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January 08, 2026

GDP may expand 7.4% in FY26

Nominal growth expected at 8%, slowest since FY21; fiscal deficit target likely to be met

3 mins

IT cos double down on work from office amid AI disruption

Leading information-technology (IT) companies are slowly but steadily tightening work-from-office rules, marking a clear shift back to pre-pandemic modes of operation amid artificial intelligence (AI)-led disruption and global uncertainty.

2 mins

HC orders status quo on Vedanta’s Suvali oil block

Puts on hold Centre’s move to deny company an extension of its production-sharing contract and hand over ops to ONGC

2 mins

Titan looks to lead lab-grown diamond space

Titan Company, which recently announced its foray into the fast-expanding lab-grown diamond (LGD) space with beYon, aimsto achieve the pole position with the new brand.

1 mins

Indian diamond market grew fastest globally in '25: De Beers

De Beers Group continues to double down on its marketing spend in India for natural diamonds, with investments now at an all-time high.

3 mins

PVs led EV retail sales in CY25, e2Ws remained in growth lane

Electric vehicle (EV) retail in India posted a strong performance in calendar year 2025 (CY25), with both passenger vehicles and two-wheelers recording healthy growth, although the underlying trends reveal sharp shifts in market leadership and competitive intensity across segments.

1 mins

Rural economy spurred tractor sales in 2025, tilling fertile ground for 2026

India’s tractor industry closed 2025 on a firm footing, nearing a million units in retail sales — posting double-digit growth in volumes — and entering 2026 with expectations of sustained demand, according to industry executives and analysts.

1 mins

Govt seeks fare data from airlines after Dec crisis

The central government has asked IndiGo, Air India, SpiceJet and Akasa to provide data on average fares charged, a document shows, as antitrust authorities investigate unprecedented travel disruptions in December.

1 mins

Chilled beer access puts UBL's growth on tap in Tier-II towns

40K visi-coolers in place, may surge 50% over next yr

2 mins

GLP-1 launches inject over 2x rise in India's weight-loss market sales in '25

Mounjaro tops revenue charts, recording ₹601 cr in sales within 9 months of launch

2 mins

FY26 a Goldilocks year; can it be repeated in FY27?

It is that time of the year when economists open Pandora’s box to forecast the macroeconomic mix for the coming financial year.

2 mins

Fiscal deficit target within reach

The government is likely to achieve its fiscal deficit target of 4.4 per cent despite a lower than budgeted print for the nominal gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate of 8 per cent in the first advance estimates released on Wednesday by the National Statistics Office.

1 mins

Fall in nominal GVA also pulls down real farm growth

India’s gross value added (GVA) for agriculture and allied activities is expected to grow at a modest rate of 3.1 per cent in real terms in financial year 2025-26 (FY26), down from 4.6 per cent in the last financial year despite a good monsoon and strong crop production, largely due to base effect and indirect impact of sharp dip in the nominal growth rates of GVA.

1 mins

Infra investment likely to climb, consumption growth may plateau

Robust public capex offsets slower private spending

2 mins

RBI intervention helps ₹ strengthen below 90 against $

Rupee appreciated on Wednesday on the back of intervention by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) via dollar sales, said dealers.

1 mins

Scheme to boost shipping container manufacturing on the table

As part of the Centre’s push to strengthen India’s maritime capabilities, the government is working on a scheme to provide financial assistance for the manufacture of shipping containers, officials and industry executives familiar with the discussions told Business Standard.

2 mins

IGX to launch IPO by Dec: MD&CEO

Indian Gas Exchange (IGX) plans to launch an initial public offering (IPO) by the end of December to raise funds through offer for sale (OFS) by existing shareholders, its Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (MD & CEO) Rajesh Kumar Mediratta said on Wednesday.

1 mins

Cap or stagger distributor payouts: Life Council panel

RBI’s recent stability report had flagged high expense structure

2 mins

E-way Bill generation hit fresh high in Dec

India’s goods movement hit a fresh high in December, with total e-way Bill generation rising 23.6 per cent year-on-year (Yo-Y) to 138.39 million, according to data released by the Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN).

1 mins

Positive biz outlook nudges banks to hire for sales growth

Banks are witnessing a surge in hiring for sales staff in secured segments such as home, vehicle and gold loans as compared to the recovery category, driven by a boost in business growth, and a host of regulatory measures aimed at improving ease of doing business, according to industry experts.

2 mins

TPG revives ‘strategic investment’ talks with IIFL Capital for 20% stake

US-based alternative asset manager ‘TPG has revived talks with IIFL group’s broking and wealth arm IIFL Capital Services to come in as a strategic investor by acquiring around 20 per cent stake in the company, sources aware of the development said.

2 mins

Rare earth sector may have low-to-medium indigenisation feasibility

CEA also flags low to medium feasibility for indigenising battery cells & cathode materials and solar wafers & cells

3 mins

Centre releases new draft of Pesticides Management Bill 2025 to check spurious sale

Industry says absence of regulatory data protection in new draft could hamper research

2 mins

FY27 Budget presentation likely on Feb 1

Economic Survey on January 29, though govt is yet to formally announce the dates

2 mins

Electronics industry targets 16 products to reduce imports

The electronics industry has informed the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) that it is working to develop 16 products — 11 intermediate and five finished — for domestic manufacturing by 2026, in response to Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi’s recent call to the Centre and states to identify 100 products to cut import dependence.

