Newspaper
Business Standard
Credit card spends hit record ₹2.17 trn in Sep
Credit card spends touched a record high of ₹2.17 trillion in September 2025, driven by festival season demand and increased consumption following GST rate cuts.
1 min |
October 29, 2025
Business Standard
Lenskart bets on AI as $8 bn IPO nears
Lenskart cofounder and Chief Executive Officer Peyush Bansal is betting on artificial intelligence (AI) to accelerate growth as India’s largest eye-wear retailer prepares for an $8 billion initial public offering (IPO) in November —building on a decade of technology investments in supply chains and remote eye testing.
1 min |
October 29, 2025
Business Standard
China, Asean sign upgraded free-trade pact
China and the Asean bloc of Southeast Asian nations signed an upgrade to their free trade agreement on Tuesday, with leaders hailing the deal which spans the digital and green economy, and other new industries.
1 min |
October 29, 2025
Business Standard
NCLAT nod to Aakash EGM on rights issue
The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal (NCLAT), Chennai bench, on Tuesday dismissed a request from GLAS Trust Company LLC, which represents troubled edtech firm Byju’s US-based lenders, to stop the extraordinary general meeting (EGM) of Aakash Educational Services Ltd on October 29.
1 min |
October 29, 2025
Business Standard
Domestic expansion, European recovery to drive gains for Tata Steel
There is positive sentiment for Tata Steel on the basis of strong domestic demand, a turnaround of European operations and moderate valuations.
2 min |
October 29, 2025
Business Standard
Top experts from finance world to share insights
The Business Standard BFSI Insight Summit 2025, the nation's largest financial sector event, will convene top policymakers, regulators, and industry executives in Mumbai from October 29 to October 31.
1 min |
October 29, 2025
Business Standard
UN sees world’s emissions falling 10% by 2035, far short of 60% goal
Global emissions of planet-warming greenhouse gases are expected to fall by about 10 per cent by 2035, compared with 1990 levels, representing the first decline ever forecast by the United Nations.
2 min |
October 29, 2025
Business Standard
GitHub projects India to have over 57.5 mn developers by '30
GitHub, the world’s leading platform for agentic software development, projects that by 2030 India will have over 57.5 million developers, more than one in three of all projected global sign-ups, making it the largest developer community in the world in the next five years.
1 min |
October 29, 2025
Business Standard
Mayank Sharma
Mayank Sharma leads Android Enterprise partnerships for South and South East Asia at Google, where he works with system integrators, operators, distributors, device manufacturers and independent software vendors.
1 min |
October 29, 2025
Business Standard
TVS Motor Q2 net profit up 42% on record sales
TVS Motor Company has posted a 42 per cent rise in net profit during the second quarter of 2025-26 (Q2FY26) to %795.48 crore, up from %560.49 crorein Q2FY25, driven by the highest ever two-wheeler and three-wheeler sales.
1 min |
October 29, 2025
Business Standard
India among UBS’ preferred bets amid positive EM outlook
UBS has turned bullish on emerging markets (EM), including India, as it finds benign macro trends, positive momentum in earnings revisions, and resilient EM currencies helping these economies sustain higher valuations and attracting flows.
1 min |
October 29, 2025
Business Standard
Talks to begin on IT hardware import system's continuance
With the deadline for it two months away, the Ministries of Commerce, and Electronics and Information Technology will start discussions on the future of India’s import-management system (IMS) for laptops and other computer-hardware products.
1 min |
October 29, 2025
Business Standard
House panel urges govt to help capture placements
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Labour, in its latest report submitted to the Lok Sabha Speaker earlier this month, has urged the labour ministry to develop a “robust verification mechanism” to ensure that the number of placements reported on the National Career Service (NCS) portal accurately reflects actual employment outcomes in the country.
1 min |
October 28, 2025
Business Standard
Aim to serve a billion people: Bansal
With eyewear company Lenskart all set for its maiden initial public offering (IPO), cofounder, chief executive officer (CEO) and managing director (MD) Peyush Bansal talks about plans and challenges of the business in a video interview with Surajeet Das Gupta.
4 min |
October 28, 2025
Business Standard
DGCA flags repeat lapses in Akasa Air’s audit
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has flagged multiple issues in Akasa Air’s audit, including “repetitive” procedural lapses, documentation gaps, and “persistent” systemic deficiencies across key flight safety and cabin operations domains.
2 min |
October 28, 2025
Business Standard
Putin should end war, not test missile: Trump
US President Donald Trump said that Russian President Vladimir Putin should end the war in Ukraine instead of testing a nuclear-powered missile, adding that the US had a nuclear submarine positioned off Russia's coast.
1 min |
October 28, 2025
Business Standard
Rashmi group to set up steel plant in West Bengal
Kolkata-based Rashmi group on Monday said it would set up a 2.8 million tonne per annum (MTPA) integrated steel plant along with a 400 Mw captive power plant in Purulia district, West Bengal.
1 min |
October 28, 2025
Business Standard
Time to revive the animal spirits
Weak demand has kept India’s private investment subdued for over a decade, raising serious concerns about growth
4 min |
October 28, 2025
Business Standard
DRL's US pain deepens; launches offer relief
FY26 estimates cut, but analysts see long-term tailwinds from biosimilars
2 min |
October 28, 2025
Business Standard
SC allows govt to rethink Vi’s AGR dues
Senior advocate Mukul Rohatgi, representing Vi, expressed satisfaction with the government's approach.
3 min |
October 28, 2025
Business Standard
Govt to build four medical colleges worth ₹1,300 cr
‘The Chhattisgarh government will set up four new medical colleges with an investment of about %1,300 crore, taking the total of such institutes in the state to 19.
1 min |
October 28, 2025
Business Standard
Trump gets royal welcome in Japan; China deal hopes rise
US Prez to meet Japan's first women PM Takaichi today; MoU on shipbuilding on cards
2 min |
October 28, 2025
Business Standard
Bengal, UP, TN, Kerala among 12 states, UT's to be covered in SIR 2.0
EC to announce schedule for Assam separately
3 min |
October 28, 2025
Business Standard
Sebi proposes simplified rules for high-value debt listed entities
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has proposed increasing the threshold for identifying high-value debt listed entities (HVDLEs) from %1,000 crore to %5,000 crore.
1 min |
October 28, 2025
Business Standard
Adani Energy Solutions Q2 net profit down 28%
Adani Energy Solutions on Monday posted a 28 per cent decline in consolidated net profit to %557.10 crore for the September quarter, mainly due to one-time adjustment of deferred tax of 314 crore in the year-ago period.
1 min |
October 28, 2025
Business Standard
Too early to decouple revenue, headcount, says Coforge CEO
Mid-tier IT services company Coforge believes it is too early to call out whether the industry has started decoupling revenue from headcount growth due to the impact of artificial intelligence (AI), which is expected to improve productivity and efficiency.
2 min |
October 28, 2025
Business Standard
EODC not necessary for selling goods made from duty-free inputs
Para 4.16 of FTP says that “advance authorisation and/or material imported under advance authorisation shall be subject to ‘Actual User’ condition.
2 min |
October 28, 2025
Business Standard
Q2 biz confidence drops on US tariff
First decline after 3 qtrs of improvement
2 min |
October 28, 2025
Business Standard
GCC, energy among projects worth ₹5 trn lined up for launch
The Uttar Pradesh government has lined up private investment projects worth ₹5 trillion for the proposed 5th Ground Breaking Ceremony (GBC), likely to be inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi next month.
1 min |
October 28, 2025
Business Standard
End unpredictability
Leaders of US and China must step back from trade brink
2 min |