round of Pak-Afghan talks]]> </title><link>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/india-and-russia-strengthen-security-ties-in-new-delhi-seventh-round-of-talks-on-pakistan-and-afghanistan-held/articleshow/134944010.cms</link><guid>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/india-and-russia-strengthen-security-ties-in-new-delhi-seventh-round-of-talks-on-pakistan-and-afghanistan-held/articleshow/134944010.cms</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 19:02:24 +0530</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[India power demand to outpace energy by 2035]]> </title><link>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/energy/power/indias-electricity-demand-set-to-outpace-overall-energy-demand-by-2035-data-centres-to-fuel-growth-sp-global/articleshow/134943860.cms</link><guid>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/energy/power/indias-electricity-demand-set-to-outpace-overall-energy-demand-by-2035-data-centres-to-fuel-growth-sp-global/articleshow/134943860.cms</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 18:50:51 +0530</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Toyota to ramp up capacity at Karnataka plant]]> </title><link>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/auto/auto-news/toyota-kirloskar-motor-to-ramp-up-capacity-at-bidadi-from-early-2027-senior-executive/articleshow/134943025.cms</link><guid>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/auto/auto-news/toyota-kirloskar-motor-to-ramp-up-capacity-at-bidadi-from-early-2027-senior-executive/articleshow/134943025.cms</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 18:29:03 +0530</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[AINPSEF writes to PM Modi to disband NPS Trust]]> </title><link>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/wealth/save/nps-investment-in-startups-ainpsef-writes-to-pm-modi-seeking-probe-and-asks-for-dissolution-of-nps-trust/articleshow/134943418.cms</link><guid>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/wealth/save/nps-investment-in-startups-ainpsef-writes-to-pm-modi-seeking-probe-and-asks-for-dissolution-of-nps-trust/articleshow/134943418.cms</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 18:29:18 +0530</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now mandatory travel insurance for all rail tickets]]> </title><link>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/wealth/insure/travel-insurance-mandatory-for-all-railway-passengers-including-offline-tickets-bought-at-rail-counters-from-this-date-supreme-court-order-know-how-this-helps/articleshow/134943352.cms</link><guid>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/wealth/insure/travel-insurance-mandatory-for-all-railway-passengers-including-offline-tickets-bought-at-rail-counters-from-this-date-supreme-court-order-know-how-this-helps/articleshow/134943352.cms</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 18:28:46 +0530</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[India plans data centre policy to keep bills in check]]> </title><link>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/india-to-roll-out-data-centre-policy-as-concerns-grow-over-power-use/articleshow/134936497.cms</link><guid>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/policy/india-to-roll-out-data-centre-policy-as-concerns-grow-over-power-use/articleshow/134936497.cms</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 13:40:06 +0530</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Next Iran war could be bigger, harder to contain]]> </title><link>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/the-next-iran-war-could-be-bigger-wider-and-harder-to-contain/articleshow/134921820.cms</link><guid>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/defence/the-next-iran-war-could-be-bigger-wider-and-harder-to-contain/articleshow/134921820.cms</guid><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2026 21:39:21 +0530</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[CJP to hold protest on Oct 16 in heart of Delhi]]> </title><link>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/cjp-chief-dipke-announces-fresh-protests-on-16-october-in-central-park-cp-with-lehra-do-tiranga-call-delhi-demonstration/articleshow/134942735.cms</link><guid>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/india/cjp-chief-dipke-announces-fresh-protests-on-16-october-in-central-park-cp-with-lehra-do-tiranga-call-delhi-demonstration/articleshow/134942735.cms</guid><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 17:54:49 +0530</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fed hikes ahead, but not just yet]]> </title><description><![CDATA[San Francisco: The Federal Reserve will probably need to increase short-term interest rates further to rein in too-high inflation, San Francisco Federal Reserve President Mary Daly said on Wednesday, but she also signaled