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Financial Express Chandigarh

Fertiliser imports up 5% in Apr-Jul

Govt resorts to imports as DAP, urea & potash stocks dwindle

1 min  |

August 21, 2025

Financial Express Chandigarh

Retailers, brands seek ease of doing business

The government on Wednesday reiterated its commitment to ease of doing business and deregulation.

1 min  |

August 21, 2025

Financial Express Chandigarh

Dealing with the hafta king

Trump has compelled everybody to acknowledge India needs to step out of its business-as-usual policymaking and take serious steps to strengthen its economy

3 min  |

August 21, 2025

Financial Express Chandigarh

FM Meets GST Panels on Rate Cuts, Reforms

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman made a presentation to the Group of Ministers (GoMs) on compensation cess, health and life insurance, and rate rationalisation on the Centre's proposal to overhaul the GST regime, with the introduction of a two-tier structure, with 5% merit and 18% standard rate, and a 40% special rate for a few \"sin goods.\"

1 min  |

August 21, 2025

Financial Express Chandigarh

PropEquity Sues Rival CRE Matrix for Data Theft

REAL ESTATE ANALYTICS company PropEquity has filed a lawsuit against its rival CRE Matrix in the Delhi High Court, alleging the theft of primary real estate data.

1 min  |

August 21, 2025

Financial Express Chandigarh

GST Waiver May Backfire on Premiums, Say Insurers

INDIA'S LIFE AND health insurers say a full GST exemption on premiums would force them to pass the 18% tax on various input services to policyholders, defeating the purpose of the relief.

1 min  |

August 21, 2025

Financial Express Chandigarh

Startups proliferate in emergency medical services

Quick commerce model is the growth driver

2 min  |

August 21, 2025

Financial Express Chandigarh

Social good gets priority: Govt

MEITY SECRETARY S KRISHNAN told a television news channel that the number of jobs created by the industry was in thousands, but over 450 million people play online money-based games, creating distress to a very large number of households.

2 min  |

August 21, 2025

Financial Express Chandigarh

Sowing of kharif crops increases 3.7% on-year

The sowing of kharif crops - paddy, pulses, oilseeds, sugarcane and cotton - has been completed in over 103.9 million hectare (mha) or 95% of the \"normal sown area\" of 109.6 mha.

1 min  |

August 21, 2025

Financial Express Chandigarh

Infosys Announces 80% Performance Bonus for Q1

Generous Handout

1 min  |

August 21, 2025

Financial Express Chandigarh

Online game Bill sparks outcry in legal circles

THE PROMOTION AND Regulation of Online Gaming Bill has taken the legal fraternity by surprise.

2 min  |

August 21, 2025

Financial Express Chandigarh

China's rare earth magnet exports hit 6-month high

CHINA'S FLOWS OF rare earth magnets to the US continued to recover in July—with volumes rising 76% month-on-month—after Beijing agreed to normalize exports as part of its trade truce with Washington.

1 min  |

August 21, 2025

Financial Express Chandigarh

Welspun arm buys Bengaluru land plots

WELSPUN ONE LOGISTICS Parks (WOLP), part of Welspun Group, on Wednesday announced the acquisition of two plots of land totaling 107 acres near Bengaluru, including ~51 acres land in Hoskote, and ~56 acres land in Devanahalli. Both the plots have a development potential of 2.25 million sq ft.

1 min  |

August 21, 2025

Financial Express Chandigarh

Vaishnaw flags societal harm from online money games

ONLINE MONEY GAMING has become a serious social and public health issue, causing demonstrable negative impact on society, IT minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Wednesday after the Lok Sabha passed a Bill to ban online games played with money.

1 min  |

August 21, 2025

Financial Express Chandigarh

IOCL, BPCL Resume Buying Russian Oil

State-Run Refiners

1 min  |

August 21, 2025

Financial Express Chandigarh

PSBs Tighten Home Loan Pricing to Protect NIMs

Top public sector banks are increasing interest rates for new home loans, a move likely aimed at protecting their net interest margins (NIMs) at a time when deposit mobilisation has been difficult.

