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GST boost fuelling growth; private capex showing spark: HDFC Bank
Senior management at HDFC Bank, the country's largest private-sector lender, told investors during non-deal roadshows that they were witnessing strong momentum in economic growth following the rationalisation of goods and services tax (GST) rates.
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November 25, 2025
Business Standard
NBFCs face funding pressure despite healthy outlook: Crisil
Despite broadly healthy balance sheets and a robust credit demand outlook, non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) are facing a tightened funding environment, Crisil Ratings said on Monday.
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November 25, 2025
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Wheat leads as rabi sowing over in half of normal area
Sowing of rabi crops continued at a brisk pace across most parts of North and Central India due to favourable weather and steady availability of critical inputs and strong reservoir levels.
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November 25, 2025
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Lower GST rates to spur consumption, drive growth: S&P
The lowered goods and services tax (GST) rates, income tax cuts and interest rate reductions are likely to make consumption a greater driver of India's growth compared with investment in the current and next financial year, credit rating agency S&P Global said on Monday.
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November 25, 2025
Business Standard
Rate-cut room intact, signals RBI governor; bond yields decline
The yield on the 10-year benchmark government bond fell on Monday, after Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Sanjay Malhotra said the scope for further rate cuts as indicated during the October monetary policy meeting - had not diminished, as suggested by the latest data.
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November 25, 2025
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India, Canada to reboot trade deal talks after 2 yrs
Govt calls for deeper ties in critical minerals and N-power
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November 25, 2025
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India, EU set to firm up FTA, defence pact on January 27
The European Union (EU) is looking to forge a broad global agenda in partnership with India and the two sides are set to firm up a free trade pact, a defence framework agreement and a strategic agenda at their annual summit on January 27.
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November 25, 2025
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Net FDI doubles in H1FY26
After August, net FDI negative in September too
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November 25, 2025
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India top priority, says Prosus CEO
Highlighting India as the company’s most important growth market, Fabricio Bloisi, group chief executive officer (CEO) of the Dutch technology investor Prosus signalled a sharp acceleration in artificial-intelligence investments across its portfolio in the country.
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November 25, 2025
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India's marine exports rise 16% as new markets offset US dip
Shrimp-heavy shipments to China, Vietnam, and Europe help country log $4.87 bn in Apr-Oct period
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November 25, 2025
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RBL Bank, Emirates NBD leaderships chart out post-investment road map
The brass of RBL Bank and Emirates NBD (ENBD) met in Mumbai on Monday to discuss the broad contours of the future business plan for the Indian private lender.
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November 25, 2025
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₹ recovers as RBI intervenes
The rupee recovered some ground against the dollar on Monday, supported by aggressive intervention of the Reserve Bank of India, which sold dollars in the foreign exchange market.
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November 25, 2025
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RBI net sells $21.7 bn in Hi
The Reserve Bank of India net sold $21.7 billion in the first half of the current financial year (H1FY26), against net sale of $85.11 billion during the same period in FY25. It net sold $7.9 billion in September against $7.6 billion in August.
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November 25, 2025
Business Standard
Outward remittances under LRS grew marginally in Sep
The outward remittances under the Reserve Bank of India (RBI's) liberalised remittances scheme (LRS) increased marginally by $24 million in September to $2.78 billion, mainly on the back of pickup in investment in equity/debt by Indians in overseas capital markets and robust international travel, according to data released by the RBI.
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November 25, 2025
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Economy picked up steam in Oct on GST rejig, festival spends
Measures undertaken this yr pave way for virtuous cycle
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November 25, 2025
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Q2 scorecard: Corporate bigwigs trail the pack
Nifty 50 companies’ profit growth at 12-qtr low; their sales uptick least in 17 qtrs
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November 25, 2025
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The Fed is fixated on AI, but not ready to make a Greenspan-size bet
Like everyone else, policymakers at the Federal Reserve are increasingly obsessed with artificial intelligence and its promise of a turbocharged economy.
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November 25, 2025
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Mamdani’s meeting with Trump scrambled the MAGA-sphere
It was a break-the-internet moment if there ever was one.
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November 25, 2025
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An actor who floated freely across diverse creative credos
An elderly woman shivers in the cold. Shakti Singh alias Shaka, a criminal, spots her. The young man takes off his shirt and covers her to protect her from the elements. The act of kindness at the heart of a brief sequence in O P Ralhan’s Phool Aur Patthar, the 1966 film that catapulted Dharmendra to superstardom, became the cornerstone of the masculinity that the actor would embody — bulked-up but benign, solid but soft.
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November 25, 2025
Business Standard
Water budgeting
India needs better planning
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November 25, 2025
Business Standard
US, Ukraine work on ‘refined’ peace plan to end Russia war
TRUMP'S PLAN CRITISED AS FAVOURING RUSSIA | EUROPEAN ALLIES ISSUE COUNTER-PLAN WITH US SECURITY GUARANTEE
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November 25, 2025
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Benchmarks fall on profit taking; IT gains cap losses
Benchmark stock indices fell on Monday on broad-based profit booking, while an uptick in information technology (IT) shares on rising expectations of a Federal Reserve rate cut in December capped losses.
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November 25, 2025
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Ethiopian volcano erupts for first time in 12,000 years
A volcano in Ethiopia's northeastern Afar region has erupted for the first time in nearly 12,000 years, sending vast ash clouds billowing across the Red Sea toward Yemen and Oman.
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November 25, 2025
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Zypp Electric targets 5x fleet in 2-3 years
Gurugram-based EV-as-a-service startup Zypp Electric is preparing for a major scale-up as it targets an initial public offering (IPO) amidst its nationwide expansion, cofounder and CEO Akash Gupta said in an interaction on Monday.
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November 25, 2025
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The next phase in infotech growth
India must look beyond employment and export growth to innovation that can compete with the US and China
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November 25, 2025
Business Standard
UK’s mandatory ETA scheme ends free-visa entry
International visitors from countries so far visa-exempt will not be able to travel to the UK without advance permission in the form of an Electronic Travel Authorisation (ETA) under new rules announced by the government on Monday.
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November 25, 2025
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Mutual funds accelerating new stock additions
Industry had exposure to 1,244 stocks in Oct, hitting fresh high for a fifth straight month
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November 25, 2025
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No concrete plan for R&D centre in India: Snowflake
Snowflake has no “concrete plan” to set up a research & development (R&D) centre in India, said the technology company as it focuses on building more products for its clients and tuning them for local needs.
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November 25, 2025
Business Standard
Liquor firms in Telangana buckle under unpaid state bills
A deepening payment paralysis in Telangana’s liquor industry is beginning to choke manufacturing units, strain supplies, employment, and the broader investment landscape, industry bodies have warned, as unpaid dues accumulate to levels they describe as “unprecedented” and “severe”.
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November 25, 2025
Business Standard
Sebi proposes to exclude ZCZP, delisted stocks for BSDA calculation
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has proposed exclusion of the value of zero coupon zero principal (ZCZP) bonds and delisted securities from portfoliovalue calculationsto determine a basic services demat account (BSDA).
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