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India’s crude oil loadings from Russia dip
Unless wider sanctions are introduced, India may continue sourcing from non-sanctioned Russian suppliers, say experts
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December 12, 2025
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Kolhapuri craft puts spring in Prada's step
Prada, Lidcom (Sant Rohidas Leather Industries & Charmakar Development Corporation), and Lidkar (Dr Babu Jagjivan Ram Leather Industries Development Corporation) the two government bodies that safeguard, promote, and develop the Indian leather industry and the heritage of Kolhapuri chappals -
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December 12, 2025
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State gets FDI proposals worth over ₹13.6K crore
Uttar Pradesh (UP) has netted 11 fresh foreign direct investment (FDI) proposals worth more than %13,610 crore, aiming to emerge as a major investment destination.
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December 12, 2025
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Over ₹1 trn in unclaimed deposits: How to find, get back your money
People must check if they have unclaimed money with banks, insurers, mutual funds and listed companies and take back “what is rightfully theirs”, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said recently.
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December 12, 2025
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Travel operators ramp up capacities for faster refunds amid IndiGo flight crisis
Online travel operators (OTAs), including MakeMyTrip, EaseMyTrip, and Cleartrip, have increased capacities by expanding human support and technology to enable quick refunds or rescheduling of traveller bookings amid a massive surge in inquiries due to IndiGo flight cancellations.
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December 12, 2025
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Thailand, Cambodia hold talks on border crossings
Thailand and Cambodia held talks on Thursday to open a border crossing as their conflict extended into a fourth day, with both countries still waiting to hear from US President Donald Trump, who says he believes he can put a stop to the fighting.
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December 12, 2025
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No hard stop for US trade deal: Goyal
Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal on Thursday said India is not negotiating the trade deal with the US with a fixed deadline, and the US should sign on the dotted line if it is happy with India’s offer.
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December 12, 2025
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IndiGo crisis: House panel may summon DGCA, MoCA officials
A parliamentary panel is likely to summon top officials of the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA), Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) and Airports Authority of India (AAI) to discuss the recent crisis that has hit India’s civil aviation sector due to flight cancellations by the country’s largest airline IndiGo.
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December 12, 2025
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US seizes sanctioned oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela
Maduro govt calls it ‘an act of international piracy’
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December 12, 2025
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Four US economic policy shifts of 2025
Astonishingly, these shakeups have failed to unsettle the US or global economy — but 2026 will tell whether that continues
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December 12, 2025
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₹ hits new low on delay in US trade deal
‘The rupee, which depreciated 0.45 per cent on Thursday, is the worst-performing Asian currency this year, slipping 5.26 per cent against the dollar.
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December 12, 2025
Business Standard
Affordable housing financiers attractively valued after correction
The affordable housing financiers (AHF) segment is a long-term structural story, given low mortgage penetration and favourable policy.
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December 12, 2025
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India must overhaul corporate bond market architecture: NITI Aayog
In a bid to mobilise long-term, low-cost capital to sustain its growth ambitions, NITI Aayog on Thursday called for a sequenced and harmonised reform strategy to deepen the country’s corporate bond market, cautioning that the current scale and structure could become a bottleneck to investment-heavy growth.
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December 12, 2025
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Gram, barley surpass sowing targets, wheat lags
‘The sowing of gram and barley in Rajasthan has surpassed that of wheat and mustard
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December 12, 2025
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Maha set to free Mumbai from ‘Pagdi’ system
New framework aims to ensure fair redevelopment
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December 12, 2025
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Pension parking lot expanded to gold, AIFs, InvITs
Moreover, the pension regulator has allowed investments in initial public offers (IPOs) of firms if their full float market capitalisation (mcap) based on the lower band of issue price is equal to or higher than the mceap of the 250th firm in the NSE 250 Index.
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December 12, 2025
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The art of ‘intentional space’
Marie Kondo’s Letter from Japan is at once an intimate postcard and a manifesto: Part memoir, part cultural primer, and part practical theology of household life.
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December 12, 2025
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US approves $686 mn tech upgrade for Pakistan’s F-16 jets
The administration of US President Donald Trump has approved sales valued at $686 million of technology and equipment for Pakistan’s F-16 fighter jets to moderise its fleet.
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December 12, 2025
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PaRRVA, Sebi's tool to check performance claims, explained
Sebi’s new verification system, Past Risk and Return Verification Agency (PaRRVA), validates past return claims of registered intermediaries.
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December 11, 2025
Business Standard
‘First-time entrepreneurs making a mark on the market’
India is entering an era of extraordinary long-term wealth creation, and the financial sector is likely to be its biggest beneficiary, says Raamdeo Agrawal, chairman and cofounder, Motilal Oswal Financial Services. Speaking to Samie Modak in Mumbai ahead of the release of his 30th Wealth Creation Study, Agrawal argues that 12-15 per cent annualised Sensex returns remain structurally sustainable, supported by rising household participation and a powerful wealth effect. Edited excerpts:
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December 11, 2025
Business Standard
This land is whose land?
What is a nation for?
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December 11, 2025
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Brookfield Reit raises 3,500 cr through QIP to fund growth
Brookfield India Real Estate Investment Trust (Reit) has raised 3,500 crore ($390 million) through a qualified institutional placement (QIP).
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December 11, 2025
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As rupee wobbles and costs surge, car firms gear up for new-year price rise
Come January, passenger vehicles are poised for a price increase, now almost an annual ritual, as original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) contend with forex pressures from weakening of the rupee against the dollar and euro, rising commodity prices, and uncertainty over rural demand.
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December 11, 2025
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Ajanta Pharma earmarks 1K cr for acquisitions to plug therapy gaps
Ajanta Pharma has earmarked over ₹1,000 crore for inorganic opportunities as it looks to plug gaps in select therapy areas, its joint managing director, Rajesh Agrawal, said while emphasising that the company was sharpening its growth focus on India and emerging markets.
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December 11, 2025
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$70 bn and rising: Amazon's $35 bn bet lifts India's AI tide
Amazon's mega 5-yr plan tops announcements made by Microsoft, Google
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December 11, 2025
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Netflix, Paramount in a game of thrones
What does the sale of Warner Bros Discovery to Netflix or to Paramount mean for India? Time to recalibrate your viewing
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December 11, 2025
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US trade team may press India on greater market access in agri products
The visiting US trade delegation is expected to push India for greater market access in agricultural products, with the United States Trade Representative (USTR) Jamieson Greer on Wednesday highlighting New Delhi's resistance to certain row crops such as corn and soybeans, as well as meat products.
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December 11, 2025
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DGCA stations officers at IndiGo HQ to monitor internal ops
The aviation regulator on Wednesday stationed a group of officials at Indi Go’s headquarters in Gurugram to monitor the day-to-day internal operations of the country’s largest airline, even as it summoned the airline’s CEO Pieter Elbers on Thursday to provide updates on the recent disruptions which led to cancellation of over 4,200 flights in a span of nine days till December 9.
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December 11, 2025
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IMF asks China to curb exports, boost consumption
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Wednesday urged China to make the “brave choice” of speeding up structural reform, as pressure grows on the world’s second-largest economy to shift towards a consumption-led model and curb reliance on debt-driven exports.
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December 11, 2025
Business Standard
Bull-case scenario puts Nifty at 32,032 by 2026: Kotak Sec
The Nifty 50 index could rise around 24 per cent from current levels to 32,032 by December 2026 in a bull-case scenario, Kotak Securities said in a recent note.
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