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Mercedes-Benz India to hike prices by up to 2%
German luxury carmaker Mercedes-Benz India will raise prices across its model range by up to 2 percent, effective January 1, 2026, as persistent foreign exchange pressure and a weakening rupee push up import and operating costs.
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December 13, 2025
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Sebi clears Pranav Adani, others of insider trading charges
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has disposed of insider trading proceedings against Pranav Adani and two other individuals in a case linked to Adani Green Energy’s (AGEL’s) 2021 acquisition of SB Energy, citing insufficient evidence to sustain charges.
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December 13, 2025
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Divisions in Federal Reserve underscore challenge for Trump’s next chair
US President Donald Trump wants significantly lower borrowing costs and has been clear that he expects his pick to replace Jerome H Powell as chair of the Federal Reserve to follow through.
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December 12, 2025
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₹ hits new low on outflows, delay in US trade deal
The rupee hit a fresh closing low of 90.37 per dollar on Thursday, pressured by foreign outflows from both bonds and equities. Uncertainty around the trade deal with the US also weighed on sentiment.
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December 12, 2025
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Pension parking lot expanded to gold, AIFs, Invits
Unlocking the flow of annual retirement savings worth about ₹1 trillion into a wider range of assets Unlocking the flow of annual retirement savings worth about ₹1 trillion into a wider range of assets, including alternative investment funds (AIFs), equities, gold and silver exchange traded funds (ETFs), infrastructure investment trusts (Invits) and Basel-III tier-I bonds issued by state-owned shadow banks, the Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) has significantly liberalised its investment guidelines for the National Pension System (NPS).
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December 12, 2025
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Mexico slaps up to 50% tariff on imports from India, China
Engg goods account for 61% of India's $5.75 bn exports to North American nation
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December 12, 2025
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Insurance firms still negotiating with distributors on commission revisions
Life insurers have formed committee to discuss the capping of distributor commission
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December 12, 2025
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IndiGo to offer ₹10,000 travel vouchers to impacted Dec 3-5 flyers
India's largest airline, IndiGo, hit by major operational disruption last week, on Thursday said it would offer travel vouchers worth ₹10,000 to passengers who were stranded for several hours at some airports between December 3 and December 5.
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December 12, 2025
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AI firms may need to pay global revenue share to content creators
The government is likely to propose that companies using data from Indian content creators to train their artificial intelligence (AI) systems and large language models (LLMs) share a portion of their global revenues as royalties once these services are commercialised, a senior government official has said.
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December 12, 2025
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AI-driven growth of TCS makes its M&A strategy more aggressive
Even as Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) on Wednesday announced one of its largest ever acquisitions, the market reaction remained subdued.
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December 12, 2025
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State to table 2nd edition of Jan Vishwas Bill
‘The Chhattisgarh government will bring out the second edition of the Jan Vishwas Act, which decriminalises minor offences by replacing prison terms with fines to facilitate investment and a business-friendly atmosphere.
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December 12, 2025
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Risk factor
Railways too must carefully assess duty hours
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December 12, 2025
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Policy divisions
US policy differences will require monitoring
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December 12, 2025
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Reorient PLI scheme on labour-intensive sectors to create more jobs: NCAER
Reorienting the production-linked incentive (PLI) schemes by focusing on labour-intensive industries instead of the current focus on capital-intensive ones could help increase job creation, according to a report released by the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER).
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December 12, 2025
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Flipkart Minutes plans to double dark stores by Apr
Flipkart Minutes, the quick-commerce (q-com) arm of e-commerce major Flipkart, plans to double its dark-store numbers to 1,000 by March-April next year, up from a little over 500 currently.
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December 12, 2025
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RBI issues revised norms for cash credit, overdraft facility
THESE AIM TO STRENGTHEN CREDIT DISCIPLINE AND FACILITATE BETTER MONITORING OF TRANSACTIONS AND UTILISATION OF FUNDS
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December 12, 2025
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Prudential sells 4.5% in ICICI Pru AMC ahead of IPO
British insurer Prudential said on Thursday it has sold a 4.5 percent stake in ICICI Prudential Asset Management for ₹49 billion (about $545 million) ahead of the Indian fund manager's $1.2 billion initial public offering (IPO) that opens on Friday.
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December 12, 2025
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Use global funds and gold to hedge against currency risk
RUPEE’S DEPRECIATION AGAINST DOLLAR
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December 12, 2025
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IndiGo shares, earnings estimates for FY26 slide
Airline may have to hire expat pilots at high salary: Analysts
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December 12, 2025
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UP's EV tax review gives jitters to automakers
Policy ‘flip-flops’ may undermine a segment that is still finding its feet in the state, say industry execs
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December 12, 2025
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Developers need new skills for AI software systems, says Nadella
Building modern software systems needs a mindset shift of the developers that also requires them to pick up new skill sets as artificial intelligence (AI) upends the software development lifecycle, Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella said on Thursday.
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December 12, 2025
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30 years on, Oriflame scripts its second coming
Swedish direct-selling brand is betting on hyperlocal outreach beyond metros
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December 12, 2025
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L&T eyes global nuclear supply chain expansion
Construction major L&T is gearing up to expand its footprint in the global nuclear supply chain, a senior company official has said
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December 12, 2025
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SBI raises data centre exposure goal to ₹4K cr
India’s largest public sector lender, State Bank of India (SBI), is targeting to increase its exposure in data centres from around ₹2,800 crore to ₹4,000 crore by March 2026, a senior bank official said.
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December 12, 2025
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Tier-II, -III mkts make 62% of new health insurance policies: Report
Tier-II, Tier-III, and rural regions accounted for 62 per cent of all new health insurance policies sold by insurers so far in 2025-26 (FY26), according to a Policybazaar report.
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December 12, 2025
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Nifty could outrun S&P in 2026, says BofA’s Amish Shah
Markets are entering 2026 by pricing in strong US growth on the back of capex in artificial intelligence (AI), strong consumer demand and the Federal Reserve easing rates, says Amish Shah, head of India research at BofA Global Research. Underperformance by small and midcaps is likely to continue in the year ahead, he tells Puneet Wadhwa in an email interview. Edited excerpts:
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December 12, 2025
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India's textiles horse finally has both legs free
India’s long decline in textiles and garments was not due to bad luck or weak factories, but poor policy choices.
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December 12, 2025
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Govt: We set own air standards; global rankings not official
The government on Thursday told Parliament that global air quality rankings cited by various organisations are not conducted by any official authority and that the World Health Organisation's (WHO) air quality guidelines serve only as advisory values, not binding standards.
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December 12, 2025
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Modi, Trump hold talks over phone, discuss ways to enhance trade
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday held a phone conversation with US President Donald Trump that focused on enhancing economic ties at a time when officials from the two countries are looking to conclude their negotiations on a trade deal.
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December 12, 2025
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Gold returns beat equities, realty in 20-yr period
Investing in gold trumped most other asset classes in terms of compounded annualised returns over the long term, suggests a report by FundsIndia.
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