LIC clocks 4 pc rise in Q1 consolidated profit; NII also grow

IANS | August 7, 2025 6:10 PM

Mumbai, Aug 7 (IANS) Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), the country’s largest life insurer, on Thursday reported a 3.91 per cent year-on-year (YoY) increase in its consolidated net profit for the June quarter of the current financial year (Q1 FY26).

Cost of home-cooked thali dips 14 per cent in July

IANS | August 7, 2025 3:35 PM

New Delhi, Aug 7 (IANS) The cost of home-cooked vegetarian and non-vegetarian thalis declined 14 per cent and 13 per cent, respectively, in July this year compared to the same month of the previous year, amid benign commodity prices, according to Crisil’s monthly indicator of food plate cost.