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Co-working spaces to increase capacity amid growing demand
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Co-working spaces to increase capacity amid growing demand

Set to expand over next 12-24 months; demand surge from startups, GCCs, and IT/ITES

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March 26, 2024
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Amazon Pay Smart Store to offer products from 150 brands

Amazon Pay, the digital payments arm of etailer Amazon India, will add 20 more brands this year to its Smart Store offering, taking total brand partnerships to 150, a senior executive said.

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March 26, 2024
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Amul set to offer US a "Taste of India'

To launch four variants of fresh milk products in a week

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March 26, 2024
Looking to invest in 25 startups this year: Accel
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Looking to invest in 25 startups this year: Accel

Accel, the early-stage venture capital major, is planning to make investments in as many as 25 Indian startups this year, and may launch an India-focused fund in the next couple of years, an executive at the firm said.

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March 26, 2024
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Steel firms face double whammy of rising imports, falling demand

A surge in imports coupled with a blip in demand ahead of the upcoming general elections is weighing on steel firms.

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March 26, 2024
Hospital stays are becoming shorter by the day as pain management improves
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Hospital stays are becoming shorter by the day as pain management improves

Sutapa Ghosh, 74, was discharged from a Mumbai hospital on the fourth day of her knee-joint replacement surgery for both knees.

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March 26, 2024
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Google Play billing system comes under RBI scanner

Probe follows a complaint by Hoichoi Technologies

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March 26, 2024
Shareholders reject Religare proposals
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Shareholders reject Religare proposals

Religare Enterprises faced dissent from shareholders with both of its resolutions failing to obtain requisite votes.

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March 26, 2024
Rupee likely to gain currency in Apr-Jun
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Rupee likely to gain currency in Apr-Jun

Govt bond inclusion in JP Morgan index to boost $ inflows, say economists

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March 26, 2024
The RBI way of firefighting
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The RBI way of firefighting

Often, it's a long investigation process, but the regulator doesn't discuss this openly since that can threaten financial sector stability. There are no teasers

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March 25, 2024
Coal, the dirtiest fossil fuel, prepares for a long goodbye
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Coal, the dirtiest fossil fuel, prepares for a long goodbye

Thanks to a combination of China's energy insecurity, rising Indian demand, fallout of the war in Ukraine, and faltering international programmes to wean developing economies off fossil fuels, coal is proving remarkably resilient

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March 25, 2024
It's back to the grind
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It's back to the grind

Shadow banks’ mission to diversify their funding is likely to see them struggle in the quest

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March 25, 2024
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Note this: There's a whiff of cash and tinkle of coins

How the RBI is minting a new nationwide currency logistics framework

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March 25, 2024
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Stick to grievance redress chain for effective resolution

Complain promptly as some financial segments have strict deadlines

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March 25, 2024
Usher in transparency, not price controls
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Usher in transparency, not price controls

My friend Kabir recently narrated his ordeal when his father suffered a stroke.

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March 25, 2024
'There appear to be no US excesses for severe contraction'
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'There appear to be no US excesses for severe contraction'

Despite stellar returns over the past year, the US and Indian equity markets are on solid ground, buoyed by steady economic growth, according to BRUCE PHELPS, managing director and head of institutional advisory & solutions at PGIM.

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March 25, 2024
FPIs inject over 38,000 crore, quickening market pulse
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FPIs inject over 38,000 crore, quickening market pulse

Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) have demonstrated a significant resurgence in their investment activity within the Indian equity markets this month, injecting over ₹38,000 crore.

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March 25, 2024
Maruti India's gearshift to growth: Turbocharging the product portfolio
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Maruti India's gearshift to growth: Turbocharging the product portfolio

Brokerages foresee smooth ride for passenger vehicle maker, with SUV dominance, EV entry on the horizon, and Suzuki Motor Gujarat consolidation

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March 25, 2024
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Climate change and desperate journeys

I t's happening already, of course.

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March 25, 2024
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Electoral bonds: Where are the disclosures?

Last week, State Bank of India (SBI) disclosed the data on now defunct electoral bonds in two sets.

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March 25, 2024
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Compatible iPhones

The US govt lawsuit can open up the ecosystem he US Department of Justice (DOJ) has just filed an antitrust lawsuit targeting Apple and more specifically the iPhone and Apple's marketing practices centred on that iconic device.

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March 25, 2024
A short report card
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A short report card

Three successes and two failures of policy in the last five years

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March 25, 2024
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Global trade optimism

Downside risks in 2024 must also be evaluated

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March 25, 2024
Google, Apple breakups on agenda as global regulators target Big Tech
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Google, Apple breakups on agenda as global regulators target Big Tech

Big Tech is facing its biggest challenge in decades as antitrust regulators on both sides of the Atlantic crack down on alleged anti-competitive practices that could result in break-up orders to Apple and Alphabet's Google, a first for the industry.

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March 25, 2024
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China must reinvent itself to turn economy around: IMF

China needs to \"reinvent itself\" with economic policies to speed resolution of its property market crisis and boost domestic consumption and productivity, the International Monetary Fund's Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva said on Sunday.

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March 25, 2024
Restoring India trade ties on the table: Pak
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Restoring India trade ties on the table: Pak

Pakistan will \"seriously\" consider restoring trade ties with India that remained suspended since August 2019, Foreign Minister Muhammad Ishaq Dar has said, indicating a potential shift in diplomatic stance towards the neighbouring nation.

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March 25, 2024
China blocks use of Intel, AMD chips in govt PCs, to use local processors
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China blocks use of Intel, AMD chips in govt PCs, to use local processors

China has introduced guidelines to phase out US microprocessors from Intel and AMD from government personal computers and servers, the Financial Times reported on Sunday.

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March 25, 2024
Will identify, punish terrorists, vows Putin as Russians mourn
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Will identify, punish terrorists, vows Putin as Russians mourn

Russia lowered flags to half-mast on Sunday for a day of mourning after scores of people were gunned down with automatic weapons at a rock concert outside Moscow in the deadliest attack inside Russia for two decades.

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March 25, 2024
Why Amritsar may not be a walk in the park for ex-diplomat
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Why Amritsar may not be a walk in the park for ex-diplomat

The smoke began rising at dusk on October 31, 1984.

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March 25, 2024
Wearing it on the sleeve
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Wearing it on the sleeve

Political parties are lining up merchandise ahead of the Lok Sabha polls but demand is muted

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March 25, 2024