Bharti Airtel on Monday announced that its consolidated net profit more than doubled year-on-year to Rs 8,651 crore for the September quarter of FY26, driven by strong growth in high-value smartphone users and post-paid connections. The telecom major had posted a profit of Rs 4,153.4 crore in the same quarter a year ago. Its Africa arm also delivered a robust performance, with net income jumping to Rs 969 crore. Learn More

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday announced the launch of the next round of three key surveys — including one on inflation expectations -- aimed at providing critical inputs for formulating monetary policy. The November 2025 round of the Inflation Expectations Survey of Households (IESH) will capture households’ subjective assessments of price movements and inflation based on their own consumption baskets across 19 cities, the RBI said in a statement. Learn More

India-US trade deal soon? Commerce minister Piyush Goyal has said that India is in advanced stages of talks with the US for a bilateral trade agreement. Goyal’s statement assumes significance as it comes on the back of American President Donald Trump also hinting at an imminent India-US trade deal earlier this week. "We are at the advanced stage of discussions with both the EU and US for trade deals," said Piyush Goyal at the ET Startup Awards. Learn More