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CII flags slow smart meter adoption
India's adoption of smart meters for electricity consumption has been sluggish, prompting calls for clearer rules and better consumer engagement, a survey by the Confederation of Indian Industries (CII) shows.
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August 18, 2025
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Indian IT splits into growth seekers & margin defenders
While some firms are prioritizing growth via large deal wins, others are pursuing profitability
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August 18, 2025
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Samsung Makes Laptops in India
Korean electronics major Samsung has started production of laptops in India at its Greater Noida factory, people aware of the development said.
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August 18, 2025
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Amazon India eyes festive sales boost
Amazon India is \"excited\" about the festive season, its optimism bolstered by strong Prime Day sales last month and rising demand from smaller cities, the e-commerce giant's India head Samir Kumar has said, adding the company has stepped up supply-side readiness to meet expected festive demand.
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August 18, 2025
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Funding and M&A momentum picks up
Deal momentum Funding strengthens for second week.
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August 18, 2025
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Why India Wants Sovereign AI Assets
Microsoft's withdrawal of services to Nayara last month exposed the risks of depending on foreign infrastructure
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August 18, 2025
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L&T: Navigating a stormy world
There is always a technology, a client, or specialized people that you can acquire S.N. Subrahmanyan Chairman, Larsen & Toubro
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August 18, 2025
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Israelis Rally Nationwide for End to Gaza War, Hostage Deal
Demonstrators across Israel called on Sunday for an end to the Gaza war and a deal to release hostages still held by militants, a push lambasted by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his allies.
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August 18, 2025
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What RWA and flat owners need to know about fire insurance
Our resident welfare association (RWA) has taken fire insurance covering the structure of the building.
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August 18, 2025
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Monday Blues Hit Hard When Your Time Isn't Yours
Company culture is a key driver of employees' behaviour and motivation
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August 18, 2025
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'Forest dept not in charge of CFR plans'
The ministry of tribal affairs has clarified that community forest resource management plans (CFRMPs) must be prepared by gram sabhas through their community forest resource management committees (CFRMCs), in accordance with the Forest Rights Act and its rules, and not by the forest department or any other agency.
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August 18, 2025
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AI puts a stop to data centres in non-metros
These smaller data centres, less than 10MW, serve local data demand
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August 18, 2025
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FSSAI Suspends AR Dairy's License for Ghee in TTD Case
Probe found issues in ghee production data, repackaging, and foreign fat content.
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August 18, 2025
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DGTR backs duty on steel Imports
The commerce ministry's arm, directorate general of trade remedies (DGTR), has recommended final imposition of a safeguard duty on imports of certain flat steel products for three years to protect domestic manufacturers from a sudden jump in the inbound shipments.
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August 18, 2025
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Steady retail inflows to help DIIs deploy at attractive valuations
Uncertainty sparked by the US's crushing tariffs on Indian imports could abate by the second half of the fiscal year, which will see a rise in government capex, festival-led consumption, an improvement in rural demand owing to a favourable monsoon, and a broad-based pick-up in credit growth, said K. Sivakumar, chief investment officer, ICICI Prudential Pension Funds Management Co Ltd.
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August 18, 2025
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Why is automation making us work longer hours?
AI was supposed to make us work less. But it seems to be having the opposite effect by adding to the grind
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August 18, 2025
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Putin, Trump and a Summit That Ended in Stalemate
The summit should be seen as a diplomatic thaw with little concrete outcomes
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August 18, 2025
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PM Urges States to Back GST Reforms
Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Sunday that the government would carry out big reforms in the coming days to improve governance, ease of living, and ease of doing business.
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August 18, 2025
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Lal Chand Bisu PUMP UP THE VOLUME
Preparing for this meeting with Lal Chand Bisu, co-founder of digital entertainment company Kuku FM, I started watching a popular microdrama on Kuku TV, an app launched by the company earlier this year for short-form fictional storytelling.
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August 16, 2025
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MSMEs seek rapid launch of export intelligence platform
Besides $30 billion worth of MSME exports, 70,000-80,000 jobs are at risk from US tariffs
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August 16, 2025
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Mix and play to bring a bit of Bawa into your home
Colombo is beautiful, like a sane, disciplined version of Thiruvananthapuram or Bengaluru. Heritage structures sit elegantly beside contemporary buildings in peaceful self-assured coexistence. The traffic is polite; cars keep a safe quarantine line of distance from one another. It is tropical and familiar yet its non-chaos is strangely foreign. It could be India but the city is so orderly and courteous that it doesn't feel like our country—in a bad, good and sad way.
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August 16, 2025
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Apocalypse crayon
If you're over 30, you have not watched the most popular animated movie in the world right now.
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August 16, 2025
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In praise of the buttery sweetness of pecans
I took my first bite of a raw pecan and thought—this is exactly what you'd get if a cashew and a walnut had a baby.
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August 16, 2025
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Spy series focuses on the wrong lead
Gaurav Shukla's spy series 'Saare Jahan Se Accha' can't add anything new to the saturated espionage genre
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August 16, 2025
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IBC Plan Eyes Partial Sale of Assets, Second Shot at Rescue
Lenders can consider sale of individual assets if the whole business finds no buyers
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August 16, 2025
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Tea Can Mean So Many Things
Mahatma Gandhi advocated against tea. It was a colonial product, after all, and he was promoting Swadeshi. He also disapproved of tea's effects on the body.
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August 16, 2025
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Insolvency exits, settlements to get tougher after new bill
The amendment makes CoC approval mandatory for withdrawal under Section 12A of the IBC
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August 16, 2025
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India looks East, deepens trade links with Singapore, Asean
India is strengthening its economic engagement across Asia, holding trade talks with Singapore and the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) to expand market access, update trade agreements and enhance cross-border connectivity.
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August 16, 2025
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Do We Have Enough Rabies Vaccines, Immunoglobulins?
An estimated 5,700 people die from dog-mediated rabies annually in India, according to The Lancet
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August 16, 2025
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EPFO funds, not rich folks, fuel PMS assets
Pension savings of millions of Indians have turbocharged the assets of portfolio management services (PMS), often seen as the preserve of India's well-heeled.
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