Blog

  • Use trials, threaten to cancel: how to get a good deal on UK TV streaming services | TV streaming

    Use trials, threaten to cancel: how to get a good deal on UK TV streaming services | TV streaming

    Use free trials

    Many of the streaming services offer free trials, so you could sign up to one, binge-watch the shows everyone is talking about and then cancel before you are rolled over into a paid-for subscription. Read the terms and conditions…

    Continue Reading

  • Tech Mahindra reports EBIT of ₹ 1,699 Crores, up 32.7% YoY; New deal-wins at USD 816 Mn – YoY growth of 35%; Interim dividend declared at ₹ 15 per share

    Tech Mahindra reports EBIT of ₹ 1,699 Crores, up 32.7% YoY; New deal-wins at USD 816 Mn – YoY growth of 35%; Interim dividend declared at ₹ 15 per share

    London – October 14th, 2025:
    Tech Mahindra
    (NSE: TECHM), a leading global provider of technology consulting and digital
    solutions to enterprises across industries announced the audited consolidated
    financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2025.

    Financial highlights for the quarter (USD)

    • Revenue USD 1,586 mn;

      • up 1.4% QoQ, down 0.2% YoY in reported terms
      • up 1.6% QoQ, down by 0.3% YoY in constant currency terms
    • EBIT USD 192 mn; up 11.5% QoQ, up 25.6% YoY
    • EBIT Margin 12.1%, up 108 bps QoQ, up 254 bps YoY
    • Profit After Tax (PAT) USD 135 mn; up 1.5% QoQ; Operational PAT* up 28.2%
      YoY
    • Profit After Tax (PAT) Margin 8.5%, flat QoQ, Operational PAT* margin up
      188 bps YoY
    • Free cash flow USD 237 mn
    • New deal wins TCV USD 816 mn

    Financial highlights for the quarter (₹)

    • Revenue ₹ 13,995 crores; up 4.8% QoQ, up 5.1% YoY
    • EBIT ₹ 1,699 crores; up 15.0% QoQ, up 32.7% YoY
    • Consolidated PAT ₹ 1,195 crores; up 4.7% QoQ; Operational PAT* up 35.5%
      YoY
    • Diluted Earnings per share (EPS) at ₹ 13.46

    Other Highlights

    • Total headcount at 152,714; down 1,559 YoY
    • LTM IT attrition at 12.8%
    • Days of Sales Outstanding 94 days; flat YoY
    • Cash and Cash Equivalent at the end of the quarter ₹ 7,287 crores
    • Interim dividend declared ₹ 15 per share

    Mohit Joshi, CEO and Managing Director, Tech Mahindra, said,


    “We delivered broad-based growth this quarter, reflecting the strength of
    our strategy and execution. We launched TechM Orion, our next-generation AI
    platform, and TechM Orion Marketplace to help enterprise accelerate
    autonomous transformation. Being recognized by industry analysts reinforces
    our leadership in advancing next-generation AI.”

    Rohit Anand, Chief Financial Officer, Tech Mahindra, said,


    “We delivered broad-based growth this quarter, reflecting the strength of
    our strategy and execution. We launched TechM Orion, our next-generation AI
    platform, and TechM Orion Marketplace to help enterprise accelerate
    autonomous transformation. Being recognized by industry analysts reinforces
    our leadership in advancing next-generation AI.”

    Key Deal Wins

    • Selected by a leading European telecom operator as a strategic partner to
      accelerate its enterprise- wide Autonomous Operations journey. Through
      this engagement, Tech Mahindra will consolidate and transform the
      customer’s ecosystem, delivering an AI and automation-led landscape that
      accelerates the realisation of their vision for Autonomous Operations.
    • Selected by a global logistics leader as a strategic partner with
      multi-year framework agreement to drive AI led efficiency and transition
      to Productized IT organization -transitioning from manual, high- touch
      operations to an AI-driven, automated, and self-service enabled global
      desk.
    • Selected by a leading semiconductor equipment manufacturer to spearhead
      the enterprise application transformation across SAP, Data & Analytics, AI
      and ADMS – advancing automation, resilience, scalability across core
      business platforms.
    • Selected by a leading life and health insurer in Asia-Pacific region for a
      multi-year Application Management Services (AMS) engagement, modernizing
      core and digital platforms through AI-led automation and cloud first
      transformation to enhance operational efficiency and scalability.
    • Selected by a leading European fintech and HR solutions provider with
      operations across multiple countries to establish a new offshore delivery
      center in India. The engagement focuses on driving the development of
      next-generation applications with the setup of a GCC under Built-Operate-
      Transfer (BOT) model – strengthening the client’s global delivery
      capabilities and future ready operations.
    • Partnered with a leading US based telecom operator to advance its network
      testing and certification automation and optimization initiatives under
      its long-term transformation vision. The engagement focuses on
      accelerating network testing and certification through a homegrown
      automation platform, leveraging our delivery excellence and agility to
      drive greater efficiency, scalability, and innovation across operations.

