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Deepfake on duty
I told Grok to look at Op Sindoor-related gallantry award citations, and found that AI promises facts but can make them up. It’s taking fake news toa different level, and it has been fully gamed
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October 25, 2025
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Sebi restricts MFs from investing in pre-IPO shares
Cautions on risks of holding unlisted shares if listing fails
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October 25, 2025
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Repay loans in descending order of interest rate
TACKLING FESTIVE DEBT HANGOVER
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October 25, 2025
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Blackstone to invest ₹6,200 crore for 9.99% stake in Federal Bank
The investor will pay 25 per cent of the issue price at the time of subscription, with the balance 75 per cent payable upon conversion into equity shares.
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October 25, 2025
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Regulator bars 13 individuals from securities market for front-running
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has barred 13 individuals from the securities market, after finding them guilty of front-running trades placed by three trusts, according to a statement from late Thursday.
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October 25, 2025
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THE COMPASS Pace of volume recovery key to gains for Hindustan Unilever
Hindustan Unilever Ltd’s (HUL's) second quarter 2025-26 (Q2FY26) consolidated revenue rose 2 per cent to %16,250 crore, with low or flat volume growth, Demand remained stable but goods and services tax (GST) transition and prolonged monsoon hurt offtake. Management expects the second half of the current financial year to be better than HiFY26.
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October 25, 2025
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MMT makes a case for advance bookings with mth-long value campaign
In a bid to ease year-end travel jam, which usually results in skyrocketing fares for both air travel and hotel rooms, online travel platform Make My Trip will be launching a month-long campaign with value offerings on the entire travel ecosystem.
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October 25, 2025
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Simplified registration under GST 2.0 from Nov 1, says FM
The government will roll out a simplified goods and services tax (GST) registration system from November 1, 2025, granting automatic approvals within three working days for most new applicants, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced on Thursday.
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October 25, 2025
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Unicorn India Ventures aims to close Fund III by Dec end
Early-stage venture capital firm Unicorn India Ventures (UIV) is targeting to close its third fund by the end of this year.
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October 25, 2025
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Competition may keep Colgate under pressure
Recovery in H2FY26 expected to be gradual, say brokerages
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October 25, 2025
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Hollywood weeps as Warner Bros hangs a sale sign
Hollywood mourned in 2019 when 20th Century Fox ended its 84-year run as a standalone studio — for the jobs lost, for the proud legacy ended.
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October 25, 2025
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Eternal’s Goyal bets $25 mn on venture to extend human lifespan
Deepinder Goyal, founder and chief executive of Eternal — the parent company of Zomato and Blinkit — is putting $25 million of his own fortune into Continue Research, a longevity research venture he launched two years ago. Its mission: To extend healthy human function through open-source biological research.
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October 25, 2025
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The Fed might be more dovish than Powell thinks
Ifthe United States Federal Reserve cuts interest rates next week, it'll be acting in part on a crucial assumption: That monetary policy is currently restrictive
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October 25, 2025
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Modi enters Bihar election campaign with EBC outreach
Says NDA will return to power under Nitish Kumar's stewardship
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October 25, 2025
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Forex reserves rise by $1 bn, kitty at $ 702bn
India’s foreign exchange reserve rose past the $700 billion mark after three weeks to $702 billion in the week ended October 17 on the back of a rise in gold reserves, latest data by the Reserve Bank of India showed.
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October 25, 2025
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TikTok, Meta breached transparency rules: EU
US tech giant Meta and Chineseowned social media app TikTok breached their legal obligation to grant researchers adequate access to public data, the European Commission said in preliminary findings, released on Friday.
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October 25, 2025
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Orkla India: IPO signals strong commitment from Norway parent
Company sets price band at %695-730 per share
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October 25, 2025
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Trump scraps trade talks with Canada over Reagan ad
President Donald Trump said he would immediately halt all trade negotiations with Canada, citing a Canadian advertisement against his signature tariffs plan featuring the voice of former President Ronald Reagan.
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October 25, 2025
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Festival spending, GST outflows push liquidity into deficit
Banking system liquidity fell into deficit mode in the current week after a month, since September 24, due to currency leakage amid festival season and goods andservices tax (GST) outflows.
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October 25, 2025
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India, US ‘very close’ to trade deal
The official cited above said issues related to certain non-tariff barriers were yet to be sorted out and were being discussed.
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October 25, 2025
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Rajnath reviews ‘Thar Shakti’ exercise near Indo Pak border
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Friday reviewed the Indian Army's ‘Thar Shakti’ exercise near the Indo-Pak border in Rajasthan’s Jaisalmer district and lauded the armed forces for their courage, professional-
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October 25, 2025
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Diagnostics labs find new growth vectors
As aschool student, Iwas often entrusted with the task of checking on my grandfather’s urine samples for sugar levels.
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October 25, 2025
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Indian refiners likely to buy more oil from West Asia
Opec and its allies (Opec+) fully reversed its 2.2 million bpd voluntary cut in September to regain lost market share.
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October 25, 2025
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When 80 km is too long
‘The distance between Darbhanga (India) and Janakpur (Nepal) isbarely80km. But here in Darbhanga, the Gen Z-led upheavals in Nepal have the quality ofa blur.
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October 25, 2025
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Australia launches First Nations mission to boost mining, RE sector ties with India
Australia will send its first-ever First Nations business mission to India this month to strengthen trade and investment links between Indigenous Australian enterprises and India’s mining and renewable energy sectors.
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October 25, 2025
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Jio Platforms may be valued at $148 bn by FY27
ICICI Securities optimistic about [PO-bound firm’s strong free cash flow and potential deleveraging
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October 25, 2025
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Why the magic of DDLJ still lives on
Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (DDLJ) celebrated its 30th anniversary last week, marked by a nonstop run at Mumbai's Maratha Mandir.
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October 25, 2025
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Starlink begins security tests ahead of India launch
Elon Musk’s Starlink is starting security tests in India, one of the final hurdles for the firm as it prepares to provide commercial satellite broadband services in the world’s most populous country, according to people familiar with the matter.
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October 25, 2025
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RBI proposes lower risk weight for NBFC loans to infra projects
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has proposed to reduce risk weight on high-quality infrastructure projects of non-banking financial companies (NBFCs), the apexbank said in its draft guidelines issued on Friday.
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October 25, 2025
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Tariff-hit leather industry bets on domestic demand
Indian leather and leather goods exporters are expecting a 5-8 per cent drop in shipments in FY26 due to higher US tariffs but are banking on new markets and strong domestic demand to cushion the impact.
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