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Financial Express Bengaluru
RBI unveils 5-yr financial inclusion strategy
RESERVE BANK OF India Governor Sanjay Malhotra on Monday formally released the national strategy for financial inclusion (NSFI) 2025-30 at the 32nd meeting of the subcommittee of the Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC-SC).
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December 02, 2025
Financial Express Bengaluru
Kohli, Agarkar & Gambhir caught in cricket fog
THESE AREN'T THE best of times for Indian cricket. The proud home record is shattered, trust has broken down, and intrigue is on the rise.
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December 02, 2025
Financial Express Bengaluru
5-yr jail term for Hasina in land scam
A BANGLADESH COURT on Monday convicted and sentenced deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to five years of imprisonment and her niece, British parliamentarian Tulip Siddiq, to a two-year jail term in a land scam case.
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December 02, 2025
Financial Express Bengaluru
Re slides to record closing low
THE RUPEE ON Monday sank to its record closing low of 89.5587, down 10 paise or 0.11%, pressured by maturing non-deliverable forward (NDF) positions, along with a persistent bearish pall on the currency.
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December 02, 2025
Financial Express Bengaluru
Govt’s rice stocks surge despite record sales in open market
THE GOVERNMENT'S CENTRAL-POOL rice stocks continue to surge despite brisk offloading of grain through open market sales, allocation to states, for ethanol manufacturing and Bharat rice initiative.
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December 02, 2025
Financial Express Bengaluru
Govt does not advise LIC on investments: FM
FINANCE MINISTER NIRMALA Sitharaman on Monday told Parliament that the government does not advise or direct the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) on its investment decisions, including those related to the Adani Group.
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December 02, 2025
Financial Express Bengaluru
GST mop-up slows
THEY SAID THE surge demonstrates strong consumption uplift, stimulated by reduced rates and improved compliance behaviour.
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December 02, 2025
Financial Express Bengaluru
SC raps authorities for winter-only focus on pollution
THE SUPREME COURT on Monday said the air pollution issue in the Delhi-NCR cannot be treated as a \"customary\" case to be listed only during the winter months, noting that it will be taken twice in a month to find out short and long-term solutions to the menace.
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December 02, 2025
Financial Express Bengaluru
Handset makers...
“SANCHAR SAATHI IS a lost phone tracker, but if it gets embedded with no possibility of removal, it becomes a government tracker on your device...The way things work with DoT, there was no public consultation, the order wasn’t disclosed. Just forced.This is dictatorial in nature. If they get away with this, more will follow,” Pahwa wrote on X.
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December 02, 2025
Financial Express Bengaluru
Telcos: Mandatory move for messaging apps a milestone
INDUSTRY BODY COAI on Monday said Telecom Department’s move mandating that messaging apps like WhatsApp will work only with an active SIM would bolster national security and pledged telecom operators’ commitment to supporting seamless implementation of the latest directive.
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December 02, 2025
Financial Express Bengaluru
AI may slash film production costs by 40% in 2 years
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS increasingly reshaping the creative economy as filmmakers, animators and content creators turn to prompt-driven production. Conversations with senior executives on the sidelines of the CII Big Picture Summit in Mumbai on Monday indicate that India’s entertainment industry has begun embracing AI in a significant way, shifting tasks such as storyboarding, scriptwriting and VFX production to AI tools. Last month also saw the re-release of the Nagarjuna-starrer Shiva—first released in 1989 in Telugu and remade in Hindi in 1990—after being digitally restored using AI-based tools and modern sound technology.
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December 02, 2025
Financial Express Bengaluru
GST mop-up slows in November
Gross collections down 4%, up 0.7% without cess
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December 02, 2025
Financial Express Bengaluru
Insurers line up for SDLs in bond forwards market
INSURANCE COMPANIES HAVE, of late, made a beeline for state development loans (SDLs) in the bond forwards market, transforming it from nil activity just three months ago to now accounting for nearly 10-15% of the overall market.
