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Meesho closes 53% above issue price
Becomes Prosus’ fourth portfolio firm to go public
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December 11, 2025
Business Standard
NBFC vehicle-loan AUM set to grow 16-17%: Crisil
Assets under management (AUM) of vehicle loans of nonbanking financial companies (NBFCs) will grow 16-17 per cent annually over FY26 and FY27 to %11 trillion by March 31, 2027, said Crisil Ratings.
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December 11, 2025
Business Standard
GST 2.0 pushes eway Bill volumes to third-highest
The eway Bill — an electronic permit generated for the movement of goods worth over %50,000 under the goods and services tax (GST) framework — stood at 129.8 million (in number) in November, the third-highest monthly total so far.
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December 11, 2025
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India often a crucible, an idea generator: Amazon’s Russ Grandinetti
Global tech giant Amazon sees India as a testing ground for several global innovations, building and testing capabilities initially in the country before rolling out to other global markets like Europe, Japan, Brazil, and the US, says Russ Grandinetti, senior vice-president of international stores.
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December 11, 2025
Business Standard
RBI calls for full disclosure of forex payments for retail users
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has asked authorised dealers to disclose full details of transaction costs, including remittance fees, foreign exchange rates, and currency conversion charges, associated with foreign exchange cash, tom, and spot contracts offered to retail users, in a draft circular issued late Tuesday.
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December 11, 2025
Business Standard
Banks step up borrowing via CDs amid deposit tightness
Raise nearly °78K cr in Nov 28 fortnight, outstanding CD issuance at 5.7 trn
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December 11, 2025
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Bol raises ₹2.5K cr via Tier-II bonds at 7.28% cutoff
State-owned Bank of India (Bol) on Wednesday raised €2,500 crore through Tier-II bonds maturing in 10 years at a tight cutoff of 7.28 percent.
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December 11, 2025
Business Standard
SIR opposed to keep illegal immigrants on poll rolls: Shah
HM must respond to “vote theft” charges: Rahul
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December 11, 2025
Business Standard
World watches: First teen social media ban starts in Australia
Australia’s social media ban for youths took effect Wednesday, a landmark move that’s drawn global attention at atime governments are increasingly enacting rules to shield minors from toxic content and cyber-bullying.
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December 11, 2025
Business Standard
Ageas Federal Life Insurance eyes 3x premium growth by FY28: CEO
Ageas Federal Life Insurance, a joint venture between Belgium-based Ageas and Federal Bank, is targeting a threefold increase in premium income to nearly ₹4,000 crore by 2027-2028 (FY28) and aims to break into the league of top 10 life insurers, said Jude Gomes, managing director and chief executive officer of the company, in an interaction with Business Standard.
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December 11, 2025
Business Standard
Primary driver
Domestic investors are supporting IPOs
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December 11, 2025
Business Standard
India to showcase gender-responsive AI at 2026 summit
In the lead-up to the India-AI Impact Summit scheduled for February 2026, the IndiaAI Mission under the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (Meity), in collaboration with UN Women India, has announced the launch of a compendium on gender-responsive Al solutions developed or deployed in the Global South.
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December 11, 2025
Business Standard
IndiGo board to hire external specialist to trace root cause of disruption
The board of directors at IndiGo, formally known as InterGlobe Aviation, will involve an external technical expert to work with the airline’s management and help determine the root causes and ensure corrective action so that such a disruption never occurs again, Chairman Vikram Singh Mehta said on Wednesday.
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December 11, 2025
Business Standard
With 10% reduction in flights, IndiGo winter schedule at last year’s level
IndiGo Airlines increased its domestic flights by 8.8 per cent for its winter schedule between October 26, 2025 and March 28, 2026 over the same period of previous year (October 27, 2024 to March 29, 2025), adding 25,166 flights to hit a total of 309,790 flights, according to data from leading global aviation analytics company Cirium.