there's no need to do so at the US central bank's October 27-28 meeting."We are more likely than not to need additional adjustments, but the timing of those adjustments to me is something we're still deliberating," Daly told Reuters in an interview. "I don't feel urgent that we have to decide with a limited set of information. I think we have the time that we need."Also Read: US inflation worsened last month to 3.7% in sign that prices remain elevated as midterm elections nearSeveral of Daly's colleagues have also signaled in recent weeks that the Fed is unlikely to raise rates this month. The Fed's policy rate is in the 3.75%-4.00% range, and longer-term borrowing costs are even higher, with some -- like 7.5% mortgage rates -- putting an increasingly obvious damper on demand in some parts of the economy.Daly said she feels financial markets understand the Fed's "reaction function," pointing to how traders responded to data earlier on Wednesday that showed consumer price inflation accelerated to 3.7% in the 12 months through September, a bit faster than economists had anticipated. The Fed targets 2% inflation by a different, but related, measure.Though the initial reaction was "robust," she said -- rate futures traders quickly piled into bets on an October Fed rate hike -- investors "calmed" after parsing through the data. Higher gasoline prices drove the overall increase, and underlying inflation, while still sticky, did not take a sharp turn upward."Definitely this data point suggests that the risk to inflation remains elevated," Daly said. "The risk to inflation has gone up more, but risks are not realities, and reacting on risk when you have time to make a good decision, to me, feels imprudent."Also Read: More expensive gas, semiconductors likely pushed up inflation in US last monthDaly said that the labor market's continued stability gives the Fed room to focus on price stability.But, she said, "why force urgency when you don't need to have urgency? Why not take the time to be thoughtful and deliberate? And we have more meetings ahead of us."Financial market pricing now puts about a 40% chance of a second straight Fed rate hike at the central bank's next meeting, up from before the data but no longer seeing an increase as the most likely outcome.]]> </description><link>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/business/us-federal-reserves-mary-daly-sees-more-rate-hikes-ahead-but-not-necessarily-in-october/articleshow/134955058.cms</link><guid>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/international/business/us-federal-reserves-mary-daly-sees-more-rate-hikes-ahead-but-not-necessarily-in-october/articleshow/134955058.cms</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 06:52:04 +0530</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Office realty leasing rises 30%, on track to beat last year high]]> </title><description><![CDATA[Mumbai: Robust demand for office spaces has pushed commercial property leasing in the first three quarters of 2019 by 30% from a year ago, taking it closer to entire 2018’s performance and making sure that this year surpasses the peak touched last year.Driven by tech corporates — accounting for about a third of the leasing activity — office space take-up touched 47 million sq ft in the first nine months against entire 2018’s performance of 48.9 million sq ft, showed data from CBRE South Asia. With this, office leasing activity is now expected to touch its highest level ever, estimated to be over 60 million sq ft in 2019.Leasing activity stood at about 15.4 million sq ft during the quarter ended September, rising by nearly 23% on an annual basis. This was dominated by small- to medium-sized transactions. Small-sized transactions of less than 10,000 sq ft accounted for over 40% of the transaction activity in the quarter.
  
  
  
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“With office leasing scaling a historic high in 2019, we expect further strengthening of occupier sentiment in the medium to long term, backed by corporates looking to expand or consolidate their operations. Favourable government initiatives, transparency in the real estate sector and the right reforms will improve investor sentiment greatly in the coming quarters,” said Anshuman Magazine, CEO, India, South-east Asia, Middle East and Africa, CBRE.Like last year, he expects occupiers would put in greater efforts to incorporate flexibility in their portfolios due to changes in the business environment. Occupiers continued to futureproof their portfolios and hedge against future rental escalations by pre-leasing space across various cities.Bengaluru, followed by Hyderabad, dominated large-sized deal closures, while a few large deals were also reported in the NCR and Pune as well. Large-scale deal closures were mostly dominated by tech firms and flexible space operators. Firms belonging to sectors such as research, consulting &amp; analytics, banking, financial services &amp; insurance (BFSI), and engineering &amp; manufacturing also closed large-sized deals.Tech corporates led the office space take-up, followed by research, consulting &amp; analytics companies (19%) and flexible space operators (15%). The rise in the share of flexible space operators (10% in the second quarter of 2019) was primarily a result of their continued expansion across almost all cities.