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Financial Express Kochi
New Maharashtra law upends India Inc’s playbook for trusts
TRUSTS IN MAHARASHTRA will need sharper successionplanning strategies as the state’s Public Trusts (Amendment) Ordinance-2025 comes into effect and reshapes how charitable boards are structured and leadership continuity is managed, experts said.
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November 17, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Unicorn IPO rush gains momentum
© Four issues worth ~26,000 cr to test investor appetite
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November 17, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Russian oil imports up 11% in Oct despite Trump's claim
US PRESIDENT DONALD Trump's repeated claims that India has “substantially” curtailed its oil imports from Russia are yet to be borne out by data.
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November 17, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Firms bullish on AI but hold back on spending
NEARLY HALF OF INDIAN enterprises now have multiple artificial intelligence (AI) use cases running in production, but investment remains cautious with over 95% of organisations allocating less than 20% of their IT budgets to AI initiatives, according to a survey by EY and the Confederation of Indian Industry (Cll).
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November 17, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
AI's next move might be scrapping the chatbot
FOR THREE YEARS, chatbots have been the face of generative artificial intelligence. Type anything in them to get a personalised response, which morphs into a seemingly magical dialogue with a machine.While that conversational interface may seem the best way to harness large language models, some companies are starting to ditch chatbots, worried about liability and loss of control.
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November 17, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Eden shambles exposes perils of extreme turn ers obsession
THE TURN OF events at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata — South Africa beat India by 30 runs in the first of the two-Test series by defending a target of 124, the lowest total India has ever failed to chase at home — pained the two most prolific wicket-takers at this grand old stadium.
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November 17, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
‘Illegal migration tearing UK apart’
ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION IS tearing Britain apart and tougher measures such as an extended waiting period of 20 years for refugees to acquire permanent residency are required to unite the country, UK Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said on Sunday.
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November 17, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Park surplus money in income plus arbitrage funds
WITH DEBT FUNDS LOSING INDEXATION BENEFITS, THIS IS A TAX-EFFICIENT OPTION
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November 17, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Winter escapes in the heart of the Himalayas
From Auli to Chopta and Khirsu to Trijuginarayan, Uttarakhand offers many beautiful and peaceful places to visit during the winter season
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November 17, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Startups cash in on corporates’ growing focus on employee wellness
A MARKED SHIFT by corporates towards treating employee wellness asa productivityand retention leveris triggering a surge in demand for comprehensive health and fitness solutions, fuelling strong growth for startups in the space.
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November 17, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Four unicorn IPOs to test investor appetite
The unicorn IPO frenzy continues unabated.
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November 17, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Architecting the future of health
THE INDIA REIMAGINED FELLOWSHIP PROMISES ₹2.5 CRORE PER FELLOW
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November 17, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Uttarakhand Tourism Policy 2023 Ensures Financial Inclusion, Environmental Sustainability, & Investor Friendliness
Uttarakhand Tourism Policy 2023 presents a comprehensive and transformative approach to establishing the state as a globally recognized tourism hub.
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November 17, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Cars, phones to face shortage of memory
CHINA'S SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING International Corp (SMIC) warned that a shortage of memory may constrain car and consumerelectronics production in 2026, flagging potential bottlenecks at a time major chip-makers are prioritising business with Nvidia.
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November 17, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
PM to rewrite growth agenda with human capital at centre
• Chief Secretaries' meet to discuss future workforce
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November 17, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Taking charge of the narrative
THE SHARP ONLINE chatter around Lenskart Solutions’ nearly ¢7,300-crore IPO has thrown up a deeper question for modern consumer brands: Can a financial event meant for investors end up reshaping brand perception, albeit momentarily? Debates over its valuation, discounted listing and “tech-first” identity spilled from social platforms such as X, Reddit and Instagram into mainstream feeds.
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November 17, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
ECB norms: Banks for higher M&A cap
THE RESERVE BANK of India’s (RBI) proposed guidelines to revamp the external commercial borrowings (ECB) framework are likely to become a game-changer in acquisition financing, believe bankers and analysts.
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November 17, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Small footprint, big stature
POSSIBLY THE ONLY COMPACT SUV THAT DOESN’T LOOK COMPACT — IT’S POWERED BY PETROL, TURBO-PETROL, DIESEL, AND NVIDIA
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November 17, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
DPDP rules...
FORBUSINESSES, THESE enti- ties will help fulfil mandatory obligations such as informing users about existing personal data held by the company, obtaining explicit consent for continued processing and deleting data once it is no longer required for the stated purpose.
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November 17, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Insolvency: Centre may rejig valuation process
THE GOVERNMENT PLANS to revise valuation norms under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) to ensure intangible assets are fully captured in assessments of distressed companies, while giving the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) greater authority over how valuation reports are prepared.
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November 17, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Just 1 in 6 firms prepared for supply chain turmoil
DESPITE THEIR PIVOTAL role in driving profitability and customer experience, supply chains remain underleveraged in strategic decision-making at most Indian organisations, with technology infrastructure gaps and capability challenges hampering their transformation into strategic growth engines, according toa PwC Indiasurvey.
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November 17, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Indian Navy to commission anti-submarine warfare vessel
THE INDIAN NAVY will commission an indigenously-built antisubmarine warfare shallowwatercraft next week that is expected to boost its combat prowess.
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November 17, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Tata Power green capacity addition to rise sixfold in H2
AFTER A SLOWDOWN in project completions in the first half of FY26, Tata Power expects its renewable energy capacity addition to pick up from the current quarter and scale up significantly from the next financial year.
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November 17, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
New endorsers on the block
SNAPDEAL'S MOVE TO TURN EMPLOYEES INTO CONTENT CREATORS HAS HELPED IT CUT BOTH COST AND TIME
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November 17, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
India, Russia-led Eurasian union review trade talks
Both sides are eyeing $100 bn in trade by 2030
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November 17, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Devbhoomi Uttarakhand: A Marvelous Confluence of Natural Beauty & Adventure
Whether it is ecotourism, wildlife tourism, or the thrill of unexplored snow-capped peaks, skiing, mountain biking, paragliding, and trekking trails, Uttarakhand offers everything that might otherwise require traveling to multiple countries.
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November 17, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Seed Bill faces flak on farmer compensation
THE DRAFT SEED Bill, 2025, unveiled last week, is expected to incentivise investment in research and development (R&D) by ‘genuine’ players while bringing in much-needed regulation in the sector, major seed associations have stated.
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November 17, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Farm exports to get modest gain from US tariff waiver
INDIA'S EXPORTS OF agricultural commodities are unlikely to gain much from US President Donald Trump’s recent exemption of select food items from reciprocal tariffs.
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November 17, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Import of coal surges 14% in Sept to 22 MT
India’s coal import surged by 13.54 percent to 22.05 million tonnes (MT) in September, driven by increased demand of the dry fuel ahead of the festive season.
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November 17, 2025
Financial Express Kochi
Russian oil imports up...
THE US LAST month imposed sanctions on Russia’s oil companies Lukoil and Rosneft that largely fund Moscow’s war against Ukraine.
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