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Bajaj Finance consolidated Net profit up 23% in Sep qtr
Bajaj Finance on Monday reported a 24 per cent year-on-year (Yo-Y) decline in standalone net profit to ₹4,251 crore in the second quarter (July-September) of 2025-26 (Q2FY26) due to higher loan loss provisions.
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November 11, 2025
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Life insurers’ NBP grew 12% last month
Exemption in GST nudged individual premium growth, policy sales
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November 11, 2025
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Don't bet on the court
India should assume that US trade policy is here to stay
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November 11, 2025
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Novo Nordisk, Emcure tie up to expand Wegovy’s girth
2.4 mg injectable Poviztra to mark next phase of weight-loss rollout
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November 11, 2025
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Sebi expert group on conflict of interest submits its report
The high-level committee (HLC) on conflict of interest, disclosures and related matters for members and officials of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has submitted its final report to Sebi Chairman Tuhin Kanta Pandey.
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November 11, 2025
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Festivals, GST rejig boost avg credit card spending by 15%
Amid a record rise in spending during the festival season, coupled with rationalisation in rates of goods and services tax (GST), lenders in September saw 15 per cent year-on-year growth in average credit-card expenditure, the latest data released by the Reserve Bank of India has showed.
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November 11, 2025
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India’s Invit market to hit ₹21 trn by 2030: Should you invest?
India’s infrastructure investment trusts (Invits) are poised to triple in size to ₹21 trillion by 2030, driven by the country’s huge infra build-out, rising institutional allocations, and supportive regulations, a new white paper from wealth advisory firm Client Associates (CA) said. Invits are investment vehicles that allow individuals to invest in income-generating infra assets like high-
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November 11, 2025
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SC to hear pleas challenging pan-Indian SIR today
The Supreme Court is scheduled to commence hearing pleas challenging the Election Commission's decision to conduct pan-India Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls on Tuesday.
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November 11, 2025
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Use Rera portals for due diligence before and after purchase
Inthe Hitendrakumar Bhaichandbai Panchal vs Piramal Estate Pvt Limited case, the homebuyer alleged that the developer's refusal to share information delayed the approval of his State Bank of India (SBI) home loan.
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November 11, 2025
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Aus firms tap Indian partners amid critical mineral push
QUEENSLAND’S METS FIRMS ARE TARGETING INDIA’S EASTERN AND CENTRAL MINING BELTS, WHERE DEMAND FOR AUTOMATION, DIGITAL MINE PLANNING, AND SAFETY SOLUTIONS IS RISING
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November 11, 2025
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Sugar industry may get sweet reprieve amid ethanol, pricing shocks
Centre's move to export sugar renews optimism that policy momentum may finally turn in favour of producers. Sanjeeb Mukherjee explains
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November 10, 2025
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Of fading strokes and language of Mithila
Despite global acclaim, Bihar’s traditional painting cries for help amid eroding local political backing. Aashish Aryan reports from Darbhanga
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November 10, 2025
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Telcos ask govt for entire 6GHz band
Say it will help fulfil vision of taking global lead in 6G
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November 10, 2025
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Machinery bought for income growth is consumer purchase
Shivajirao More approached Siddhanath Sawant with a proposal that the latter should start a grey-board manufacturing unit, which the Khadi and Village Industries Commission recognised asa family activity.
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November 10, 2025
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India market valuation discount to US widens
Nifty 50 trading at 20% discount, highest in 17 yrs
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November 10, 2025
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Who ate the banks’ cake?
There is an irreversible structural shift in the Indian banking system's deposit dynamics
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November 10, 2025
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Can maths be violent?
BOOK REVIEW: It may surprise most readers to learn that, just a century or so ago, some of the era’s greatest mathematical minds were enlisted in a debate about whether numbers exist.
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November 10, 2025
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Regulators’ body told to create tariff plan for power projects
The power ministry has asked the Forum of Regulators, a joint body of central and state electricity regulatory commissions, to create a tariff determination framework that can be applied to power transmission projects to be covered under the government's asset monetisation programme.
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November 10, 2025
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Indian spirits industry braces up ahead of UK FTA ratification
India’s spirits industry is getting aggressive with strategies as the UK-India free trade agreement (FTA) is awaiting ratification.
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November 10, 2025
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20 states spent 26% of budgeted capital expenditure in H1 FY26
States have spent 26.3 per cent of their budgeted capital expenditure in the first half of 2025-26 (FY26), an analysis of monthly account reports of 20 states released by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) showed.
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November 10, 2025
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'Wake up call' for Indian firms as cyberattacks rise
India's cyber threat landscape will face unprecedented complexity in 2026 due to the convergence of technological advancement, geopolitical tension, and sophisticated criminal enterprises, according to a new report by Kaspersky.
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November 10, 2025
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'With Zoho around, we are determined to work on Arattai'
Sridhar Vembu, founder and chief scientist, Zoho, has managed to grab headlines with his belief that India needs to build its own tech stack to be resilient in an uncertain global economy. In a virtual interview with Shivani Shinde, he talks about his role as a scientist, his vision for Zoho and India's artificial intelligence (AI) journey. Edited excerpts:
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November 10, 2025
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Highway toll system faces first overhaul in 17 years
IIT Delhi study to guide NITI Aayog’s framework revision
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November 10, 2025
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Weddings, MICE make room for record hotel, travel bookings
With 4.5 million weddings expected in November and December, alongside an uptick in business and meetings, incentives, conferences and exhibitions (MICE) travel, the hospitality industry is gearing for another strong year-end this year in terms of room rates and occupancy.
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November 10, 2025
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Ola Electric rebuts LG tech leak claims
Ola Electric has denied media reports suggesting its involvement in a leak of proprietary pouch cell technology (tech) from South Korea’s LG Energy Solution, calling the allegations “baseless”.
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November 10, 2025
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Resilience in Indian exports
Early data shows good resilience to the Trump storm
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November 10, 2025
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UN body sets standards for neurotech
Even as artificial intelligence (AI) and its various versions receive attention, another rapidly developing and influential force is neurotechnology.
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November 10, 2025
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Winter Session from Dec 1; truncated one, says Oppn
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Kiren Rijiju on Saturday said the winter session of Parliament would be held from December 1 to 19. During the session, the two Houses would potentially have 15 sittings. In recent years, the shortest winter session was in 2013, which had only 10 sittings, and the one in 2022, which had 13.
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November 10, 2025
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Indian Cloud firms face bottomline haziness
On November 5, user reports across the United States indicated that Amazon Web Services (AWS) was experiencing yet another outage. However, AWS denied any disruption in its services. As one of the largest Cloud infrastructure providers globally, AWS’ recurring outages have raised concerns about the resilience and reliability of the broader Cloud ecosystem. Globally, there are about 2,770 Cloud infrastructure firms, with 207 based in India. As of November 2025, Indian Cloud firms have collectively raised $551 million in funding.
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November 10, 2025
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‘Google investment will put Vizag on global map, everyone else will follow’
Fresh from clinching a $15 billion investment commitment from Google to set up its artificial-intelligence (AI) hub in Visakhapatnam (Vizag), Nara Lokesh, Andhra Pradesh’s minister for human resource development, information technology and electronics, outlines the southern state’s new investment strategy. Speaking to Asit Ranjan Mishra from the chief minister’s residence on the banks of the Krishna on the Vijayawada-Amaravati Road, Lokesh says the government has shifted its focus from seeking “special-category status” for the state to building an investment-driven growth model. Edited excerpts:
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