“The share of the tech sector rose from 31% to 40% annually during 2019 year-to-date, which implies that a rise in technology alternatives, insourcing / job preservation in the US and a global slowdown have not had any specific impact on India’s position as a preferred outsourcing destination for both high-skilled and low-skilled tech services, research and development,” said Ram Chandnani, managing director, advisory &amp; transaction services, India, CBRE South Asia.Supply addition rose by more than 80% in 2019 YTD on an annual basis, with about 43.5 million sq. ft. of development completions reported.Four cities — Hyderabad, Bengaluru, NCR and Mumbai — accounted for almost 80% of this supply addition.Compared to the first three quarters in 2018, the share of SEZs in supply dipped from 40% to 27% during 2019 YTD. Supply addition in the quarter also rose by about 6% on a quarterly basis, touching about 15 million sq. ft. More than 70% of this supply was driven by Hyderabad and NCR, followed by Bengaluru.]]> </description><link>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/company/corporate-trends/office-realty-leasing-rises-30-on-track-to-beat-last-year-high/articleshow/71641557.cms</link><guid>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/company/corporate-trends/office-realty-leasing-rises-30-on-track-to-beat-last-year-high/articleshow/71641557.cms</guid><pubDate>Fri, 18 Oct 2019 08:18:48 +0530</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Developers may face liquidity crisis on NBFC woes: Fitch]]> </title><description><![CDATA[MUMBAI: Liquidity risk is increasing for Indian-based real-estate developers, as non-bank financial institutions (NBFI; including housing finance companies) are shying away from lending to the sector, said Fitch Ratings.Developers that rely on refinancing from NBFIs, particularly those with weak financial profiles, will be affected the most should conditions persist. The availability of unencumbered assets among large developers may be of limited use, as NBFIs are looking to shed their already-high exposure to the sector, especially to large borrowers.NBFIs have disproportionately increased their share of real-estate sector credit in the previous few years, owing to heightened risk aversion by banks; banks have been cutting exposure due to their own funding challenges that began in late 2018, which have become more acute in the previous few months; domestic bank exposures fell to 2.3% of loans in the financial year ending March 2019 from 2.8% in 2015-16.NBFIs are now also shying away from refinancing maturing debt of even large, proven developers to limit concentration risk to the sector. This is pushing developers towards alternative funding channels, such as private equity. The availability of such funding could be more limited than the value of maturing debt and may only be available to established developers with sufficient unpledged assets. It would also come at a higher cost. We believe banks may still consider exposure to quality real estate, but overall exposure continues to decline.Developers that are focused on high-end projects may face higher risk, as sales of such projects have slowed in the last two years. We believe these developers would be wary of taking sharp price corrections on unsold inventory to boost sales, except in extreme circumstances, as this could diminish the value of unsold inventory and weaken collateral cover for existing lenders.In addition, any boost in sales would be temporary. Meanwhile, developers with substantial exposure to affordable housing may still benefit from marginal access to lenders in light of healthy pre-sales growth, supported by India's substantial housing deficit and government incentives for buyers via the credit-linked subsidy scheme as well as for developers, including tax deductions and grant of infrastructure status, which entitles companies to some benefits and concessions.The government has announced measures to improve NBFI-sector liquidity, but their efficacy remains to be seen. For example, we believe the government's July 2019 announcement to provide a first-loss guarantee of 10% on securitised assets issued by NBFIs to banks could ease funding pressure for NBFIs in the short term. However, the provision refers only to financially sound issuers and there is a lack of clarity about the duration of the guarantee and the definition of what comprises a 'financially sound' entity. In addition, most of the actions by the