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East Asian hotel chains ramp up India presence
East Asian hotel brands are sharpening their focus on India, exploring possible partnerships for quality-driven expansion into major metro cities and leisure destinations, besides the prominent Tier-II and -III cities.
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December 04, 2025
Business Standard
RBI approves Vikram Sahu as India CEO of BofA
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has approved the appointment of Vikram Sahu as the chief executive officer (CEO) of Bank of America (BofA) in India, according to an internal memo circulated by the US-headquartered bank to its employees.
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December 04, 2025
Business Standard
DRL semaglutide export nod may guide other patent rows
The Delhi High Court’s (HC’s) ruling allowing drugmaker Dr Reddy's Laboratories (DRL) to manufacture and export its generic version of semaglutide in non-protected markets of patent holder Novo Nordisk may serve as a potential precedent for other similar cases, according to legal experts.
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December 04, 2025
Business Standard
Indian economy on a strong footing: Goyal
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Wednesday said the Indian economy is on a strong footing and there is aggregate growth in merchandise exports during October-November, despite the global turmoil. Goods exports had dipped 11.8 per cent to $34.4 billion in October.
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December 04, 2025
Business Standard
Indian Navy to Induct 30+ Warships by 2027, Set to Cross 165-Vessel Fleet Strength
Heightened productivity across India’s major shipyards, including MDL, GRSE, GSL, CSL, and several rising private-sector facilities, now form an integral part of India’s defence manufacturing ecosystem
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December 04, 2025
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Talks on to make Russia- designed small nuclear reactors in India
New Delhi and Moscow are discussing the possibility of manufacturing Russia-designed nuclear small modular reactors (SMRs) in India, the government told Parliament on Wednesday.
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December 04, 2025
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JSW Steel, JFE to form 50:50 JV for BPSL steel business
JFE to invest ₹15,750 cr in two tranches for its 50%
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December 04, 2025
Business Standard
Valuations factor in revenue growth, margin expectations for Hitachi Energy
Hitachi Energy India Ltd (HEIL) reported strong second quarter (Q2FY26) results with operating profit margins (OPM) well ahead of its guidance and revenues registering healthy growth.
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December 04, 2025
Business Standard
‘Tobacco levy neither a new tax nor a cess’
LS clears Central Excise Bill 2025
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December 04, 2025
Business Standard
Trump admin halts immigration applications for 19 travel-ban nations
The Trump administration is pausing all immigration applications such as requests for green cards for people from 19 countries banned from travel earlier this year, as part of sweeping immigration changes in the wake of the shooting of two National Guard troops.
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December 04, 2025
Business Standard
Retail investors sell ₹23K cr in 2 months as markets rally
Retreat from direct equities contrasts with continued inflows from domestic institutional investors
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December 04, 2025
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India in oil pivot ahead of Putin visit
With the November 21 deadline now past, India's Russian crude oil inflows are easing but not collapsing as refiners pivot to non-sanctioned suppliers, tap alternatives and benefit from soft global prices
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December 04, 2025
Business Standard
Facing backlash, govt withdraws Sanchar Saathi pre-install order
The department added that more than 600,000 citizens registered to download the app in a single day after the DoT diktat — a tenfold increase.
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December 04, 2025
Business Standard
Tourism min: Working on providing visa-on-arrival on reciprocal basis
India has started working on providing visa-on-arrival on a reciprocal basis, where countries that offer the facility to Indian tourists would get the same benefit when tourists from their countries visit India, Minister of Tourism and Culture Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said at the CII India Edge event in New Delhi on Wednesday.
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December 04, 2025
Business Standard
Nomura predicts Nifty at 29,300 by 2026-end
Nomura expects benchmark Nifty 50 to climb to 29,300 by end of 2026, about 12 per cent above current levels, as cyclical economic momentum and earnings growth regain traction under supportive policies, its analyst Saion Mukherjee said.
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December 03, 2025
Business Standard
Benchmarks fall for third straight day
Benchmarks fell for a third consecutive session on Tuesday as concerns over foreign outflows and the rupee falling to a record low fuelled profit booking.
