The deduction for inter-corporate dividends for companies choosing the 22% tax rate, as authorized by the Income Tax Act of 1961, has been removed in the Income Tax Bill 2025. Under Section 80M of the present income tax law, Indian companies are allowed to deduct dividends received from domestic or foreign companies, as well as … Read more
Indian markets have been bearish for a prolonged period, causing concern among investors. It’s not just quarterly earnings; several global factors are influencing the markets and could continue to do so in the near term. ETMarkets spoke with Abhishek Banerjee, CEO & Founder of LotusDew Wealth, to gain insights into the current situation. Excerpts: With … Read more
“Fundamentally, the result delivery, especially from Nifty companies has been pretty decent, like most of the heavyweights have reported either good or in line numbers, disappointments are few and far between,” says Sandip Sabharwal, asksandipsabharwal.com.It is going to be quite the lifetime experience, I guess, this week also for markets. A) the market positioning, the … Read more
Indian tech firms capitalise on policy changes to localize hardware and software, with CloudPhotonix and DigiBoxx leading the charge. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu From data centres to telecom equipment, Indian firms are capitalising on key policy developments to indigenise the Indian tech stack, from both a hardware and software point of view. The … Read more
“We expect that while the intensity of downgrades will not be as high because this time the expectations are not as high, still there will be further downgrades,” says Abhay Agarwal, Founder & Fund Manager, Piper Serica.What is the expectations from these two mega events earnings and budget?Abhay Agarwal: On the earnings side, we are … Read more
“We need to just, if there is some dip, if there is some fall in some stocks which we think should do well over the long term, just buy them on dip days and keep on accumulating because firstly, no bear market is imminent and secondly, markets did give a reasonable correction and I do … Read more
New Delhi: Can artificial intelligence (AI) tell whether you’re happy, sad, angry or frustrated? According to technology companies that offer AI-enabled emotion recognition software, the answer to this question is yes. But this claim does not stack up against mounting scientific evidence. What’s more, emotion recognition technology poses a range of legal and societal risks … Read more
“Also, the marriage season is going to be better and that will help a lot of the discretionary demand in terms of gifting, in terms of paints, etc. So, we do see that volume growth for most companies in H2 should be better, plus pricing growth of 2% to 3% will gradually come back,” says … Read more
The second quarter earnings season is underway and as many as 182 companies will declare their results this week. Some of the marquee names include ICICI Bank, YES Bank, ITC, Bajaj Housing Finance, HUL, Ultratech Cement, Bajaj Finance, Bajaj Finserv, IndiGo, Paytm, and Zomato among others. Here are the key earnings to watch out next … Read more
Deepak Fertilisers And Petrochemicals among a host of other companies may likely remain in focus today as they had fixed September 3 as the record date for the purpose of payment of dividend to its eligible shareholders. This means today is the last day to buy shares of these companies to qualify for the announced … Read more