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CoalMin accredits 18 pvt firms to spur exploration
The Ministry of Coal has notified 18 private agencies accredited by Quality Council of India—National Accreditation Board for Education and Training (QCI-NABET) as prospecting agencies to speed up exploration and early operation-alisation of coal and lignite mines.
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November 29, 2025
Business Standard
NCLT clears ₹1,950 cr one-time settlement for NSEL investors
CREDITORS WILL WITHDRAW ALL CIVIL SUITS AGAINST NSEL AND 63 MOONS AFTER THE SETTLEMENT IS COMPLETED
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November 29, 2025
Business Standard
Agentic AI critical for growth trajectory: Salesforce India CEO
If India does not adopt Agentic AI decisively, it risks being trapped in the middle-income bracket, Arundhati Bhattacharya, chairperson and chief executive officer of Salesforce India has said, while asserting that it's no more an option but fundamental to improving productivity, efficiency, and overall economic competitiveness of the country.
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November 29, 2025
Business Standard
The oil market is always wrong about long-term prices
Let’s be honest: The oil market has always been wrong about long-term prices. Unsurprisingly, it’s currently wrong in anticipating that a barrel of crude will cost around $60 by 2030, close to current levels. Barring an economic cataclysm, oil will be more expensive five years from now.
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November 29, 2025
Business Standard
Sebi reclassifies Reits as 'equity' for mutual fund investments
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on Friday reclassified real estate investment trusts (Reits) as equity-related instruments to encourage greater participation from mutual funds (MFs) and special-ised investment funds (SIFs).
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November 29, 2025
Business Standard
Retailers expect double-digit growth as Black Friday sales go live
Retailers are expecting a double-digit growth in footfall and in overall sales during the Black Friday period, which they believe would also pave the way for a strong close to the year as they rolled out limited period “steal deals” beginning Friday.
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November 29, 2025
Business Standard
Mutual fund equity buys scale new high this year
Domestic funds have bought ₹4.6 trn worth of equities so far, surpassing 2024 highs
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November 29, 2025
Business Standard
Govt ‘actively considering’ infra status for hotels
‘The government is “actively considering” a harmonised infrastructure status to the hotel industry, a move that could unlock significant capital inflows and strengthen the country’s position in the global tourism market, Union Minister of Culture and Tourism Gajendra Singh Shekhawat said on Friday.
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November 29, 2025
Business Standard
SP Finance eyes bonds to raise funds in early FY27
Shapoorji Pallonji Finance (SP Finance) plans to raise funds via debt in the first week of the next financial year and would look for a rating upgrade before it, a senior company official told Business Standard.
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November 29, 2025
Business Standard
IWG to double its India portfolio by 2027
The world’s largest hybrid workspace platform, International Workplace Group (IWG), plans to nearly double its India portfolio from around 120 centres to over 250 in the next 18-24 months.
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November 29, 2025
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Adani group pegs market borrowings at ₹90K cr in FY27
Interested in Sahara assets through legal pathways
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November 29, 2025
Business Standard
Weekly govt bond auction sails through
Nov emerges as worst month for % since July
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November 29, 2025
Business Standard
Mindspace Reit gets 3 premium office assets for ₹2,916 cr
Mindspace Business Parks Reit, a real estate investment trust (Reit) backed by K Raheja Corp, has announced the acquisition of three office assets for 2,916 crore from K Raheja Corp.
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November 29, 2025
Business Standard
Hong Kong blaze death toll rises to 128, criminal arrests widen
Hong Kong's deadliest fire in nearly eight decades has killed at least 128, officials announced shortly after making fresh arrests in connection with the blaze.
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November 29, 2025
Business Standard
Disclosure, but still no aliens
The Age of Disclosure arrives during a period of acute public interest in unidentified anomalous phenomena (UAPs), met by predictably cautious official pronouncements.
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November 29, 2025
Business Standard
Non-par products gain in listed life insurers' H1 mix
The share of nonparticipating (nonpar) products in the product mix of listed life insurers rose in the first half of 2025-26 (H1FY26) as volatility in the equity market dampened demand for unit-linked insurance plans (Ulips).
