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Financial Express Chandigarh
House panel demands updated air quality norms ‘at the earliest’
A PARLIAMENTARY PANEL on Friday asked the Centre to come up with the updated India’s National Ambient Air Quality Standards “at the earliest”, noting that the standards were last revised in 2009.
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December 13, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Assured rural job days to be hiked 25%
MGNREGA will be renamed and wages raised to ₹240 a day
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December 13, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Credit growth at 1-year high
BANK CREDIT GROWTH touched 11.53% for the fortnight ended November 28, 2025, marking the strongest lending momentum in 12 months, reports Mahesh Nayak.
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December 13, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Microsoft AI copilot to fight cybercrime
MICROSOFT ON FRIDAY announced the statewide expansion of its Al-powered investigation platform for the Maharashtra Police.
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December 13, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Cabinet approves Oman FTA text
SIGNING DURING PM'S UPCOMING VISIT
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December 13, 2025
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IndiGo hires global expert to probe flight disruptions
AIRLINE APPOINTS CHIEF AVIATION ADVISORS LLC TO CARRY OUT REVIEW
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December 13, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
NTPC to float bids for nuclear reactors
FROM THE FRONT PAGE
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December 13, 2025
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Chic, unique, boutique
THE AGONDA EDITION CELEBRATES THE SPIRIT OF GOA
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December 13, 2025
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Think tank Bharat Ki Soch launched
BHARAT KI SOCH, a new think tank on ancient Indian wisdom for contemporary challenges has been launched.
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December 13, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
India’s new global positioning in textiles
WHEN WE SPEAK of India’s textile sector, we are not merely referring to factories, machines and fashion.
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December 12, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Skilled labour transition drags
RECENT INCREASES IN employment rate in India are largely due to the rise in self-employment, while transition to a skilled labour force has been slow, according to the study India's Employment Prospects: Pathways to Jobs, by Farzana Afridi and others at NCAER.
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December 12, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Flex space boom: India on track to hit over 100 mn sq ft by 2027
INDIA’S FLEX-SPACE MARKET across the top seven cities is poised to exceed 100 mn sq ft by 2027, up from 72.3 mn sq ft in 2025, according to a new Colliers report, Flex India: Pioneering the Future of Work.
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December 12, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
RBI relaxes transaction account norms for banks
THE RESERVE BANK of India (RBI) on Thursday released the final guidelines on transaction account directions and introduced key relaxations while maintaining the overall principle-based framework, easing bank norms related to opening and maintenance of cash credit, current and overdraft accounts.
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December 12, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Nadella is making cricket app in his free time
Nadella is making cricket app in his free time
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December 12, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Niti draws plan to double corporate bond mkt
GOVERNMENT THINK TANK Niti Aayog on Thursday suggested a phased strategy to double the size of India’s corporate bond market to ¥100-120 lakh crore by 2030 by focusing on tax harmonisation, regulatory simplification, digital infrastructure, expanded issuer and investorand deeper risk-management markets.
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December 12, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
IndiGo’s ₹10K coupons to flyers hit during Dec 3-5
INDIGO ON THURSDAY said it will offer travel vouchers worth %10,000 to each “severely impacted” passenger whose flights were cancelled or delayed during the airport chaos between December 3 and 5.
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December 12, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Modi to visit Jordan, Ethiopia, Oman from Dec 15
PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA
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December 12, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Goyal: If happy with our offer, US should sign pact
THE US SHOULD sign a trade agreement with India if it feels that the offer made by the country in the negotiations is the best it has received from any other country, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Thursday.
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December 12, 2025
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ICAI gives nod to easier advertising rules for CAs
REVISED CODE OF ETHICS TO COME INTO FORCE FROM APRIL 1
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December 12, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Easier audit standards for smaller firms soon
ICAI prepares new less-intrusive norms for closely held units, seeks NFRA approval
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December 12, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Goa nightclub owners who fled after blaze detained in Thailand
GAURAV AND SAURABH Luthra, co-owners of ‘Birch by Romeo Lane’ nightclub in North Goa where a blaze claimed 25 lives, have been detained by the authorities in Thailand, officials said on Thursday as a Delhi court rejected their transit anticipatory bail pleas.
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December 12, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
'Silent dissents' reveal growing Fed resistance to Powell's cuts
FEDERAL RESERVE CHAIR Jerome Powell downplayed dissenting votes against Wednesday’s decision to lower interest rates again, but a slew of finer details from the meeting revealed just how divided the central bank has become.
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December 12, 2025
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Greenply to set up new %500-cr plant by FY28
GREENPLY INDUSTRIES
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December 12, 2025
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India-Oman FTA set for Cabinet nod
THE UNION CABINET is expected to take up the India-Oman free trade agreement for consideration on Friday after the lower house of the Omani parliament approved its draft.
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December 12, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Silver futures hit record high of ₹1.93L
EXTENDING THE RECORD- BREAKING run to a third day, silver prices scaled a fresh peak of %1,93,720 per kg in the futures trade on Thursday fol- lowing strong global trends and a rate cut by the US Fed.
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December 12, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Delhi air quality slips to 'very poor'
AFTER TWO DAYS' reprieve, Delhi's air quality again slipped to 'very poor' with a 24-hour average AQI of 307.
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December 12, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Finmin streamlines recruitment for PSBs
THE FINANCE MINISTRY has undertaken several initiatives aimed at streamlining the timelines for recruitment examinations for the public sector banks and declaration of their results.
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December 12, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Govt mulls steps to put excess biofuel capacity into use
THE MINISTRY OF petroleum and natural gas is formulating a mechanism to address the issue of excess ethanol capacity with the sugar and food grain processing industry, in consultation with the ministry of food.
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December 12, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
‘We use technology at every point of the post-harvest chain’
Agritech startup Arya.ag expects its next leg of growth to come from increased utilisation of its 12,000-warehouse network, expansion and deeper integration of its smart farm centres, scaling its fintech business, which grew disbursements by 50% in H1, continued investment in automation, straight-through processing and digital documentation and strengthening of marketplace linkages.
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December 12, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Affordability isn’t a hoax, also not a crisis for most
WHEN SOMEONE TELLS you that they are struggling, it is generally a good rule of thumb to take them seriously.
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