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Financial Express Kochi
Day 1: NSDL IPO booked 1.78 times
THE INITIAL PUBLIC offering (IPO) of National Securities Depository (NSDL) got fully subscribed within hours of its launch on Wednesday.
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July 31, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
China vows economic support, crackdown on competition
Beefing Up Capacity
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July 31, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Time for an HR reboot
INDIA HAS LONG been the technology backbone of the world, and our developer ecosystem has been central to that story. But as we step into the GenAI era, it's time for a fundamental reset in how we look at skills, roles, and long-term employability.
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July 31, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Sebi confirms ban on Gensol, Jaggi brothers
SEBI ON WEDNESDAY upheld its interim order restraining Gensol Engineering and its former directors Anmol Singh Jaggi and Puneet Singh Jaggi from the securities markets on concerns over fund diversion and corporate governance failures.
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July 31, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
IndiGo profit dives 20% in Q1
Margins hit by airspace closures in West Asia & post Operation Sindoor
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July 31, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
PwC: Tax, rate cuts to help India's economy grow 6.5% in FY26
INDIA'S ECONOMIC GROWTH will likely be around 6.5% in 2025-26, aided by a lower interest rate regime, income tax cuts and a likely improvement in urban demand, PwC India experts said on Wednesday.
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July 31, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Avenue Supermarts to double down on store expansion
Targets opening 50 stores in FY26, focus on the north
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July 31, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Will Secure National Interests: Centre
AS TALKS PROGRESSED, the tariffs were brought down to 21% during the negotiations and the deal was finalised at 15%.
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July 31, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Solar Cell Capacity May Reach 42 GW by 2026
With private players ramping up cell manufacturing, the government expects the solar cell capacity to reach 42 gigawatts (GW) by June, with the approved list of models and manufacturers (ALMM) for cells being introduced soon, official sources said.
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July 31, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Palo Alto to scoop up CyberArk for $25 bn
PALO ALTO NETWORKS will buy Israeli peer CyberArk Software for about $25 billion, in its biggest deal yet, as CEO Nikesh Arora seeks to create a comprehensive cybersecurity provider to tap into rising AI-driven demand.
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July 31, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Tata Steel profit more than doubles to ₹2,078 cr in Q1
FIRMING UP GROWTH
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July 31, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Jane seeks six weeks to respond to Sebi
JANE STREET GROUP has sought six more weeks from the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) to prepare its defence against market manipulation allegations, though it may get fewer, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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July 31, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
PNB profit slumps 48% on higher tax expenses
PUNJAB NATIONAL BANK'S net profit declined 48.5% year-on-year to ₹1,675 crore for the quarter ended June on the back of higher tax expenses and muted net interest income growth.
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July 31, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Trump's Tariff Tsunami...
IT MAY STILL be able to keep the export pace in some sectors like textiles and garments, where it enjoys a high degree of relative advantage with some South Asian competitors, but would lose out in other areas including marine products.
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July 31, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Benchmarks brace for Trump tariff turbulence
How Sensex Reacted To US President's Announcements
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July 31, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Opening up new avenues
AI ISN'T CRUSHING the Indian developer's global dream—it's redefining it. Just as Y2K once launched Indian IT onto the global stage, the AI wave presents another such opportunity.
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July 31, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Volcano in Russia's far east erupts
The Klyuchevskoy volcano on Russia's Kamchatka peninsula began erupting after Wednesday's powerful earthquake in the Pacific, a geological monitoring service said.
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July 31, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
No third-party intervention behind ceasefire: Jaishankar
EXTERNAL AFFAIRS MINISTER S Jaishankar asserted on Wednesday that there was no third-party intervention in ensuring a ceasefire between India and Pakistan during Operation Sindoor, making it clear that it was not linked to trade as claimed by US President Donald Trump.
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July 31, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Seafood, Basmati Rice Exporters to Feel the Pinch
INDIA'S EXPORTS OF agricultural products, including shrimp, basmati rice, coffee and tobacco to the US are likely to be hit with the US president Donald Trump on Wednesday announcing a 25% tariff on the country.
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July 31, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
India Inc starts counting cost of trade jolt
INDIAN COMPANIES ARE preparing for a significant disruption in trade ties with the US after President Donald Trump announced a 25% tariff and an unspecified penalty on Indian goods, citing New Delhi's continued defence and energy ties with Russia.
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July 31, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Textile, leather exporters pin hopes on BTA
THE 25% US tariff on Indian merchandise imports has jolted the country's $37-billion textile and apparel export industry, dashing hopes of gaining ground in the world's largest apparel market and wresting share from key rivals like China, Bangladesh, and Vietnam.
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July 31, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Satcom spectrum rules set for Aug release
THE RULES FOR allocation of spectrum for satellite communications (satcom) services are likely to be finalised in the first two weeks of August, a senior official at the Department of Telecommunications (DoT) told FE on Wednesday.
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July 31, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
DGCA finds 263 safety lapses in airline audits
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) found 263 safety-related lapses across various operators in their annual audits, but underscored that that higher number of lapses — particularly in the case of airlines with extensive networks and large aircraft fleets — is \"entirely normal\" given the breadth and depth of their operations rather than any unusual lapse.
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July 31, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Retail leasing in malls rises 69%: JLL
LEASING OF RETAIL spaces in shopping malls and high streets rose 69% to 5.7 million sq ft in the January-June period across seven major cities on better demand from both domestic and foreign retailers, according to JLL India.
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July 31, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Weaponising Tariffs
There is no need for the government to conclude a bilateral deal on US's terms
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July 31, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Tesla, LG Energy sign $4.3-bn pact
SOUTH KOREA'S LG Energy Solution (LGES) has signed a $4.3 billion deal to supply Tesla with energy storage system batteries, said a person familiar with the matter, as the US company looks to reduce reliance on Chinese imports due to tariffs.
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July 31, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Pakistan surprises by holding key rate steady
PAKISTAN'S CENTRAL BANK left its key interest rate unchanged at 11% on Wednesday, saying the inflation outlook had worsened a little due to energy price fluctuations, surprising analysts who had expected another cut.
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July 31, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
DLI scheme needs rejig, say experts
THE DESIGN-LINKED INCENTIVE (DLI) scheme, a key component of India's ₹76,000-crore semiconductor incentive programme, needs urgent revamp to better align with the capital-intensive reality of chip design, said Ajai Chowdhry, co-founder of HCL & EPIC foundation.
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July 31, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Power Grid Q1 Profit Falls 2.5%
STATE-OWNED POWER transmission company Power Grid Corporation of India on Wednesday registered a fall of 2.5% in its consolidated net profit for the first quarter of the financial year 2025-26 at ₹3,630.58 crore from ₹3,723.92 crore in Q1FY25.
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July 31, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
China's AI Strategy Relies on Frenzy and Frenemies
WANDERING THROUGH THE halls of China's top artificial intelligence summit this week, I overheard heated debates on some of the thorniest issues facing the sector: How do we solve the problem of interoperability if hundreds of companies are launching their own AI agents? Which large language models are the most developer-friendly to build apps on? Are humanoids tools or companions?
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