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Financial Express Lucknow
Affordability to drive growth in the long run
The industry will largely pass on the entire benefit of GST rationalisation to policyholders, says Tapan Singhel, MD and CEO, Bajaj Allianz General Insurance. He tells Geeta Nair that in the short term, it is a wait-and-watch approach, while affordability will drive growth in the long run. Excerpts:
2 min |
September 05, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
No price cut, food firms may bulk up small packs
FOOD COMPANIES ARE likely to increase grammage of small packs, rather than take straight price cuts on such items, as the FMCG universe gears up to implement the new GST rates.
1 min |
September 05, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
IT budget growth muted amid demand uncertainty
• Indian IT firms witness weak client sentiment
2 min |
September 05, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
Kim vows full support for Russia
CHINESE PRESIDENT XI Jinping held talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Beijing on Thursday, according to the state-run Xinhua News Agency, marking their first bilateral meeting in around six years.
1 min |
September 05, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
NIRF 2025 rankings: IIT-M secures top spot for seventh year in a row
INDIAN INSTITUTE OF Technology-Madras (IIT-M), Indian Institute of Science (IISc), and IIT Bombay have bagged the first, second, and third positions, respectively, in the overall National Institutional Ranking Framework (NIRF) released by the ministry of education on Thursday.
1 min |
September 05, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
Procedural and structural reforms take centre stage
THE GST reforms have shown the conviction of the government to deliver on its vision and promises.
3 min |
September 05, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
Most medicines now in 5% slab
Faster refunds allay ITC worries
1 min |
September 05, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
Blackstone Promotes 2 Senior Realty Executives
US-BASED FUND HOUSE Blackstone has elevated two of its senior executives in real estate vertical.
1 min |
September 05, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
India penalty...
It says that due to IEEPA tariffs, six major trading partners and the 27-nation European Union have already entered into framework deals with the United States, accepting tariff arrangements heavily recalibrated in America's favour and agreeing to make approximately US$ 2 trillion of purchases and investment in the US economy.
1 min |
September 05, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
Efficacy of reforms: Myth and reality
The present round of reductions in GST rates is a populist measure with an eye on the imminent state elections.
3 min |
September 05, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
Indian students choose Germany, UAE over US for higher studies
Changing Preferences
1 min |
September 05, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
GST Reforms May Boost GDP by 10 to 60 bps: Economists
The GST rate cuts could boost the GDP growth by 10-60 basis points (bps) on an annualised basis due to higher consumption, widening of compliance and lower inflation, experts said.
2 min |
September 05, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
'States can't seek revenue-raising measures outside of GST ambit'
Within a few months after the roll-out of the revamped Goods and Services Tax (GST), revenues will tend to stabilise and then pick up, according to the Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs (CBIC) chairman Sanjay Kumar Agarwal.
2 min |
September 05, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
No cess refund; auto dealers face ₹2.5K-cr hit
No Relief In Sight
1 min |
September 05, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
America's Wind Crusade Hands Industry to China
In almost every area of the energy transition, one country dominates: China.
3 min |
September 04, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
American Tariff Shock
Costing Consumers
4 min |
September 04, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
Huge local buying fails to lift indices
OVER THE PAST year, domestic institutions have invested a whopping $82.2 billion in India's equity markets while foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) sold $27.2 billion worth of shares.
1 min |
September 04, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
Tesla sales skid further in Europe's core EV markets
GLOBAL SALES HIT A SPEED BUMP
1 min |
September 04, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
Sebi to banks: Stop insider breaches
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE Board of India chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey on Wednesday exhorted banks to strengthen their internal controls to prevent a breach of insider trading regulations.
1 min |
September 04, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
Will Double Reach This Fiscal to Propel FMCG Ambitions
Reliance Consumer Products (RCPL) plans to double its distribution network to 2.5–3 million outlets spread over 10 states by March 2026.
3 min |
September 04, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
K Kavitha, Suspended BRS Leader, Quits Party, MLC Post
A DAY AFTER her suspension from KCR-led BRS, senior leader K Kavitha on Wednesday announced her resignation from the party and trained her guns against cousin and former minister T Harish Rao.
1 min |
September 04, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
Indian shadow banks' IPO boom falters on mounting credit stress
India's once-burgeoning pipeline for new stock sales by shadow banks is stalling as strains across the sector prompt lenders to scrap or delay listings.
2 min |
September 04, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
Green nod to Vedanta bauxite mines on hold
The Union Environment ministry has deferred a decision on Vedanta's proposal to divert over 700 hectares of forest land in Odisha's Rayagada and Kalahandi districts for the Sijimali Bauxite Mines, citing unresolved issues over community consent, compensatory afforestation and ecological risks, official records show.
1 min |
September 04, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
Services PMI at 15-year high on robust demand
INDIA'S SERVICES ECONOMY registered its sharpest growth in 15 years with HSBC India Services PMI jumping to 62.9 in August as compared to 60.5 a month ago.
1 min |
September 04, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
Unilever CEO Plans Shakeup of Top 200 Managers in Overhaul
UNILEVER CHIEF EXECUTIVE officer Fernando Fernandez expects to replace a quarter of the group's top 200 managers following a performance review, as he leads an overhaul of the maker of Dove soap.
1 min |
September 04, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
Data use to drive telcos' growth: Analysts
THE DOMESTIC TELECOM industry is undergoing a structural shift, with growth being driven by rising data consumption and higher-value services rather than subscriber additions, analysts said.
1 min |
September 04, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
Volatility is here to stay
RBI must take a strong stand before the rupee hits, or even threatens, 90 and brings a vision of ₹100 to the dollar, which could further scare a skittish global investor community
3 min |
September 04, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
Fresh govt data raises red flags on informal manufacturing sector
After GDP Surprise
1 min |
September 04, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
The Arpu Conundrum
Telcos need to be prudent about tariff hikes so that they don't end up hurting rather than helping
2 min |
September 04, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
ConocoPhillips to cut 25% of its workforce
CONOCOPHILLIPS, THE largest independent US oil producer, plans to cut as much as a quarter of its global workforce amid lower crude prices and expectations of peaking shale output.
1 min |