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Meesho m-cap nears ₹1 L cr within days after listing
SHARES OF MEESHO jumped 20% on Wednesday to close at ₹216.35 on the BSE, extending a post-listing surge that made it India's best-performing major IPO of 2025.
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December 18, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
Startup layoffs moderate; funding remains tight
AFTER THREE BRUISING years of funding slowdown and aggressive cost-cutting, the country's startup ecosystem is beginning to show early signs of labour market stabilisation, with layoffs easing both in scale and frequency in 2025.
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December 18, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
RBI guv signals rates to stay low
RESERVE BANK OF INDIA (RBI) Governor Sanjay Malhotra expects the country's interest rates to remain low for a \"long period\", he told the Financial Times in an interview published on Wednesday.
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December 18, 2025
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Goyal: FTA with Oman to aid key labour-intensive sectors
To herald a larger agreement with GCC
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December 18, 2025
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FPI debt inflows hinge on trade deal, rupee stability
QUICK TAKES
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December 18, 2025
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B-Schools: Driving India's growth and shaping future leaders
Unlocking a path of innovation, visibility and purpose that redefines careers and shapes sustainable futures
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December 18, 2025
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Starbucks smells the coffee
Price-sensitive consumers, high rentals prompt shift away from premiumisation
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December 18, 2025
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MBA in the Era of Disruption: Why Management Education Must Reinvent to Remain Relevant
The business world is entering an era where disruption is the norm, not the exception.
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December 18, 2025
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When usual dynamics deceive
DEFICIT IS MARGINALLY WIDER THAN LAST YEAR AND NARROWING OF INDIA'S IMPORT BILL IS UNDERWHELMING
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December 18, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
From Boardroom to Blockchain: The Latest Trends Redefining the Modern MBA Curriculum
THE latest trends in management (MBA) education are defined by a shift towards specialized, technology-integrated, and values-based curriculums that prepare future leaders for a dynamic business world.
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December 18, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
Tier-2 cities lead employment boom as job mkt grows 23%
INDIA'S JOB MARKET ended 2025 on a high, clocking a robust 23% year-on-year rise in hiring activity, signalling broad-based employer confidence and steady expansion across industries.
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December 18, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
Santa Claus rally to drive small-, mid-caps
AT A GLANCE
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December 18, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
Re rebounds as RBI comes to the rescue
AFTER CLOSING AT new lows for four consecutive sessions, the rupee recovered by 66 paise on Wednesday to close at ₹90.38 against the dollar - the biggest single-day gain in two months.
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December 18, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
Hyundai's Creta holds lead, but rival engines roar louder
MID-SIZE SUV BATTLE HEATS UP
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December 18, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
Parliament passes insurance Bill
PARLIAMENT ON WEDNESDAY passed a Bill to raise foreign direct investment (FDI) in the insurance sector to 100% from the current 74%, a move expected to attract higher foreign capital inflows, support the adoption of global governance and innovation standards, and deepen insurance penetration in the country.
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December 18, 2025
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Debt reduction central to fiscal policy from FY27, says FM
States urged to improve fiscal transparency
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December 18, 2025
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Sweet sorghum may also work as ethanol feedstock
THE GOVERNMENT IS conducting a study to assess the feasibility of sweet sorghum as an alternative feedstock for production of ethanol to diversify the raw material base for the biofuel, the food ministry said in Parliament on Wednesday.
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December 18, 2025
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Japanese firms eye India for growth
October 17
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December 18, 2025
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BARC designing small modular nuclear reactors
FE BUREAU
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December 18, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
Bondi shooter came to Hyderabad for nikah in 2001, with son later
BONDI BEACH SHOOTER Sajid Akram brought his European-origin wife to Hyderabad in 2001 for a nikah ceremony, and his son Naveed Akram — a co-accused in the terror attack — around 2004-05 to introduce him to his parents, based on conversations, it has been learnt with investigators who have questioned close relatives.
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December 18, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
HDFC Bank reduces FD rates, caps peak at 6.45%
HDFC BANK ON Wednesday reduced its fixed deposit rates, capping them at 6.45% for retail deposits of less than ₹3 crore, following the 25-bps rate cut by the Reserve Bank of India.
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December 18, 2025
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FAVOURS NETFLIX’S BINDING OFFER Warner Bros rejects Paramount bid
NOT A DONE DEAL YET
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December 18, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
Ex-promoter sells ₹1,296-cr AkzoNobel stake
IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES, a former promoter of AkzoNobel India, on Wednesday sold a 9% stake in the paints manufacturer for ₹1,296 crore through an open market transaction.
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December 18, 2025
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NFRA raps audit companies for violation of guidelines
THE NATIONAL FINANCIAL Reporting Authority (NFRA) has flagged concerns with the audit firms for not maintaining and archiving the audit files which is in violation of the auditing norms.
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December 18, 2025
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Telcos seek paid route for spam calls
TELECOM OPERATORS HAVE urged the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) to segregate personal calls from bulk commercial traffic and introduce charges for the latter, arguing that the absence of termination costs has made spam cheap and scalable.At present, call termination charges are zero, with personal and bulk calls often using the same interconnection routes.
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December 18, 2025
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Shaping Future-Ready Leaders Through Innovation and Academic Excellence
ICFAI Business School (IBS) strengthens its position as a premier management institution with its global leadership in case-based learning, strong industry interface, world-class faculty, and exceptional placement ecosystem.
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December 18, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
Debt reduction key focus: FM
IT COULD COME in handy for the government which is facing a potential tax revenue shortfall compared with the Budget Estimate, and a possible dip in tax buoyancy in the near term, on account of massive the reliefs offered to taxpayers in terms of income tax and GST reductions.
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December 18, 2025
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Entrepreneurship & innovation: Shaping KBS’s global vision
Entrepreneurship and innovation play a pivotal role in advancing the strategic vision of KBS, particularly in its aspiration to position itself as a dynamic, industry-relevant, and globally responsive institution.
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December 18, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
Sebi reduces cost for MF investors
• New framework simplifies stock broker regulations
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December 18, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
LEAD: Shaping industry-ready leaders through experience
LEAD College of Management emphasizes experiential learning. How is this approach applied in its MBA and MCA programmes?
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