    Business Highlights

    • Recognized by the Government of India as a key player in the prestigious
      Indian AI Mission, aligning with country’s objectives to bolster
      leadership in AI, foster technological self-reliance, and ensure the
      ethical and responsible use of AI.
    • Launched TechM Orion, a Next-Gen agentic AI platform, enabling global
      enterprises to deploy and manage Agentic AI solutions faster, whether in
      assisted or fully autonomous environments, while maintaining control and
      transparency throughout the AI lifecycle.
    • TechM Orion Marketplace, an Agentic AI marketplace that offers a robust
      ecosystem of intelligent, autonomous and action-oriented AI agents,
      engineered to centralize AI governance, reduce the cognitive load on
      employees.
    • 300+ AI Agents at Scale: TechM’s Agentic AI portfolio powers hybrid
      workforces across industries.
    • 79K+ employees across the company trained in AI, several of these with
      advance training and certifications.
    • Tech Mahindra has partnered with NVIDIA to accelerate enterprise AI
      transformation. Combining NVIDIA’s accelerated computing stack with Tech
      Mahindra’s integration expertise, the collaboration enables autonomous
      operations, faster decision-making, measurable business impact, and
      scalable AI adoption across industries.
    • Tech Mahindra and AMD have entered a multi-year collaboration to
      accelerate AI adoption and hybrid cloud transformation across global
      enterprises. By integrating AMD’s high-performance compute infrastructure
      with Tech Mahindra’s Cloud BlazeTech, the partnership aims to optimize
      workloads and deliver scalable, secure, and efficient solutions across
      industries.
    • Tech Mahindra has joined J.P. Morgan Payments’ System Integrator Program
      to help global enterprises modernize payment infrastructure and enhance
      customer experiences. Leveraging its ERP and SAP expertise, Tech Mahindra
      will support real-time tracking, AI-powered dashboards, and global
      deployment of next-gen payment solutions.

    Awards and Recognitions

    • Received the 2025 Entrepreneur India Award for Entrepreneur of the Year in
      Service Business – SaaS & IT.
    • Won 5 Gold medals at the Brandon Hall HCM Excellence Awards 2025 – Talent
      Management, Human Resources, Learning & Development and Diversity, Equity,
      Inclusion & Belonging.
    • Awarded the ‘HYSEA Sustainable Development Award 2025’ reaffirming
      innovative and impactful initiatives in the category of Environment.
    • Recognized as one of the ‘Most Trusted Companies’ at VAR India Most
      Trusted Companies 2025.
    • Recognized as one of the ‘Best Tech Brands’ at ET NOW Best Tech Brands for
      2025.

