Indian stock markets open higher amid positive global cues

IANS | December 19, 2025 9:46 AM

Mumbai, Dec 19 (IANS) Indian stock markets opened on a positive note on Friday, taking cues from supportive global markets, even as benchmark indices remained on track to close the week in the red for the third consecutive session.

Bharti Airtel appoints Shashwat Sharma as Airtel India MD & CEO

IANS | December 18, 2025 9:03 PM

New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) Bharti Airtel on Thursday announced a major reshuffle of its senior leadership, with the board approving multiple key appointments across management, including the appointment of Shashwat Sharma as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (MD & CEO) of Airtel India.

India, Oman sign pacts across key sectors to bolster ties

IANS | December 18, 2025 7:48 PM

Muscat, Dec 18 (IANS) India and Oman signed a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) and three MOUs covering the fields of maritime heritage and museum, agriculture and allied sectors, as well as higher education, according to a joint statement issued by the two countries at the end of the two-day visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Muscat on Thursday.

79 pc of India’s railway tracks support speed above 110 kmph: Vaishnaw

IANS | December 18, 2025 6:46 PM

New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) Upgradation and improvement of railway tracks by Indian Railways over the last 11 years have increased the share of tracks with speed potential of 110 kmph and above to 79 per cent in November CY25 from 40 per cent in 2014, Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw told the Parliament on Thursday.

Indian researchers tap AI model to show how H5N1 can jump to humans

IANS | December 18, 2025 6:15 PM

New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) Even as the bird flu virus H5N1 is evolving rapidly, with the potential to become a significant threat to human health, a team of Indian researchers using an Artificial Intelligence (AI)-based model has decoded how the deadly virus can actually spillover to humans.

India's defence production reaches all-time high in FY25: Shripad Naik

IANS | December 18, 2025 4:49 PM

New Delhi, Dec 18 (IANS) India's defence production reached an all-time high of Rs 1.54 lakh crore in FY 2024–25, rising from Rs 46,429 crore in 2014–15, demonstrating the scale, depth and maturity of India’s indigenous defence manufacturing base, Union Minister of State for Power and New and Renewable Energy Shripad Yesso Naik said on Thursday.