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Flipkart Minutes plans to double dark stores by Apr
Flipkart Minutes, the quick-commerce (q-com) arm of e-commerce major Flipkart, plans to double its dark-store numbers to 1,000 by March-April next year, up from a little over 500 currently.
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December 12, 2025
Business Standard
RBI issues revised norms for cash credit, overdraft facility
THESE AIM TO STRENGTHEN CREDIT DISCIPLINE AND FACILITATE BETTER MONITORING OF TRANSACTIONS AND UTILISATION OF FUNDS
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December 12, 2025
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Prudential sells 4.5% in ICICI Pru AMC ahead of IPO
British insurer Prudential said on Thursday it has sold a 4.5 percent stake in ICICI Prudential Asset Management for ₹49 billion (about $545 million) ahead of the Indian fund manager's $1.2 billion initial public offering (IPO) that opens on Friday.
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December 12, 2025
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Use global funds and gold to hedge against currency risk
RUPEE’S DEPRECIATION AGAINST DOLLAR
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December 12, 2025
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IndiGo shares, earnings estimates for FY26 slide
Airline may have to hire expat pilots at high salary: Analysts
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December 12, 2025
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UP's EV tax review gives jitters to automakers
Policy ‘flip-flops’ may undermine a segment that is still finding its feet in the state, say industry execs
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December 12, 2025
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Developers need new skills for AI software systems, says Nadella
Building modern software systems needs a mindset shift of the developers that also requires them to pick up new skill sets as artificial intelligence (AI) upends the software development lifecycle, Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella said on Thursday.
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December 12, 2025
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30 years on, Oriflame scripts its second coming
Swedish direct-selling brand is betting on hyperlocal outreach beyond metros
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December 12, 2025
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L&T eyes global nuclear supply chain expansion
Construction major L&T is gearing up to expand its footprint in the global nuclear supply chain, a senior company official has said
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December 12, 2025
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SBI raises data centre exposure goal to ₹4K cr
India’s largest public sector lender, State Bank of India (SBI), is targeting to increase its exposure in data centres from around ₹2,800 crore to ₹4,000 crore by March 2026, a senior bank official said.
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December 12, 2025
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Tier-II, -III mkts make 62% of new health insurance policies: Report
Tier-II, Tier-III, and rural regions accounted for 62 per cent of all new health insurance policies sold by insurers so far in 2025-26 (FY26), according to a Policybazaar report.
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December 12, 2025
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Nifty could outrun S&P in 2026, says BofA’s Amish Shah
Markets are entering 2026 by pricing in strong US growth on the back of capex in artificial intelligence (AI), strong consumer demand and the Federal Reserve easing rates, says Amish Shah, head of India research at BofA Global Research. Underperformance by small and midcaps is likely to continue in the year ahead, he tells Puneet Wadhwa in an email interview. Edited excerpts:
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December 12, 2025
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India's textiles horse finally has both legs free
India’s long decline in textiles and garments was not due to bad luck or weak factories, but poor policy choices.
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December 12, 2025
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Govt: We set own air standards; global rankings not official
The government on Thursday told Parliament that global air quality rankings cited by various organisations are not conducted by any official authority and that the World Health Organisation's (WHO) air quality guidelines serve only as advisory values, not binding standards.
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December 12, 2025
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Modi, Trump hold talks over phone, discuss ways to enhance trade
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday held a phone conversation with US President Donald Trump that focused on enhancing economic ties at a time when officials from the two countries are looking to conclude their negotiations on a trade deal.
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December 12, 2025
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Gold returns beat equities, realty in 20-yr period
Investing in gold trumped most other asset classes in terms of compounded annualised returns over the long term, suggests a report by FundsIndia.
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December 12, 2025
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Mexico slaps up to 50% tariff on India
This is because there have been discussions in the US about Chinese goods being rerouted into the American market through Mexico.
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December 12, 2025
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3-month fall ends for equity funds
Net inflows in equity MFs up 21% at ₹29911 cr in Nov; industry AUM tops ₹80 trillion
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December 12, 2025
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Goa nightclub fire incident exposes EPFO's compliance failure: Officers
With reference to the fire on December 7 at the Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub in Goa, killing 25 people, including 20 employees, officers of the Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) on Thursday shot off a letter to the central government, sounding an alarm over what they call a “systemic collapse” in the retirement-fund body’s compliance mechanism.
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December 12, 2025
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M&A financing by banks on a learning curve
Banks planning to enter this line of business need to prepare on several fronts, from raising payouts and hiring specialized talent to navigating potential governance challenges
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December 12, 2025
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Crowd, coders, and school trip mark Nadella's homecoming
When Microsoft Chairman Satya Nadella walked into the hall of the Sheraton Grand at Whitefield in Bengaluru on Thursday afternoon, he got a rockstar’s welcome.
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December 12, 2025
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Nifty, Sensex gain after Fed rate cut
Indian benchmark indices closed higher on Thursday in a broad-based rebound after the US Federal Reserve's rate cut
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December 12, 2025
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IndiGo to offer ₹10K vouchers to impacted Dec 3-5 flyers
The airline said it had “stabilised” its flight schedule since Tuesday, reporting no same-day cancellations in the past three days other than “negligible” ones due to weather, technical issues or other exter-
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December 12, 2025
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HC flags legal gap in labour Code rollout
Court seeks clarity on repeal of Trade Unions Act, Industrial Disputes Act
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December 12, 2025
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MPs’ forum seeks action on lack of funds for treating rare diseases
Abipartisan parliamentary group has sought immediate action against lack of funds causing treatment disruptions for children and adults living with lysosomal storage disorders (LSD), a group of ultra-rare diseases covered under the National Policy for Rare Disease (NPRD).
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December 12, 2025
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Coca-Cola names company veteran Henrique Braun as next CEO
Coca-Cola said Wednesday that its chief operating officer will become its next CEO in the first quarter of 2026.
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December 12, 2025
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Boarding pass or bait pass?
'Dark patterns' hit 8 in 10 flyers
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December 12, 2025
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Trump unveils $1 million ‘Gold Card’ visa programme
US President Donald Trump announced the launch of a million-dollar ‘Gold Card’ offering a pathway for immigrants to US citizenship, saying that it is a “shame” that students from India and China have to go back to home countries.
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December 12, 2025
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'Lack of QCO delaying capex in stainless steel industry'
The government recently extended the exemption granted to stainless steel products from mandatory Quality Control Order (QCO) compliance and excluded the stainless steel from recent anti-dumping measures imposed on import from Vietnam.
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December 12, 2025
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40% tax deduction applies only to income from long-term finance: SC
THE SUPREME COURT MADE IT CLEAR THAT INCOME FROM DIVIDENDS, SHORT-TERM DEPOSITS, OR SERVICE CHARGES MERELY CONSTITUTED BUSINESS INCOME
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