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Financial Express Lucknow
N-energy Bill likely to open space for foreign funding
NEED FOR BASELOAD ALTERNATIVES, HUNT FOR CAPITAL
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December 17, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
Govt to sell up to 3% stake in IOB
THE CENTRE WILL sell up to 3% stake in the state-run Indian Overseas Bank to raise about 2,000 crore through an offer for sale (OFS) at a floor price of §34/share on Wednesday-Thursday.
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December 17, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
Relief for Gandhis: Court rejects ED chargesheet in National Herald case
A DELHI COURT on Tuesday declined to take cognizance of ED’s prosecution complaint filed in an alleged %2,000-crore money laundering case, effectively halting the case against senior Congress leaders Sonia and Rahul Gandhi and five others.
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December 17, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
Sectoral, thematic funds underperform markets
THE SECTORAL AND thematic funds category of equity mutual fund schemes which has seen an increase of nearly 130% in its assets under management (AUM) from 2023 and contributes to nearly 15% of the total equity AUM,has underperformed the market returns both over one-and three-year periods.
2 min |
December 17, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
HC permits Hiremath siblings to amend suit
IN THE ONGOING Kalyani family dispute over the division of family assets, the Bombay High Court has allowed siblings Sameer Hiremath and Pallavi Swadi to amend their suit, enabling them to seek a restraint on the voting rights attached to shares acquired from the Kalyani family's core assets.
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December 17, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
Trump files $10-bn lawsuit against BBC
President Donald Trump sued the BBC for up to $10 billion in damages over edited clips of a speech that made it appear he directed supporters to storm the US Capitol, opening an international front in his fight against media coverage he deems untrue or unfair.
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December 17, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
IAMAI flags DoT’s SIM-binding rule, says it could disrupt digital services
Industry body warns that new rules may negatively impact a large number of businesses
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December 17, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
16 trade unions come in support of four labour codes
AS MANY AS sixteen trade unions, including the Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS), on Tuesday came together in support of four labour codes at the Labour & Employment Summit-2025 in New Delhi.
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December 17, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
Xi faces calls for stronger yuan in currency debate
IN WELL-CONNECTED circles within China, the yuan’s persistent weakness is increasingly being seen as an obstacle to the country’s growth.
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December 17, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
The digital storyteller
STORYTELLING HAS ALWAYS been one of the most powerful ways to connect with people. Earlier creators focused mainly on entertaining, informing, or inspiring audiences. Their role was often limited to crafting narratives, performing, or producing art. But the digital era has changed this identity. Today, they are not only storytellers but also technopreneurs who use technology to build businesses around creativity.
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December 17, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
Rupee breaches 91-mark amid trade deal jitters
ROUT CONTINUES
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December 17, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
When legacy meets aspiration
FROM PRICE WARRIOR TO VALUE CURATOR, NIRMA MIRRORS A MATURED MARKET
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December 17, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
HDFC Bank gets nod to hold up to 9.5% in IndusInd
THE RESERVE BANK of India has approved the subsidiaries of HDFC Bank to acquire up to 9.5% stake in smaller peer IndusInd Bank, according to exchange filings on Tuesday.
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December 17, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
Goa nightclub fire: Luthras deported from Thailand, arrested
GAURAV AND SAURABH Luthra, co-owners of the Birch by Romeo Lane nightclub, were arrested on Tuesday after being deported from Thailand and placed under a two-day transit remand for production in a Goa court in connection with the December 6 fire incident that killed 25 people.
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December 17, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
NCLT clears Vedanta demerger
IN ITS SUBMISSIONS, the ministry referred to along-running dispute related to Vedanta’s RJ oil and gas block in Rajasthan, arguing that a substantial part of the company’s debt stemmed from government claims linked to the block.
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December 17, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
Saregama to invest ₹325 cr in Bhansali Productions
MUSIC LABEL AND entertainment company Saregama India on Tuesday said it will make a ₹325-crore strategic investment in filmmaker Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s Bhansali Productions (BPPL), marking a deep partner- ship that blends Bhansali’s cine- matic storytelling prowess with Saregama’s strength in music and entertainment.
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December 17, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
Zepto plans $500-mn IPO next week
· Fresh, secondary share sales in 10-min delivery firm's offering
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December 17, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
Centre notifies rare earth magnet scheme
THE MINISTRY OF Heavy Industries (MHI) on Tuesday notified the Scheme to Promote Manufacturing of Sintered Rare Earth Permanent Magnet.
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December 17, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
Australia’s Green clinches red-hot IPL deal
CAMERON GREEN BECAME the most expensive overseas player in the Indian Premier League (IPL) history as the Kolkata Knight Riders (KKR) franchise bought the Australian all-rounder for ₹25.2 crore at the player auctions for the 2026 season, held in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday.
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December 17, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
Funding halves for digital lending startups
VCs cite pricing correction for investment dip
2 min |
December 17, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
Reforms to help boost FY27 growth to 7.5%
AXIS BANK EXPECTS India's growth to be above trend in 2026-27 (April-March) at 7.5%, on the back of structural and regulatory reforms, lower borrowing costs, accelerated capital formation and a cyclical boost from policy easing, Neelkanth Mishra, chief economist, Axis Bank and head - global research at Axis Capital said on Tuesday while releasing the outlook for 2026.
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December 17, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
Lukewarm response: PM Internship Scheme tweaked
DUE TO THE lukewarm response from corporates to the PM Internship Scheme (PMIS), the government amended the scheme in February to attract a larger pool of companies, Minister of State for Corporate Affairs Harsh Malhotra said in Parliament.
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December 17, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
Omar Abdullah is guest at Adda today
A LITTLE OVER a year ago, when Omar Abdullah took over as the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir, he knew he was wearing a crown of thorns.
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December 17, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
Bill granting Irdai more power gets LS nod
. Proposed law also allows 100% FDI in sector
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December 17, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
Opening nuclear power to private capital
India's nuclear opening coincides with a global renaissance in atomic energy driven by decarbonisation imperatives
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December 17, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
Falling rupee, weak global cues drag indices down
AMID WEAK GLOBAL cues, the equity indices fell up to 0.64% on Tuesday, largely driven by the sharp depreciation of the rupee, which hit a fresh record low and breached the 91-mark for the first time, and persistent FPI outflows.
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December 17, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
McKinsey plans to cut thousands of jobs
STERNFELS TOOK CENTRE stage and told his peers that the firm was finally ready to escape years of lackluster growth.
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December 17, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
PFRDA allows 80% NPS corpus withdrawal for pvt subscribers
IN A MAJOR reform of the national pension system (NPS), the pension regulator has allowed lump sum payout to non-government sector subscribers to 80% and reduced annuitisation to 20% of their corpus at the time of exit from the scheme.
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December 17, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
Industry split on interconnection reforms
TELECOM INTERCONNECTION RULES are set for a major overhaul, with industry bodies warning that the proposed changes could significantly impact operator costs, foreign exchange flows, legacy network revenues, and spam control mechanisms.
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December 17, 2025
Financial Express Lucknow
Rice exports in Apr-Nov remain flat at $7.3 bn
INDIA'S RICE EXPORTS during April-November stood flat at $7.3 billion, marginally higher than the previous year, due to higher global stocks and robust crop yield across major producing countries.
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