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‘Range worries keep EVs as second cars’
Customers are still hesitant to buy electric vehicles (EVs) as their primary car due to concerns around public charging infrastructure, accuracy of driving range and assured resale value, issues that largely remain unresolved, said Maruti Suzuki India Senior Executive Officer (Marketing & Sales) Partho Banerjee.
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December 16, 2025
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Sustainable growth path
China is not trying hard enough to rebalance its economy
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December 16, 2025
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'Investors using index funds for long-term wealth creation'
Passive investing in India is moving into the mainstream, and strategic gold-silver allocations can enhance portfolio returns, says Pratik Oswal, chief of passive business at Motilal Oswal Asset Management Company. In an email interview with Devanshu Singla, he explains how passive funds will play a bigger role in retirement planning, why mid and smallcaps look attractive over the long term, and how gold-silver allocation can improve risk-adjusted returns. Edited excerpts:
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December 16, 2025
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Albanese grapples with fallout after Sydney antisemitic attack
A day after the deadliest domestic terror attack in Australia’s history, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese faced criticism that he didn’t do enough to combat rising attacks on the Jewish community nor did he swiftly enact recommendations from the nation’s antisemitism envoy released five months ago.
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December 16, 2025
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State gets its first Ramsar site
Chhattisgarh marked a significant environmental milestone with the declaration of the Kopra Reservoir in Bilaspur district as the state’s first Ramsar Site.
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December 16, 2025
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Withdraw from Donetsk for peace deal: US to Ukraine
US peace negotiators have told Ukraine during peace talks in Berlin that it must agree to withdraw its forces from the eastern Donetsk region as part of any deal to end the nearly four-year-old war, an official familiar with the matter said.
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December 16, 2025
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Jaipur Discom prepares plan to recover dues
Jaipur Discom has identified 10 electricity divisions and 20 subdivisions with the highest outstanding dues and has prepared an action plan to collect 100 per cent of the revenue from consumers in these areas, an official of the power distribution company said.
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December 16, 2025
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Low visibility causes 300 flight cancellations
At least 300 flights were cancelled across northern India on Monday after dense fog engulfed the National Capital Region (NCR) in the morning, aviation industry executives said.
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December 16, 2025
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Chemical biz uptick to boost SRF's H2 growth
Volumes, prices, new products to provide fillip, say analysts
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December 16, 2025
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Early signs of stress in micro LAP, housing loans, CV portfolio: TransUnion Cibil
There are early signs of stress in micro loans against property (LAP), certain segments of housing loans, and commercial vehicle (CV) portfolio, even as overall asset quality remains stable, TransUnion Cibil said during an interaction with the media on Monday.
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December 16, 2025
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Fewer interns take up offers under PMIS-II
Falling demand
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December 16, 2025
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Buoyed by GST rejig, AC companies line up launches for summer sales
Air conditioner (AC) makers are lining up launches for the upcoming summer season, underlining the benefits of the good and service tax (GST) rate cuts announced earlier this year, which will ensure that prices of high energy-efficient ACs do not weigh on consumer pockets.
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December 16, 2025
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Bill to set up single higher education commission tabled, sent to joint panel
The Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhishthan Bill that seeks to set up a single regulator for higher education in India was referred to a joint committee for further scrutiny after sev-
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December 16, 2025
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Identify if lag is cyclical or result of fundamental issues
YEAR-END FUND PERFORMANCE REVIEW
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December 16, 2025
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Global funds view Indian stocks as top hedge against AI risks
Sectoral gainers make domestic markets a good diversifier amid possible AI bust
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December 16, 2025
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Financing a Sustainable Future: UN GCNI Strengthens India’s Corporate Sustainability Movement
The United Nations Global Compact Network India (UN GCNI) hosted the 20th edition of its National Convention in Kolkata on Friday, convening business leaders, financial institutions, sustainabilty experts, academics, and policymakers to deliberate on the theme: “Financing a Sustainable Future: Aligning Capital with Climate, Equity, and Growth.”
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December 16, 2025
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Govt holds road shows to sell 10% stake in GIC
The government held road shows in London to assess investor interest for a minority stake sale in state-run General Insurance Corp of India (GIC) , two government sources familiar with the matter told Reuters.
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December 16, 2025
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Payments to be most-used service on YONO 2.0, says SBI chairman
The country’s largest lender, State Bank of India (SBI), has launched YONO 2.0, a reimagined version of its digital platform, with the aim of competing with UPI heavyweights such as PhonePe and Google Pay.
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December 16, 2025
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Biocon launches diabetes & obesity drugs in Netherlands
Biocon Limited has launched its GLP-1 peptide, liraglutide, for the treatment of diabetes and obesity in the Netherlands, as the biopharmaceutical firm positions itself as a global player in the fast-growing diabetes and obesity market currently dominated by the likes of Novo Nordisk and Eli Lilly.
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December 16, 2025
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State logs excise revenue of ₹35K cr
Uttar Pradesh recorded excise revenue of over ₹35,000 crore in the first eight months (April-November) of the current financial year (FY26).
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December 16, 2025
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Cult-building in black and white
International Master Danny Rensch is a former chess prodigy.
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December 16, 2025
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Chile elects Kast president in sharp rightward shift
Jose Antonio Kast won Chile's presidential election on Sunday, leveraging voter fears over rising crime and migration to steer the country in its sharpest rightward shift since the end of the military dictatorship in 1990.
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December 16, 2025
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The trilemma monetary policy can’t ignore
India needs an informed debate on when and how financial stability and currency markets should shape monetary policy
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December 16, 2025
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Unemployment rate at 8-mth low of 4.7%
Buoyed by the robustness in rural job market on account of rabi sowing, India’s monthly unemployment rate fell to an eight-month low of 4.7 per cent in November, the latest periodic labour force survey (PLES) monthly bulletin released by the National Statistics Office (NSO) on Monday showed.
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December 16, 2025
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Wholesale prices fell 0.32% in Nov
Softening deflation
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December 16, 2025
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'Wide opportunity set makes a case for mid, smallcap allocation'
The mid-and small-cap space, which has been drawing cautious views from experts over the past two years due to elevated valuations, has received a constructive outlook from a fund house.
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December 16, 2025
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Brown University mourns loss, sends students home
Brown University, mourning two students killed during a shooting rampage Saturday, sent students home and called off final exams, classes and assignments for the fall semester.
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December 16, 2025
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GST rate cuts likely to keep driving consumer demand
The impact expected to continue for some quarters, say companies
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December 16, 2025
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Indian cement firms most exposed to CBAM risk: WEF
Carbon-intensive companies in India are beginning to adapt to the European Union's (EU’s) impending Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), which puts restrictions on the entry of products with a high polluting capacity, even as sectors such as cement face some of the highest exposure once the levy enters its definitive phase on January 1 next year, according to a report by Climate Finance Asia and the World Economic Forum.
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December 16, 2025
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PSBs rework branch plan to pare costs
New strategy
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