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Financial Express Kochi
Decline in interest rates unlikely to boost affordable housing
A cut in interest rates should be a big booster for affordable housing as the segment is highly rate-sensitive. But the reality may be different.
3 min |
June 25, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Robust data quality need of the hour: Niti Aayog
NITI AAYOG on Tuesday stressed the urgent need for robust data quality to fortify digital governance, cultivate public trust and ensure efficient service delivery.
1 min |
June 25, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
RBI to conduct VRRR on Friday after seven months
\"If the short-term falls too much, participants tend to borrow more from the short-term market and lend long-term or unsecured loans.
1 min |
June 25, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
CCI Clears Bain Proposal to Buy Manappuram Finance Stake
THE COMPETITION COMMISSION of India (CCI) on Tuesday approved Bain Capital's proposed acquisition of stake in Manappuram Finance (MFL) through its affiliates.
1 min |
June 25, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Fed can wait to reduce interest rates: Powell
THE FEDERAL RESERVE will continue to wait and see how the economy evolves before deciding whether to reduce its key interest rate, Chair Jerome Powell said on Tuesday, a stance directly at odds with President Donald Trump's calls for immediate cuts.
1 min |
June 25, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Fragile ceasefire takes hold
PRESIDENT TRUMP LASHED out at Israel and Iran on Tuesday for launching attacks after he had announced a cease-fire, highlighting the fragility of the deal that seeks to end 12 days of deadly fighting.
2 min |
June 25, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Health insurers yet to crack retail OPD coverage
Insurance crossed the ₹5,000-crore gross written premium (GWP) milestone in FY25.
2 min |
June 25, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
OpenAI Nabbing Microsoft Customers, Fueling Rivalry
Last spring, drugmaker Amgen Inc. announced plans to buy Microsoft Corp.'s Copilot AI assistant for 20,000 employees.
2 min |
June 25, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
India Takes Lead in 5G Coverage: Ericsson
THE JUNE 2025 edition of the Ericsson Mobility Report tracks the global rise of 5G, with particular focus on monetisation opportunities through Fixed Wireless Access (FWA), rapid growth in data consumption, and new enterprise use cases.
1 min |
June 25, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Should MPC vote on stance?
The last two monetary policy statements, in April and June, reflect some critical fine-tuning under the new chairperson, Sanjay Malhotra.
4 min |
June 25, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
FMCG growth is not just about listed firms alone
Consumer goods major Marico, which crossed ₹10,000 crore in topline in FY25, is looking to double turnover in five years, MD & CEO Saugata Gupta tells Viveat Susan Pinto in an exclusive interview. He throws light on the strategy he has put in place to achieve this, his agenda on digital acquisitions and outlook for the year. Edited excerpts:
3 min |
June 25, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Trump sparks fear over NATO future
SECRETARY GENERAL MARK Rutte is fighting to stop the NATO summit from spinning out of control after President Donald Trump cast doubt on the US commitment to defend its allies.
1 min |
June 25, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Must have competition in every sector, duopoly not good: Scindia
UNION TELECOM MINISTER Jyotiraditya Scindia on Tuesday said that duopoly is not good and there must be competition in every sector.
2 min |
June 25, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Shah Targets Cong Ahead Of Emergency 50th Anniversary
TARGETING THE CONGRESS and its allies for \"raising questions about democracy and the Constitution\", Union Home Minister Amit Shah, speaking in New Delhi Tuesday on the eve of 50 years of the imposition of Emergency, said it is necessary that memories of the Emergency do not fade away, so that the youth are able to recall this challenge to democracy.
2 min |
June 25, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
India, UK May Seal Free Trade Pact by July End
SIGNING SOON
1 min |
June 25, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Supporting India's Green Energy Goals
Extending the Inter-State Transmission System waiver with clear, milestone-based criteria would help attain non-fossil fuel capacity target by 2030
3 min |
June 25, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Rare earths: Decision on subsidy scheme soon
The government is likely to take a decision on rolling out a scheme to subsidise domestic production of rare earth magnets in the next 15-20 days, Union minister HD Kumaraswamy said on Tuesday.
2 min |
June 25, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Harvard Wins Longer Block on Trump's Foreign Student Ban
A FEDERAL JUDGE issued another court order letting Harvard University keep hosting foreign students, this one in its fight to overturn President Donald Trump's proclamation barring their entry to the U.S.
1 min |
June 25, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Plane's black box not sent abroad: Minister
CIVIL AVIATION MINISTER Kinjarapu Rammohan Naidu announced on Tuesday that the black box from the crashed Air India Flight 171 is currently in India and has not been sent abroad for investigation, contrary to speculations.
1 min |
June 25, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
India Evacuates Over 3,100 Citizens
INDIA ON TUESDAY evacuated over 1,100 citizens from Iran and Israel amid ongoing tensions between the two countries, taking the number of evacuees under Operation Sindhu to 3,170.
1 min |
June 25, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Chaos at Doha Airport, Long Queues in Dubai
OPERATIONS AT TWO of the world's busiest airports in Doha and Dubai slowed to a crawl on Tuesday as thousands of travellers queued for hours, facing long delays and flight cancellations after the temporary closure of airspace a day earlier.
1 min |
June 25, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
HC rules NFRA can probe audits before its creation
New penalties can't be imposed, court order adds
2 min |
June 25, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
S&P Raises India's FY26 Growth Forecast to 6.5%
S&P Global Ratings on Tuesday raised India's economic growth projection to 6.5% for 2025-26.
2 min |
June 25, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
J&K Bank to focus on improving other income
IN ORDER TO improve growth in other income, Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) Bank has decided to create a separate vertical, managing director and chief executive officer Amitava Chatterjee said.
1 min |
June 25, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Adani aims $15-bn capex a year
IN TERMS OF consolidated numbers, the group's revenues grew by 7%, Ebitda by 8.2%, and net debt-to-Ebitda ratio remained at 2.6x, he said.
1 min |
June 25, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
FM rebuts 'tariff king' tag...
US PRESIDENT DONALD Trump had branded India as a \"tariff king\" on many occasions in the past few months.
1 min |
June 25, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Average compensation in AI crash can be $2-10 mn per person
UK-based James Healy-Pratt, a lawyer, with 30 years' of experience resolving high-profile aviation disputes and accidents worldwide, is assisting the families of victims of the ill-fated Air India flight IA 171 which crashed in Ahmedabad on June 12.
2 min |
June 25, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Status Quo 2.0
Trai has missed a chance to pivot PM-WANI from a policy failure to a success story
2 min |
June 25, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Bonds rally as traders lap up debt post ceasefire
AN ISRAEL-IRAN CEASEFIRE and the ensuing slump in oil prices boosted government bonds on Tuesday, as traders resumed buying and covered short positions.
1 min |
June 25, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
₹1,980-cr defence contracts sealed
THE DEFENCE MINISTRY has concluded 13 contracts worth ₹1,980 crore under the emergency procurement mechanism to boost the Indian Army's operational readiness in countering cross-border terrorism.
2 min |