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December 03, 2025
Business Standard
Flag pending deregulation issues, Cabinet Secretariat tells states
The Cabinet Secretariat has asked state governments to flag any pending issues they face with central government departments in connection with its ongoing deregulation exercise, multiple senior government officials said, ahead of a meeting of chief secretaries later this month to review the reforms.
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December 03, 2025
Business Standard
Loan growth, profitability ahead for public-sector banks
The Indian banking sector could be due for a rise in profitability after several quarters of net interest margin or NIM compression. The Q2FY26 results suggest NIMs have bottomed out. Credit costs could also fall given moderating stress in unsecured retail and microfinance institutions or MFIs.
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December 03, 2025
Business Standard
Bank of Maha OFS subscribed 3x
The offer-for-sale (OFS) in Bank of Maharashtra (BOM) saw three times demand than the shares on offer.
1 min |
December 03, 2025
Business Standard
Sanchar Saathi can be deleted, says govt; OEMs still reluctant
Apple, other global firms not on board; India's Lava to comply
4 min |
December 03, 2025
Business Standard
In AI race, Apple Inc hands baton to B'luru graduate Amar Subramanya
Apple has appointed Amar Subramanya, a Bengaluru-born AI researcher and engineer with deep roots in both Google and Microsoft, as its new vice-president of artificial intelligence (AI), a move signalling the tech giant's push to catch up in the fast-evolving AI landscape.
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December 03, 2025
Business Standard
India's trade crossroads: Navigating global headwinds with domestic resilience
India's trade report for October this year is a reminder that even fast-growing economies face external shocks that test both resilience and vulnerability. The month delivered a record trade deficit in merchandise of $41.7 billion, driven by a 200 per cent surge in gold imports and a steep 37.5 per cent drop in exports to the United States (US) after tariffs jumped from 10 per cent to 50 per cent in six months.
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December 03, 2025
Business Standard
6,385 recognised startups categorised as 'closed' as of Oct 31
As many as 6,385 recognised startups have been categorised as 'closed' as of October 31, according to the data from the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, Parliament was informed on Tuesday.
1 min |
December 03, 2025
Business Standard
US-China: The end of engagement
The current trade war between the United States and China under the second Trump presidency has sent the bilateral and global order into a whirlwind.
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December 03, 2025
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Short-covering drives towards 90 vs $
The rupee’s weakness against the dollar continued on Tuesday, with the Indian currency hurtling toward the closely watched 90 a dollar and facing renewed selling pressure on multiple fronts.
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December 03, 2025
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AIF commitments jump to 13.5 trillion in 2025
As India aims to become the world's third-largest economy by 2030, with its GDP projected to grow from $3.9 trillion to $6.6 trillion, private markets, particularly alternative investment funds (AIFS), are playing a vital role in facilitating this growth, according to the DII Report 2025 by IVCA-360 One-Crisil.
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December 03, 2025
Business Standard
Debt repayment, capex key to IPO proceeds utilisation
Companies are primarily using funds raised through fresh equity issuance to repay existing debt, followed by allocation for capital expenditure, according to a study by Bank of Baroda of over 200 filings with the market regulator between April and October 2025.
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December 03, 2025
Business Standard
Abakkus MF to mark entry with flexicap fund
The newest entrant in the mutual fund (MF) industry Abakkus MF is set to launch its first equity scheme Abakkus FlexiCap Fund on December 8.
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December 03, 2025
Business Standard
How AI rewired work and life
It's been three years since AI disrupted daily life with the launch of ChatGPT. It is now ubiquitous and, even amid fears of job losses and a looming bubble, the future is more rather than less AI
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December 03, 2025
Business Standard
SAT reverses Sebi decision, okays Ketan Parekh's cross-examination
The Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) has overturned a Sebi decision and granted Singapore-based Rohit Salgaocar the right to cross-examine Ketan Parekh in an alleged insider trading case involving unlawful gains of ₹66 crore.
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