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Rupee falls 0.4% to 94.19, near one-month low as oil tops $110/barrel

The rupee touched a low of 94.54 per dollar during the trading session, its weakest level since March 30, before closing at 94.19, down 0.4 per cent on the day

Google signs classified AI deal with Pentagon for defense works: Report

Classified networks are used to handle a wide range of sensitive work, including mission planning and weapons targeting

Castrol India March quarter profit rises 3.7% to ₹242 cr on volume growth

Revenue from operations increased about 9 per cent to ₹1,545 crore, driven by continued market-share gains and ‌expansion across rural and urban markets

Temasek, LIC, Canadian pension fund in line-up to sell stakes in NSE IPO

It will be one of two large share sales in India this year, along with an issue by billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Jio Platforms

Australia to charge big tech firms 2% levy unless they strike news deals

A proposed News Bargaining Incentive would tax the three big tech companies 2.25% on their local revenues unless they struck agreements

Oil prices up 2% as stalled US-Iran talks keep Hormuz supply risks high

Brent crude futures for June climbed $2.32, or 2.1 per cent, to $110.55 a barrel as of 0638 GMT, after gaining 2.8 per cent in the previous session to its highest close since April 7

OpenAI ends Microsoft exclusivity; frees path for Amazon, Google deals

In a post on LinkedIn, Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said OpenAI's models would be available directly to developers on Amazon Web Services "in the coming weeks" and that the two firms would share more details

Trump not happy with Iran's latest proposal to end war: US official

White House spokeswoman Olivia Wales said Washington "will not negotiate through the press" and reiterated that its red lines remain unchanged as it pursues an end to the conflict

Asian stocks near record highs ahead of tech earnings, BOJ awaits

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was down 0.12 per cent, hovering near the record high it touched on Monday

China orders Meta to unwind $2 billion acquisition of AI startup Manus

"The transaction complied fully with applicable law. We anticipate an appropriate resolution to the inquiry," Meta said in response

RBI finalises expected credit loss norms; rollout set for April 2027

The ECL framework is forward looking and asks banks to build buffers based on the likely losses an asset will incur

Bajaj Housing Finance Q4 results: Profit rises 14%, margins under pressure

Credit demand in India gained momentum in the second half of the fiscal year that ended in March, as easing inflation and lower taxes supported household spending and corporate borrowing

West Asia war: Govt expects annual fertiliser subsidy bill to rise by 20%

Rising import costs are likely to increase India's fertiliser subsidies to companies for selling crop nutrients to farmers below market prices

UltraTech Cement Q4FY26 results: Net profit jumps 20.2% to ₹2,983 crore

Consolidated net profit rose 20.2 per cent year-on-year to ₹2,983 crore for the three ​months ended March 31

MobiKwik gets RBI's nod for non-banking financial company licence

The licence will allow MobiKwik to launch a lending arm, Mobikwik Financial Services, expanding its regulated credit offering

Toyota Motor sales fall for second month in March on West Asia slump

Global sales shrank 7.3 per cent from the same month a year earlier to 897,871 vehicles, with overseas sales down 7.2 per cent and those in Japan falling 7.8 per cent

Google strengthens AI push with $40 billion investment in Anthropic

Anthropic's Claude Code tool has gained strong traction among developers. The company's annual run-rate revenue surpassed $30 billion this month, up from about $9 billion at the end of 2025

Sun Pharma to acquire US drugmaker Organon in $11.75 billion all-cash deal

The acquisition would help Sun Pharma further expand its ‌women's health portfolio with access to Organon's portfolio of more than 70 products across women's health and general medicines

Gold falls on firm dollar, oil-led inflation fears as US-Iran talks stall

SPDR Gold Trust, the world's largest gold-backed exchange-traded fund, said its holdings fell 0.2 per cent to 966.30 metric ‌tonnes ​on Thursday

Trump calls correspondents' dinner attack suspect 'pretty sick guy'

Trump said in TV interviews that the suspect, whom an official identified as 31-year-old Cole Tomas Allen, of Torrance, California, had posted what Trump described as an 'anti-Christian' manifesto