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Financial Express Kolkata
Equity exposure cap for govt staff raised to 75%
TO ENHANCE FLEXIBILITY in retirement planning, the Centre has allowed Life Cycle 75 (LC 75) and Balanced Life Cycle (BLC) options for central government employees under the market-linked National Pension System (NPS) and the guaranteed Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) under the default option. The move raises the equity exposure limit to 75% from the earlier 50%.
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October 25, 2025
Financial Express Kolkata
India’s role vital in specialised tech talent
In asset management, the demand for specialised talent will continue apace, driving firms to look outside of their traditional hiring models
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October 25, 2025
Financial Express Kolkata
Piyush believed in celebration — of life, people, and stories
IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE THAT PIYUSH'S LAUGHTER IS NOW ONLY A MEMORY.
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October 25, 2025
Financial Express Kolkata
Govt targets 35% female labour force by '30
THE GOVERNMENT PLANS to to raise women’s participation in the labour force to 35% by 2030, as it faces criticism over persistently low female employment despite steady economic growth.
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October 25, 2025
Financial Express Kolkata
US trade war splintering Southeast Asia
DESPITE ITS GEOPOLITICAL heft, Southeast Asia has rarely been more divided. In separately seeking tariff relief from the US, nations from Malaysia to Indonesia have undermined their collective leverage. They have a chance to present a united front at aregional forum this weekend—a move that would ensure they remain credible asa bloc capable of charting its own future.
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October 25, 2025
Financial Express Kolkata
Oppn using Zubeen to 'weaken' Hindu society: Himanta
ASSAM CHIEF MINISTER Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday alleged that the opposition is using the issue demanding justice to Zubeen Garg to “weaken the Hindu society”.
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October 25, 2025
Financial Express Kolkata
B-schools remain top choice for international students in 2025
EVEN THOUGHTHE graduate management education (GME) programmes worldwide witnessed a 7% rise in applications in 2025, Indian B-schools attracted a larger pool of global management students with 26% rise in international applications, according to the latest annual application trends survey by graduate management admission council (GMAC), an association that conducts hugely-popular GMAT exams.
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October 25, 2025
Financial Express Kolkata
The creative genius who found the extraordinary in the ordinary
ADVERTISING, PIYUSH PANDEY used to say quite often, should be like “talking to your neighbour across the fence”.
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October 25, 2025
Financial Express Kolkata
Why single out India for restrictions, asks Goyal
INDIA ON FRIDAY questioned “selective exemptions” from sanctions by the US on buying oil from Russian companies, while singling out India for penal tariffs and indicated that decisions like sanctions have to be taken by the world as a whole.
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October 25, 2025
Financial Express Kolkata
IMF urges Asia to reduce trade barriers to offset US tariff impact
THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY Fund on Friday urged Asia to lower non-tariff barriers and integrate regional trade to reduce its vulnerability to US tariffs and global financial shocks.
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October 25, 2025
Financial Express Kolkata
Kotak Bank completes due diligence of IDBI
PRIVATE LENDER MAY EMERGE AS FRONT RUNNER, SAY SOURCES
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October 25, 2025
Financial Express Kolkata
Lenskart bags ₹90 cr from DMart founder
AVENUE SUPERMARTS (DMART) founder Radhakishan Damani has invested around %90 crore in eyewear retailer Lenskart in a pre-IPO (initial public offering) funding round, people familiar with the development said on Friday.
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October 25, 2025
Financial Express Kolkata
NHAI to display monthly, annual pass details at toll plazas
day said it will display monthly and annual pass information at toll plazas for National Highway users to enhance transparency and create user awareness.
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October 25, 2025
Financial Express Kolkata
Changing jobs? Convert group health cover to individual plan
APPLY AT LEAST 30 DAYS BEFORE GROUP POLICY EXPIRES FOR CONTINUED COVER
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October 25, 2025
Financial Express Kolkata
EU pulls up TikTok, Meta on transparency rules
US TECH GIANT Meta and Chinese-owned social media app TikTok breached their legal obligation to grant researchers adequate access to public data, the European Commission said in preliminary findings of an investigation released on Friday.
