Core sector grew 7.9% in Sept, compared with 3.1% a year ago, driven by strong performance in electricity, cement and refinery products and aided by a favourable base as well, official data released Tuesday showed. Sequentially, the growth marked acceleration from an upwardly revised figure of 5.9% in Aug. This is the strongest performance of…

eMudhra certificates blocked by Google and Mozilla BANGLURU/ NEW DELHI: Bengaluru-based digital trust and cybersecurity company eMudhra has acknowledged a cryptographic flaw that generated weak private keys linked to eight intermediate digital certificates in its global website-certificate business, potentially allowing attackers to impersonate legitimate websites. Shares fell 20% on BSE.The company said the affected TLS…

MUMBAI: The Oct Monetary Policy Committee minutes show that the governor and RBI members were more hawkish than the two external members, who favoured retaining the ‘neutral’ stance rather than shifting to ‘calibrated tightening’, arguing that inflation was driven predominantly by supply-side factors.RBI’s MPC voted unanimously to raise the repo rate by 25 basis points…

MUMBAI: For the first time since March 2025, RBI on Wednesday rejected all the 224 bids in the three treasury-bill (T-bill) auctions through which govt was set to borrow Rs 23,000 crore.Due to a tight fund-flow situation in the system, on the back of a high govt balance, GST-related outflows and funds getting blocked primarily…

FADA reported a 22% year-on-year decline in PV retail sales during Navratri. (File photo) CHENNAI: India’s carmakers are counting on Dhanteras and Diwali to sustain festive sales momentum, even as dealers’ body FADA reported a sharp year-on-year decline in passenger vehicle (PV) registrations during Navratri. The decline, however, needs to be seen against the high…