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Pre-install Sanchar Saathi : DoT to phone makers
Directive warns of action under telecom Act; old phones must get app via software updates
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December 02, 2025
Business Standard
Apple's India web spreads from Kerala to Haryana
Apple has also set up an AirPods plant in Telangana, which is already operational.
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December 02, 2025
Business Standard
Coworking moves beyond offices into hospitality, retail
Hotels, malls and even residential villas are becoming high-demand locations for coworking and flex spaces, with chains like Ibis, Minimalist, and Bloom creating workspaces at multiple places while operators such as Awfis now run centres in several malls across India.
2 min |
December 02, 2025
Business Standard
Mumbai gasps under smog, BMC swings into pollution-war mode
The picture-postcard views of Marine Drive have been replaced by a disconcerting blanket of smog, a stark visual marker of Mumbai’s deepening air-quality crisis. Faced with rapidly plummeting air quality, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has moved from advisory to aggressive enforcement, deploying a targeted, ward-level strategy to combat the city’s No. 1 pollutant: construction dust.
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December 02, 2025
Business Standard
Nov Mfg PMI hits 9-mth low on US tariff woes
Manufacturing sector activity slowed to a nine-month low in November as US tariffs dragged down export orders with the goods and services tax (GST) rate cut impact also fading, showed a private survey on Monday.
1 min |
December 02, 2025
Business Standard
PMJAY for 70+ covered 700K treatments since launch
The Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (AB-PMJAY), which was expanded a year ago to include people aged 70 years and above, authorised over 700,000 treatments valued at ₹1,471 crore by October 2025 in that age bracket.
1 min |
December 02, 2025
Business Standard
Food firms take note of rising AI-generated images for refund
Nearly two weeks ago, when Harsh Shah — owner of Mumbai-based bakery Dessert Therapy — was going through the refund claims by users for ‘damaged items’, he found something unusual.
3 min |
December 02, 2025
Business Standard
Govt moves tobacco, pan masala levy Bills
“The earlier arrangement of cess was to compensate the states and repay the debt. Now those periods are almost over.
3 min |
December 02, 2025
Business Standard
SC entrusts CBI with pan-Indian probe into digital arrest cases
The Supreme Court on Monday directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to take charge of the probe into digital arrest scams across India, flagging the issue as a matter requiring “immediate attention”.
2 min |
December 02, 2025
Business Standard
Byju's RP, others summoned in contempt case
Kerala HC asks EY India chief, GLAS representative to appear
1 min |
December 02, 2025
Business Standard
Bombay HC dismisses petition against WeWork India IPO approval
In a relief to coworking space provider WeWork India, the Bombay High Court on Monday dismissed the petitions challenging the approval of its initial public offering (IPO) by markets regulator the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), reported Bar and Bench.
1 min |
December 02, 2025
Business Standard
Sensex, Nifty close marginally lower after hitting new lifetime highs
Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty closed marginally lower after hitting their fresh all-time highs on Monday due to profit-taking at higher levels and foreign fund outflows.
1 min |
December 02, 2025
Business Standard
MGNREGA work demand down 32%
Seeing a blip Households demanding work under MGNREGA every year
1 min |
December 02, 2025
Business Standard
Beware the severe penalties under Black Money Act
NON-DISCLOSURE OF FOREIGN ASSETS
3 min |
December 02, 2025
Business Standard
Anil Ambani moves SC against SBI classification of his account as fraud
Industrialist Anil Ambani (pictured) has moved the Supreme Court challenging an order of the Bombay High Court which upheld the State Bank of India’s (SBI) decision classifying his and Reliance Communications’ accounts as fraud.
1 min |
December 02, 2025
Business Standard
Musk backs H-1B visas, says US benefitted from talented Indians
The US has been an “immense beneficiary” of talent from India, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has said, and voiced strong support for the H-1B visa programme, cautioning that shutting it down would “actually be very bad” for America.
1 min |
December 02, 2025
Business Standard
Startup policy in the works for stronger defence R&D
The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is formulating a startup policy to facilitate smoother engagement between the country’s premier military research and development agency and new entrants and entrepreneurs developing cutting-edge technologies, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said on Monday.
1 min |
December 02, 2025
Business Standard
Listed MFIs cut Q2 losses to ₹62 cr
Provisions bill dips; income flows subdued
1 min |
December 02, 2025
Business Standard
Open to talks on electoral reforms: Govt
First day of winter session sees adjournments, walkout as Opposition MPs demand debate on voter roll revision
2 min |
December 02, 2025
Business Standard
Maruti says may have to stop making small cars if targets unjust
CAFE NORMS ROW
2 min |
December 02, 2025
Business Standard
Rupee hits fresh low of 89.79 per dollar as NDF positions mature
The rupee depreciated to a fresh low of 89.79 per dollar on Monday weighed down by maturing non-deliverable forward (NDF) positions and a strong demand for dollars among importers.
1 min |
December 02, 2025
Business Standard
Q2 CAD moderates to 1.3% of GDP
India’s current account deficit (CAD) moderated to $12.3 billion, or 1.3 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP), during the quarter ended September 2025 (Q2FY26) from $20.8 billion (2.2 per cent of GDP) a year ago.
1 min |
December 02, 2025
Business Standard
Hardware for AI
Google's entry will increase competition
2 min |
December 02, 2025
Business Standard
SoftBank’s Son ‘cried’ about Nvidia stake sale to fund AI bets
SoftBank Group Corp founder Masayoshi Son said he wouldn't have sold off Nvidia Corp shares if his company had unlimited money to bankroll its next investments in artificial intelligence, which include a big bet on OpenAl.
1 min |
December 02, 2025
Business Standard
IIP growth at 14-mth low in October
India’s industrial production growth slowed to a 14-month low of 0.4 per cent in October, down from an upwardly revised 4.6 per cent in September, due to fewer working days and a sharp decline in electricity generation, according to data released by the National Statistics Office (NSO) on Monday.
2 min |
December 02, 2025
Business Standard
NCLT junks Chronos’ ₹1,080 cr bid for IL&FS property
The National Company Law Tribunal has dismissed the ₹1,080 crore bid by Brookfield-backed Chronos Properties to acquire Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services Ltd (IL&FS)'s flagship Bandra Kurla Complex property.
1 min |
December 02, 2025
Business Standard
More headroom for manufacturing stocks
Manufacturing index outperformed mkts, surging 26% in past 9 months
2 min |
December 02, 2025
Business Standard
How consumers perceive quality
‘Recalibrating Quality Regime’, said an editorial in Business Standard on November 10, 2025.
4 min |
December 02, 2025
Business Standard
SBI in talks with MNC banks for acquisition financing, says Setty
Coming to liabilities, do you think a rate cut will make deposit mobilisation further challenging?
3 min |
December 02, 2025
Business Standard
Unsettled designs: India’s regulators & tribunals
Voiding a few provisions of the 2021 Act may not secure the right institutional framework
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