Info Edge shares plunge over 5 pc to hit fresh 52-week low

IANS | May 25, 2026 1:07 PM

Mumbai, May 25 (IANS) Shares of Info Edge India -- the parent company of Naukri.com -- plunged over 5 per cent in early trade on Monday and hit a fresh 52-week low as analysts remained cautious on the near-term growth outlook.

India’s GCC sector adds 1.7 million jobs amid rising office space demand

IANS | May 25, 2026 12:16 PM

New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) Multinational IT, ITeS (Information Technology Enabled Services) and ER&D (Engineering Research and Development) operations in India have added nearly 1.7 million jobs to the country's job market since FY20, taking total sectoral employment to around 4.2 million, a report said on Monday.

AI can boost productivity, governance, financial inclusion in India: S. Krishnan

IANS | May 25, 2026 11:39 AM

New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) Secretary of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), S. Krishnan, has said that artificial intelligence (AI) presents India with a transformative opportunity to enhance productivity, improve governance and financial inclusion, and expand access to key sectors such as healthcare, education and manufacturing, the ministry said in an official statement on Monday.

Microsoft cuts Claude Code access as AI coding costs surge

IANS | May 25, 2026 10:38 AM

New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) US-based technology firm Microsoft has begun scaling back access to Anthropic’s Claude Code among its employees and is redirecting engineers towards GitHub Copilot CLI as surging AI usage drives up enterprise computing costs, according to multiple reports.

Congress-ruled states charging higher petrol and diesel prices, taxing people Rs 16 more per litre

IANS | May 25, 2026 9:59 AM

New Delhi, May 25 (IANS) As fuel prices saw their fourth increase this month due to the continuing West Asia crisis, the states with the lowest fuel prices remain predominantly in the BJP-ruled regions, including Gujarat, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Haryana, Goa, and Assam. Conversely, the states with the highest fuel prices are primarily the Congress-ruled and the INDIA bloc southern regions, namely Telangana, Kerala, Karnataka, and Tamil Nadu, which impose the highest VAT rates in the nation.