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Amnesty scheme on anvil to ease Customs cases backlog
Gold, wilful default, narcotics and smuggling cases to be kept out
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December 31, 2025
Business Standard
The missing link in 24-hour clean energy
Recently, tenders for 40 gigawatt (Gw) of solar power were not awarded due to market conditions and surplus energy during daytime hours.
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December 31, 2025
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Import of Russia oil hits 3-yr low in Dec
India’s intake of Russian crude oil slid to a three-year low in December, as refiners grew increasingly cautious amid tightening western sanctions on Moscow’s petroleum sector.
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December 31, 2025
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Shriram Fin’s fresh NCDs may see 30-40 bps lower rate
\"WE ARE NOT IN A HURRY TO RAISE RESOURCES AT THIS STAGE BECAUSE WE FIRST NEED CLARITY ON THE TIMING OF THE CAPITAL INFUSION\"
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December 31, 2025
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Delivery firms brace for gig workers' logout strike
Food aggregators and quick commerce (qcom) players are reaching out to delivery partners after several gig worker unions called for a daylong nationwide strike on December 31.
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December 31, 2025
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Reforms to stay on top of agenda, signals PM
The Centre will continue to pursue the reform agenda in the coming years, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday
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December 31, 2025
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Reliance's AI manifesto eyes 10x boost in productivity
As the year 2025 draws to a close, Reliance Industries has outlined an ambitious road map around artificial intelligence (AI).
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December 31, 2025
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Mkts close lower amid thin year-end trading
Stock markets ended marginally lower on Tuesday amid thin yearend trading as persistent foreign fund outflows and a muted trend in global equities weighed on investors' sentiment.
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December 31, 2025
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Low base, safeguard duty to prop steel output this financial year
Domestic steel production is slated to grow 10.5-11.5 per cent this fiscal, driven by a low base and the government's protective trade measures, even as demand growth moderates to 7-8 per cent, after recording a double-digit rise over the past four years, and global markets remain flat.
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December 31, 2025
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Merc, BMW eye Indian real estate sector
Exploring new vistas Mercedes-Benz already in talks with developers in Gurugram for luxury, branded residential project BMW is also in talks with Indian groups, sources say Such deals expected to see a rise in 2026 Industry experts say non-hospitality brands actively exploring opportunities to enter India for branded residencies These companies also looking to have their branded hotels in India
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December 31, 2025
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Louis V Gerstner, who revived faltering IBM, dies at 83
Louis V Gerstner Jr, an outsider who became the leader of IBM when that giant computer company was in a tailspin, and who engineered a remarkable revival of its fortunes in the 1990s, died on Saturday in Jupiter, Fla.
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December 31, 2025
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Saudi Arabia bombs Yemen port over UAE weapons shipment
Saudi Arabia bombed Yemen’s port city of Mukalla on Tuesday over what it described as a shipment of weapons for a separatist force there that arrived from the United Arab Emirates.
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December 31, 2025
Business Standard
Ducati bets on India-EU FTA amid GST hike
As India’s premium motorcycle market grapples with a steep 40 per cent GST on bikes above 350 cc, Ducati India is pinning hopes on the India-EU Free Trade Agreement (FTA), which it sees as a potential game-changer for the luxury biking segment.
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December 31, 2025
Business Standard
FMCG body flags IPOs by loss-making qcom firms
Seeks intervention of Sebi; cites Zepto’s upcoming IPO
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December 31, 2025
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Khaleda Zia, Bangladesh’s first woman PM, dies at 80
Funeral to be held today; B'desh announces 3-day state mourning
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December 31, 2025
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Foreign tourist arrivals in India declined 12% in Apr-Sep 2025
It could end up to be a lacklustre year for foreign tourist arrivals (FTA) in India even as competing south eastern countries and China have shown a sharp surge in 2025, many of them because of liberalised as well as free visa schemes.
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December 31, 2025
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Silver rebounds from biggest 1-day drop, gold follows suit
Turning the corner
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December 31, 2025
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Modi scripts India's technology renaissance
‘The year India crossed the Rubicon: How 2025 anchored a technology renaissance.
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December 31, 2025
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Misselling in insurance sector asignificant concern: Irdai
The insurance regulator has flagged concerns over mis-selling in India’sinsurancesector and asked insurers to address the issue by conduct-inga root-cause analysisto identify underlying causes.
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December 31, 2025
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Auto PLI favours large OEMs, Ather tells PMO
Flags risks of market monopolisation and creation of systemic vulnerability in EV sector
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December 31, 2025
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Year of big-bang reforms aimed at ease of doing business in finance
There are no free lunches as there is a cost of regulation, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Sanjay Malhotra had said at his first monetary policy press conference.
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December 31, 2025
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Why India doesn’t move against CO2’s close cousin
India is the world’s third-largest emitter of methane but lacks clear policy direction and mechanisms to track and mitigate the gas, which is far more potent than carbon dioxide in global warming
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December 31, 2025
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Govt plans to amend SARFAESI Act to include special situation funds
The Union government is considering amending the SARFAESI Act, 2002, to expand the definition of a financial institution by including special situation funds (SSFs), a senior government official said on condition of anonymity.
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December 31, 2025
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Tata Power commissions SJVN's ₹5.5K cr, 1 GW project in Rajasthan
Tata Power Renewable Energy (TPREL) has commissioned a 1 giga ‘watt (Gw) solar power plant in Rajasthan for Navratna CPSE SJVN Limited and it is the largest solar project taken up by the Tata Group arms so far and will light up parts of three states, including Rajasthan, Jammu & Kashmir, and Uttarakhand.
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December 31, 2025
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RIL’s AI manifesto eyes 10x boost in productivity
\"[I believe that just as we can drive 10x improvement in velocity, efficiency, quality, and outcomes by AI transforming our workflow, we can also achieve a 10x impact on India through our businesses and philanthropic initiatives,\" Ambani pointed out.
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December 31, 2025
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Fewer new third-party UPI apps launched in 2025
The National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) in 2025 adopted a more cautious approach to authorising new third-party United Payments Interface (UPI) applications.
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December 31, 2025
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Delivery firms brace for gig workers’ logout strike
Business Standard has seen a copy of the communication sent to delivery agents.
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December 31, 2025
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Healthcare IPO count sees surge in 2025
But fundraising remains flat, listing-day returns soften
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December 31, 2025
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The ‘legacyfication’ of new media and other stories
Amazon Prime Video introduced advertising on its pay service.
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December 31, 2025
Business Standard
China, EU still lead Russian fuel buys
As the Russia-Ukraine war enters its fifth year, the biggest buyers of Russian fossil fuels are still being dealt an easy hand, while India, which has contributed much less than China and the European Union (EU) to nearly a trillion dollar in Russian export revenues from fuels, has faced the stick, according to data from international forecasters and industry sources.
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