    Analyst Ratings & Recognitions

    • Recognized as an Emerging Leader in the 2025 Gartner® Emerging Market
      Quadrant for Generative AI Consulting and Implementation Services
    • Leader – Enterprise Service Management -Consulting and Advisory Services-
      US by ISG
    • Leader – Application Development Services for AI Applications PEAK Matrix®
      Assessment 2025 by Everest Group
    • Leader- Application Transformation Services for AI-enablement PEAK Matrix®
      Assessment 2025 by Everest Group
    • Leader – AI-driven ADM Services 2025-Application Development Outsourcing-
      APAC by ISG
    • Leader – AI-driven ADM Services 2025-Application Managed Services- APAC
      and Global Sis Brazil by ISG
    • Leader – AI-driven ADM Services 2025-Application Quality Assurance- APAC
      and Brazil by ISG
    • Leader – AI-driven ADM Services 2025-Continuous Testing Specialists- US by
      ISG
    • Leader – Enterprise Service Management -Implementation and Integration
      Services – US by ISG
    • Leader – Enterprise Service Management -Managed Services for Converged IT
      and Business Ops- US by ISG
    • Leader – 5G Network Engineering Services PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2025 by
      Everest Group
    • Leader – 5G Engineering Services PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2025 by Everest
      Group
    • Recognized with the 2025 Asia-Pacific Technology Innovation Leadership
      Award in Business Process Management by Frost & Sullivan.
    • Horizon 3 – Market Leaders – Digital Marketing and Sales Services
      Capabilities, 2025 by HFS
    • Leader – VMware Ecosystem 2025-Build and Modernize IT Foundations- Global
      by ISG
    • Leader – AWS Ecosystem Partners 2025-AWS Professional Services- US and
      APAC by ISG
    • Leader – AWS Ecosystem Partners 2025-AWS Managed Services- U.K, US, and
      APAC by ISG
    • Leader – AWS Ecosystem Partners 2025-AWS Enterprise Data Modernization and
      AI Services- U.K and US by ISG
    • Leader – AWS Ecosystem Partners 2025-AWS SAP Workloads – U.K and US by ISG
    • Emerging Leader – Talent Readiness for Next-generation Cloud Services PEAK
      Matrix® Assessment 2025 by Gartner
    • Leader – Talent Readiness for Next-generation Cloud Services PEAK Matrix®
      Assessment 2025 by Everest Group
    • Leader – Contact Center – Customer Experience Services 2025 -Digital
      Operations Global and Australia by ISG
    • Leader -Contact Center -Customer Experience Services 2025 -Intelligent
      Operations- Australia by ISG
    • Leader – Future of Work Services 2025-Managed End-user Technology Services
      – Mid Market- US by ISG

    Consolidated Financial Statement for the quarter ended September 30, 2025
    drawn under Ind AS

    P&L in INR Mn Q2 FY26 Q1 FY26 Q2 FY25
    Revenue 139,949 133,512 133,132
    Cost of Services 99,159 95,236 95,957
    Gross Profit 40.790 38,276 37,175
    SG&A 19,110 18,924 19,673
    EBITDA 21,680 21,680 17,502
    Other income 400 2,183 5,215
    Interest Expense 772 778 890
    Depreciation & Amortization 4,687 4,581 4,698
    Share of profit / (loss) from associate (28) 5 6
    Profit before Tax 16,593 16,181 17,135
    Provision for taxes 4,576 4,893 4,560
    Minority Interest 72 (118) 74
    Profit after Tax 11,945 11,406 12,501
    EPS (₹ /share)
    Basic 13.48 12.87 14.12
    Diluted 13.46 12.86 14.10

    About Tech Mahindra

    Tech Mahindra (NSE: TECHM) offers technology consulting and digital solutions
    to global enterprises across industries, enabling transformative scale at
    unparalleled speed. With 152,000+ professionals across 90+ countries helping
    1100+ clients, Tech Mahindra provides a full spectrum of services including
    consulting, information technology, enterprise applications, business process
    services, engineering services, network services, customer experience &
    design, AI & analytics, and cloud & infrastructure services. It is the
    first Indian company in the world to have been awarded the Sustainable Markets
    Initiative’s Terra Carta Seal, which recognizes global companies that are
    actively leading the charge to create a climate and nature-positive future.
    Tech Mahindra is part of the Mahindra Group, founded in 1945, one of the
    largest and most admired multinational federation of companies. For more
    information on how TechM can partner with you to meet your Scale at Speed™
    imperatives, please visit
    https://www.techmahindra.com

    For Further Queries:

    Continue Reading

  • Serum uric acid and the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events and death among older adults: a population-based prospective cohort study | BMC Geriatrics

    Serum uric acid and the risk of major adverse cardiovascular events and death among older adults: a population-based prospective cohort study | BMC Geriatrics

    Study source and population

    We used data from the Berlin Initiative Study (BIS), a population-based cohort study that was initiated in 2009 to prospectively assess chronic kidney disease (CKD) among 2,069 community-dwelling older adults. Inclusion…

    Continue Reading

  • In Australian coal miners’ woes, an energy security warning for India

    In Australian coal miners’ woes, an energy security warning for India

    India’s push to build more blast furnaces to meet its growing demand for steel raises a critical concern: It will result in increased imports of metallurgical coal. Industry leaders highlighted the risks of such import reliance at the Indian Steel Association’s Coking Coal Summit in September. 