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December 11, 2025
Business Standard
Exchanges better equity play than AMCs
But analysts caution regulatory risks for capital markets
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December 11, 2025
Business Standard
Deepavali inscribed on Unesco’s Intangible Cultural Heritage list
India’s Deepavali, the festival of lights, was on Wednesday inscribed on the Unesco’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, sparking celebrations on earning the coveted tag, The decision was taken during a Unesco meet being hosted at the Red Fort in Delhi.
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December 11, 2025
Business Standard
Top 10% own 2/3rds of India's wealth, bottom 50% hold 6.4%
WORLD INEQUALITY REPORT
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December 11, 2025
Business Standard
Volkswagen group rolls out VRS for production site workers
Skoda Auto Volkswagen India Private Ltd (SAVWIPL), which operates two manufacturing plants in Pune and Chhatrapati Sambhaji Nagar (erstwhile Aurangabad), has rolled out a voluntary retirement scheme (VRS) for employees who are considering retirement or other career opportunities.
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December 11, 2025
Business Standard
Nvidia builds location verification tech, could help fight chip smuggling
Nvidia has built location verification technology that could indicate which country its chips are operating in, according to sources familiar with the matter, a move that could help prevent its artificial intelligence chips from being smuggled into countries where their export is banned.
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December 11, 2025
Business Standard
US court reverses $1 bn order against Byju Raveendran
Over a fortnight after directing Byju’s founder Byju Raveendran to pay over $1.07 billion for alleged diversion of funds from Byju’s Alpha in a default judgment — issued following repeated noncompliance of court directions — a US bankruptcy court has reversed its judgment after fresh submissions from the trouble-torn startup.
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December 11, 2025
Business Standard
Adopt fast or fall behind in AI, Nadella tells India
Rate of diffusion will decide winners of next tech wave: Microsoft CEO
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December 11, 2025
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US may press India on greater mkt access in agri products
However, he acknowledged that India has been “quite forward leaning”.
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December 11, 2025
Business Standard
FTA talks with Oman, NZ in last leg, EU deal near closure: Goyal
India is in the final phase of free trade agreements (FTAs) with Oman and New Zealand, and hopes to conclude talks with the European Union (EU) soon, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Wednesday.
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December 11, 2025
Business Standard
THE COMPASS Favourable triggers may lead to rerating for OMCs
The global oil & gas scenario suggests that the next few quarters could see downstream refiners and marketers (oil marketing companies, or OMCs) outperform upstream.
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December 11, 2025
Business Standard
India a vibrant mkt, must think like a startup: Nestlé India CMD
CAN India, the maker of Maggi noodles and KitKat, has seen a change in the corner officer after a decade. Manish Tiwary, chairman and managing director, speaks with Akshara Srivastava in New Delhi about his vision for the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) major, the changes he hopes to drive, and the company’s growth vectors. Edited excerpts:
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December 11, 2025
Business Standard
The crisis in state spending
Far from empowering the poor, the proliferation of freebies could have the opposite effect, harming social and economic outcomes
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December 11, 2025
Business Standard
Trump holds call with Merz, Starmer over Ukraine talks
Zelenskyy says can hold election if partners guarantee security
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December 11, 2025
Business Standard
India’s gas consumption fell 7.5% in Jan-Oct
India’s natural gas consumption fell 7.5 per cent in the first 10 months (January to October) of the calendar year 2025, despite the government’s efforts to boost demand to increase the fuel’s share in the total energy mix.
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December 11, 2025
Business Standard
JioHotstar to invest 4K cr in South content amid viewership spike
With a rise in consumption of stories related to the southern region both in films and series, JioHotstar aims to invest ₹4,000 crore for its South content slate over a period of five years and to expand its offering with 1,500 hours of fresh South programming in the next 12 months.
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December 10, 2025
Business Standard
Govt asks IndiGo to cut 10% flights until March
Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu on Tuesday summoned crisis-hit IndiGo’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Pieter Elbers and asked him to reduce domestic flights by 10 per cent (over 200 aircraft daily) for the entire winter season to help stabilise operations.
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