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Yesterday’s big news was related to DA. The government has approved a 2% increase in Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness Relief (DR) of central employees. DA-DR has increased from 58% to 60%. HDFC Bank has released the results for the fourth quarter (Q4) of the financial year 2025-26. The bank’s standalone net profit increased by 9% to Rs 19,221 crore for the quarter ending March 31, 2026.
Before tomorrow’s big news, these are today’s headlines…
- The stock market will remain closed today due to Sunday holiday.
- There has been no change in the prices of petrol and diesel.
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1. Central government increased dearness allowance by 2% to 60%: 50 lakh central employees and 69 lakh pensioners will benefit.
The government has approved a 2% increase in Dearness Allowance (DA) and Dearness Relief (DR) of central employees. The government has increased DA-DR from 58% to 60%. This increase will be effective from January 1, 2026. This decision will increase the government’s annual expenditure by Rs 6,791 crore.
Earlier in October, dearness allowance was increased from 55% to 58%. The previous revision was considered effective from July 1, 2025, with the payment being made in arrears.
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2. HDFC Bank’s profit increased by 9% to ₹19,221 crore: Revenue also increased by 5% in March quarter; The bank will give a dividend of ₹ 13 on every share.
HDFC Bank, the country’s largest private bank, has released the results for the fourth quarter (Q4) of the financial year 2025-26. The bank’s standalone net profit increased by 9% to Rs 19,221 crore for the quarter ending March 31, 2026. It was Rs 17,616 crore in the same quarter of the last financial year.
The bank has declared a final dividend of Rs 13 per share for the financial year 2026. The record date for its payment has been fixed as June 19, 2026. Earlier, the bank has also given a special interim dividend of Rs 2.5 per share in August 2025. In this way investors will get a total dividend of Rs 15.5 in the whole year.
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3. Meta plans to lay off 8,000 employees: The process of reducing workforce will start from May 20; There will be 10% staff reduction at global level
Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, is planning to fire about 8,000 employees in May this year. This layoff will be the company’s biggest step after the restructuring that took place in late 2022 and early 2023. According to Reuters report, this large-scale workforce reduction may begin around May 20.
In the initial phase, Meta is preparing to reduce about 10% of its total global workforce. Apart from this, the company may also lay off some more employees in the second half of the year. However, the exact date of layoffs and the number of employees is still subject to change.
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4. There was an increase in gold and silver this week: Gold increased by ₹ 1,328 to ₹ 1.52 lakh per 10 grams, silver became costlier by ₹ 10 thousand.
There was an increase in the prices of gold and silver this week. Gold has increased by Rs 1,328 to Rs 1.52 lakh per 10 grams. Earlier, last week i.e. on Friday, April 10, it was at Rs 1.50 lakh. Whereas silver has increased from Rs 2.40 lakh per kg to Rs 2.50 lakh. That means its price has increased by Rs 10,006.
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