    India is currently dependent on imports for around 90% of its metallurgical coal needs, and in the first eight months of 2025, nearly half of it came from a single country—Australia.

    Statements from Australian coal miners have indicated that the energy security risks for India are on the rise.

    Australia is by far the world’s biggest exporter of metallurgical coal—which includes coking coal and pulverised coal injection, both used in blast furnaces—with most of its production based in Queensland. However, data analytics firm Wood Mackenzie, warns that Australia requires over 100 million tonnes per annum of new hard coking coal (HCC) mine capacity by 2050 to avoid a supply shortfall. 

    factor threatening to worsen this shortfall is Queensland’s contentious progressive royalty regime, introduced in 2022, under which royalty rates increase with the price of coal.

    In recent weeks, major Australian met coal miners reported their financial results, taking the opportunity to highlight how Queensland’s royalty rates are deterring investment in new mine capacity. 

    Long-term met coal investment in doubt

    Two of Australia’s key suppliers to India—BHP and Whitehaven Coal—have been vocal in their criticism of Queensland’s royalty regime. 

    BHP, the world’s largest mining company and Australia’s leading met coal exporter through its BHP-Mitsubishi Alliance (BMA) joint venture, is a critical supplier to Indian steelmakers. A previous company statement disclosed that 40% of the company’s met coal exports go to India.

    On the royalty regime, BHP has made its position clear. In its latest company statement, CEO Mike Henry said BHP will “not invest any growth capital in Queensland, both for cost and risk”, adding that the royalty hike means the state is “no longer investible” for long-term projects. 

    In its most recent Economic and Commodity Outlook, the company reinforced this position, noting that “new seaborne supply will increasingly be challenged as Queensland’s royalty and approvals environment remain unconducive to long-life capital investment”.

    Paul Flynn, Whitehaven’s CEO, has voiced similar concerns, emphasising that Queensland’s royalty regime is already diverting capital into New South Wales (NSW). However, with production in NSW dominated by thermal coal, this shift risks restricting future investment in met coal capacity—a concern for India.

    Another met coal producer in Australia, Peabody, also hit out at the royalty regime. In late August, its chief financial officer Mark Spurbeck said, “With some steelmaking coal producers in Queensland struggling and even failing at current prices, the royalty structure is out of touch with industry fundamentals.”

    Meanwhile, the Queensland government has ruled out changes to the coal royalty scheme.

    Solutions for India—beyond Australian coal

    According to S&P Global, India received 54.5 Mt of coking coal in the January-August 2025 period. Of this, Australia supplied 26.4 Mt (49%), while Russia supplied 13.3 Mt (24%), the US 6.7 Mt (12%), and Mozambique 4.2 Mt (8%).

    Aware of the mounting energy security risks, India is exploring new routes to diversify its coking coal supply. Since 2020, Russian coking imports to India have surged from 4 Mt (around 7%)  to 16 Mt (22%) in 2024—a four-fold increase in as many years. Over the same period, Australia’s share of imports fell by 40%, while other countries, such as the US, Mozambique, and South Africa, strengthened their presence in the Indian market. And though India is broadening its supply base, obstacles remain. For instance, new trade routes are not always viable. Take the case of JSW Steel, which had to recently pause its plans to source coking coal from Mongolia due to logistical hurdles.

    To manage supply risks, India’s steelmakers are investing in overseas mines while also scaling domestic production under the government’s Mission Coking Coal. The government initiative has led to an increase in production from 44.79 Mt in FY21 to 66.47 Mt in FY25, with an aim of 140 Mt by 2030. However, very little of the current domestic production meets industrial specifications, notes a new report by EY Parthenon and the Indian Steel Association. As a result, overall these steps will help reduce dependence on Australia but not eliminate it completely.

    In the long run, India must cut its reliance on coking coal and consider alternative technology routes. The government is already developing a scheme to incentivise secondary steel producers to recycle scrap steel in electric arc furnaces (EAF), which can reduce reliance on met coal. Further, India can invest in green hydrogen-based direct reduced iron (H₂-DRI) in the longer-term.

    The future use of domestically produced green hydrogen has the potential to be a major energy security windfall for India’s fast-growing steel sector.