authorities to alleviate the liquidity squeeze will benefit the largest and least risky NBFIs and is unlikely to address the pressure on the more property focused players.Defaults by two NBFIs - Infrastructure Leasing &amp; Financial Services Ltd (IL&amp;FS) in September 2018 and Dewan Housing Finance Corporation Ltd (DHFL) in June 2019 - have contributed to the sector-wide liquidity squeeze, as investors have become more risk averse. Banks' low appetite for lending to real-estate developers is evidenced by the usually high risk weights attached to such loans. These are due to developers' typically low credit ratings amid high leverage, making exposure to the sector an inefficient use of banks' already-limited capital.Substantial bank recapitalisation to increase lending capacity could benefit NBFIs as well as real-estate developers, subject to the banks' risk appetite. Although a structural improvement in NBFI asset books would take time. Nonetheless, even under better conditions we expect NBFI's to tighten credit standards, with developers facing funding pressure until there is a broader improvement in their operations, with better end-user demand and pricing support. ]]> </description><link>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/services/property-/-cstruction/developers-may-face-liquidity-crisis-on-nbfc-woes-fitch/articleshow/70700244.cms</link><guid>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/services/property-/-cstruction/developers-may-face-liquidity-crisis-on-nbfc-woes-fitch/articleshow/70700244.cms</guid><pubDate>Fri, 16 Aug 2019 15:59:50 +0530</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adani Green to seek board nod to raise up to $1 billion]]> </title><description><![CDATA[Adani Green Energy is set to seek board approval to raise Rs 6,150 crore ($750 million) to Rs 8,200 crore ($1 billion) through the qualified institutional placement (QIP) route, said people aware of the matter.Two group companies had got approval of their boards for fundraising on May 13 —Adani Enterprises (Rs 12,500 crore) and Adani Transmission (Rs 8,500 crore).The exercise is part of a group plan outlined internally last year to build a “three-year equity cushion” to support expansion plans.Adani Green has secured such capital-raising permission every year from its board except in 2021, as per a Bloomberg analysis.The capital raised by Adani Green Energy will be used to repay an outstanding $750 million, three-year bond issued in 2021 that’s due next year. The money is likely to be kept in a dedicated redemption reserve account and paid on the due date, said the people cited above.Renegotiating Terms With TotalThe original plan had been to prepay the bond after special Reserve Bank of India (RBI) approval but the company decided against this move.“We do not comment on routine business matters. All public disclosures on business matters are disclosed when appropriate,” an Adani Group spokesperson told ET.Adani Green is also renegotiating the terms of its agreement with French utilities giant TotalEnergies for a proposed $4 billion investment in a green hydrogen venture, having signed a memorandum of understanding in 2022. In February, Total said it was pausing the plan in the wake of the Hindenburg Research report on the Adani Group alleging stock manipulation and fraud. The Adani Group has rejected the report’s findings.Total had said it won’t immediately proceed with the plan that involved taking a 25% stake in Adani New Industries Ltd (ANIL), a subsidiary of Adani Enterprises.In June last year, ANIL and TotalEnergies had outlined a capex plan of $50 billion to set up a 2.5 million metric tonnes per annum (mmtpa) of green hydrogen manufacturing capacity over the next 10 years, with the first phase of 1 mmtpa expected to be commissioned before 2030. Total had also made a total $10 billion capital commitment to the hydrogen venture, standing guarantor to 50% of the project’s debt, translating to $6 billion, ET had reported February 13.ANIL plans to manufacture green hydrogen and downstream products such as ammonia, urea, methanol and ethanol at its Khavda and Mundra SEZ facilities. The Khavda site has a land bank of 71,000 acres, which has a large-scale renewable deployment potential of 20 GW due to its high wind and solar resource potential.After the initial MoU, a more detailed ‘heads of agreement’ — pre-contractual negotiations for a commercial framework — was originally planned to be signed between May and September this year. But this is unlikely at this juncture.The Adani Group has, however, continued with the project work in Mundra on its own, aiming to complete a substantial part of the first phase of the integrated manufacturing ecosystem for ANIL by December.This involves 4.5 GW of solar module manufacturing capacity and 1.5 GW of wind turbine manufacturing capacity along with electrolysers, glass, aluminium frames etc. Analysts say over 5% of the total capex has already been incurred by Adani though the bulk of the work is scheduled for 2026-2028. Any binding agreement with Total is now expected only in 2024 or 2025 and the valuation and the overall commercial terms is likely to get altered as the French company is not incurring any of the greenfield project risks, they said.