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December 02, 2025
Financial Express Bengaluru
Meesho bets over 40% of IPO money on in-house Al infra
STRATEGIC MOVE
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December 02, 2025
Financial Express Bengaluru
Fertiliser imports climb 69% in first seven months of FY26
IN ANTICIPATION OF robust demand on surplus monsoon and encouraging trend in winter crops sowing, the imports of urea, di-ammonium phosphate (DAP) and NPK variants of soil nutrients have surged in the first seven months of the current fiscal year.
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December 02, 2025
Financial Express Bengaluru
Fresh applications sought under PLI for bulk drugs
THE DEPARTMENT OF Pharmaceuticals (DoP) has invited fresh applications under the performance-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for bulk drugs with an aim to boost the domestic production of broad-spectrum antibiotic meropenem and anti-retroviral medication ritonavir.
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December 02, 2025
Financial Express Bengaluru
Airbus flags fresh quality issue on limited A320 jets
- PRODUCTION FLAWS DELAYING SOME DELIVERIES
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December 02, 2025
Financial Express Bengaluru
ICICI Pru AMC gets Sebi nod for ₹10,000-cr IPO
THE COUNTRY'S SECOND largest mutual fund house, ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company (AMC), has received the final approval from the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) for its ₹10,000-crore initial public offering (IPO).
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December 02, 2025
Financial Express Bengaluru
NATO readies to confront Russia with limited US help
A FRENCH CAYMAN helicopter flies low over a lush Transylvanian valley, dropping three soldiers onto the grass.
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December 02, 2025
Financial Express Bengaluru
D-St continues to see fluctuating trend
THE STOCK MARKET continued its short-term oscillatory trend on Monday, with the Sensex closing 64 points lower at 85,641. In the six trading sessions since last Monday, during which Sensex surged past 86,000 for the first time, the overall m-cap gain has been to the tune of ₹2.3 lakh crore. FPIs sold equity worth ₹3,019 crore since last Monday while purchases by Dils stood at ₹25,321 crore.
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December 02, 2025
Financial Express Bengaluru
LODR review paper likely in 4-6 months: Sebi chairman
THE SECURITIES AND Exchange Board of India (Sebi) is likely to issue a consultation paper on its comprehensive review of the Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements (LODR) framework in four-six months.
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December 02, 2025
Financial Express Bengaluru
US, UK ink tariff-free deal to boost pharma trade
THE UNITED STATES announced a deal with Britain for zero tariffs on pharmaceutical products and medical technology on Monday which will lead to Britain spending more on medicines.
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December 02, 2025
Financial Express Bengaluru
₹56,826-crore released to states as capex loans
THE CENTRE'S 50-YEAR interest-free loans for capital expenditure by the states reached ₹56,826 crore so far in the current financial year, the finance ministry informed Parliament.
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December 02, 2025
Financial Express Bengaluru
D2M broadcasting studies being held
THE GOVERNMENT IS working on a unified framework for the media and entertainment sector to bring together diverse formats and stakeholders
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December 02, 2025
Financial Express Bengaluru
UPI transactions see marginal fall in Nov
THE UNIFIED PAYMENTS Interface (UPI) system recorded transaction volume of 20.47 billion in November, a marginal decline from 20.70 billion in October, according to data from the National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI).
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December 02, 2025
Financial Express Bengaluru
Small brands score big as FMCG giants pad up to take them on
Challenger brands are able to price their products below the generally accepted price points
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December 01, 2025
Financial Express Bengaluru
Real value lies in ease of use
THESE WATCHES ALSO REDUCE PHONE RELIANCE
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December 01, 2025
Financial Express Bengaluru
China factory activity drops for longest stretch ever
OFFICIAL PMI AT 49.2
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December 01, 2025
Financial Express Bengaluru
OPEC+ agrees to maintain pause in oil output hikes
OPEC+ AGREED TO leave oil output levels unchanged for the first quarter of 2026 at its meetings on Sunday as the group slows down its push to regain market share amid fears of a looming supply glut.
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December 01, 2025
Financial Express Bengaluru
Why did SNU launch India's first BA (Research)
IT IS BUILDING ON THE SUCCESS OF BSC (RESEARCH)
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