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Financial Express Chandigarh
Slowdown in home loans hits personal credit growth
THE SLOWDOWN IN home loans pulled down the overall growth in the personal loan category in November.
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January 05, 2026
Financial Express Chandigarh
From multiple regulators to one framework
VIKSIT BHARAT SHIKSHA ADHISHTHAN BILL, 2025
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January 05, 2026
Financial Express Chandigarh
Ola’s triple-unicorn ride runs into speed bumps
IN 2024, BHAVISH AGGARWAL presided over a rare feat in Indian startups—running three unicorns in parallel.
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January 05, 2026
Financial Express Chandigarh
Coding gets the right vibe
FOR THE LAST three decades, the sheer headcount of software engineers have been translating into big revenues for Indian IT services companies. The offshore execution efficiency combined with the ability to add talent as and when new projects came up, defined the growth trajectory for the business. This phenomenon is poised for a dramatic shift that would redefine how IT service businesses can count on their advantage.
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January 05, 2026
Financial Express Chandigarh
Early screen time leads to teen anxiety
A STUDY BY a Singapore government agency has found that children exposed to high levels of screen time before age two showed brain development changes linked to slower decision-making and higher anxiety in adolescence, adding to concerns about early digital exposure.
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January 05, 2026
Financial Express Chandigarh
Unsold homes rise 4% in 2025
UNSOLD HOUSING UNITS rose 4% to nearly 577,000 units last year across 7 major cities as supply of new homes exceeded demand, according to Anarock.
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January 05, 2026
Financial Express Chandigarh
India Inc ...
AT TATA SONS, Chairman N Chandrasekaran in his New Year message to employees, reiterated the group's focus on adopting AI across functions to improve execution, signalling that AI is now viewed as an enterprise-wide lever rather than an experimental tool.
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January 05, 2026
Financial Express Chandigarh
Without reforms, 2026 could be another damp squib for equities
GLOBAL HEADWINDS
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January 05, 2026
Financial Express Chandigarh
Maduro sits in US custody, loyalists defiant
VENEZUELA'S TOPPLED LEADER Nicolas Maduro was in a New York detention center on Sunday awaiting drug charges after President Donald Trump ordered an audacious raid to capture him, saying the US would take control of the oil-producing nation.
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January 05, 2026
Financial Express Chandigarh
ONGC Videsh may get to recover $1-bn in dues
RIL, ACCORDING TO media reports, had obtained a licence from US Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) in July 2024 for crude imports from PdVSA, notwithstanding the sanctions, but actual trade hasn't picked up.
4 min |
January 05, 2026
Financial Express Chandigarh
Global degrees, Indian address
FOREIGN UNIVERSITY CAMPUSES ARE EXPANDING CHOICE TO EARN GLOBAL DEGREES
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January 05, 2026
Financial Express Chandigarh
BSNL, pvt telcos spar over shift to IP-based interconnection
PRIVATE TELECOM OPERATORS, including Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio and Vodafone Idea, have locked horns with state-owned Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) over the cost of transition of the interconnection framework.
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January 05, 2026
Financial Express Chandigarh
New airport....
BHOGAPURAM'S OPERATOR, GMR Visakhapatnam International Airport, said the validation flight marked a key regulatory milestone ahead of the airport's inauguration, scheduled for June.
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January 05, 2026
Financial Express Chandigarh
‘Key theme in 2026 will be discretionary consumption’
Improving liquidity, income-tax relief and GST rationalisation are expected to lift discretionary spending in 2026.
3 min |
January 05, 2026
Financial Express Chandigarh
Experts split on Centre's capex pace in Dec-March
CAPITAL EXPENDITURE TOTALS ₹6.5 LAKH CRORE THROUGH NOVEMBER
2 min |
January 05, 2026
Financial Express Chandigarh
GST 2.0: Luxury EV penetration declines
ELECTRIC VEHICLE (EV) penetration in the luxury car segment has seen a drop by nearly 3 percentage points in the GST 2.0 era with the internal combustion engine versions offering better total cost of ownership, according to industry players.
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January 05, 2026
Financial Express Chandigarh
X to ban user accounts creating illegal content
ELON MUSK-OWNED X said on Sunday that it would take strict action against illegal content
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January 05, 2026
Financial Express Chandigarh
Bandhan Bank loans grow 10% in Q3
PRIVATE SECTOR LENDER Bandhan Bank on Sunday reported a 10% year-on-year (yo-y) growth in its loans and advances, totalling ₹1.45 lakh crore for the third quarter ended December 31, 2025.
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January 05, 2026
Financial Express Chandigarh
Bring the cinema home
YUVA VIBE DELIVERS SHARP AND VIBRANT VISUALS
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January 05, 2026
Financial Express Chandigarh
From parched fields to prosperity
FARMER PROSPERITY CAN BE REAL IF INNOVATION IS SCALED WITH COLLABORATION BETWEEN ALL STAKEHOLDERS
4 min |
January 05, 2026
Financial Express Chandigarh
Citi tops M&A advisory league table
Late surge in big deals lifts overall number in 2025
1 min |
January 05, 2026
Financial Express Chandigarh
IT results may underline resilience, not recovery
LARGE-CAP DOMESTIC
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January 05, 2026
Financial Express Chandigarh
‘2026 will be defined by the industrialisation of AI’
LTIMindtree is betting big on BlueVerse, its AI-native ecosystem that brings together intelligent agents, modular architecture and built-in trust, providing everything enterprises need to move from AI concept-to-value. “We see strong investments in Al, with significant traction both in AI-native projects and in infusing AI into existing capabilities,” says Venu Lambu, CEO & MD, LTIMindtree. In this interview with Sudhir Chowdhary, he outlines the key trends and his company’s strategy for accelerating Al adoption among its clients. Excerpts:
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January 05, 2026
Financial Express Chandigarh
Subsidies 8% of states' revenue spending
STATE GOVERNMENTS CONTINUE to devote a sizeable share of their budgets to subsidies, underscoring their role in welfare delivery while intensifying pressure on public finances.
1 min |
January 05, 2026
Financial Express Chandigarh
New airport every 50 days, says Naidu
THE COUNTRY'S AIRPORT expansion is gathering pace, with a new airport being added roughly every 50 days as the government is pushing to ease capacity constraints and expand air connectivity, Civil Aviation Minister Ram Mohan Naidu said on Sunday.
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January 05, 2026
Financial Express Chandigarh
ONGC Videsh may get to recover $1 billion in dues
• Venezuelan oil supplies may resume to RIL, other refiners
1 min |
January 05, 2026
Financial Express Chandigarh
India Inc goes all-in on Al mainstreaming
INDIA INC MAY not be at the forefront of cutting-edge technological development, but it is gearing up for large-scale adoption of artificial intelligence, with large enterprises beginning to rework organisational structures, workflows and leadership roles to embed AI across operations.
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January 05, 2026
Financial Express Chandigarh
From rare to well-done
FOR ONLINE FRESH MEAT DELIVERY SHOPS, THE PIVOT TO OFFLINE RETAIL HAS BECOME THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SURVIVAL AND EXTINCTION
3 min |
January 05, 2026
Financial Express Chandigarh
'Expect top line to grow 70-80% in FY26'
After a year spent regaining momentum following a regulatory freeze, Cashfree Payments is starting to see payoffs from investments it made earlier, particularly in cross-border payments.
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January 05, 2026
Financial Express Chandigarh
Decoding Meta’s move to snap up Manus
AI agent developer, has been acquired by Meta for an undisclosed sum, as the social media giant steps up spending to close the gap with rivals such as Google and OpenAl.
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