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Delhi's air stays toxic for 2nd consecutive day
Residents of Delhi and the National Capital Region (NCR) continued to breathe toxic air for the second day running on Wednesday (October 22), with the average air quality index (AQI) for the last 24 staying ‘very poor’.
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October 23, 2025
Business Standard
Pvt banks reduce lending rates more than PSBs in current cycle
Following the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) rate-setting panel's decision to reduce the policy rate by 100 basis points (bps), the weighted average lending rates on fresh and outstanding rupee loans declined by 58 bps and 55 bps, respectively, till August, according to RBI data.
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October 23, 2025
Business Standard
Global indices struggle amid mixed earnings
Global shares were mostly lower on Wednesday onselling of technology shares following a lackluster day on Wall Street.
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October 23, 2025
Business Standard
Infosys promoters opt out of ₹18K cr buyback
Infosys promoters, including Narayana Murthy and Chairman Nandan Nilekani, will not offer their shares in the buyback process announced in September, the IT company said in a regulatory filing on Wednesday.
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October 23, 2025
Business Standard
RBI move on rate transmission: Why does it matter to you?
Have you seen new borrowers get lower home loan rates while you're stuck paying the old one?
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October 23, 2025
Business Standard
WACR now better aligned with repo rate: RBI report
The weighted average call rate (WACR) showed better alignment with the policy repo rate during September 16-October 16, compared to the previous month, according to the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI's) monthly report, ‘State of the Economy,’ released on Monday.
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October 23, 2025
Business Standard
India’s urban governance crisis
Urban infrastructure nationwide is under increasing strain.
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October 23, 2025
Business Standard
Amazon plans to replace over 500K jobs with robots
Over the past two decades, no company has done more to shape the American workplace than Amazon.
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October 23, 2025
Business Standard
Freshers back in demand as IT firms revive campus hiring drive
Indian information technology (IT) services companies have resumed campus hiring and onboarding engineering graduates after a lull of two years, even as the macroeconomic environment stays sluggish and technology spending remains under tight control.
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October 23, 2025
Business Standard
Debt MFs saw outflow of ₹1 trn in Sep
Fixed-income mutual funds witnessed a massive net outflow of %1.02 trillion in September following modest redemptions of %7,980 crore in the preceding month, primarily driven by large institutional withdrawals from liquid and money market funds.
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October 23, 2025
Business Standard
Fireworks send PM2.5 levels skyrocketing in Delhi-NCR
AQIslips into ‘very poor’ category, early respite not expected
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October 22, 2025
Business Standard
Consider buying gold, silver as correction takes root
Samvat 2081 delivered the strongest returns in three decades for gold and silver.
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October 22, 2025
Business Standard
Decline in overseas travel, education drags remittances
Outward remittances under the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI's) liberalised remittances scheme (LRS) declined 177 per cent year-on-year (Yo-Y) in August 2025 to $2.6 billion.
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October 22, 2025
Business Standard
Withdraw from project, claim refund with interest
The National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission (NCDRC) ruled in a recent case that offering possession of an apartment without an occupancy certificate (OC) does not constitute a legal offer.
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October 22, 2025
Business Standard
Making AI work for you
Technological breakthroughs don't always live up to the hype.
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October 22, 2025
Business Standard
Premium products, fast deliveries fuel ecom boom during Diwali
Amazon, Flipkart, Instamart, Zepto report sales surge across smartphones, gold coins
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October 22, 2025
Business Standard
Hospitals see spike in respiratory cases; situation may worsen
Hospitals in the National Capital Region (NCR) are seeing an increase in number of patients complaining of breathing difficulties and respiratory ailments, as Air Quality Index (AQI) in parts of Delhi-NCR crossed 400 — a level which is considered “severe” — on early Tuesday, a day after Diwali celebrations.
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October 22, 2025
Business Standard
Samvat 2082 gets off to quiet yet positive start
“However, the outlook for Samvat 2082 appears brighter. India has emerged as a global hub for services exports, while the implementation of the goods and services tax (GST) reforms has been widely welcomed. A favourable monsoon, furtherreinforcesconfidencein the year ahead,” said Chauhan.
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October 22, 2025
Business Standard
Inclement weather impacts Coca-Cola's India Q3 performance
Global beverage major Coca-Cola flagged the impact of bad weather in India, which led to a decline in volumes in the country.
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October 22, 2025
Business Standard
Deep-sea opportunity
India must get the basics in place
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October 22, 2025
Business Standard
'We need to start proper landfill management'
While India is now waking up to the problem of waste, propelled by increasing urbanisation, Guillaume Dourdin’s employer Veolia has been dealing with landfills for over a century. Dourdin, CEO of the Indian arm of the $24 billion wasteand water-management French utility, tells $ Dinakar in a video interview how India can profit from the twin problems of excess waste and scarce water supplies. Edited excerpts:
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October 22, 2025
Business Standard
Professionals call for fixing MCA 3.0 portal
Professionals, such as company secretaries and chartered accountants, have raised several technical issues with the new version 3 portal, which has delayed annual filings.
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October 22, 2025
Business Standard
From ministries to markets
There are reports that India is looking to set up asovereign wealth fund (SWE).
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October 22, 2025
Business Standard
Delhiites head out for cleaner air in the hills
Diwali is over and Delhiites are feeling the effects of the celebrations.
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October 22, 2025
Business Standard
India should attract global oil firms, says Rystad Energy CEO
'Guyana-like' moment in oil discovery requires that countries offer transparent fiscal terms, quality geological data and allowing global firms to take the risk involved in oil and gas exploration, says Jarand Rystad, chief executive officer (CEO) of Rystad Energy and one of the most cited petroleum industry analysts globally.
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October 22, 2025
Business Standard
The GST model for power
Implementing the ambitious electricity law changes can be easier with the promise of an Electricity Council
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October 22, 2025
Business Standard
Malaysia: Modi likely to attend East Asia Summit
MEA yet to confirm his participation
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October 22, 2025
Business Standard
Hot question
Stubble burning needs sustainable solutions
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October 22, 2025
Business Standard
Skye Air eyes 300K drone deliveries this month
Skye Air expects to deliver nearly 300,000 orders in October through drones, a threefold year-onyear jump, due to a surge in demand for online orders during the ongoing festival season, said Ankit Kumar, the chief executive officer of the drone delivery logistics startup.
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October 22, 2025
Business Standard
Large private banks expect credit demand revival in H2FY26
Attribute this to fiscal, monetary measures
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