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M&M to exit RBL Bank with ₹682 cr stake sale

Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) is selling its entire 3.45 per cent stake in RBL Bank through a block deal, according to a news agency.

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November 06, 2025
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2040 climate goal: EU nations seal deal to reduce emissions by 90%

European Union (EU) member states sealed a deal to reduce emissions by 90 per cent through 2040 compared with 1990 levels, a climate win that required some proposals to be watered down.

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November 06, 2025

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Centre's primary focus is to ensure Al innovation: IT secy

The government's primary focus is to ensure continued innovation in the artificial intelligence (AI) space, and there will be light-touch regulation or legislation only when the need for it arises, said S Krishnan, secretary in the ministry of electronics and information technology.

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November 06, 2025

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A 100-year-old bank comes of age

Plagued by boardroom squabbles and financial trouble, Tamilnad Mercantile Bank was seen by some as an ossified, community-based relic of the past. Now its modern technology centre offers a glimpse of its future

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November 06, 2025

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State finance fault lines

Cash transfers to women need a wider debate

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November 06, 2025

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Sun Pharma net up 2.5%, US revenues down 4%

Sun Pharmaceutical Industries, India’s largest formulation player by market share and a leading exporter to the US markets, posted an 8.93 per cent growth in revenues to %14,478 crore in Q2FY26, while the net profit grew by 2.56 percent year-on-year (Y-0-Y) to €3,118 crore.

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November 06, 2025
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Business Standard

Supreme Court’s AGR dues order only for Vi

Eyen as other telecom companies are also hopeful of getting a breather, the written order of the latest Supreme Court verdict, linked to adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues, suggests that the scope has not been broadened beyond Vodafone Idea (Vi).

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November 05, 2025

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Low steel prices put ₹9 trn expansion plan at risk: Steel secy

India's steel industry is facing stress as five-year low prices have forced around 150 small producers to shut down operations and 50 more to cut output by half, raising concerns over the sector's ability to invest 9 trillion required for funding its next phase of capacity expansion, said steel ministry Secretary Sandeep Poundrik on Tuesday.

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November 05, 2025

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Europe winter travel costs for Indians dip 40%

With Europe being a prominent destination for Indians during the long winter holidays, this year's travel costs are down by up to 40 per cent for the November-February period, according to travel firm Cox and Kings.

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November 05, 2025

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Consolidated profit up 84%

The financial results for the September quarter showed a strong rise in net profit, boosted by a one-time gain.

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November 05, 2025
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Industry wheels slow down, await workhorses from Bihar

More than 74 million voters are set to cast their vote in Bihar’s Assembly elections on November 6 and 11.

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November 05, 2025

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Adani Enterprises to raise up to ₹25K cr via rights issue

Fundraise to push growth across airports, data centres, green energy, roads

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November 05, 2025

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Yono 2.0 launch likely by Dec-end

State Bank of India is likely to launch its upgraded version of mobile banking app Yono 2.0 by the end of December. The new version will be capable of handling 200 million customers, said SBI Chairman C S Setty.

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November 05, 2025
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ChrysCapital closes record $2.2 billion fundraise

ChrysCapital, India’s largest homegrown private equity firm, has closed its 10th fund — ChrysCapital X — at $2.2 billion, the biggest India-focused private equity fund ever raised.

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November 05, 2025
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Business Standard

Mehli Mistry sends out truce signals to Tata Trusts

Within days of filing a caveat with the Maharashtra Charity Commissioner that he should be heard before being ousted as a Tata Trusts trustee, Mehli Mistry has sent out truce signals.

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November 05, 2025

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Billionaire who became synonymous with India's rise on global stage

London-based billionaire Gopichand Parmanand Hinduja, one of the principal patriarchs of the Hinduja group and a central architect of its global expansion, has passed away following a prolonged illness. He was 85.

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November 05, 2025

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IndiGo net loss widens by 161% on r depreciation

The country’s largest airline flies into the red again after reporting record profit in QI

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November 05, 2025

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India, Israel ink defence pact

India and Israel on Tuesday signed a defence pact that will facilitate sharing of advanced technologies and promote co-development and co-production of key weapon systems and military hardware, in a major move to further bolster their already robust strategic ties.

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November 05, 2025

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The nature of knowledge

Inhis latest book, When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows, Harvard cognitive scientist and psychologist, Steven Pinker, takes us on another profound journey into the human mind, a subject that he has explored in other celebrated books, including How the Mind Works, The Lan- ‘guage Instinct and Rationality.

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November 05, 2025
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Business Standard

Govt eases entry for MSMEs in third round of specialty steel PLI

Revises base year, relaxes thresholds to reflect current market trends

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November 05, 2025
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India needs to find vocations least impacted by AI: CEA Nageswaran

India needs to find vocations that will be least impacted by artificial intelligence (AI) and make it ‘fashionable’ for students to adopt them, in a bid to combat the disruptive impact of Al on job creation, said Chief Economic Advisor V Anantha Nageswaran on Tuesday.

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November 05, 2025

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AEL plans ₹25K cr rights issue over 2 yrs after FPO pullback

Group Chairman Gautam Adani said the recent strategic milestones reflect the group’s long-term commitment to building national infrastructure and next-generation energy and digital platforms.

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November 05, 2025
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Business Standard

'Need to drive double-digit top line, and margins in excess of that'

Tata Consumer expects to close the year with margins at 15 per cent. In an interview, Sunil D'Souza, the managing director and chief executive officer of Tata Consumer Products, talks about what led the company to deliver a strong top line in the second quarter despite GST disruptions with Sharleen D'Souza. Edited excerpts:

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November 05, 2025

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Setting sail again

Reviving India’s shipbuilding ambitions

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November 05, 2025

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Pension norms: Last working day could change the maths

The central government has issued a clarification on how pensions and family pensions will be calculated for employees.

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November 05, 2025
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Business Standard

Trump’s agenda faces big test in NYC polls

Mamdani will face off against Andrew Cuomo, who is running as an independent, and the Republican nominee Curtis Sliwa

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November 05, 2025
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Lower tea prices to boost Tata Consumer's margins

Brokerages positive on stock amid hopes of spurt in food biz

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November 05, 2025

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US looks to invest in rare-earth firms amid race against China

The Commerce Department and Pentagon on Monday pledged financing and potential equity stakes in a domestic producer of rare-earth magnets that are at the center of a trade war with China, the world’s dominant supplier.

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November 05, 2025

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At least 7 dead as trains collide in Chhattisgarh

At least seven people were killed and several injured after a collision between a passenger local train and a goods train in Bilaspur district of Chhattisgarh on Tuesday.

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November 05, 2025
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Business Standard

G2 or not G2? Why 2025 isn’t 1945

Today’s G2 is fundamentally unstable and lacks the power to truly influence the whole world

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November 05, 2025