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Financial Express Lucknow
For creators, precision is key to build best puzzles
Inside a community of puzzle makers pushing the limits of logic and craft
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December 28, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
Zelensky, Trump to talk over land, security today
20-POINT PEACE DEAL LIKELY
3 min |
December 28, 2025
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Rupture & repair
The sixth edition of the Kochi-Muziris Biennale is a rallying point for artists from the Global South
5 min |
December 28, 2025
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‘Art allows us to exercise a sense of responsibility’
Named the most influential artist in the world, Ghana’s Ibrahim Mahama felt at home in Fort Kochi, Kerala’s heritage town with a history of centuries of colonisation like his own country in West Africa. A participating artist at this year’s Kochi-Muziris Biennale, Mahama collected discarded chairs and jute sacks and repaired them for his installation, Parliament of Ghosts. Mahama speaks with Faizal Khan about the need for a Global South solidarity to navigate socio-economic and political crises confronting the world and his own art practice that puts people at the centre. Edited excerpts from an interview:
3 min |
December 28, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
Photo finish
FROM MOMENTS THAT LIFTED OUR SPIRITS TO EVENTS THAT TRAUMATISED US, HERE ARE SOME OF THE IMAGES THAT DEFINED THE YEAR THAT WAS
1 min |
December 28, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
Climate disasters cost the world over $120 bn
“IN TERMS OF events which caused the biggest financial cost in 2025, the US bore the brunt, with the fires in California topping the list as the single biggest one-off event at $60 billion in damage and leading to the deaths of more than 400 people,” the report added.
1 min |
December 28, 2025
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‘Corporate churn must for economy’
HOWEVER, HE ADDED that regulators must intervene if large companies misuse their power or distort competition.
1 min |
December 28, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
Protect your gut biome
GUT BACTERIA IS extremely essential for our well being.
2 min |
December 28, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
BOLLYWOOD IN A LOOP
For Indian cinema, 2025 was the year of sequels, with 2026 looking even bigger, as filmmakers lean into connected stories for guaranteed plots and safe franchises amid creative fatigue. But is the audience lapping it up?
10 min |
December 28, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
Zepto files confidential IPO papers with Sebi
ZEPTO HAS OPTED for the confidential pre-filing route, which allows the company to engage with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) for initial feedback on its draft document without it being publicly disclosed.
1 min |
December 28, 2025
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Fastest drop in China industrial profits in a year
PROFITS AT CHINA'S industrial firms in November fell at their fastest pace in over a year, as weak domestic demand offset resilience in exports in another sign of a stuttering economic recovery that backs calls for additional policy stimulus.
1 min |
December 28, 2025
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Why the crash of 1929 still matters
A revisit of the OG market collapse is an unsettling mirror to our present times
4 min |
December 28, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
Climate disasters cost world $122 bn
$6-bn damage caused by floods in India, Pakistan
1 min |
December 28, 2025
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China revises foreign trade law to boost development
CHINA'S LEGISLATURE APPROVED revisions to the country’s foreign trade law, incorporating provisions to safeguard national sovereignty, security and development interests, state-run Xinhua News Agency reported on Saturday.
1 min |
December 28, 2025
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'Corporate churn must for dynamic economy'
INDIA NEEDS TO be comfortable with people and companies going bankrupt, as continuous insolvency and bankruptcy are essential for building a risk-taking and dynamic economy, said member of the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) Sanjeev Sanyal.
1 min |
December 28, 2025
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Mystery decoding: How butterflies navigate their way
The magnetic compass is migration's final mystery, and monarchs may hold the key
2 min |
December 28, 2025
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2025 was a year of sexual awakening for Indians
FURTHER, HE SAID across the categories that IMBesharam tracks, there are nearly 12 million daily Google searches for products, keywords, and interests related to sexual wellness—“a clear signal that curiosity has turned into active intent”.
4 min |
December 28, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
Zepto files confidential IPO papers
QUICK COMMERCE UNICORN
1 min |
December 28, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
In strategy shift, BOBCARD bets on premium customers
BOBCARD IS RECALIBRATING its credit card portfolio towards relatively premium and lower-risk customers as stress builds in smaller-ticket unsecured lending, said Managing Director and CEO Ravindra Rai, signalling a clear shift in the strategy amid tighter regulatory oversight and a more cautious industry environment.
1 min |
December 27, 2025
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Vedanta shares up 35% this year
SHARES OF OIL-TO-METALS conglomerate Vedanta
1 min |
December 27, 2025
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Manappuram Fin to infuse up to ₹250 cr into Asirvad Micro Finance
GOLD LOAN NBFC Manappuram Finance on Friday said its board has approved an additional equity infusion of up to ₹250 crore into subsidiary Asirvad Micro Finance (AMFL) in one or more tranches.
1 min |
December 27, 2025
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Change in norms for opening coal, lignite mines
THE GOVERNMENT ON friday said that it has amended the rules to streamline approvals for opening coal and lignite mines.
1 min |
December 27, 2025
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Japan sees first primary balance surplus since 1998
JAPANESE PRIME MINISTER Sanae Takaichi said the nation's primary balance is set to return to a surplus for the first time in 28 years, in an apparent attempt to ease market concerns over her proactive stance on spending.
1 min |
December 27, 2025
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Turnaround expected in foreign fund flows
MARKET PARTICIPANTS
2 min |
December 27, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
India conveys concerns to US over H-1B visa interview cancellations
INDIA ON FRIDAY said it flagged its concerns to the US over cancellation of pre-scheduled H-1B visa interviews of large numbers of Indian applicants and that both sides are engaged on the issue.
1 min |
December 27, 2025
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Ninjacart revenue falls to ₹1,634 cr in FY25
AGRI-TECH FIRM
1 min |
December 27, 2025
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FOR THE SAKE OF GROWTH
INDIA NEEDS TO GO MUCH BEYOND CHOOSING BETWEEN INVESTMENT AND CONSUMPTION
3 min |
December 27, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
EPFO offices to become single-window
THE GOVERNMENT IS redeveloping all upcoming and several existing Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) offices into modern, technology-enabled, single-window service centres to ensure resolution of any EPF related issue at any regional office across the country, Labour and Employment Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said on Friday.
1 min |
December 27, 2025
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Coforge to acquire Encora for $2.35 bn
· Acquisition to aid mid-tier IT firm's push into AI-led engineering
1 min |
December 27, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
Bollywood is no match for India’s new wave cinema
THE SIGNATURE MOTIF of Kantara: A Legend - Chapter 1, India's second-biggest box-office success of 2025, is a primordial scream.
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