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Fireside raises $253 mn as Indian brands draw funds
Fireside Ventures has closed its fourth consumer-focused fund at $253 million with a more diverse base of investors, or limited partners (LPs), to continue backing early-stage startups in India, a top official at the investment firm said.
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December 03, 2025
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India plans global EV summit in March
India is reworking its electric mobility strategy after recent supply chain shocks, including the rare-earth magnet crunch and muted traction for earlier efforts to attract major global electric vehicle (EV) makers.
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December 03, 2025
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Right time for a 25 bps rate cut, says Ficci chief Goenka
Citing benign inflation and stable crude oil prices, The Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Ficci)'s new president Anant Goenka on Tuesday said the time is “right” for another 25 basis-point rate cut by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to further boost growth.
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December 03, 2025
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Sanchar Saathi: Demand should drive downloads
Telecom security is a valid public goal but government apps shouldn't be forced upon phones. As with other state-run apps, let its utility drive adoption. But first, address privacy concerns
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December 03, 2025
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Inspector raj rollback: Let's turn this small start into a crescendo
India has begun to clear up a regulatory thicket that should proceed apace to give all our businesses more space to breathe
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December 03, 2025
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Your money moves for every chapter—single to parenting
Managing financial priorities and risk appetites amid a transition by households
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December 03, 2025
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Pernod Ricard exits Imperial to bet big on premium spirits
French spirits major Pernod Ricard India is sharpening its focus on premium alcohol, exiting the mass-market whisky segment even as it launches a new India-made brand aimed at consumerstrading up.
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December 03, 2025
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Go Colors hits a dead end as leggings log out of fashion
An ongoing shift in India's women's bottom-wear market is starting to bite a Chennai-based retailer that bet and rose on a fashion trend now firmly past its prime.
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December 03, 2025
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Ola rolls out non-AC rides pan-India
The new category creates significant opportunities for drivers, the firm said.
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December 03, 2025
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LIQUIDITY MOST EFFECTIVE FOR RATE TRANSMISSION, SOOTHING BOND YIELDS
The Monetary Policy Committee's decision on the repo rate later this week will be a complicated one. Inflation has receded much faster than the central bank's forecasts. The October Consumer Price Index inflation print, at 0.25% year on year, has come at a series low.
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December 03, 2025
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Delayed visas for Chinese may trip battery dreams
that a person whose visa has expired needs to go back, which creates an unnecessary obstacle to projects. \"This process needs to be fastracked,” he said.
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December 03, 2025
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Sberbank keen on India infra projects
Sberbank, Russia’s largest bank, is interested in partnership and participation in large-scale infrastructure projects in India.
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December 03, 2025
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UNCORROBORATED WHATSAPP CHATS ALONE ARE NOT PROOF OF TAX EVASION
As digital footprints become increasingly central to financial investigations, WhatsApp chats have quietly emerged as one of the most frequently cited forms of evidence in income-tax proceedings.
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December 03, 2025
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Swiggy plans to raise $1.1 bn in share sale next week
Food deliverer Swiggy Ltd is preparing to raise as much as ₹10,000 crore ($1.1 billion) from institutional investors as early as next week, according to people familiar with the matter.
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December 03, 2025
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Apple to revamp AI team after announcing top executive's departure
Apple is shaking up its AI ranks, poaching a Microsoft executive and reorganizing after announcing the retirement of its top AI leader, whose tenure was defined by the company’s artificial-intelligence struggles.
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December 03, 2025
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Samsung debuts 1st trifold smartphone
Samsung Electronics Co. unveiled its first so-called trifold smartphone, flaunting its engineering prowess in foldable devices even as the broader category has yet to catch on with consumers.
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December 03, 2025
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Sitharaman urges global action on new economic risks
The finance minister said that economic governance must rest on fairness and responsibility
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December 03, 2025
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State-owned banks flag deposit rate woes on policy eve
State-owned lenders have alerted the banking regulator that their inability to cut deposit rates as fast as loan rates is taking a toll on interest margins, three people familiar with the development said.
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December 03, 2025
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Corp funding rebounds in Q3 on higher profits, bank credit
reflects a phase of strong profitability, enabling companies to rely more on their own cash flows to fund operations and expansion,” Sharma said.
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December 03, 2025
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What this year’s Economics Nobel prize means for India
Two centuries of sustained growth has transformed living standards. In the US and UK, GDP per capita more than doubled every generation, a cumulative twentyfold increase. What accounts for such massive growth? Technological change.
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December 03, 2025
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Chinese rare-earth dealers are dodging Beijing’s export curbs
Chinese rare-earth magnet companies are finding workarounds to their government's onerous export restrictions, as they seek to keep sales flowing to Western buyers without falling afoul of Chinese authorities.
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December 03, 2025
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Meesho under fire from investors over SBI Funds allotment
Meesho Ltd's anchor book faced a setback after several major investors pulled out when the Indian e-commerce firm was said to have allocated about a quarter of the shares in this tranche to SBI Funds Management Pvt,, the country’s largest asset manager, according to people familiar with the matter.
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December 03, 2025
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India’s battery dreams trip on visa hurdles for Chinese pros
Problems in renewal of visas for Chinese technicians have slowed the pace of buildout of India’s lithium-ion battery manufacturing factories for electric vehicles and energy storage, according to two people aware of the matter.
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December 03, 2025
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Airbus to inspect hundreds of A320s for panel defect
The extra inspections will risk slowing down delivery of newly-produced jets
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December 03, 2025
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The US economy presents a case for being 'cautiously optimistic'
Indicators suggest weakness but it won't last long and a recovery would be good for global growth
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December 03, 2025
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Yoodli raises $40 mn to build AI learning
Yoodli has raised $40 million in Series B funding led by WestBridge Capital, as the Seattle-based experiential learning platform strengthens its team and expands more aggressively into the enterprise market.
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December 03, 2025
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Torrent hires banks for $450 mn IPO
Torrent Gas Ltd has hired three banks for its planned initial public offering (IPO) that may raise as much as $450 million, according to people familiar with the matter.
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December 03, 2025
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Why Google's AI is unlikely to overtake OpenAI's ChatGPT
Gemini may be the 'better' bot but ChatGPT might be harder to quit
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December 03, 2025
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Sebi set to overhaul disclosure, broker rules
in March after Hindenburg Research allegations of conflict of interest against Madhabi Puri Buch, who served as Sebi chairperson until February.
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December 03, 2025
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Sri Lanka cyclone death toll at 355
Cyclone Ditwah brought the island nation’s worst floods in a decade when it struck on Friday.
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