NEW DELHI: Senior executives from Meta India, appeared before National Commission for Protection of Child Rights Wednesday in connection with the inquiry instituted to investigate the allegations linked to circulation of child sexual exploitative abuse material (CSEAM) on Instagram.The details of those present from Meta and the questioning and cross-examination that would have followed were…
MUMBAI: Rising geopolitical tensions in the Persian Gulf region pushed up Brent prices above the $100-per-barrel mark for the first time since July on Wednesday. This, in turn, led to the weakening of the rupee, which fell below the 95/$ mark and settled at 95.1 at close. Dalal Street, too, felt the jitters courtesy of…
BENGALURU: Coforge shares dropped nearly 6% on BSE after chairman and independent director OP Bhatt resigned from the company’s board with immediate effect on Tuesday. The resignation followed an internal audit review that raised concerns about how the company’s board evaluation exercise was handled and presented. Bhatt became chairman of Coforge in 2024. He previously…
MUMBAI: RBI deputy governor Rohit Jain flagged concentration risk among banks as most of them become dependent on a few cloud, technology and model providers, warning that a common technology dependency could allow a disruption at one provider to spread across multiple financial institutions.Speaking at the Global Fintech Fest in Mumbai on Wednesday, Jain said…
BENGALURU: Cognizant’s US green-card filings have been suspended amid an investigation into potential fraud and misuse of employment visa programmes, Anthony D’Esposito, inspector general at US Department of Labor, said in a post on X. “Fighting fraud is a Team Sport…..Threats to American workers will not be tolerated. Alongside @WHFraudTF, we’re following facts, fraud and…
MUMBAI: IPO-bound National Stock Exchange (NSE), the largest stock exchange in India by turnover and profits, is reducing the size of its offering to about 5.3% of its equity base, from 6% planned earlier. The stocks will be offered in a price band of Rs 1,700 to Rs 1,785 per share, people in the know…
NEW DELHI: Skoda Auto and JSW Green Mobility have signed a non-binding agreement to explore a joint venture that could develop, manufacture and sell passenger vehicles in India and overseas, the companies announced on Wednesday. The proposed partnership will span internal combustion engine vehicles, electric vehicles, plug-in hybrids and hybrids, signalling that the discussions extend…
NEW DELHI: India’s largest private airport operator – Adani Airport Holdings (AAHL) – has entered into binding agreements to raise Rs 9,825 crore (about $1 billion) of primary equity capital from a consortium of investors, comprising Alpha Wave Global, Premji Invest, Temasek and BlackRock managed funds. The transaction values AAHL at about $18 billion and…
Apple’s first foldable phone NEW DELHI: Apple on Wednesday entered the foldable smartphone market with iPhone Duo, priced at Rs 2,99,900, taking on Samsung, Google and Chinese brands in a category it had stayed away from even as rivals spent years refining the form factor.The book-style device has a 5.5-inch outer screen and unfolds into…
The Philippine Coast Guard said 42 people had been rescued from the vessel. A fire broke out aboard a passenger ferry near the popular tourist destination of Coron in the Philippines’ Palawan province on Wednesday evening, killing at least five people, according to the Philippine Coast Guard (PCG) and local media.The vessel, M/V June Aster,…
