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HDFC Bank: Legal review reveals former chairman's charges 'not substantiated'
India’s largest private sector lender HDFC Bank said on Friday that an independent legal review it had commissioned into allegations made by former part-time chairman Atanu Chakraborty in his resignation letter were “not substantiated” by documentary evidence or witness interviews.
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June 27, 2026
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Now, Siam objects to battery recycling rules
The Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (Siam) has warned that battery-recycling targets mandated under the government’s rules could raise electric vehicle (EV) prices by 3-5 per cent and hurt sales in the country.
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June 27, 2026
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Iran reasserts right to control shipping in Strait after ship attack
Calls US-GCC statement ‘interventionist and provocative’
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June 27, 2026
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AIFs expect rebound in investor flows as W Asia uncertainty eases
After months of subdued fundraising amid geopolitical uncertainty stemming from the West Asia conflict, alternative investment fund (AIF) managers are beginning to see signs of revival in investor sentiment.
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June 27, 2026
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Xi backs new B'desh government
Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday expressed Beijing's backing for Bangladesh in upholding its sovereignty and “rejecting foreign interference”, as he met visiting Prime Minister (PM) Tarique Rahman here.
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June 27, 2026
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A rediscovery of Aurangzeb/Alamgir
His grandfather and his father are both known by the titles they took once they became the Badshah — Jahangir and Shah Jahan. Hardly anyone knows them by their names, Salim and Khurram.
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June 27, 2026
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10 more jurisdictions come under RBI’s SDL framework
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday expanded its pilot Benchmark Issuance Strategy (BIS) for State Development Loans (SDLs) to nine more states and the Union Territory of Delhi.
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June 27, 2026
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ESIC plans to bring gig workers under social security net
The Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC), a statutory social security body, is preparing to overhaul its regulations and expand its administrative network for the inclusion of gig workers, platform workers, self-employed persons and other unorganised workers under its benefits coverage, two persons aware of the development said.
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June 27, 2026
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Pressure mounts on Champat Rai to quit Ram temple trust post
The Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Friday said it has no knowledge of its vice president Champat Rai resigning as general secretary of the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust amid allegations of the embezzlement of donations to the Ram temple.
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June 27, 2026
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Rising EV exports get further boost from India-UK pact
The India-UK Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (Ceta) will come into force on July 1.
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June 27, 2026
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Pseudoscience cripples societies
Trofim Lysenko is the most famous pseudoscientist of all time — so much so that “Lysenkoism” is a synonym for pseudoscience.
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June 27, 2026
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Air India may restore flights as W Asia situation improves: CEO
Air India may restore some of the flights it had cut because of the West Asia conflict if the security situation remains stable, which would allow more airspace to open and fuel prices to significantly decrease, its Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director Campbell Wilson told employees on Friday.
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June 27, 2026
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Centre seeks to relax residual shelf life of imported drugs
The Centre has proposed two amendments to the Drugs Rules, 1945, aimed at easing the import of medicines and reducing regulatory hurdles for pharmaceutical research, as part of its broader push to improve ease of doing business in the sector.
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June 27, 2026
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Right time to invest in high payout stocks
Krishna Kant and Ram Prasad Sahu analyse 10 stocks that offer investors high dividend yields
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June 27, 2026
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Historic heat wave catches Europe's fashion industry unprepared
As a historic heat wave gripped Paris this week, fashion houses tried to keep their guests cool with ice packs, mist machines and iced Evian on silver platters.
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June 27, 2026
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MiPhi first to make enterprise SSD locally
Micromax-Phison JV making these advanced data-storage solutions at its Noida plant
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June 27, 2026
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Transformational growth prime focus of FTA with UK, says Goyal
Transformational growth should be the prime focus of the India-UK Free Trade Agreement (FTA), Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal told business leaders at a plenary session in London on Friday.
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June 27, 2026
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CBSE to modify order on foreign language choices
Class 7, 8 and 9 students who opted for 2 foreign languages may be allowed to continue with the same combination
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June 27, 2026
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State to focus on raising kharif millet yield
The focus for the 2026 kharif season in Rajasthan will be on increasing the yield of major millets, a senior agriculture department official said.
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June 27, 2026
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Fresh policy to aid startups in the making
The Uttar Pradesh government is drafting UP Startup Policy 2026 to help budding startups attract global funding and integrate with the existing incubator ecosystem.
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June 27, 2026
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Bengal to scrap urban land ceiling law, says Dasgupta
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in West Bengal will scrap the urban land ceiling Act, meeting a long-standing demand of industry, state finance minister Swapan Dasgupta said on Friday.
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June 27, 2026
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India’s fintechs prepare for takeoff on global payments runway
Chase licences in key mkts as they move from cross-border rails to global payment networks
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June 27, 2026
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Legal review reveals ex-chairman’s charges ‘not substantiated’: HDFC Bank
Jagdishan was appointed in 2020 for three years which was extended by another three years in 2023.
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June 27, 2026
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Sebi rejects Anil Ambani: settlement request over Reliance Infrastructure
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has rejected applications by industrialist Anil Ambani and his corporate group to settle allegations of misusing almost $700 million of company funds, documents reviewed by Reuters show.
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June 27, 2026
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Centre scraps Jackson Labs' licence, probe on
MATERNAL DEATHS IN RAJASTHAN
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June 27, 2026
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AlphaGrep eyes edge in MFs with quant-driven strategies
AlphaGrep Investment Management (AIM), the latest entrant to the mutual fund (MF) industry, is betting on its quantitative investing capabilities to stand out in the crowded asset management space.
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June 27, 2026
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A voyage to infinity and beyond
In 1977, as Star Wars whisked audiences to “a galaxy far, far away”, and Star Trek, by now beaming into homes across over 120 countries, asked humanity “to boldly go where no man has gone before”, Nasa launched two small car-sized spacecraft called Voyager.
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June 27, 2026
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ITC's FMCG business clocks consumer spend of over ₹ 37,000 cr in FY26
Consumers spent more than ₹ 37,000 crore on ITC’s non-cigarette fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) products in 2025-26 (FY26), according to the company’s latest annual report.
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June 27, 2026
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India-Europe partnership needs constant nurturing
India must not allow the negotiation process to lose momentum
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June 27, 2026
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20 states utilised just 5.86% of combined budgeted capex in April-May
Capital expenditure by 20 states fell in proportionate terms in the first two months of this financial year, according to an analysis of monthly accounts released by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India.
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