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Financial Express Chandigarh
'Aim is to support companies in cross-border growth'
Homegrown venture debt fund Stride Ventures is raising three parallel funds across India, the GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council), and the UK with a combined target of $600 million, of which half has already been raised. The move signals a shift from venture debt as a regional credit product to being used as a cross-border financing tool, particularly as founders increasingly expand beyond a single geography, Managing Partner Apoorva Sharma tells Ayanti Bera. Excerpts:
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November 14, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Draft Seed Bill proposes strict quality control rules
THE CENTRE RELEASED a draft Seed Bill on Thursday, with the objectives of ensuring traceability of these farm inputs and regulating their prices.
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November 14, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Sebi proposes easing pre-IPO lock-in rules
REGULATOR ALSO PITCHES FOR SIMPLER DISCLOSURE FORMAT
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November 14, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Fee cut pain for delivery partners
Earnings per q-comm order drop to ₹15-27 from the earlier ₹22-30
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November 14, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Lord's Mark nears first $1 Million MedTech shipment to the USA
Reinforcing India’s ‘Make in India’ Vision.
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November 14, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
SBI Funds plans raising up to ~10,600 cr via IPO
SBI FUNDS MANAGEMENT is considering raising as much as 10,600 crore in an initial public offering (IPO) that could take place in the first half of 2026, sources said.
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November 14, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Nagaraju urges MFIs to keep interest rates reasonable
FINANCIAL SERVICES SECRETARY M Nagaraju on Thursday called on microfinance institutions (MFIs) to maintain interest rates at reasonable levels to promote financial inclusion.
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November 14, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Edible oil import bill rises 22%
HIGH GLOBAL COOKING oil prices have ensured that the value of India’s import of edible oils — palm, soybean and sunflower — in 2024-25 oil year (November-October) rose by 22% to a record ₹1.61 lakh crore on year, while volume of imports increased only marginally to 16.01 million tonne (MT), according to industry data released on Thursday.
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November 14, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Xi joins Trump to skip G-20 meet
CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JIN- PING will not join the Group of 20 summit next week, a move that will be a blow to host South Africa that’s already fac- ing a boycott by US President Donald Trump.
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November 14, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Crisil to review scheme for fertiliser subsidy
THE NITI AAYOG has roped in Crisil to undertake an evaluation of the fertiliser subsidy scheme, which accounts for 45% of the Centre’s Budget outgo on major subsidies, to assess its efficiency and fiscal sustainability for policy intervention, sources said.
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November 14, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Mondelez to make, market Lotus Biscoff in India
TARGETING GEN Z CONSUMERS
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November 14, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
ReNew to invest fresh ₹60,000 cr in Andhra
RENEW ENERGY GLOBAL on Thursday announced that it will invest $60,000 crore in Andhra Pradesh to setup multiple green energy projects in the state,taking its total fresh investment in the state to 82,000 crore.
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November 14, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Sebi proposes easing pre-IPO...
IN ADDITION, DESPITE the mandated 21-day period for public comments under Regulation 26(1) of the ICDR Regulations, as well as similar provisions for pre-filled offer documents, FPOs and SME IPOs, public comments on draft offer document remain negligible.
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November 14, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Auto Inc seeks higher credits for EVs under CAFE norms
WHILE PASSENGER VEHICLE manufacturers continue to be divided over relaxed emission norms proposed for small cars with Maruti in favour of the relief and Tata Motors, Mahindra, and others opposed to it, they are unitedly seeking higher super credits for electric vehicles other than flex-fuel and hybrid models.
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November 14, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
US govt opens amid deep divisions
NORMALCY MAY BE SHORT-LIVED, WITH DEAL FUNDING GOVT ONLY UNTIL JAN 30
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November 14, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Shares of Groww rise over 5%
SHARES OF BILLIONBRAINS Garage Ventures, the parent company of stock broking firm Groww, climbed more than 5% on Thursday, a day after making a stellar market debut.
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November 14, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
MSME exporters to get 1% interest relief on loans
NEW EXPORT CREDIT COVER CAPPED AT %50 CRORE PERBORROWER
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November 14, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Punishment will set an example: Shah
Home minister promises to bring to justice those behind Delhi blast
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November 14, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Stocks of new-age tech firms lag broader market
Facing scrutiny from investors who become wary of prolonged losses
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November 14, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
M&M makes life insurance debut
AUTO MAJOR MAHINDRA & Mahindra (M&M) has forayed into the life insurance business with the signing of an agreement with Canada’s Manulife to set up a 50:50 joint venture (JV).
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November 14, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Tata Motors posts loss of ₹867 cr after demerger
TATA MOTORS, NOW operating solely as the automaker’s commercial vehicle arm, on Thursday reported a consolidated net loss of ₹867 crore for the July-September quarter, against a net profit of ₹498 crore in the same quarter a year ago. The firm attributed the net loss largely to mark-to-market losses linked to its newly listed investments in Tata Capital.
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November 14, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
A year on, GIFT City a mixed bag for foreign university campuses
A YEAR AFTER starting operations at GIFT City in Gandhi-nagar, Australia’s Deakin University and the University of Wollongong (UOW) — the first foreign university campuses to set up in India — have received mixed responses.
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November 14, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Disney warns of distribution spat with YouTube TV
WALTDISNEY SIGNALLED that it was girding for a prolonged fight with YouTube TV over distribution of its television channels, worrying investors about the outlook for its already declining TV business and pushingits shares down 6.6%.
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November 14, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Nationwide survey on migration from July 2026
THE GOVERNMENT HAS proposed to conduct a “survey on migration” from July 2026 to June 2027 to generate reliable estimates on the scale of migration, the reasons people move from their habitats and short-term migration trends.
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November 14, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Indices close flat amid volatility, FPI outflows
DESPITE POSITIVE GLOBAL and domestic cues, the benchmark indices ended flat on Thursday after a roller-coaster session, as investors booked profits at higher levels ahead of the Bihar election results.
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November 14, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
ED arrests former Jaypee Infratech MD Manoj Gaur
THE ENFORCEMENT DIRECTORATE (ED) on Thursday arrested former managing director of Jaypee Infratech (JIL), Manoj Gaur, under the provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) for allegedly cheating home buyers.
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November 14, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
‘Export sops offer limited relief’
THE CABINET'S APPROVAL for a 45,060 crore package that will see return of the interest subsidy scheme and enhanced credit guarantee for exporters can bring down cost of credit by 2-3% and offer some relief, but may not fully address tariff and other challenges they face, according to industry and experts.
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November 14, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Tata Steel eyes 7 MT capacity expansion
TATA STEEL HAS lined up a 7-7.5 million tonne (MT) capacity expansion pipeline across its Indian operations, with projects advancing through planning, engineering and approval stages, the steelmaker's management said during the earnings call for second quarter of FY26.
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November 14, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Starmer leadership chaos is turning into a crisis
ONE REASON KEIR Starmer’s Labour Party won the 2024 UK election was his promise to restore calm after a decade of Tory carnage. Speaking outside 10 Downing Street on the morning after victory, he vowed to “deliver change, restore service and respect for politics, end the era of noisy performance, tread more lightly on your lives and unite our country”.
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November 14, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
IAMAI flags ‘overreach’ risk in draft AI labelling rules
THE INTERNET AND Mobile Association of India (IAMAI), in its response to the government’s draft amendment on AI labelling, has argued that the new obligations around “synthetically generated information” (SGI) risk over-regulation and duplication of existing laws.
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