2 mins

Warner Bros rejects revised Paramount bid as risky leveraged buyout

Warner Bros Discovery’s (WBD’s) board has unanimously turned down Paramount Skydance’s latest attempt to acquire the studio, saying its revised $108.4 billion hostile bid amounted to a risky leveraged buyout that investors should reject.

3 mins

US seizes Russia-flagged tankers after chase from Venezeula

The US has seized two sanctioned oil tankers linked to Venezuela in back-to-back actions in the North Atlantic and the Caribbean, officials said Wednesday.

1 mins

US-sanctioned general to be Venezuela intel chief

The US has seized two sanctioned oil tankers linked to Venezuela in back-to-back actions in the North Atlantic and the Caribbean, officials said Wednesday.

1 mins

Lenovo expands AI lineup with Nvidia tieup, Qira platform

China’s Lenovo, the world's largest personal computer maker, on Tuesday said it has teamed up with US AI chip leader Nvidia to help AI cloud providers quickly put data centres into operation, as it strives to establish itself in AI.

1 mins

Bangladesh interested in procuring JF-17 fighter jets: Pak

Bangladesh has expressed a “potential interest” in procuring JF-17 Thunder fighter aircraft from Pakistan, the military said on Wednesday.

1 mins

Venezuela to send $2.8 bn worth of oil to US: Trump

His energy secretary says US will control Venezuela oil exports

2 mins

China escalates trade feud with Japan

China escalated its trade tensions with Japan on Wednesday by launching an investigation into imported dichlorosilane, a chemical gas used in making semiconductors, a day after it imposed curbs on the export of so-called dual-use goods that could be used by Japan's military.

1 mins

CG Power’s revival, Bachchan-style

The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) has been one of the defining legislation for the Indian corporate sector ever since it was enacted in 2016.

3 mins

Why Section 29A needs calibration

The IBC must not conflate business failure with malfeasance, or an unfortunate entrepreneur with a fraudulent one

4 mins

Empower local bodies

They are best positioned to provide basic services

2 mins

Impressive growth

Maintaining the momentum will be challenging

2 mins

Budget 2026 must boost R&D activity

Innovative activity is widely recognised as a key driver of competitiveness and economic growth.

3 mins

Markets end in red for third session

Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty drifted lower for the third day in a row on Wednesday as geopolitical tensions and renewed concerns about potential US tariff hikes weighed on investor sentiment.

1 mins

Order inflow guidance, investment pickup vital for capital goods firms

For the past several years, the capital goods sector has relied on government orders and overseas business, while the domestic private sector investment has been flat.

3 mins

Precious metals cool off on strong dollar, profit booking

Gold prices fell over 1 percent on Wednesday as investors booked profits after prices briefly climbed to a more than one-week high in earlier trade as a stronger dollar weighed on sentiment across the precious metals complex ahead of key US jobs data due this week.

1 mins

Equity market likely to fare better in 2026

Expect 10-12% returns, says ABSL AMC

1 mins

Overall ECM activity fell despite record year for IPOs; Kotak Investment Banking

‘The overall equity capital markets (ECM) volume has declined in 2025, even as initial public offerings (IPO) boomed, said Kotak Investment Banking at its annual media roundtable.

1 mins

Silver’s breakout drags gold-silver ratio to lowest in over a decade

Electronics and solar demands reshape the precious metals trade

2 mins

Gold, silver ETF assets jumped 4x in 2025, touched ₹2 trillion

‘The combined assets under management (AUM) of gold and silver exchange-traded funds (ETFs) crossed ₹2 trillion in December 2025, with assets doubling in just four months, driven by record inflows and a sustained raily in precious metal prices.

2 mins

LIC's revival drive for lapsed policies: What does it offer?

Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has launched a special two-month campaign to help policyholders revive individual life insurance policies that have lapsed due to missed premium payments.

1 mins

Broad-based earnings recovery could provide performance boost

Value funds held their ground among diversified equity funds in 2025 despite a range-bound market.

3 mins

Market share, margin gains ahead for Titan

Brokerages bullish on the stock after Q3 update

2 mins

Why India's state accounts don't add up

Misclassification is rife, affecting compliance under FRBM Act, and distorting revenue surplus, fiscal deficit and debt ratios. IMF doesn't like it. Now, CAG is set to clamp down on the bad practice

6 mins

Meity unhappy with X's reply on Grok misuse

Govt may seek more details on chatbot’s role in generating explicit imag

1 mins

Dhurandhar becomes highest-earning Hindi film with ₹831 cr nett BO collection

Filmmaker Aditya Dhar’s Dhurandhar has become the highest-earning Hindi film ever with a nett India collection of over ₹831 crore, the makers said on Wednesday.

1 mins

India gets its first fully paperless district court in Kerala's Wayanad

The judicial district of Kalpetta in Kerala’s Wayanad has marked a first for India by transitioning entirely to a paperless district court system, with all courts under its jurisdiction now functioning exclusively in digital mode.

1 mins

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