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Swift tells fans to expect bangers on new album
'The Life of a Showgirl' is shaping up to be the biggest release of the year
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October 02, 2025
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Kotak PE arm eyes $2 bn fund as private credit demand soars
Kotak Alternate Assets Managers Ltd is looking to raise a $2 billion fund—Kotak Strategic Solutions Fund (KSSF) III—to provide loans or structured credit to Indian companies.
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October 02, 2025
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RSS AND ITS 100 YEARS OF SERVICE TO THE NATION
A hundred years ago, on the sacred occasion of Vijayadashami, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh was founded. This was not the creation of something entirely new. It was a newer manifestation of an ancient tradition, where India’s eternal national consciousness expresses itself periodically, in different forms, to face the challenges of the times. In our times, the Sangh is the embodiment of that timeless national consciousness. It is the good fortune of our generation of swayamsevaks that we are witnessing the Sangh’s centenary. To mark this glorious journey of a 100 years, the Government of India has released a special postage stamp and commemorative coin.
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October 02, 2025
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Glide path for ECL regime, Basel-II norms on capital, risk-tied deposit insurance
he central bank has proposed a series of measures to enhance the resilience of India’s banking system, including giving more time to shift to the expected credit loss (ECL) regime, aligning with Basel norms on capital adequacy, dropping a plan to prevent banks and group entities in overlapping businesses, and a risk-based model to levy insurance premiums for deposit insurance.
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October 02, 2025
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Angel investors more likely to lose money than hit a six: Dinesh Pai
When it comes to startup investing, Dinesh Pai, head of investments at Rainmatter and VP at Zerodha, knows the odds.
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October 02, 2025
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Sep manufacturing PMI dips—exports rise. Are they blips?
Hit and miss Soft domestic demand pushed headline manufacturing PMI to a four-month low in September, but exports rose.
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October 02, 2025
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Samsung, SK Hynix chips for ‘Stargate’
Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix have signed letters of intent to supply memory chips for OpenAI's data centers, as South Korean chipmakers join forces with the ChatGPT maker to meet rising demand from its Stargate project.
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October 02, 2025
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Chip firms dangle juicy offers to snap up top campus talent
Qualcomm, Micron, Nvidia, Texas Instruments, Sandisk, NXP, Marvell, Cadence Design, ARM and AMD have visited BITS for so-called very large-scale integration or VLSI roles covering chip design, verification, and physical implementation, Rao said.
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October 02, 2025
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No rate cut, but RBI to relax norms
The RBI may also relax some of the restrictions on operating so-called transaction accounts— current accounts, cash credit accounts and overdraft accounts.
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October 02, 2025
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RBI unveils plans to bolster credit flow to corporates, capital market
Regulator to remove cap on banks’ market lending to single group, proposes to allow acquisition funding
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October 02, 2025
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US trade pact close, comprehensive deal to skip patents
and atomic energy, but issues such as patents and certain regulatory matters will stay outside its scope,” said the first among the two cited above. “It will also include services and investment flows, while addressing procedural barriers that businesses face in accessing each other’s markets.”
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October 02, 2025
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US trade pact close, comprehensive deal to sidestep patents
As India and the US inch closer to the timeline to finalize a trade deal, both sides are moving towards signing a comprehensive Bilateral Trade Agreement (BTA) that will cover nearly every aspect of commerce, from tariff reduction and easing of non-tariff barriers to expanded access in services and energy cooperation.
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October 02, 2025
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We must not put academic knowledge beyond scrutiny
We live in an age defined by knowledge. We are acutely aware of its value and importance to humanity.
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October 02, 2025
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If your portfolio does not include US stocks, you may be missing out
With Indian stocks under 4% of global market cap, investing abroad unlocks wider wealth and diversifies risks
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October 02, 2025
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Foreign investors unfazed amid IPO wave
Foreign institutional investors (FII), who have been net sellers in India, have cut back on primary market investments, turning selective about initial public offering (IPOs) amid a wave of new share offerings.
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October 02, 2025
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US offers security guarantee to Qatar
The US will regard “any armed attack” on Qatari territory as a threat to Washington and will provide the Gulf Arab state with security guarantees, the White House said, after an Israeli strike on the country last month.
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October 02, 2025
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Ola Electric under funding pressure amid sales decline
The EV maker missed its sales targets to achieve profitability for seventh consecutive month
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October 02, 2025
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Prez Trump's proposed changes to visa rules assailed by chip industry
The F-1 student visa serves as a critical pipeline to the tech workforce
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October 02, 2025
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Deglobalization, derisking and deregulation: Crack the 3D code
Nations must navigate all three well to balance their openness with resilience and global integration with domestic strength
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October 02, 2025
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Gaza deal: Viable?
America’s leadership is full of surprises, and for a change, US President Donald Trump's Gaza peace plan is a pleasant one.
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October 02, 2025
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US shutdown, Fed rate cut bets lift gold
Gold prices rallied by ₹1,100 to breach ₹1.21 lakh per 10g mark in the national capital on Wednesday, tracking global cues amid US government shutdown after Congress failed to approve fresh federal funding.
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October 02, 2025
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Nelco crosses first step to satcom reselling licence
Tata Group-owned Nelco Ltd has received the government’s preliminary approval to resell satellite internet services to consumers by partnering with companies such as Elon Musk’s Starlink, OneWeb, Amazon’s Kuiper and Jio Satellite, according to three people in the know.
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October 02, 2025
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Rupee recovers 9p; closes at 88.71/dollar
The rupee recovered 9 paise from its all-time closing low to settle at 88.71 against US dollar on Wednesday, as the central bank in its monetary policy decision announced a host of measures to support exporters and bring stability to the domestic unit.
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October 02, 2025
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SC to hear VIL plea on AGR on 6 Oct
The Supreme Court is likely to hear on 6 October a plea of telecom major Vodafone Idea Ltd (VIL) seeking the quashing of the additional adjusted gross revenue (AGR) demands for the period until 2016-17.
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October 02, 2025
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Lentra to launch its AaaS platform by December: CEO
Fintech SaaS firm Lentra is set to launch an analytics-as-a-service (AaaS) platform by December, aiming to provide banks and financial institutions with sharper tools to predict default probabilities, manage portfolios and curb nonperforming assets (NPAs).
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October 02, 2025
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Food delivery giants ride health wave to bulk margins
Zomato and Swiggy are bringing in features like ‘healthy mode’ and a ‘high protein’ category
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October 02, 2025
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Festive demand, tax cut power India’s auto sales in September
keting head Partho Banerjee said.
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October 02, 2025
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LG Electronics India banks on domestic demand, premium portfolio
LG Electronics India Ltd, the wholly owned subsidiary of LG Electronics Inc., is preparing to tap the public markets even as it sharpens its focus on meeting domestic demand, building India as a global export hub, and expanding its portfolio of premium products.
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October 02, 2025
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New Income Tax Act hasn't simplified tax: CA Prakash Hegde
Over the past few years, two big shifts have changed how Indians plan their taxes: the introduction of the new tax regime and the changes in capital gains taxation.
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October 02, 2025
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RBI TO CUT RATES ONLY IF GROWTH RISKS MATERIALIZE
The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) October policy was a close call with growing clamour for easing of policy rates as India’s growth outlook has become more uncertain.
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