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Financial Express Kochi
Crude import bill declines 11%
BARREL BENEFIT
1 min |
December 20, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
File revised returns if AIS is showing additional income
YOUR QUERIES: INCOME TAX
2 min |
December 20, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Piramal Finance exits Shriram Life for ₹600 cr
PIRAMAL FINANCE ON Friday said it has decided to sell its entire 14.72 per cent stake in Shriram Life Insurance Companyto South Africa-based Sanlam Group for ₹600 crore.
1 min |
December 20, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
₹39,618-cr deal: MUFG buys 20% in Shriram Fin
· Largest foreign investment in financial services
1 min |
December 20, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Transmission delays need holistic approach
I RECENTLY CAME across an article titled Transmission delays slow green push, published in The Financial Express, authored by Dhanendra Kumar, former Chairman of the Competition Commission of India, which primarily attributes transmission delays to Power Grid Corporation of India (POWERGRID).
5 min |
December 20, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
China to allow export of rare earths for civilian use
CHINA ON FRIDAY said it will approve export of its rare-earth metals for civilian use, amid India's persistent calls for Beijing to lift curbs and resume the export of precious metals needed to manufacture a host of modern products.
1 min |
December 20, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
CCI: AI raises new competition risks
THE RAPID ADOPTION OF artificial intelligence across sectors is creating fresh competition challenges, requiring closer coordination among regulators to keep markets open and safeguard consumer interests, Competition Commission of India (CCI) chairperson Ravneet Kaur said on Friday.
1 min |
December 20, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Pulses imports likely to fall 45% in FY26
INDIA'S PULSES IMPORTS in the current fiscal are likely to decline by 45% to around 4 million tonne (MT) in FY26, from a record 7.34 MT in 2024-25, trade sources said citing adequate carry forward stocks and robust crop prospects.
1 min |
December 20, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
EV-hybrid subsidy battle set to heat up
Rapid hybrid growth narrows gap with EVs
2 min |
December 20, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Australia plans gun buyback after Bondi massacre
AUSTRALIA WILL LAUNCH a national gun buyback scheme following the mass shooting in Sydney, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Friday, as hundreds of surfers and swimmers paddled out at Bondi Beach to honour victims.
1 min |
December 20, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Real interest rates need to be lower: RBI guv
RESERVE BANK OF India (RBI) Governor Sanjay Malhotra believes real interest ratesboth headline and core-need to be lower, given the benign inflation outlook, minutes of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meeting released on Friday showed.
1 min |
December 20, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
TikTok signs deals with investors to avoid US ban
TIKTOK'S CHINESE OWNER, ByteDance, on Thursday signed binding agreements to hand control of the short video app's US operations to a group of investors, including Oracle, in a big step toward avoiding a US ban and ending years of uncertainty.
1 min |
December 20, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
China takes India to WTO over tariffs, subsidies
CHINA ON FRIDAY filed a petition with the World Trade Organization (WTO), requesting consultations with India over New Delhi’s tariffs on information and communication technology (ICT) products and solar sector subsidies.
1 min |
December 20, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Chomsky, Gates appear in new Epstein estate photos
CONGRESSIONAL DEMOCRATS RELEASED dozens of new images from the estate of the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein on Thursday, a day before the US Justice Department is required by law to release unclassified ?files from its investigation of the disgraced financier.
1 min |
December 20, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
CAG flags gaps in skills scheme
Corrective action taken with tech,Aadhaar, says skills ministry
2 min |
December 20, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
'Expect a couple more REITs to come in by 2026'
While residential markets faced headwinds this year, the office sector recorded 60 million square feet of gross leasing between January and September 2025, the highest for the first nine months of any year.
2 min |
December 20, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Europe agrees to lend 90 bn euros to Ukraine
UKRAINE THANKED THE EU for deciding to provide it with 90 billion euros ($105.46 billion) of support over the next two years-even if the bloc failed to agree on an ambitious plan to finance it using frozen Russian assets.
1 min |
December 20, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Goyal to visit Brussels to push EU FTA talks
COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY Minister Piyush Goyal will visit Brussels on January 8—9 to push forward negotiations on the free trade agreement (FTA) with the European Union (EU), which have gained momentum as both sides move closer to the India-EU Summit next month.
1 min |
December 20, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Flipkart buys majority stake in Minivet AI
WALMART-OWNED FLIPKART has struck a deal to acquire a majority stake in Minivet AI, an AI and machine learning solutions provider, as the e-commerce major looks to strengthen its generative AI capabilities for visual and conversational commerce.
1 min |
December 20, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Electronics is the dark horse in India-China trade
Trade deficit at new record low of $106 bn in 2025
1 min |
December 20, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Growing trade imbalances demand course correction
FRANCE'S PRESIDENT EMMANUEL
3 min |
December 20, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Corrective actions to be taken after IndiGo probe: Official
AUTHORITIES WILL TAKE elaborate and corrective actions after studying the probe panel report into the recent massive flight disruptions at IndiGo, a senior official said on Friday.
1 min |
December 20, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Future of industrial revolution
IT WILL BE SHAPED BY ORGANISATIONS THAT BUILD CULTURES WHERE TECHNOLOGY FULFILS ITS PROMISE
4 min |
December 20, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Putin: Russia ready to end war, but sans compromise
PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN said he's willing to discuss bringing Russia's war in Ukraine to an end, even as he ruled out changes sought by Kyiv and Europe to a US peace plan drawn up with Moscow.
1 min |
December 20, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Strong debut for ICICI PruAMC
· Settles 19.5% above IPO price
1 min |
December 20, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Advance taxes grow 4.3% in Q3
Apr-Dec direct tax mop-up rises 8% on lower refunds
1 min |
December 20, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Practo to seek banks for 2026 IPO
PRACTO TECHNOLOGIES, WHICH runs a digital health platform, is planning an initial public offering, according to people familiar with the matter, joining a wave of companies rushing to capitalise on India's buoyant market for first-time share sales.
1 min |
December 20, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
'English would not touch hearts in anti-elite era'
OVER THE YEARS, stand-up comedian Zakir Khan has broken ceilings and defied norms.
3 min |
December 20, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Adani plans nuclear power foray
Aims to build eight 200-MW small modular reactors
2 min |
December 20, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Insurance Bill to deter mis-selling
CAP ON INSURANCE COMMISSION WILL ENABLE COMPETITIVE PRICING OF POLICIES
2 min |