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IPO-bound Meesho looks at ₹53,000-crore valuation
E-COMMERCE PLATFORM MEESHO, which plans to launch its initial public offering in the first half of December, is seeking a valuation of about ₹53,000 crore ($6 billion), according to people familiar with the matter.
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November 22, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Seizing opportunities
There are openings on agri with US and pharma with China
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November 22, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Groww Q2 profit rises 12%
BILLIONBRAINS GARAGE VENTURES Limited, the parent company of discount broker Groww, reported a 12% year-on-year increase in its profit after tax (PAT) for the quarter ended September 30, 2025, to ₹471.3 crore.
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November 22, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Bengal sees sharpest rise in registered voters in border areas since 2002 SIR
BETWEEN 2002, WHEN the Special Intensive Review (SIR) was last conducted by the Election Commission of India, and 2025, West Bengal has seen a 66% increase in the number of registered voters — from 45.8 million to 76.3 million.
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November 22, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Zelenskyy for ‘honest’ work on US-backed plan
PRESIDENT VOLODYMYR ZELENSKYY said after talks with a top US Army official on Thursday he was ready for “honest” work with Washington on a plan to end the war in Ukraine, while European allies pushed back against punishing concessions to Russia.
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November 22, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Need to revisit insurance investment rules: Khara
INSURANCE REGULATIONS GOVERNING how companies invest in the bond market may need a review, Dinesh Kumar Khara
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November 22, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Pilot dies as Tejas fighter jet crashes at Dubai air show
THE PILOT OF a Tejas fighter jet of the Indian Air Force was killed on Friday after the indigenous multi-role Light Combat Aircraft crashed in a ball of fire during an aerial display at the Dubai Air Show.
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November 22, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Board of Kotak Bank okays 1:5 stock split
KOTAK MAHINDRA BANK announced on Friday that its board has approved a proposal to split its shares in the ratio of 1:5.
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November 22, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Porsche's new spark: Cayenne goes electric
PORSCHE'S BIGGEST car has gone electric. This week, the German carmaker unveiled the Cayenne Electric, a technological masterpiece that launches the iconic SUV into an electric future. The launch is a big step in Porsche’s rapid transformation towards electrification (36% of the cars it sells are electrified).
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November 22, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Centre to release new GDP series on February 27
THE MINISTRY OF Statistics and Programme Implementation will release a new series of national accounts with FY23 as the base year on February 27.
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November 22, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Codes progressive, say experts
TO SPUR JOB CREATION BUT EXECUTION REMAINS KEY, THEY SAY
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November 22, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Anti-dumping probe into polyester yarn variant
AS THE GOVERNMENT scrapped Quality Control Orders (QCOs) ona long list of industrial inputs — including different varieties of polyester yarn— the Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) has begun an anti-dumping investigation into imports of Polyester Textured Yarn (PTY) from China.
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November 22, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Target sustained double-digit growth: Irdai
THE IRDAI CHIEF also highlighted that the cost of doing business for life as well as general insurance companies is high and poses a big challenge.
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November 22, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
CAG launches pan-India audit on MSME ease of doing biz
THE COMPTROLLER AND Auditor General of India has initiated an audit of reforms implemented by states and UTs to improve the ease of doing business for the micro, small and medium enterprise (MSME) sector.
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November 22, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Clauses from wages, social security code excluded
WHILE THE INDUSTRIAL Relations Code, 2020 and the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 have been implemented in full, few clauses of the Code on Social Security, 2020 and the Code on Wages, 2019 have been excluded.
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November 22, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
RITES steps up execution as order book tops ₹9K cr
INDIAN RAILWAYS' ENGINEERING and consulting arm RITES, which saw its order book breach the ₹9,000-crore mark in Q2FY26, is targeting to step up execution of the projects in a bid to boost its topline.
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November 22, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
TCS bets on AI backbone to drive long-term value
AIMS TO SHIFT FROM INTEGRATOR TO INFRASTRUCTURE PROVIDER
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November 22, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
IAMAI: Draft accessibility norms to impose cost burden on OTTs
IMPLEMENTATION OF PROPOSED accessibility norms for online curated content specifically for persons with hearing and visual impairment will lead to a high cost of compliance in several cases, which may even surpass their revenue and make them commercially unsustainable, industry body IAMAI said on Friday.
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November 22, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
UK economy stumbles before budget
MEASURES OF BRITAIN'S businesses, consumers and public finances are all showing signs of deterioration in the run-up to next week’s budget when finance minister Rachel Reeves is expected to raise taxes again.
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November 22, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
EU leaders offer help to Ukraine
EUROPEAN UNION LEADERS and EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen will reach out to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to discuss a U.S. peace plan on Ukraine during the current G20 summit, von der Leyen said on Friday.“We will discuss the situation both with European leaders and with leaders here on the sidelines of the G20. I will also reach out to President Zelenskyy to discuss the matter,” she told reporters.
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November 22, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
REITs, InvITs may get liquid MF play
SEBI PLANS REITs’ INDEX ENTRY TO ENHANCE LIQUIDITY, PARTICIPATION: PANDEY
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November 22, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Kotak Mahindra Bank cuts SME loan time by 60% using AI tools
KOTAK MAHINDRA BANK has reduced the time taken to process fresh SME loans by 60% through artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML)-based digital underwriting tools, a senior bank official said.
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November 22, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Paying sister's EMI? Get deed registered for part-ownership
YOUR QUERIES: LOANS
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November 22, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Markets snap winning streak
AFTER CLOSING IN on their all-time highs, benchmark equity indices took a break on Friday, reports Kishor Kadam.
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November 22, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Contradictions and utility
WHILE IT MAY NOT DELIVER PARIS TARGETS, IN ITS ABSENCE WE MAY SEE A TEMPERATURE RISE OF 3°C OR MORE
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November 22, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Codes to accelerate formal job creation: Experts
THE FOURLABOUR codes will go a long distance towards universalising minimum wages and social security for all workers and accelerating formal job creation, experts said, reports Surya Sarathi Ray.
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November 22, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Familiar crisis at COP30 as nations reject draft agreement on final day
Bloc of 29 countries opposes draft for skipping fossil fuel phase-out road map
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November 22, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Familiar crisis at COP30 as nations reject...
IN ORDER TO ensure that these issues do not become a roadblock to progress on the other items on the agenda, COP30 presidency Brazil had conducted several rounds of consultations on these difficult issues,and had planned a separate outcome document addressing each of these issues.
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November 22, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Five years on, 4 labour codes come into effect
Rules expected in a week: Official
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November 22, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Gig workers’ social security now platforms’ obligation
FOOD-DELIVERY, RIDE-HAIL-ING AND e-commerce platforms will now have to set aside a slice of their business for worker welfare, with the implementation of the Labour Code on Social Security, 2020.
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