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Robust demand: Car sales surge 19% in November
FESTIVAL TAILWIND FADES, SEQUENTIAL VOLUMES MODERATE
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December 02, 2025
Financial Express Kolkata
Telcos: Mandatory move for messaging apps a milestone
INDUSTRY BODY COAI on Monday said Telecom Department’s move mandating that messaging apps like WhatsApp will work only with an active SIM would bolster national security and pledged telecom operators’ commitment to supporting seamless implementation of the latest directive.
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December 02, 2025
Financial Express Kolkata
Omega rolls out world’s first electric cargo vehicle
E-MOBILITY COMPANY OMEGA Seiki Mobility (OSM) has launched the world's first autonomous electric cargo three-wheeler, Swayamgati Cargo. The company has set an introductory price of Rs 4.15 lakh to make autonomous vehicles accessible, affordable, and scalable. Bookings for the Swayamgati Cargo will open on Monday, with deliveries expected to begin this quarter.
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December 02, 2025
Financial Express Kolkata
Meesho bets over 40% of IPO money on in-house Al infra
STRATEGIC MOVE
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December 02, 2025
Financial Express Kolkata
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 Kolkata
PM: Parliament no place for drama
Cong hits back: Calls Modi biggest dramabaaz
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December 02, 2025
Financial Express Kolkata
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 Kolkata
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 Kolkata
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.
2 min |
December 02, 2025
Financial Express Kolkata
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 Kolkata
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 Kolkata
GST mop-up slows in November
Gross collections down 4%, up 0.7% without cess
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December 02, 2025
Financial Express Kolkata
D2M broadcasting studies being held
THE GOVERNMENT IS working on a unified framework for the media and entertainment sector to bring together diverse formats and stakeholders
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December 02, 2025
Financial Express Kolkata
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 Kolkata
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 Kolkata
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 Kolkata
'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 Kolkata
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 Kolkata
D-St continues to see fluctuating trend
THE STOCK MARKET continued its short-term oscillatory trend on Monday, with the Sensex closing 64 points lower at 85,641. In the six trading sessions since last Monday, during which Sensex surged past 86,000 for the first time, the overall m-cap gain has been to the tune of ₹2.3 lakh crore. FPIs sold equity worth ₹3,019 crore since last Monday while purchases by Dils stood at ₹25,321 crore.
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December 02, 2025
Financial Express Kolkata
Insurers line up for SDLs in bond forwards market
INSURANCE COMPANIES HAVE, of late, made a beeline for state development loans (SDLs) in the bond forwards market, transforming it from nil activity just three months ago to now accounting for nearly 10-15% of the overall market.
2 min |
December 02, 2025
Financial Express Kolkata
Limits of LLMs
WHEN AI SOUNDS CONFIDENT BUT GETS IT WRONG: THE HIDDEN EPISTEMOLOGY OF LLMs
4 min |
December 02, 2025
Financial Express Kolkata
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.
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December 02, 2025
Financial Express Kolkata
UPI transactions see marginal fall in Nov
THE UNIFIED PAYMENTS Interface (UPI) system recorded transaction volume of 20.47 billion in November, a marginal decline from 20.70 billion in October, according to data from the National Payment Corporation of India (NPCI).
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December 02, 2025
Financial Express Kolkata
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 Kolkata
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 Kolkata
Re slides to record closing low
THE RUPEE ON Monday sank to its record closing low of 89.5587, down 10 paise or 0.11%, pressured by maturing non-deliverable forward (NDF) positions, along with a persistent bearish pall on the currency.
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December 02, 2025
Financial Express Kolkata
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 Kolkata
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 Kolkata
Bills to levy excise on tobacco, cess on pan masala tabled
FINANCE MINISTER NIRMALA Sitharaman on Monday introduced two new Bills in the Lok Sabha which would ensure that high taxes on “sin goods” such as tobacco, pan masala and related products continue seamlessly after the scheduled phaseout of Goods and Services Tax (GST) compensation cess, levied on them.
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December 02, 2025
Financial Express Kolkata
No proposal on bank mergers
THERE IS PRESENTLY no proposal on merger or consolidation of state-owned banks before the government, Parliament was informed on Monday.
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