“We have 40 GW of land equivalent. We've been doing solar modules for the past five years. We know we will produce modules at 15 cents to 17 cents,” Robbie Singh, chief financial officer of Adani Enterprises, had told ET on January 22.Other than the green hydrogen project, Total has just over $3 billion of investments with Adani, including in gas distribution and solar projects, which it has played down as a small 2.4% slice of its total capital commitments.]]> </description><link>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/banking/finance/adani-green-to-seek-board-nod-to-raise-up-to-1-billion/articleshow/100459690.cms</link><guid>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/banking/finance/adani-green-to-seek-board-nod-to-raise-up-to-1-billion/articleshow/100459690.cms</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 May 2023 06:36:08 +0530</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[At Rs 10,000 crore, Anil Ambani's Reliance Capital recovery may be only 43%]]> </title><description><![CDATA[Lenders to Anil Ambani-promoted Reliance Capital are likely to recover just about ₹10,000 crore after the winning bidder, Hinduja Group, declined to significantly improve its offer in the last round of bilateral negotiations that ended on Monday evening, people aware of the development told ET. The recovery, totalling about ₹10,090 crore on factoring in the target company's cash balances and the Hinduja offer, falls short of the ₹12,500-13,000 crore estimated liquidation value. A Hinduja Group entity, IndusInd International Holdings, offered ₹9,650 crore in the extended auction held on April 26. Hinduja improved the offer by only ₹10 crore during the bilateral negotiations, the people cited above said. In addition, the distressed financial services company has around Rs 430 crore as cash balances, which would be distributed among the lenders. This would add up to Rs 10,090 crore, equating to a 43% recovery for verified lenders.Administrator Nageswara Rao Y has admitted Rs 23,666 crore in claims from verified creditors."Hinduja Group will submit a detailed resolution plan by next week while lenders are in the process of finalising distribution of the proceeds," one of the persons cited above said. After this, the administrator will invite lenders to vote on the eligible plans.However, resolution of Reliance Capital will be subject to approval from the Supreme Court, which is scheduled to hear in August the auction-related dispute between Torrent Investments, a bidder also in the fray in the earlier rounds.  100459497Crucial LIC, EPFO RolesThe stand by LIC, the Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) and JC Flowers Asset Reconstruction Co on approving the plan will be critical since they are majority debtholders. Yes Bank, an original Reliance Capital lender, sold its debt to JC Flowers ARC. A resolution plan can be approved only if 66% of creditors vote in its favour.Separately, Credit Suisse-led bondholders have decided not to contest a decision by the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), which directed them to return the custody of Reliance General Insurance shares to the administrator, said the people cited above.This has come as a major relief to the lenders that were worried the resolution might be delayed if Credit Suisse-led bondholders appealed against the tribunal's order.In 2018, Credit Suisse-led investors invested in bonds issued by Reliance Home Finance, a Reliance Capital unit. The home finance company failed to honour the payment on the due date. ]]> </description><link>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/banking/finance/at-rs-10000-crore-anil-ambanis-reliance-capital-recovery-may-be-only-43/articleshow/100459486.cms</link><guid>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/banking/finance/at-rs-10000-crore-anil-ambanis-reliance-capital-recovery-may-be-only-43/articleshow/100459486.cms</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 May 2023 06:01:03 +0530</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Insurance, NPS equity investments plunge 45% to Rs 22,714 crore in September quarter]]> </title><description><![CDATA[Mumbai: Flows from insurance companies and National Pension System (NPS) funds into Indian equities dropped in the September quarter, with their combined investments falling 45% to ₹22,714 crore from ₹41,465 crore in the previous quarter, according to data from NSE. Higher bond yields and falling stock prices prompted these domestic institutions to consider higher allocations to debt instruments in their