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October 25, 2025
Financial Express Kolkata
Oil heads for weekly gain on supply fears
OIL PRICES EDGED up on Friday, extending the previous day’s surge and on track for a weekly gain as US sanctions on Russia’s two biggest oil companies over the war in Ukraine spurred supply concerns.
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October 25, 2025
Financial Express Kolkata
Share of gold in India's forex reserves doubles since 2022
THE SHARE OF gold in India's total foreign exchange reserves more than doubled to 13.6% in September this year from early 2022 levels, as global gold prices touched record highs.
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October 25, 2025
Financial Express Kolkata
IndusInd’s ex-dy CEO pays half of alleged insider gains
INDUSIND BANK'S FORMER deputy chief has deposited 50% of the alleged insider trading gains with the markets regulator, the BSE said on Friday.
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October 25, 2025
Financial Express Kolkata
GX Group to invest ₹3,000 cr in Photonics chip ecosystem
GX GROUP, A Netherlands-headquartered broadband major plans to invest about Rs 3,000 crore over the next four years into its new subsidiary, GX Quantum Photonics focused on developing advanced indigenous photonic chips and modules for 5G/6G, AI data centres, EV LiDAR, and quantum communication applications.
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October 25, 2025
Financial Express Kolkata
SWAMIH fund to be exempt from AIF norms
RBI WILL EXEMPT a government-backed real estate rescue fund from its tightened rules for alternate investment funds (AIF), it said ina notification.
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October 25, 2025
Financial Express Kolkata
Blackstone acquires 70% in Ace Insurance for ₹1,700 cr
GLOBAL PRIVATE EQUITY giant Blackstone has acquired a majority stake in New Delhi-based Ace Insurance Brokers for around ₹1,700 crore, marking one of the largest transactions in India’s insurance intermediary market.
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October 25, 2025
Financial Express Kolkata
Tax change can force EVs to win on value
TCO, NOT TAX BREAKS, WILL DEFINE THE WINNER: OSM
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October 25, 2025
Financial Express Kolkata
RBL in talks to onboard 160 mn Zerodha clients
RBL BANK IS in advanced discussions to open bank accounts for Zerodha’s 160 million broking clients — a move that could unlock up to ₹40,000 crore in sticky deposits and deliver more than 30% overnight boost to the bank’s deposit base — said sources close to the development.
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October 25, 2025
Financial Express Kolkata
PE giant to buy minority stake in Federal Bank for ₹6,196 cr
GLOBAL PRIVATE EQUITY giant Blackstone is set to acquire a 9.99% stake in Federal Bank through a preferential allotment of warrants, marking its first-ever minorityinvestment inan Indian company.
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October 25, 2025
Financial Express Kolkata
RBI is more hands-off now, says IMF official
THE RESERVE BANK of India (RBI) is taking a more hands-off approach to exchange rate under its new chief and should continue with it, Thomas Helbling, deputy director, Asia Pacific department at IMF said.
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October 25, 2025
Financial Express Kolkata
RBL may onboard Zerodha clients
-RBLmay onboard Zerodha clients
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October 25, 2025
Financial Express Kolkata
Victims, perpetrators of terrorism cannot be equated: EAM
At the UN’s 80th anniversary, foreign minister questions the body’s decision-making
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October 25, 2025
Financial Express Kolkata
US govt to fight lawsuits challenging $100K H-1B visa fee
THE US GOVERNMENT has said it will fight lawsuits aimed at blocking the $100,000 fee imposed on new H-1B visa petitions, asserting that “for far too long” the system was “spammed with fraud” and must be overhauled to prioritise American workers.
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October 25, 2025
Financial Express Kolkata
Byju's plea against Aakash rights issue rejected
THE NATIONAL COMPANY Law Tribunal has declined to grant any interim relief to insolvency-bound edtech firm Byju’s, which sought to restrain Aakash Educational Services (AESL) from convening its extraordinary general meeting (EGM) for arights issue.
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October 25, 2025
Financial Express Kolkata
‘Benchmark yield seen easing to 6.15-6.20% within three months’
The RBI’s dovish stance, potential trade deal with the US and easing fiscal worries will help soften government bond yields, believes Sandeep Yadav, head — fixed income, DSP Mutual Fund.
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