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Financial Express Chandigarh
Sebi blocks mutual funds from pre-IPO investments
MAJOR MOVE
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October 25, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
SWAMIH fund to be exempt from AIF norms
RBI WILL EXEMPT a government-backed real estate rescue fund from its tightened rules for alternate investment funds (AIF), it said ina notification.
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October 25, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
EU pulls up TikTok, Meta on transparency rules
US TECH GIANT Meta and Chinese-owned social media app TikTok breached their legal obligation to grant researchers adequate access to public data, the European Commission said in preliminary findings of an investigation released on Friday.
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October 25, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Adland's heart loses its beat
IN PIYUSH'S WORLD, Bobby Pawar did not exist. I was introduced to him by Sonal Dabral after he had hired me in 1995. Everyone remembers him by his trademark moustache. To me it has always been his eyes. Two brown orbs that peeped in yours, often from behind the ephemeral veil of cigarette smoke. They were quick to crinkle when he laughed. Quicker still to tear up when he heard your troubles. Or saw an emotional film. When I first met him though, they were grim. My ego dirtied its pants. He noticed my unease (nothing ever escaped him). He chuckled and said, \"Robert, likhnaaatahai?
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October 25, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Oil heads for weekly gain on supply fears
OIL PRICES EDGED up on Friday, extending the previous day’s surge and on track for a weekly gain as US sanctions on Russia’s two biggest oil companies over the war in Ukraine spurred supply concerns.
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October 25, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
GX Group to invest ₹3,000 cr in Photonics chip ecosystem
GX GROUP, A Netherlands-headquartered broadband major plans to invest about Rs 3,000 crore over the next four years into its new subsidiary, GX Quantum Photonics focused on developing advanced indigenous photonic chips and modules for 5G/6G, AI data centres, EV LiDAR, and quantum communication applications.
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October 25, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
RBI proposes 70% cap on financing for acquisitions
Suggests raising banks’ exposures to capital market
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October 25, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Equity exposure cap for govt staff raised to 75%
TO ENHANCE FLEXIBILITY in retirement planning, the Centre has allowed Life Cycle 75 (LC 75) and Balanced Life Cycle (BLC) options for central government employees under the market-linked National Pension System (NPS) and the guaranteed Unified Pension Scheme (UPS) under the default option. The move raises the equity exposure limit to 75% from the earlier 50%.
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October 25, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
RIL will ‘adapt’ operations to meet…
“IT REMAINS FULLY committed to maintaining its longstanding and impeccable record ofadherence toapplicable sanctions and regulatory frameworks and will be adapting the refinery operations to meet the compliance requirements,’ the spokesperson added.
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October 25, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Delhi AQI improves to 'poor'
THE CITY RECORDED its lowest minimum temperature in October in the last two years, dropping to a minimum of 17 degrees Celsius on Thursday night, while the air quality improved, moving into the ‘poor’ category after remaining in the ‘very poor’ category for the past four days.
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October 25, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
The creative genius who found the extraordinary in the ordinary
ADVERTISING, PIYUSH PANDEY used to say quite often, should be like “talking to your neighbour across the fence”.
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October 25, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Oppn using Zubeen to 'weaken' Hindu society: Himanta
ASSAM CHIEF MINISTER Himanta Biswa Sarma on Friday alleged that the opposition is using the issue demanding justice to Zubeen Garg to “weaken the Hindu society”.
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October 25, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
MTR parent eyes ₹10K-cr valuation in ₹1,667-cr IPO
OFS opens next week; MD says readying war chest for acquisitions
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October 25, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Dr Reddy's net profit rises 7% to ₹1,347 cr
DR REDDY'S LABORATORIES on Friday posted a 14.5% increase in its consolidated profit after tax (PAT) to ₹1,437 crore for the second quarter ended September 30, aided by robust sales in branded markets.
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October 25, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
PE giant to buy minority stake in Federal Bank for ₹6,196 cr
GLOBAL PRIVATE EQUITY giant Blackstone is set to acquire a 9.99% stake in Federal Bank through a preferential allotment of warrants, marking its first-ever minorityinvestment inan Indian company.
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October 25, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
US inflation rises less than expected in Sept
US CONSUMER _ PRICES increased slightly less than expected in September, keeping the Federal Reserve on track to cut interest rates again next week.
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October 25, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
RBI proposes new infrastructure risk weights for NBFCs
THE RESERVE BANK of India (RBI) on Friday introduced targeted amendments to its scale-based regulation framework for non-banking financial companies (NBFCs), proposing a refined approach to risk weights for infrastructure exposure.
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October 25, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
'GST REFORMS TO MAKE TAX SYSTEM MORE GROWTH-ORIENTED' Don't give any comfort to dishonest taxpayers: FM
Festive retail sales hit %6.05 lakh crore, surge 25% annually
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October 25, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Wall Street hits new high
WALLSTREET INDEXES scaled record highs on Friday, driven by cooler-than-expected inflation data that buoyed bets for faster rate cuts by the Federal Reserve, while upbeat earnings from Intel kept investor optimism alive around Al.
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October 25, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
RBI proposes 70% cap on financing...
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October 25, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Lenskart bags ₹90 cr from DMart founder
AVENUE SUPERMARTS (DMART) founder Radhakishan Damani has invested around %90 crore in eyewear retailer Lenskart in a pre-IPO (initial public offering) funding round, people familiar with the development said on Friday.
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October 25, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Byju's plea against Aakash rights issue rejected
THE NATIONAL COMPANY Law Tribunal has declined to grant any interim relief to insolvency-bound edtech firm Byju’s, which sought to restrain Aakash Educational Services (AESL) from convening its extraordinary general meeting (EGM) for arights issue.
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October 25, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
US trade war splintering Southeast Asia
DESPITE ITS GEOPOLITICAL heft, Southeast Asia has rarely been more divided. In separately seeking tariff relief from the US, nations from Malaysia to Indonesia have undermined their collective leverage. They have a chance to present a united front at aregional forum this weekend—a move that would ensure they remain credible asa bloc capable of charting its own future.
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October 25, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Jio shifting focus from mobile to home broadband: Analysts
RELIANCE JIO'S SEPTEMBER quarter results signalled a shift from mobile-led expansion to home connectivity as the company deepened its fixed wireless access (FWA) and broadband footprint, analysts noted.
1 min |
October 25, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
India’s role vital in specialised tech talent
In asset management, the demand for specialised talent will continue apace, driving firms to look outside of their traditional hiring models
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October 25, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
IMF urges Asia to reduce trade barriers to offset US tariff impact
THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY Fund on Friday urged Asia to lower non-tariff barriers and integrate regional trade to reduce its vulnerability to US tariffs and global financial shocks.
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October 25, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
You can get tax break on home renovation loan
YOUR QUERIES: INCOME TAX
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October 25, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Victims, perpetrators of terrorism cannot be equated: EAM
At the UN’s 80th anniversary, foreign minister questions the body’s decision-making
2 min |
October 25, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
PE giant to buy 9.9% in Federal Bank
ON FRIDAY, WITHIN minutes of the markets opening, the stock hit a new all-time high of 232.25 per share on the BSE.
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October 25, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Blackstone acquires 70% in Ace Insurance for ₹1,700 cr
GLOBAL PRIVATE EQUITY giant Blackstone has acquired a majority stake in New Delhi-based Ace Insurance Brokers for around ₹1,700 crore, marking one of the largest transactions in India’s insurance intermediary market.
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