portfolios.The decline was the steepest in their combined quarterly investments in five quarters. Insurance companies invested around ₹8,013 crore in equities during the September quarter, while NPS investments stood at around ₹14,700 crore, NSE data showed.134954774"Some of the decline can be attributed to market weakness, which has reduced the value of equity investments," said Subhasis Ghosh, CEO of Kotak Mahindra Pension Fund. "Secondly, debt investments have also been rising. So, investors may be shifting some portion of their investments towards debt."Mutual funds - the most dominant among domestic institutions - pumped ₹1.09 lakh crore into equities in the September quarter, compared with ₹1.42 lakh crore in the June quarter, according to data from Bloomberg. FPIs bought stocks worth ₹12,969 crore, compared with sales of ₹1.26 lakh crore in the June quarter.Read more: Jio IPO: 5 strengths that put the Reliance-backed digital giant in spotlightFor insurance companies, too, elevated bond yields offered an opportunity to lock in higher returns. Yields on three-, five- and 10-year government securities rose, making debt investments attractive amid a decline in stock prices, an expert said.Moreover, falling stock prices also reduce the value of insurers' existing equity holdings, affecting the capital cushion they must maintain to meet potential policyholder claims.Read more: Jio IPO sparks investor buzz: GMP rises to 20% as Reliance’s telecom arm announces price band, dates"The eight weeks of market falls have affected insurers' solvency calculations," said Ajit Banerjee, president and chief investment officer at Shriram Life Insurance. "While falling stock prices can offer opportunities to invest at more attractive valuations, negative mark-to-market movements in equities held in non-participating portfolios and shareholders' funds must be factored into solvency calculations."Insurers also prefer higher debt allocations when equities fall because of the accounting treatment for bonds, which reduces sharp volatility in solvency measures."Debt securities, by contrast, are generally held at amortised cost, subject to the applicable accounting treatment. This can limit the immediate impact of market-price movements on insurers' reported positions," Banerjee said. "The difference in accounting treatment could be one reason for higher allocations to debt."Insurance companies and NPS funds, along with mutual funds, remained major sources of domestic liquidity for Indian equities. The combined investments of insurers and NPS funds in the stock market have been around ₹1.12 lakh crore so far in 2026. MFs alone bought stocks worth ₹4.25 lakh crore so far this year, while FPIs withdrew ₹2.87 lakh crore from the market during this period.Compared with the September quarter of FY26, NPS funds' investments also remain lower because of the statistical impact of a higher base. The guidelines issued on March 28, 2025, raised the equity allocation cap from 15% to 25%, with pension fund benchmarks adjusted accordingly. Pension fund managers subsequently increased their equity allocations. "The decline in NPS equity investments from last year is due to the base effect, as pension funds were rebalancing their portfolios to align with the new investment guidelines," Ghosh said.]]> </description><link>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/stocks/news/insurance-nps-flows-into-equity-almost-halve-in-the-september-quarter/articleshow/134954759.cms</link><guid>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/stocks/news/insurance-nps-flows-into-equity-almost-halve-in-the-september-quarter/articleshow/134954759.cms</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 05:53:33 +0530</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can Zetwerk Manufacturing IPO deliver long-term growth for high-risk investors?]]> </title><description><![CDATA[ET Intelligence Group: Zetwerk Manufacturing Businesses, a manufacturer of assorted products with dominant share from green energy, is seeking to raise as much as ₹2,830 crore through fresh equity in an IPO even as it continues to make losses. It will also raise upto ₹2,182 crore through an offer for sale. Given the profile of the company, it says there are very few peers in Indian listed space, but boasts of clients including Siemens Gamesa, CG Power, and NTPC Renewable. While the normal price-to-earnings metrics wouldn't apply here due to its losses, the cash flow doesn't appear to be inspiring with a negative operating cash flow over the past three years. The debt is rising too. The cash deficit narrowed to ₹506.2 crore as of June 2026 from ₹796.4 crore a year earlier. Net debt rose to ₹1,942.2 crore as of June 2026 from ₹1,232.1 crore in FY24. The IPO is priced at a revenue to sales multiple of 1.6 on post-IPO equity basis. The promoter group's stake will reduce to 15.4% after the IPO from 20.7%.134955009BusinessIncorporated