2 min  |

August 21, 2025

Financial Express Chandigarh

MPC opts for caution amid tariff uncertainty

THE RESERVE BANK of India's six-member monetary policy committee (MPC) opted for a wait-and-watch approach in the August policy, flagging the need to assess the full impact of recent rate cuts and monitor risks from the US tariff actions, minutes of the August meeting released on Wednesday showed.

2 min  |

August 21, 2025

Financial Express Chandigarh

Growth of core sector decreases to 2% in July

INDIA'S CORE SECTOR output growth slowed to 2% in July 2025 from 6.3% in the year-ago month and a revised number of 2.2% in June 2025 as the energy sector constituents of the relevant index of eight core industries witnessed a contraction.

1 min  |

August 21, 2025

Financial Express Chandigarh

Indian Envoy Holds Trade Talks With US

India's Ambassador to the US, Vinay Mohan Kwatra, on Wednesday held a meeting with US Congressman Warren Davidson to discuss bilateral relations between Washington and New Delhi and briefed him on recent developments on trade and energy.

1 min  |

August 21, 2025

Financial Express Chandigarh

Blanket ban ineffective

While Addressing Offshore Gambling Concerns, Proposed Law Can Be a Bad Bet for Digital Economy

4 min  |

August 21, 2025

Financial Express Chandigarh

A Symbiotic Relationship

Data Centres Are The Backbone Of Innovation

2 min  |

August 21, 2025

Financial Express Chandigarh

Many international students won't be able to join US colleges

Confusion deepens as Trump adds new obstacles for Indian, Chinese students

2 min  |

August 21, 2025

Financial Express Chandigarh

Ludhiana textile units on the edge as US buyers develop cold feet

AT SHINGORA TEXTILES, a cloth manufacturing unit in an industrial cluster on the outskirts of Ludhiana, a group of workers are at work.

3 min  |

August 21, 2025

Financial Express Chandigarh

Large-caps a good choice right now, says Ambit Capital

THE CURRENT VOLATILITY in the equity markets is making large-caps a more sensible choice, Ambit Capital's institutional equities head Nitin Bhasin said.

1 min  |

August 21, 2025

Financial Express Chandigarh

Cut reliance on Chinese goods, suggests GTRI

INDIA MUST WEAN itself away from the Chinese imports of critical industrial inputs as increasing dependence on these goods is adding to the country's external vulnerabilities and giving the northern neighbour a huge leverage at the time of crisis, according to Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI).

1 min  |

August 21, 2025

Financial Express Chandigarh

Give financial support to oil firms for storage: House panel

THE STANDING COMMITTEE on petroleum and natural gas has urged the oil ministry to provide funds to state-run oil companies for creation of storage caverns near their refineries and also to look at various options to increase the strategic storage capacity in line with the rising domestic demand.

1 min  |

August 21, 2025

Financial Express Chandigarh

Howzat! IPL bowled a googly

The Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Bill, 2025, passed in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday, can hurt the multi-billion-dollar Indian Premier League (IPL) economy, albeit temporarily.

1 min  |

August 21, 2025

Financial Express Chandigarh

Shah, Rajnath to head panels for economy, social reforms

TWO NEW INFORMAL groups of ministers (iGoMs) have been formed by the Centre under home minister Amit Shah and defence minister Rajnath Singh to prescribe reforms in the economic and social sectors, respectively.

1 min  |

August 21, 2025

Financial Express Chandigarh

Oracle Rides Major Deals With OpenAI and Nvidia

ORACLE'S LARRY ELLISON used to scoff at the idea of cloud computing, saying in 2008 that it was \"complete gibberish.\" Now, the success of Oracle's cloud infrastructure unit is why the company's stock price has soared and made Ellison, its chairman and co-founder, the second-richest person in the world.

1 min  |

August 21, 2025

Financial Express Chandigarh

Need to balance innovation & stability: Deputy guv

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) deputy governor M Rajeshwar Rao stressed the need for a balance between fostering innovation and maintaining stability amid an evolving landscape of financial regulation.

1 min  |

August 21, 2025