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State Bank of India (SBI), is ramping up efforts to enhance gender diversity, targeting 30% women representation across its workforce within the next five years.“If we talk about frontline staff, women are almost 33%, but as a total if you see, they account for 27% of the total workforce. So, we will be working towards…

India’s domestic beer industry is facing a severe shortage of aluminium cans, prompting the Brewers Association of India (BAI) to seek a “short-term regulatory relaxation” in quality control norms to prevent disruption in supply.The industry is grappling with an annual deficit of 12–13 crore units of 500 ml cans, which account for nearly 20% of…

State-run Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC), valued at around Rs 3.10 lakh crore, now lags behind food delivery platform Zomato in market capitalisation despite owning stakes and assets worth more than a third of its own valuation — a gap analysts say reflects deep undervaluation of India’s largest oil and gas producer.As of Friday’s…

The trade tensions between the United States and China have flared up once again, after a brief phase of calm, exposing how deep the divide and mistrust between the two giant economies still run.What began as a simmering disagreement over rare earth exports has now escalated into a full-blown confrontation, with both Washington and Beijing…

Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav is set to travel to Brasília on October 13-14 for a pre-COP meeting as India steps up preparations for the UN climate summit COP30, scheduled in Belém, Brazil, in November. The meeting aims to streamline negotiations on key issues and build consensus among ministers before the main conference. He confirmed…

Gold and silver are poised for a volatile week ahead as investors navigate the interplay between domestic festive buying, physical market premiums, and crucial macroeconomic developments in the US, analysts said. With Federal Reserve officials, including Chair Jerome Powell, set to comment on policy on Tuesday, bullion markets are expected to closely track any cues…

Philips India is set to broaden its footprint in the domestic market by introducing more global product lines and strengthening its offerings in male grooming and mother and child care, responding to rising consumer demand for premium personal care products.The company, which recently rolled out its rechargeable intimate skin-protect grooming product, OneBlade, aimed at Gen…

The State Bank of India (SBI) has set a target to raise the share of women in its workforce to 30 per cent by 2030 as part of a broader push to strengthen gender diversity and inclusivity across all levels of the organisation.SBI Deputy Managing Director (HR) and Chief Development Officer (CDO) Kishore Kumar Poludasu…

The gap between telecom operators’ network expenditure and revenue continues to widen, prompting industry body COAI to defend calls for higher mobile tariffs, citing the increasing financial burden of network deployment on service providers.Speaking at the India Mobile Congress, Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) Director General, SP Kochhar, told PTI that while the government…

India and the 27-nation European Union (EU) have concluded the 14th round of negotiations for a proposed free trade agreement (FTA) in Brussels, as both sides look to resolve outstanding issues and move closer to signing the deal by the end of the year, PTI reported citing an official.The five-day round, which began on October…