in 2017 and backed by investors such as Peak XV Partners, Accel India, and Lightspeed India Partners, Zetwerk unites own manufacturing and third-party supplies using a proprietary technology platform, Zetwerk OS. Apart from finished products, it also sources industrial commodities including ferrous and non-ferrous metals from third party suppliers for its customers enabling cost-effective procurement under the ecosystem segment. The company operates a 'universal factory' model combining a network of 6,979 third-party suppliers across 26 countries with 26 owned manufacturing facilities across four countries including India, Spain, USA and Germany.Read more: Jio IPO: 5 strengths that put the Reliance-backed digital giant in spotlightFinancialsRevenue from operations increased 13.4% annually to 15,913.3 crore between FY24 and FY26. The operating margin before depreciation and amortisation (Ebitda margin) was 2.7% in FY26, 2.9% in FY25 and 0.8% in FY24.Net loss widened to ₹1,606.2 crore in FY26 from ₹370.7 crore in FY25 and ₹917.9 crore in FY24. In the June quarter, revenue grew 55.4% to ₹4,117.9 crore while net loss reduced to ₹733 crore from ₹1,368.5 crore year-on-year.Read more: Jio IPO sparks investor buzz: GMP rises to 20% as Reliance’s telecom arm announces price band, datesValuationWhile the company has grown revenue rapidly over the past three years, it works on wafer thin operating margin and continues to report net losses. Given these factors and that it outsources much to fulfil its order book, investors may wait to see clarity in financials.]]> </description><link>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/ipos/fpos/can-zetwerk-manufacturing-ipo-deliver-long-term-growth-for-high-risk-investors/articleshow/134954974.cms</link><guid>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/markets/ipos/fpos/can-zetwerk-manufacturing-ipo-deliver-long-term-growth-for-high-risk-investors/articleshow/134954974.cms</guid><pubDate>Thu, 15 Oct 2026 06:38:49 +0530</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Apple faces Indian engineer’s bias lawsuit]]> </title><description><![CDATA[Apple Inc. lost an early round in a discrimination lawsuit brought in the U.S. by a female engineer from India who says her two managers -- one from her country, the other from Pakistan -- treated her as they would in their own countries: as a subservient.The woman’s case in California state court is the latest to allege workplace bias in Silicon Valley that focuses on cultural prejudices of some tech workers from South Asia. Cisco Systems Inc. is fighting a suit brought by California’s civil rights agency alleging bias against a member of India’s so-called lower castes, known as Dalits.Anita Nariani Schulze is part of the Sindhi minority -- she is Hindu, with ancestry in the Sindh region of what is now Pakistan. Her complaint alleges that her senior and direct managers, both male, consistently excluded her from meetings while inviting her male counterparts, criticized her, micromanaged her work, and deprived her of bonuses, despite positive performance evaluations and significant team contributions.Schulze claims the managers’ animus reflects sexism, racism, religious bias and discrimination on the basis of national origin. The Sindhi Hindu nationality is “known for its technical acumen” and its gender equality, she says, which “exacerbated the managers’ discriminatory treatment.”In a tentative ruling on Wednesday, Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Sunil R. Kulkarni rejected Apple’s request to toss out the suit. While not ruling on the merits of the case, Kulkarni said Schulze had adequately supported her legal claims. Apple had argued her claims weren’t specific enough and were based on stereotypes.But the judge rejected Schulze’s request to represent a class of female Apple employees who suffered job discrimination over the last four years. He agreed with Apple that she didn’t show a pattern of discrimination that could be applied to a broader group.It wasn’t clear from the court’s docket whether the judge will hold a hearing Thursday before issuing a final ruling.Apple didn’t immediately reply to a request for comment.In the Cisco case, the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing alleged that two Indian employees at the San Jose-based company discriminated against a Dalit co-worker on the basis of caste.Cisco has denied the claims, insisting it has “zero tolerance for discrimination.” It also said the lawsuit should be tossed out because caste isn’t a protected category under U.S. civil rights law.]]