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Financial Express Kochi
FMCG dealers cautious over ITC after reforms
In A Muddle
1 min |
September 05, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
IT budget growth muted amid demand uncertainty
• Indian IT firms witness weak client sentiment
2 min |
September 05, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Western dysfunction is bolstering China
The Post-Game Analysis
3 min |
September 05, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Market rally fizzles out on profit booking
Stock market investors resorted to profit booking at higher levels on Thursday as benchmark indices erased early gains triggered by the GST rate rationalisation announced by finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Wednesday.
1 min |
September 05, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Market rally fizzles out...
OUTPERFORMING THE BENCHMARKS by wide margins since August 15, the auto sector has gained 7.8%, consumer durables 5.6%, consumer discretionary 5.3%, FMCG 4.2%, and metals 4.1% on expectations of GST rate cuts.
1 min |
September 05, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Higher tax may inflate cost of oil & gas hunt
Net impact on coal, thermal power positive
2 min |
September 05, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Most medicines now in 5% slab
Faster refunds allay ITC worries
1 min |
September 05, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Indian students choose Germany, UAE over US for higher studies
Changing Preferences
1 min |
September 05, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
GST Reforms May Boost GDP by 10 to 60 bps: Economists
The GST rate cuts could boost the GDP growth by 10-60 basis points (bps) on an annualised basis due to higher consumption, widening of compliance and lower inflation, experts said.
2 min |
September 05, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Kaynes Semicon will roll out first chip in Oct: CEO
KAYNES SEMICON, THE semiconductor subsidiary of Kaynes Technology, is set to deliver its first chip from its outsourced semiconductor assembly and testing (OSAT) facility in Sanand, Gujarat, by the first week of October.
1 min |
September 05, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Reform to spur demand, improve credit offtake: Bankers
WITH THE GOVERNMENT slashing goods and services tax (GST) rate across 396 items on Wednesday, banks and non-bank financial companies (NBFC) expect the move to boost credit demand as consumers would have more disposable income at their hands.
2 min |
September 05, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
12 MoUs inked as Semicon India wraps up
THE THREE-DAY SEMICON India 2025 concluded on Thursday with a strong push for India's emergence as a global semiconductor hub, marked by the signing of 12 memorandums of understanding (MoUs) and seven fresh announcements to accelerate the ecosystem.
1 min |
September 05, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Blackstone Promotes 2 Senior Realty Executives
US-BASED FUND HOUSE Blackstone has elevated two of its senior executives in real estate vertical.
1 min |
September 05, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Merging into the fast lane
LATE-ENTRANT BIGBASKET IS BANKING ON QUALITY & ASSORTMENT TO CATCH UP
3 min |
September 05, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
From semiconductor to skilling, India, Singapore to expand ties
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his visiting Singaporean counterpart Lawrence Wong on Thursday agreed to adopt a forward-looking and substantive roadmap aimed at setting the vision and direction for the next phase of bilateral relations — and deepen cooperation in eight key areas:
1 min |
September 05, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Good & simple, finally
The combined effect of GST bonanza, I-T relief, low inflation and soft interest rates should boost growth
2 min |
September 05, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Efficacy of reforms: Myth and reality
The present round of reductions in GST rates is a populist measure with an eye on the imminent state elections.
3 min |
September 05, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Trump Tariff Blow to Weigh, Says CEA
According to him, the order of magnitude could be anywhere between 0.3% and 0.5% this year in terms of real GDP impact.
3 min |
September 05, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Catalyst for indirect tax regime
The much-anticipated Goods and Services Tax (GST) 2.0 reforms have been formally announced by the GST Council.
4 min |
September 05, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
India, EU Reaffirm Commitment for Conclusion of Trade Deal
PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA Modi and top European Union leaders Antonio Costa and Ursula von der Leyen on Thursday reaffirmed their commitment to seal the proposed India-EU free trade deal as soon as possible.
1 min |
September 05, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
DeepSeek Targets Advanced AI Agent to Compete With OpenAI
Joining AI Race
1 min |
September 05, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Lower tax on farm inputs to boost income
Millers seek tax waiver for flour and wheat products
2 min |
September 05, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
GST cut: Premature to say states will lose out
When asked about states concerns over revenue losses due to GST rate rationalisation, Nageswaran said, \"We should also realise that in 2021, if we were in the old system, states would not have had any protection whatsoever with the GST collapse that happened.
1 min |
September 05, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Auto buyers gearing up for premium drive
Shift To Dearer Models
2 min |
September 05, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Affordability to drive growth in the long run
The industry will largely pass on the entire benefit of GST rationalisation to policyholders, says Tapan Singhel, MD and CEO, Bajaj Allianz General Insurance. He tells Geeta Nair that in the short term, it is a wait-and-watch approach, while affordability will drive growth in the long run. Excerpts:
2 min |
September 05, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Cong: Wait for 'true GST 2.0' continues
Modi on Thursday hailed GST 2.0 as a double dose of support and growth for the nation and asserted that the series of next-generation reforms to make India self-reliant will not stop.
2 min |
September 05, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
No cess refund; auto dealers face ₹2.5K-cr hit
No Relief In Sight
1 min |
September 05, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Starlink Gets Spectrum for Satellite Broadband Trials
To establish 10 ground sites with Mumbai as hub
1 min |
September 05, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Kim vows full support for Russia
CHINESE PRESIDENT XI Jinping held talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Beijing on Thursday, according to the state-run Xinhua News Agency, marking their first bilateral meeting in around six years.
1 min |
September 05, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
India now offers 'no tariffs' to US: Trump
INDIA KILLS THE US with tariffs and the country has now offered \"no tariffs\" to America, President Donald Trump has said, amid New Delhi's escalating tensions with Washington over his administration's policies on trade and tariffs.
2 min |