Adani Group, Google join hands to drive clean energy adoption in India

The Adani Group and Google on Thursday announced a collaboration that will advance the companies’ collective sustainability goals and add more clean energy to the national grid.  The Adani Group will supply clean energy from a new solar-wind hybrid project located in the world’s largest renewable energy plant at Gujarat's Khavda. The new project is … Read more

62pc of Indian professionals believe AI is key for growth at work

About 62 per cent of professionals in India are convinced that getting ahead in their career now depends on their comfort with Artificial Intelligence (AI), according to a new report on Thursday.  The report from networking platform LinkedIn showed that as jobs evolve, the biggest opportunity for workers in India is integrating AI into daily … Read more

Office space transactions in India see 18 pc growth in July-September, GCCs lead

 Led by global capability centres (GCCs), office space transactions in India reached 19 million square feet in the July-September period (Q3) — an 18 per cent year-on-year increase, a report showed on Thursday.  This is the highest quarterly absorption since Q1 2018. The year has already registered leasing of 53.7 million square feet, 27 per … Read more

Rupee weakens against US dollar on Thursday

Indian rupee weakened against the US dollar on Thursday tracking weakness in domestic equities and spike in crude oil prices amidst concerns over escalating tension in the Middle East, while robustness in the US jobs market backed the idea that the US Federal Reserve doesn’t need to rush to cut interest rates. Moreover, unabated foreign … Read more

Former RBI Governor against excluding food inflation while setting benchmark interest rates

Amid suggestions for excluding food inflation while setting benchmark interest rates, former Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Raghuram Rajan has said that he is against excluding food prices from headline inflation, as it would erode the ‘great faith’ of people in the central bank, which has been mandated by the government to keep inflation … Read more

India to see 9.5 pc salary hike in 2025, attrition rate slows down

 Salaries in India are projected to increase by 9.5 per cent in 2025, compared to an actual increase of 9.3 per cent this year, a report showed on Thursday.  The engineering and manufacturing and retail industries project double-digit increases at 10 per cent, closely followed by financial institutions at 9.9 per cent, indicating the strategic … Read more