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Claim refunds and tax credits, carry forward house property loss
With the December 31 deadline for filing a belated return fast approaching, individual taxpayers who missed the original income-tax return (ITR) filing date are running out of time to set things right.
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December 17, 2025
Business Standard
In a first, Volkswagen to end production at German factory
The last vehicle will roll offthe assembly line at Volkswagen’s plant in Dresden, Germany, on Tuesday, marking the first time in the automaker's 88-year history that it has closed a plant in its home country.
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December 17, 2025
Business Standard
Citroën India sees threefold rise in Q4 sales on strategy shift
The new localisation strategy seems to be paying off for Citroën India.
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December 17, 2025
Business Standard
One Bondi Beach shooter was a native of Hyderabad
Sajid Akram, one of the two suspects in the recent mass shooting at Bondi beach in Australia, is a native of Hyderabad, the Telangana Police said on Tuesday. He migrated to Australia 27 years ago and had limited contact with his family in Hyderabad, the Telangana DGP office said in a statement.
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December 17, 2025
Business Standard
Dense fog grounds 200 flights in North India
Dense fog continued to disrupt flight operations across northern India for the second day running on Tuesday, with around 200 flights cancelled in the region and hundreds more delayed, industry sources said.
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December 17, 2025
Business Standard
B Sairam takes charge as Coal India chairman
B Sairam (pictured) on Monday took over as chairman-cum-managing director of Coal India Limited (CIL), the country’s largest coal producer, with effect from December 15.
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December 17, 2025
Business Standard
Insurance firms get into a huddle
The insurance industry is trying to get to grips with provisions in the proposed Insurance Amendment Bill, which gives additional powers to the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (Irdai), while there is ambiguity in the very definition of the insurance business, according to industry experts.
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December 17, 2025
Business Standard
NMC asks colleges to set up panels to track prescription practices
The National Medical Commission (NMC) has instructed medical colleges across India to constitute subcommittees aimed at rigorously monitoring prescription practices and reinforcing the crucial role of clear handwriting in medical documentation.
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December 17, 2025
Business Standard
When an HC judge defies transfer
Justice J Nisha Banu of the Madras High Court, who was transferred to the Kerala High Court by a presidential order dated October 14, 2025, is yet to assume charge at her new posting.
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December 17, 2025
Business Standard
India, Jordan aim to double trade in 5 yrs
During his two-day visit to Jordan, which concluded on Tuesday afternoon, Prime Minister Narendra Modi proposed that the two countries should aim to double their bilateral trade to $5 billion over the next five years.
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December 17, 2025
Business Standard
Animation studios turn popular IPs into cafes & classrooms
INDIAN TOONS STEP OUT
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December 17, 2025
Business Standard
Saregama to invest ₹325 cr in Bhansali Productions
Saregama India, a part of RP-Sanjiv Goenka Group, on Tuesday announced that it will invest ₹325 crore in Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Bhansali Productions for a subscription of 9,960 compulsory convertible preference shares (CCPS), its stock exchange filing showed.
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December 17, 2025
Business Standard
Bombay HC ruling throws light on misuse of petitions to stall IPOs
Experts call for frameworks to identify, deter vexatious legal challenges
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December 17, 2025
Business Standard
New higher edu regulator won't have funding powers: Pradhan
Union education minister Dharmendra Pradhan (pictured) on Tuesday said that the single regulator proposed under the Viksit Bharat Shiksha Adhisthan (VBSA) Bill, 2025, will not have funding powers.
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December 17, 2025
Business Standard
India needs Indian banks
The arc of the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI's) policy on bank ownership has changed over time.
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December 17, 2025
Business Standard
Harnessing nuclear energy
Bill seeks to address key investor concerns
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December 17, 2025
Business Standard
Rural employment revamp
The new law will bring significant changes
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December 17, 2025
Business Standard
India’s digital-only viewership reaches 313 mn in Q3CY25
With three in four digital-only users living in rural regions, India’s overall digital-only viewership reached 313 million in the third quarter of CY2025, according to the Kantar Media Compass report.
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December 17, 2025
Business Standard
Evera Cabs to deploy 4K BluSmart cars
Evera Cabs, an app-based electric cab service provider, on Tuesday said it planned to scale up its operations by taking on board a 4,000-vehicle electric fleet, which was earlier operated on the now-defunct BluSmart platform.
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December 17, 2025
Business Standard
Ford to take $19.5 bn hit due to EV overhaul
EV writedown: Things to know
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December 17, 2025
Business Standard
ICICI Pru AMC IPO subscribed 39x
The initial public offering (IPO) of ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company (AMC) saw robust investor interest, with the issue being subscribed 39 times over the shares on offer and attracting bids worth nearly ₹3 trillion, exchange data showed on Tuesday.
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December 17, 2025
Business Standard
Six private-sector applicants in race for Canara top post
For the first time, six candidates from the private sector have applied for the post of Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of public sector lender Canara Bank.
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December 17, 2025
Business Standard
How to open up Indian skies
The recent airport chaos across India has sparked calls to foster adequate competition in the domestic aviation sector. One way could be to look at what other countries are doing
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December 17, 2025
Business Standard
Gunmen abduct 18 bus passengers in Pakistan
Eighteen people were abducted by unidentified gunmen in Pakistan's Sindh province while they were en route to Quetta in a bus.
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December 17, 2025
Business Standard
Zepto may file for $500 mn IPO in 7-8 days
Quick commerce (qcom) unicorn Zepto is likely to file the draft papers for its upcoming initial public offering (IPO) in the next 7-8 days, people in the know told Business Standard.
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December 17, 2025
Business Standard
PFRDA allows loans against pension savings
Partial withdrawal norms for NPS accounts rationalised; annuity mandate at retirement relaxed for smaller balances
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December 17, 2025
Business Standard
Apple exports record $2 bn iPhones in Nov
Apple Inc clocked a new record of exporting iPhones worth $2 billion from India in November this year.
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December 17, 2025
Business Standard
My goal is to ensure every dark spot in India is lit up by satcom: Scindia
“As far as AGR and the rules of the playing field are concerned, it’s too early for me to comment on that... a final decision will be taken on that.
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December 17, 2025
Business Standard
Delhi HC seeks replies from DGCA, Centre on pilot unions’ contempt plea over fatigue rules
The Delhi High Courton Tuesday soughta response from the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) and the Centre toa contempt petition filed by pilot unions alleging that the aviation regulator diluted court-mandated fatigue norms by granting relaxations to airlines.
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December 17, 2025
Business Standard
New GDP series to reboot consumption spending maths
In 2023-24, rural as well as urban Indian households spent more of their monthly budgets on nonfood items like conveyance, clothing, and durable goods, than food items, marking a shift from previous decades.
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