Abhishek Jha

Classic cocktails are disappearing from India's cocktail menus. But they're still being ordered, taught to bartenders and borrowed from. So, who's really having the last drink?

An affected investor says she got no alert when her account email was changed and her holdings were sold within minutes. Stockal says its platform was not breached, and HDFC Securities says it is not an accused.

Foreign portfolio investors have US$115 billion parked in HDFC Bank, ICICI Bank. If the government cuts long-term capital gains tax, Jefferies says returning foreign money could land here first.

Veteran investor Sandeep Tandon says foreign selling is easing, large-caps are due a comeback and mid-caps are crowded, while he turns positive on gold, power and pharma this Diwali.

Eternal is building a private AI assistant, dark.ai. Swiggy is still working out how to make Instamart pay, with an operating loss of Rs 895 crore in the July-September quarter while Blinkit stayed profitable.

Centrum Broking sees rising ARPU, driven by premiumisation and higher data consumption, as a key earnings lever ahead of Reliance Jio's upcoming IPO.

HCLTech management says advanced AI services will earn at least 7% to 10% higher margins than traditional work, with platform IP at 70%+ gross margin.

A joint statement from Mallika Srinivasan and Dr Lakshmi Venu says the 2020 TVS family partition did not include the Venu Srinivasan family. They say the claims of a fair asset split are misleading, and that they would like a transparent, amicable settlement.

The honour for the Bharti founder puts the spotlight on India-France business ties, from Airtel's 1992 launch to the satellite race at Eutelsat.

With a 'Super El Nino' building, reservoirs are below 2022 and the 10-year average, causing worry for rabi.

Goldman sees Asia's earnings compounding at 34% a year, Jefferies warns the AI boom is increasingly debt-funded, and CLSA catalogues extremes from concentration to bond losses.

Wood points to 18.1% credit expansion, potential private capital expenditure recovery, and 17% earnings expansion next fiscal year, but cautions about a valuation premium and large amount of new shares.

HCG's Ajai Kumar says the MRP can be cut, but the 30% trade margin cap on non-scheduled cancer drugs could keep new treatments from Indian patients.

Chief India economist Santanu SenGupta says 75 bps of tightening by June will not derail the economy even with crude at $100, but flags El Nino as a risk to inflation next year

Tata Consultancy Services stated again, in an interview with NDTV Profit after their Q2 results, that they wish to be the world's leading AI-led technology services firm, as annual AI revenue exceeds $3.1 billion.

Saurabh Mukherjea, founder and chief investment officer of Marcellus, owns up to past mistakes and says lessons have landed.

Marcellus Investment Managers, founded in 2018, is moving beyond PMS and AIF into mutual funds, with asset allocation solutions on the agenda.

Venu Srinivasan has alleged in a letter to Charity Commissioner that Circular Resolution 107 was meant to stop him voting on Tata Sons listing.

The stock rose over 3% in Wednesday morning trade after the global brokerage set a target of 6,800 target saying first Mk1A handover to the IAF could end the execution doubts that have weighed on the stock.

Hot-rolled coil prices are up about 10% and have reached import parity. HSBC sees near-term risk for steel stocks, while Morgan Stanley expects them to keep outperforming over 12 months.