> </description><link>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/apple-faces-indian-engineers-bias-lawsuit/articleshow/81694292.cms</link><guid>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/tech/technology/apple-faces-indian-engineers-bias-lawsuit/articleshow/81694292.cms</guid><pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2021 23:14:01 +0530</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ravi Shankar Prasad questions Arnab Goswami's arrest]]> </title><description><![CDATA[NEW DELHI: Law Minister and senior BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad on Wednesday described the arrest of Republic TV Editor-in-Chief Arnab Goswami as "seriously reprehensible, unwarranted and worrisome."He also questioned the silence of the Congress leadership when its government in Maharashtra was "blatantly suppressing freedom of press."Police on Wednesday arrested Goswami in Mumbai for allegedly abetting suicide of a 53-year-old interior designer, a police official said."The arrest of senior journalist Arnab Goswami is seriously reprehensible, unwarranted and worrisome. We had fought for freedoms of Press as well while opposing the draconian Emergency of 1975," Prasad said in a series of tweets.The arrest of senior journalist #ArnabGoswami is seriously reprehensible, unwarranted and worrisome. We had fought… https://t.co/d5fY66b1w5&amp;mdash; Ravi Shankar Prasad (@rsprasad) 1604465175000He said while Congress leaders Sonia and Rahul Gandhi have attacked the Modi government "through motivated charges of attack on institutions" yet they are completely silent when their own government in Maharashtra is "blatantly suppressing freedom of Press."He claimed it to be a "textbook case of hypocrisy."Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi have openly attacked @narendramodi Govt through motivated charges of attack on instit… https://t.co/TZHS3W6pFJ&amp;mdash; Ravi Shankar Prasad (@rsprasad) 1604464512000"One can differ, one can debate and one can ask questions too. However arresting a journalist of the stature of Arnab Goswami by abuse of police power, because he was asking questions, is something which we all need to condemn," the Union minister said.One can differ, one can debate and one can ask questions too. However arresting a journalist of the stature of… https://t.co/uc4hEu3uA4&amp;mdash; Ravi Shankar Prasad (@rsprasad) 1604463867000The ruling alliance in Maharashtra comprises the Shiv Sena, the Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party.]]> </description><link>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/ravi-shankar-prasad-questions-arnab-goswamis-arrest/articleshow/79035225.cms</link><guid>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/ravi-shankar-prasad-questions-arnab-goswamis-arrest/articleshow/79035225.cms</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2020 11:10:34 +0530</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Delhi govt to recruit 15,000 more home guard personnel: LG]]> </title><description><![CDATA[New Delhi: The Delhi government will recruit 15,000 home guards, taking their total number to 25,000, an official statement said on Wednesday.  Delhi LG VK Saxena on Tuesday distributed letters of enrolment to 1669 home guards out of 10,000, for which the recruitment process was started in January, said the statement from the Raj Niwas.  Addressing the newly recruited home guards at an event, the LG said that in the near future additional 15,000 home guards will be added, taking their total strength to over 25,000 it said.  The newly recruited home guards included 226 former civil defence volunteers (CDVs) who were working as bus marshals when they were removed in November last year. The new recruits also included 181 women, the statement said.  The LG in January this year cleared enrolment of 10,285 home guards and directed that the CDVs be given preference in the form of extra credit points in the selection process. However, some candidates approached the court, and as a result, the appointment on 7,939 posts of home guards was kept pending as the matter became sub-judice. The LG, had however, directed appointment of 2,346 home guards who qualified physical measurement and efficiency, and written tests. Out of 2,346 posts, 1669 cleared the medical test and were handed over their appointment letters. In response to the advertisement for 10,285 vacancies, total 1.09 lakh applications were received but only 32,511 reported for the physical test. Meanwhile, the some applicants moved the high court over various issues and a status quo was ordered by the court. The LG has also directed the director general (home guards) to ensure that the remaining 7,939 vacancies are also filled up at the earliest after taking cognizance of the court matters, added the statement.]]> </description><link>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/jobs/government-jobs/delhi-govt-to-recruit-15000-more-home-guard-personnel-lg/articleshow/115980286.cms</link><guid>https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/jobs/government-jobs/delhi-govt-to-recruit-15000-more-home-guard-personnel-lg/articleshow/115980286.cms</guid><pubDate>Wed, 04 Dec 2024 22:15:01 +0530</pubDate></item></channel></rss>