    This article was first published in The Hindu Business Line.

    Continue Reading

  • Youth Driving Peace Through Sports

    Youth Driving Peace Through Sports

    Scattered around the relaxing fields of Appin Park on Sydney’s urban fringes, six high schools from NSW have come together to complete their spring course in the National Rugby League’s (NRL) In League in Harmony

    Continue Reading

  • First Pig Liver Transplant in Living Recipient Shows Promise – Medscape

    1. First Pig Liver Transplant in Living Recipient Shows Promise  Medscape
    2. World’s first pig-to-human liver xenotransplant in a living recipient reported in the Journal of Hepatology  EurekAlert!
    3. A man in China lived more than 170 days after…

    Continue Reading

  • Television and movie productions help boost Somerset economy

    Television and movie productions help boost Somerset economy

    Bulldog Film Distribution A camera operator shoots down a hill on Exmoor, surrounded by various crew members, including the director in the foreground. They are surrounded by rolling hills.Bulldog Film Distribution

    Unmoored was set on Exmoor and used local crews to film it

    Films and television productions, including The Salt Path and 28 Years Later, have helped boost Somerset’s economy with millions of pounds worth of investment.

    Continue Reading

  • Mission to Mars — The new space race

    Mission to Mars — The new space race

    This is an audio transcript of the Tech Tonic podcast episode: ‘Mission to Mars: The new space race

    Donald Trump voice clip
    (Applause) Thank you. Thank you very much, everybody. Well, thank you very, very much.

    Peggy Hollinger
    On January 20th,…

    Continue Reading

  • Staffordshire teens create app to tackle mental health stigma

    Staffordshire teens create app to tackle mental health stigma

    Ethan Saundersin Blythe Bridge

    BBC Six teenage girls in black school uniforms which have a blue and white crest in all smiling and looking at the camera.BBC

    The team of six who came up with the idea for Mindful Mondays are: Sophie Hodgkinson, Anneliese Costain, Tilly Hyatt, Lucie Woodworth, Paris Bell and Lydia Booth

    A group of students are having an app developed to help break down the barriers around mental health for young people.

    It comes after the teenagers, from Blythe Bridge High School in the Staffordshire Moorlands, won a competition put on by suicide prevention charity the Oli Leigh Trust.

    Their app, Mindful Mondays, hopes to break down the barriers that young people face around their mental health.

    Sophie Hodgkinson, who is 15 and one of the female students behind the idea, said: “A lot of people struggle with it silently and don’t feel like it’s ok to talk about it. There’s a lot of negative stigma around it.”

    Tilly Hyatt, also in the team of six, felt it was better the idea came from young people as adults might not fully understand the pressures facing teenagers.

    She said: “We know what causes the stress and how to help it.”

    The app hopes to offer a safe space for students to talk anonymously about their mental health, while also giving them challenges to help improve it.

    “It will build towards having the positive foundation, so people can be happier, focus better in school and help in small increments to have better mental health in the future,” said Anneliese Costain, another member of the team.

    A man with short brown hair, in a grey suit with a black tie and waistcoat.

    Kristopher Knight teaches at the school and helped bring the Oli Leigh Trust project to the school as part of the PSHE curriculum

    Kristopher Knight teaches science at the school and feels issues with mental health are one of the biggest problems facing schools.

    He said: “We are seeing students not attending lessons and a lot of this is about a lack of provisions in and out of schools, because of external factors such as funding.”

    “We are not professionals [when it comes to mental health], we are there to support students but our main priority is being in the classroom to teach them,” he added.

    Asked about what he thought of the idea the girls had come up, with Mr Knight said he was proud of what they had achieved.

    “Any support we can throw out to our students, and any small things they can do themselves or talk to parents about can only be a positive thing,” he added.

    “I couldn’t think of anything better to champion than young people’s mental health.”

    Continue Reading

  • Pakistan Reports New Clashes With Afghan Forces Across Border – Bloomberg.com

    1. Pakistan Reports New Clashes With Afghan Forces Across Border  Bloomberg.com
    2. ‘New Normal’: Is Pakistan trying to set new red lines with Afghan Taliban?  Al Jazeera
    3. Army responds to ‘unprovoked fire’ by Afghan Taliban, TTP at Kurram border:…

    Continue Reading