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Hundreds of US flights cancelled amid shutdown
A wave of flight cancellations hit the United States on Friday morning, bringing home the effects of the government shutdown to many more Americans.
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November 08, 2025
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Goldman Sachs promotes 49 employees in India as MD
Goldman Sachs has promoted 49 employees in India as managing directors (MDs) — a record number for the country where the Wall Street bank sees substantial opportunities.
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November 08, 2025
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Will the vibrant capital mkt bring next Nvidia from India?
In 1980, Apple went public at a $1.8 billion market cap, just five years after its founding.
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November 08, 2025
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Adam Smith and the moral economy we have lost
With the 25oth anniversary of The Wealth of Nations approaching next year, the world is gearing up to honour Adam Smith. But which Smith should be recognised? The hard-nosed “founding father” of modern economics, or the philosopher who wrote The Theory of Moral Sentiments? Scholars have wrestled with this question, a riddle known as “Das Adam Smith Problem,” for centuries, because it concerns not just dualities within Smith's thought, but also our own uneasy relationship with morality and markets.
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November 08, 2025
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Mounjaro India’s bestselling drug in Oct with ₹100 cr sales
Eli Lilly’s anti-obesity medicine Mounjaro (tirzepatide) emerged as India’s highest-selling drug by value in October 2025, posting sales worth almost ₹100 crore for the first time since its launch in March this year.
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November 08, 2025
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Pilot-in-command not to be blamed for A-I crash, observes SC
The Supreme Court on Friday observed that no fault could be attributed to the pilot-in-command of Air India’s Boeing 787 Dreamliner that crashed in Ahmedabad in June this year.
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November 08, 2025
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Lacklustre IPO listings cast shadow on D-St euphoria
Back-to-back weak listings have taken some shine off India’s ongoing IPO boom.
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November 08, 2025
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CEA confident of growth above 6.8%
Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) V Anantha Nageswaran on Friday exuded confidence that economic growth would be upwards of 6.8 per cent in the current financial year driven by consumption boost provided by GST rate cut and income tax relief.
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November 08, 2025
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Trump hints at possible India visit next yr
In a sign that India-United States relations could be recovering from the recent friction over the tariffs the White House imposed on Indian goods and negotiations on a trade deal that had reached an impasse, American President Donald Trump on Friday (India time) said he could visit India next year at the invite of his “friend” Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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November 08, 2025
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The rebel poet-filmmaker
“No one else can shake the people’s middle-class mindset, wealth, and contentment. You have departed, pride has dissipated, and humility has surfaced.” This is my translation of a few lines from Ritwik, for You, a poem written by Bengali poet Shakti Chattopadhyay in 1976, shortly after the death of filmmaker Ritwik Ghatak.
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November 08, 2025
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No regulator should substitute boardroom decision: RBI guy
“We need to allow the regulated entities to take decisions based on the merits of each case, rather than prescribing a ‘one size fits all’ rule. This will enable regulated entities to experiment and innovate, learn and improve,” he said.
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November 08, 2025
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No regulator should substitute boardroom judgement: RBI guv
Financial stability remains the ‘North Star’ for the central bank
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November 08, 2025
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The 1st Republic, the lost Republic
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction
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November 08, 2025
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Exponent targets 2-2.5 mn 3Ws with 24-hr EV retrofit
Exponent Energy, a Bengaluru-based energy-tech company with financial backing from the family office of Hero MotoCorp Chairman and CEO Pawan Munjal, has launched its ‘Exponent Oto’ technology, a disruptive solution designed to retrofit Internal Combustion Engine (ICE) three-wheelers into electric vehicles (EVs).
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November 08, 2025
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Groww IPO booked 17.6x on last day
Taking the D-Street Billionbrains Garage Ventures
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November 08, 2025
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MFs turn to covered call strategy to squeeze out gains in flat mkt
Restricted in 2010, the regulator allowed writing options under covered calls in 2019
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November 08, 2025
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Air traffic control glitch hits over 800 flights at Delhi airport
Earlier in the day, Delhi airport operator DIAL (Delhi International Airport Ltd) had said in a post on X: “All airline operations at Delhi Airport are currently delayed. Authorities concerned are working on resolving the issue at the earliest.
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November 08, 2025
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HAL inks deal for 113 GE engines for Tejas Mk1A
ENGINE DELIVERIES ARE SCHEDULED BETWEEN 2027 AND 2032: HAL
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November 08, 2025
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National song row: PM says key stanzas dropped in 1937
In an apparent attack at the Congress, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said important stanzas of the national song “Vande Mataram” were dropped in 1937 which sowed the seeds of partition and asserted that such a “divisive mindset” is still a challenge for the country.
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November 08, 2025
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Vedanta Resources to invest $1.5 bn to launch CopperTech in US
Vedanta Resources has announced plans to launch a US-based subsidiary CopperTech Metals, which would in turn own and operate its Konkola Copper Mines in Zambia, a move which comes at a time when the Trumpled administration was trying to jack up domestic mining and cut imports.
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November 08, 2025
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After Sep high, e-way bills soften 4% in Oct
E-way bills moderated almost 4 per cent in October to 126.85 million after a record high in September, reflecting stabilisation in goods movement and trade adjustments linked to changes in Goods and Services Tax (GST).
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November 08, 2025
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Regulators can work together to minimise overlaps: RBI dy guv
Regulators can work together to minimise regulatory overlaps and close material gaps without affecting innovation, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Deputy Governor Swaminathan J said on Friday while speaking at the ‘Gatekeepers of Governance - Corporate Governance Summit’.
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November 08, 2025
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IBBI proposes bidders disclose beneficial ownership in entities
In order to prevent the misuse of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code’s (IBC’s) “clean slate” concept, the insolvency regulator has proposed detailed disclosures by bidders on beneficial ownership of their entities.
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November 08, 2025
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Trent profit up 11%, revenue rises 16%
Fashion and lifestyle retailer Trent on Friday reported a 11.3 percent on year rise in its consolidated net profit for the second quarter of 2025-26 (Q2FY26).
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November 08, 2025
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IIBX eyes over $12 bn forex flow in FY26
The India International Bullion Exchange (IIBX) — the country’s first international bullion exchange set up in the GIFT City in Gujarat — has projected foreign exchange (EX) flows exceeding $12 billion in the financial year 2026 (FY26), driven by robust growth in gold and silver trading volumes, a senior government official said, while seeking anonymity.
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November 08, 2025
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Time for job hugging in the ad world
YES, BUT...
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November 08, 2025
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Nykaa net profit more than triples to ₹34 crore
FSN E-Commerce Ventures Ltd, the parent company of beauty retailer Nykaa, recorded a3.4x growth in net profit at ₹34.43 crore in the second quarter of FY26, up from ₹10.04 crore inthe corresponding period last year.
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November 08, 2025
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GST 2.0, festive cheer drive record vehicle sales
“The standout story of the month was the rise of Bharat. Rural India became the true growth engine, as a favourable monsoon, higher farm incomes, and the government’s infrastructure push drove purchasing power. PV sales in rural areas grew over three times faster than in urban markets, while rural two-wheeler sales rose at nearly twice the rate seen in urban India, marking a struc-
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November 08, 2025
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Over 65% owners paid part of property deal in cash: Survey
LocalCircle survey says regulatory bottlenecks, low circle rates the root cause
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November 08, 2025
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Benchmarks end week in red on FPI selloff
Domestic equity benchmarks closed flat on Friday but fell for the week as foreign outflows outweighed optimism over corporate earnings and expectations of progress in India-US trade talks.
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