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Telangana: Young, hungry & restless

India’s youngest state courts big money with speed, sweeteners, and swagger, positioning itself as South India’s challenger in the bold chase for global capital. Shine Jacob reports

3 min  |

December 08, 2025

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Past gets a 2nd drive as carmakers revive legacy nameplates

Indian automobile (auto) makers are increasingly tapping into legacy nameplates to capture consumer attention, leveraging brand equity and nostalgia in a fiercely competitive market.

1 min  |

December 08, 2025

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Near-term lag, long-term leadership: India's market story endures

With the Sensex approaching its 40th anniversary, one of India’s biggest strengths has been its ability to avoid major policy missteps or government actions that could structurally erode market valuations — unlike China, which has faced such challenges until recently, says Samir Arora, founder and fund manager at Helios Capital Management.

3 min  |

December 08, 2025
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India-Russia targets are big, but businesses are cautious

EXIM MATTERS

2 min  |

December 08, 2025

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UIDAI to mandate registration for Aadhaar-based verification

A new rule to discourage entities like hotels, event organisers, etc, from taking photocopy of Aadhaar cards of customers and storing them in physical form will be published soon, a senior government official said. Such practices are in contravention of the present Aadhaar Act.

1 min  |

December 08, 2025

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Travel portals boost capacity to handle rising flier queries

As India’s largest airline IndiGo faces one of its biggest crises after it cancelled 1,000 flights on Friday, travel operators increased their customer support capacities to handle a mounting number of queries till late Sunday night.

2 min  |

December 08, 2025

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Christmas returns to Bethlehem

Christmas celebrations are slowly returning to the traditional birthplace of Jesus in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

1 min  |

December 08, 2025

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Russian partnership

India’s assertion of strategic autonomy will be tested

2 min  |

December 08, 2025
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Business Standard

Phase-II of carbon control

January 2026, the CBAM, is a big deal for India

4 min  |

December 08, 2025
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Business Standard

Written complaint acts as evidence, shields customer against liability

Follow this complaint escalation path: Bank's grievance cell, ombudsman, consumer commission, and then civil or criminal court

3 min  |

December 08, 2025

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A near one-horse race in domestic skies

India’s largest carrier faces its biggest operational turbulence yet after a week marred by mass flight cancellations

2 min  |

December 08, 2025
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Business Standard

Crisis exposes operational weakness

The recent IndiGo crisis leading to hundreds of flight cancellations across India has brought renewed attention to the overall performance of the country's airlines.

1 min  |

December 08, 2025

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Telangana to name roads after Ratan Tata, Trump

The Telangana government on Sunday said it has decided to name the upcoming greenfield radial road at the proposed RRR in honour of the late industrialist Ratan Tata.

1 min  |

December 08, 2025

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Pesticides Mgmt Bill should not foster 'licence raj': Plant protection industry

As the government reopens consultations on the long-pending Pesticides Management Bill (PMB), sections of the plant protection industry have raised serious concerns that the draft — in its current form— could create an inspectorand license-driven regime.

2 min  |

December 08, 2025

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UP’s $1 trillion target gathers steam

State government has operationalised the UP State Transformation Commission and tasked it with the job of catalysing growth. Virendra Singh Rawat writes

3 min  |

December 08, 2025

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Favourable position

Near-term focus will be on currency

2 min  |

December 08, 2025

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China locks radar on Japan's military jet

Chinese fighter aircraft locked fire-control radar on Japanese military jets for the first time on Saturday, according to Japan’s Defence Ministry, an incident that is likely to further stoke simmering tensions between Tokyo and Beijing.

1 min  |

December 08, 2025
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Business Standard

Rushdie’s meditations on mortality

Salman Rushdie’s latest opus is a many-splendored offering.

4 min  |

December 06, 2025
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Business Standard

Markets likely to stay range-bound

Rate cut a response to economic data; US tariffs still weigh: Analysts

2 min  |

December 06, 2025

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Tata, Cyient, Applied Materials bag SCL modernisation tender

The government has awarded the ₹4,500 crore tender for the modernisation of the Semiconductor Laboratory (SCL) in Mohali, Punjab, to Tata Semiconductor, Cyient Semiconductor, and Applied Materials for different aspects to upgrade the plant, according to tender documents.

1 min  |

December 06, 2025

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Mainboard IPOs score a century for the first time after 18 years

Riding on favourable valuations, strong DII participation, IPO proceeds to cross 1.7 tm mark

2 min  |

December 06, 2025
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Business Standard

Stranded flyers face brunt of IndiGo turmoil

Following flight cancellations, airfares of Air India, Akasa, Spicejet rise exponentially, dealing a double blow

3 min  |

December 06, 2025

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Deputy USTR to lead team to India next week

AUS trade delegation, led by Deputy US Trade Representative (USTR) Rick Switzer, will visit India next week at a time India is aiming to conclude the first tranche of the bilateral trade agreement (BTA) before the end of the calendar year, according to people privy to the matter.

2 min  |

December 06, 2025

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Sweeps and stakes in Nepal

Superficially, it is all back to normal.

3 min  |

December 06, 2025
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The pioneer who built India's first beauty brand

Back in the early 1960s, when India, barely in its teens as an independent nation, was beginning to embrace the idea of fashion shows, mostly organised by textile mills, Simone Tata would be among those quietly watching from the audience.

3 min  |

December 06, 2025

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SEBI PROPOSAL FOR BANK PARTICIPATION Looking at allowing banks in non-agri commodity derivatives mkt: RBI

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is examining the Securities and Exchange Board of India’s (Sebi’s) proposal to allow banks to participate in non-agriculture commodity derivatives, RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra said on Friday.

1 min  |

December 06, 2025

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Urban consumer confidence perks up, rural stays flat

Consumer confidence perked up in November among those living in urban areas against the previous month owing to improved sentiments on price and general economic situation, according to the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI's) forward-looking surveys.

1 min  |

December 06, 2025
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Business Standard

'Focus is on volume, even if average ticket size of orders falls for a while'

Westlife Foodworld is the West and South India franchisee for American multinational fast-food chain McDonald’s.

3 min  |

December 06, 2025

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RBI's MPC delivers again, takes 2025 rate cut tally to 125 bps

Repo rate cut by 25 bps, stance still neutral; liquidity boost via ₹1 trn OMO in Dec

3 min  |

December 06, 2025

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Avadhut Sathe academy to challenge Sebi order

Denies allegations, claims it works solely as a training institution

1 min  |

December 06, 2025