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Harvard admits too many students getting A's amid grade inflation

The report's author, Harvard undergraduate dean Amanda Claybaugh, urged faculty to curtail the practice of awarding top scores to the majority of students, saying it undermines academic culture

PNB Housing delivers steady Q2; analysts bullish on growth, margin outlook

On the bourses around 9:30 AM, PNB Housing share was trading flat at ₹927.45 apiece. By comparison, BSE Sensex was trading marginally higher at 84,792.25 levels.

Indian engineers' median pay drops 40% in 2025, US salaries rise

Product and design professionals in India also saw median pay drop to $23,000, compared to $138,000 in the US, highlighting growing inequality in global tech salaries

Delhi gears up for first cloud seeding experiment to fight air pollution

The experiment, in collaboration with IIT Kanpur and the IMD, aims to trigger artificial rainfall and curb worsening air pollution as the capital braces for its peak winter smog season

Starlink leases office space in Mumbai as India satellite rollout nears

Starlink, Elon Musk's satellite internet venture, has leased office space in Mumbai's Chandivali, marking its first physical presence in India as it prepares to launch broadband services

Experion's ₹2,500-cr Gurugram bet: TATA to build 45-Storey 'Trillion'

Spanning 2.5 million square feet, The Trillion will comprise 45 floors per tower, positioning it among the tallest residential developments in the region.

Weak Q2 fails to shake analysts' faith in Supreme Industries; here's why

Analysts at Motilal Oswal Financial Services (MOFSL), Nuvama, and JM Financial have retained their Buy ratings, despite the company posting a 20 per cent decline in consolidated net profit in Q2FY26

How different is Elon Musk's AI-powered 'Grokipedia' from Wikipedia?

Grokipedia is an online encyclopedia created by artificial intelligence, promoted by Elon Musk as a 'less biased' alternative to Wikipedia

Domino's shares surge after report of Bain Capital considering takeover

Billionaire Jack Cowin, the largest shareholder of Domino's Pizza Enterprises, took charge at the company earlier this year to implement a turnaround

Q2 results today: TVS Motor, Jindal Steel, Tata Capital, 58 more on Oct 28

Q2FY26 company results: Firms including Adani Green Energy, Blue Dart Express, Mahindra & Mahindra Financial Services, and Icra are also to release their July-September quarter earnings reports today

Worli's new crown jewel: Godrej eyes ₹10,000 Cr from luxury Trilogy project

Godrej Properties Mumbai Launch: ₹10,000-Crore Worli Redevelopment Gets MahaRERA Nod

Washington's push to put US corn in Indian cars to face tough road ahead

New Delhi would seek a reciprocal US tariff of 20 per cent or less and a swift deal, fearing Indian exporters could fall further behind Southeast Asian rivals if negotiations drag on

Sona BLW's diversified growth drivers impress brokerages; Nomura ups target

Nomura said Sona's ability to add orders across segments despite a weak EV backdrop reflects its growing engineering depth.

A first: Surge in passive MF folio steals a march on active equity

Gold and silver ETFs alone add nearly 1 million accounts in September

High-value festive buys rule Diwali: 42% spent over ₹50,000 on credit cards

91% planned purchases around card offers; cashback was the most valued reward

L&T Q2 results preview: Analysts eye 21% jump in profit; check key factors

Key monitorables during L&T's earnings, analysts said, include a ramp-up in domestic ordering, conversion of the prospect pipeline in international markets, margin performance, working capital cycle

ITC Q2 preview: Analysts see steady cigarette growth; FMCG margins soft

ITC Q2 results preview: Brokerages tracked by Business Standard estimate ITC's net profit to increase 3 per cent year-on-year (Y-o-Y) on average, to ₹5,153.9 crore as compared to ₹5,005.3 crore

Gold prices fall ₹10 to ₹1,23,270; silver down ₹100, trades at ₹1,54,900

The price of 22-carat gold decreased by ₹10, with ten grams of the yellow metal selling at ₹1,12,990

Amazon to cut 30,000 corporate jobs starting Tuesday, largest since 2022

Amazon will lay off around 30,000 corporate employees this week, its largest job cut since 2023, as CEO Andy Jassy pushes cost control, AI-driven efficiency, and leaner operations

Stacking the deck in your favour in special situations investing

In order to build a thesis around which M&A deals to consider as a potential special situations investment, a look at the twenty largest deals by Indian companies in the past decade is instructive