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November 29, 2025
Business Standard
CAFE weight relief will hit EVs: M&M, Tata
Maruti says makers of some ‘gas guzzling heavier vehicles’ lobbying against policy support to smaller cars
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November 29, 2025
Business Standard
Top court turns down Byju's plea to halt insolvency proceedings
The Supreme Court on Friday paved the way for the insolvency proceedings of edtech platform Byju’s to continue, stating that since a committee of creditors (CoC) had been formed, the process outlined under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) must be followed.
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November 29, 2025
Business Standard
RBI fines HDFC Bank for violating norms
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday has imposed %91 lakh penalty on HDFC Bank for violation of norms related to Know Your Customer (KYC), interest rate and outsourcing compliance.
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November 29, 2025
Business Standard
Agriculture GVA sees 3.5% increase
The gross value added (GVA) in agriculture, forestry and fishing recorded a growth of 3.5 per cent in real terms in the second quarter of the financial year 2026 (Q2FY26), against 4.1 per cent reported during the same period last year, with nominal growth collapsing steeply, the quarterly GDP estimates released on Friday showed.
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November 29, 2025
Business Standard
India witnessing cultural renaissance, says Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said India is witnessing a \"cultural renaissance”, and the construction of the Ram temple in Ayodhya, the Kashi Vishwanath Dham, and expansion of the Mahakal Mahalok in Ujjain reflect the “awakening” of the nation.
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November 29, 2025
Business Standard
No major Indian city achieved safe air quality levels in a decade, shows study
Less breathing room
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November 29, 2025
Business Standard
Fiscal deficit touches 52.6% of BE till Oct, capex increases 32%
Tax revenue lags at 45% of Budget Estimates
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November 29, 2025
Business Standard
The war for superintelligence
Last week, Meta founder Mark Zuckerberg said he would rather risk “misspending a couple of hundred billion dollars” than be late to the artificial intelligence (AI) race.
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November 29, 2025
Business Standard
Risk being fined $38 bn if CCI levies penalty on global turnover: Apple
iPhone maker tells Delhi HC the antitrust watchdog has no jurisdiction to consider its global turnover
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November 27, 2025
Business Standard
Mahindra Holidays likely to open its first Signature property
Mahindra Holidays and Resorts India, which recently announced its entry into the leisure hospitality space, is expected to open its first hotels property under Mahindra Signature Resorts in Theog by FY27, fol-lowed by two to three more resorts owned by the company starting the next financial year.
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November 28, 2025
Business Standard
A large part of India's capital needs will be met via GIFT City: Ifsca Chair
Five years after the International Financial Services Centres Authority (Ifsca) was set up as India's unified financial-sector regulator, business activity at the GIFT City IFSC has accelerated. Backed by regulatory initiatives, the country's sole financial services centre has crossed key milestones - from registering more than 1,000 entities to facilitating over $100 billion in loan disbursements by banks. K Rajaraman, chairman of the Ifsca, says the centre's rise is inseparable from India's own economic trajectory. In a conversation with Samie Modak in GIFT City, Gandhinagar, he outlines how the IFSC is emerging as a hub for India Inc's foreign-currency needs. Edited excerpts:
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November 28, 2025
Business Standard
Centre files curative plea against SC ruling on states' power to tax mines
The Union government has filed a curative petition in the Supreme Court, challenging last year's ruling by a nine-judge Bench that affirmed the states' authority to impose taxes on mining rights and mineral-bearing lands.
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November 28, 2025
Business Standard
State to simplify land allotment for MSMEs
To boost micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) and attract fresh private investment, the Uttar Pradesh government is framing a new policy to simplify industrial land allotment in the sector.
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November 28, 2025
Business Standard
Deepti Sharma plays WPL auction’s match-winning shot
UP Warriorz match Delhi's chase to bag India’s star all-rounder for ₹3.2 crore
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