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Financial Express Chandigarh
Govt does not advise LIC on investments: FM
FINANCE MINISTER NIRMALA Sitharaman on Monday told Parliament that the government does not advise or direct the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) on its investment decisions, including those related to the Adani Group.
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December 02, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Maruti Suzuki takes on rivals over CAFE norms
MARUTI SUZUKI INDIA on Monday cautioned that small cars may have to be phased out if the government’s proposed norms on reducing fuel consumption and carbon emissions become “unscientific and unjust,” amid escalating tensions within the automobile industry over the upcoming Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency (CAFE) regulations.
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December 02, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Fresh applications sought under PLI for bulk drugs
THE DEPARTMENT OF Pharmaceuticals (DoP) has invited fresh applications under the performance-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for bulk drugs with an aim to boost the domestic production of broad-spectrum antibiotic meropenem and anti-retroviral medication ritonavir.
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December 02, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
HC asks CCI, govt to file replies on Apple's plea
THE DELHI HIGH Court on Monday sought response of the Centre and Competition Commission of India (CCI) on a plea by tech giant Apple Inc challenging CCI's direction to furnish the firm's audited financial statements for several years.
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December 02, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
SIM-binding to plug security gap: Govt
PEGGING CYBER-FRAUD losses at over 22,800 crore in 2024 alone, the government on Monday said its latest directions on mandatory, continuous SIM-device binding for use of messaging apps are “essential to plug a concrete security gap” that cybercriminals are exploiting to run large-scale, often cross-border, digital frauds.
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December 02, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Meesho bets over 40% of IPO money on in-house Al infra
STRATEGIC MOVE
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December 02, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Pre-installation of the cyber safety app now mandatory Handset makers see red over DoT call on Sanchar Saathi
IN A MOVE that is sure to reignite the debate over the government trying to act as the Big Brother, the department of telecommunications (DoT) has issued a directive requiring that its fraud-reporting application Sanchar Saathi be preinstalled on all new mobile devices within the next 90 days.
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December 02, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Tesla registrations tumble in major European markets
TESLA REGISTRATIONS IN several key European markets plunged in November from a year earlier as the US EV maker continued to struggle to stem market share losses despite rolling out new versions of its bestselling Model Y.
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December 02, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
NATO readies to confront Russia with limited US help
A FRENCH CAYMAN helicopter flies low over a lush Transylvanian valley, dropping three soldiers onto the grass.
1 min |
December 02, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
HUL appoints Vandana Suri to lead home care
Srinandan Sundaram is new CEO of Unilever; International, appointments effective Jan 1
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December 02, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
AI may slash film production costs by 40% in 2 years
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS increasingly reshaping the creative economy as filmmakers, animators and content creators turn to prompt-driven production. Conversations with senior executives on the sidelines of the CII Big Picture Summit in Mumbai on Monday indicate that India’s entertainment industry has begun embracing AI in a significant way, shifting tasks such as storyboarding, scriptwriting and VFX production to AI tools. Last month also saw the re-release of the Nagarjuna-starrer Shiva—first released in 1989 in Telugu and remade in Hindi in 1990—after being digitally restored using AI-based tools and modern sound technology.
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December 02, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
IIP growth at 14-month low in Oct
WHILE THE WEAKER IIP print can be partly attributed to fewer working days due to multiple festivals, the softness in momentum remains a key monitorable in the coming months, wrote CareEdge.
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December 02, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Energy efficiency can define new economics of climate action
THE GLOBAL ECONOMY stands at an inflection point.The most understated factor that can affect its trajectory is climate change action.
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December 02, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Grievances against pvt banks surge
THE RESERVE BANK on Monday said there was a 13% rise in consumer complaints received under the Ombudsman scheme in FY25.
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December 02, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
SC raps authorities for winter-only focus on pollution
THE SUPREME COURT on Monday said the air pollution issue in the Delhi-NCR cannot be treated as a \"customary\" case to be listed only during the winter months, noting that it will be taken twice in a month to find out short and long-term solutions to the menace.
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December 02, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Handset makers...
“SANCHAR SAATHI IS a lost phone tracker, but if it gets embedded with no possibility of removal, it becomes a government tracker on your device...The way things work with DoT, there was no public consultation, the order wasn’t disclosed. Just forced.This is dictatorial in nature. If they get away with this, more will follow,” Pahwa wrote on X.
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December 02, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Airbus flags fresh quality issue on limited A320 jets
- PRODUCTION FLAWS DELAYING SOME DELIVERIES
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December 02, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
5-yr jail term for Hasina in land scam
A BANGLADESH COURT on Monday convicted and sentenced deposed Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina to five years of imprisonment and her niece, British parliamentarian Tulip Siddiq, to a two-year jail term in a land scam case.
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December 02, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
'US gained from talented Indians immensely'
America has ben- efited immensely from talented Indians who have come to America
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December 02, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
ICICI Pru AMC gets Sebi nod for ₹10,000-cr IPO
THE COUNTRY'S SECOND largest mutual fund house, ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company (AMC), has received the final approval from the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) for its ₹10,000-crore initial public offering (IPO).
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December 02, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Swaminathan stresses strong collaboration among entities
RESERVE BANK OF India (RBI) Deputy Governor Swaminathan J has underlined the need for collaboration among entities for success of any institution.
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December 02, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
RBI unveils 5-yr financial inclusion strategy
RESERVE BANK OF India Governor Sanjay Malhotra on Monday formally released the national strategy for financial inclusion (NSFI) 2025-30 at the 32nd meeting of the subcommittee of the Financial Stability and Development Council (FSDC-SC).
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December 02, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
GST mop-up slows
THEY SAID THE surge demonstrates strong consumption uplift, stimulated by reduced rates and improved compliance behaviour.
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December 02, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
LODR review paper likely in 4-6 months: Sebi chairman
THE SECURITIES AND Exchange Board of India (Sebi) is likely to issue a consultation paper on its comprehensive review of the Listing Obligations and Disclosure Requirements (LODR) framework in four-six months.
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December 02, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Kohli, Agarkar & Gambhir caught in cricket fog
THESE AREN'T THE best of times for Indian cricket. The proud home record is shattered, trust has broken down, and intrigue is on the rise.
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December 02, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Govt’s rice stocks surge despite record sales in open market
THE GOVERNMENT'S CENTRAL-POOL rice stocks continue to surge despite brisk offloading of grain through open market sales, allocation to states, for ethanol manufacturing and Bharat rice initiative.
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December 02, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
₹56,826-crore released to states as capex loans
THE CENTRE'S 50-YEAR interest-free loans for capital expenditure by the states reached ₹56,826 crore so far in the current financial year, the finance ministry informed Parliament.
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December 02, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Robust demand: Car sales surge 19% in November
FESTIVAL TAILWIND FADES, SEQUENTIAL VOLUMES MODERATE
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December 02, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Limited supply, low returns may restrict inflows into REITs
THE DECISION OF the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) to reclassify real estate investment trusts (REITs) as equity-related instruments with effect from January 1 is seen as an enabler for mutual funds, but experts said limited supply and low returns may come in the way of getting meaningful inflows into this asset class.
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December 02, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Limits of LLMs
WHEN AI SOUNDS CONFIDENT BUT GETS IT WRONG: THE HIDDEN EPISTEMOLOGY OF LLMs
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