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Getty Images Buying Shutterstock To Create $3.7 Billion Visual Content Company

Getty Images is buying Shutterstock to create a $3.7 billion visual content company.

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January 08, 2025
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Exim Bank India raises $1 billion from overseas

EXIM Bank on Tuesday said it has raised USD 1 billion (about Rs 8,570 crore) via an overseas bond issuance at very competitive rates.

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January 08, 2025
Maruti Suzuki to unveil 'e For Me' electric mobility blueprint at Bharat Mobility 2025
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Maruti Suzuki to unveil 'e For Me' electric mobility blueprint at Bharat Mobility 2025

Maruti Suzuki India Limited (MSIL), a passenger vehicle manufacturer, on Tuesday, said that the company will present a blueprint of its efforts to develop an electric ecosystem in the country called 'e For Me'.

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January 08, 2025
Tata Digital Forays into Retail Investment with FDs Marketplace
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Tata Digital Forays into Retail Investment with FDs Marketplace

Tata Digital on Tuesday announced its foray into the retail investment space with the launch of its fixed deposits marketplace on the superapp Tata Neu.

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January 08, 2025
Tata Electronics Gets CCI's Clearance to Acquire Majority Stake in Pegatron India
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Tata Electronics Gets CCI's Clearance to Acquire Majority Stake in Pegatron India

The Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Tuesday approved Tata Electronics' proposal to acquire a majority stake in Apple's contract manufacturer Pegatron Technology India.

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January 08, 2025
Alkem Laboratories to Sell Pithampur Unit for ₹149 Cr
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Alkem Laboratories to Sell Pithampur Unit for ₹149 Cr

Alkem Laboratories Ltd on Tuesday said it will sell its manufacturing facility in Pithampur, Madhya Pradesh, to Rubicon Research Ltd for Rs 149 crore, on a slump sale basis.

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January 08, 2025
Auto retail sales down 12.5% in Dec, all segments except tractors falter
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Auto retail sales down 12.5% in Dec, all segments except tractors falter

Automobile retail sales contracted in December after rising for two consecutive months, due to weakness in all segments, barring tractors, as per data released by the Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations on Tuesday.

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January 08, 2025
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Over 40 new product launches expected at Auto Expo: Official

More than 40 new product launches are expected at the upcoming Auto Expo, which will be held under the umbrella of Bharat Mobility Global Expo 2025 from January 17-22, a government official said on Tuesday.

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January 08, 2025
Indian Tech Story 'Fascinating,' Hope for Continued Growth at CES
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Indian Tech Story 'Fascinating,' Hope for Continued Growth at CES

Consumer Electronics Show

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January 08, 2025
Duty cut on smartphone parts to hit electronics ecosystem, trigger job loss: GTRI
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Duty cut on smartphone parts to hit electronics ecosystem, trigger job loss: GTRI

Any reduction in the customs duty on smartphone parts in the forthcoming budget will harm India's developing component ecosystem, discourage investment, increase imports, and make local firms uncompetitive, potentially resulting in job losses, think tank GTRI said on Tuesday.

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January 08, 2025
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Gilts erase gains to end steady

Government bonds lost all gains notched up during the day after the advance estimate on India's GDP growth for 2024-25 (Apr-Mar) turned out to be higher than what some sections of the market had expected, dealers said.

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January 08, 2025
China's Central Bank Buys More Gold As Prices Trade Near Record High
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China's Central Bank Buys More Gold As Prices Trade Near Record High

China's central bank expanded its gold reserves for a second month in December, signaling renewed appetite after temporarily pausing purchases last year as prices soared, Bloomberg reported.

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January 08, 2025
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FinMin to Hold Meeting with MFI Players Today

Finance Ministry will hold a meeting with microfinance institutions (MFIs) on Wednesday amid rising bad loans and delinquencies across all types of lenders in the sector.

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January 08, 2025
CPI inflation likely to moderate to 5% in Dec from 5.5% in Nov: BOB
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CPI inflation likely to moderate to 5% in Dec from 5.5% in Nov: BOB

India's Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation is expected to moderate to 5 per cent in December 2024 from 5.5 per cent in November, according to a report by Bank of Baroda.

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January 08, 2025
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Odisha Govt OKs ₹44,793 Cr Investments Across 5 Sectors

The Odisha government has approved investment proposals worth Rs 44,793 crore across five sectors, which will generate employment opportunities for over 23,000 people, an official statement said.

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January 08, 2025
Markets rebound after 2-day decline
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Markets rebound after 2-day decline

In a range-bound trade, the 30-share BSE benchmark Sensex climbed 234.12 points or 0.30 per cent to settle at 78,199.11

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January 08, 2025
Banks Profits Set To Moderate In FY26 As Bad Assets Inch Up
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Banks Profits Set To Moderate In FY26 As Bad Assets Inch Up

The agency further said that credit growth has \"lost steam\", and sharply revised down its FY25 system credit growth estimate to 13-13.5%

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January 08, 2025
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Real GDP growth to come at 6.2% in FY25: HSBC

DECELERATING | RBI in Dec revised down its projection to 6.6%

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January 08, 2025
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Khatri Addresses Pothole Complaints

The Nasik City Commissioner and Administrator Manisha Khatri has fixed accountability on officials after taking serious note of residents' complaints about potholes on city roads.

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January 08, 2025
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HPMV: Health dept issues alert

Human Metapneumovirus (HPMV) patients have been found all over the country, and this virus has also reached Gujarat.

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January 08, 2025
Guv to Attend KBCNMU Convocation, Inaugurations
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Guv to Attend KBCNMU Convocation, Inaugurations

Maharashtra Governor CP Radhakrishnan will visit Jalgaon today to preside over the 33rd convocation ceremony of Kavayitri Bahinabai Chaudhari North Maharashtra University (KBCNMU).

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January 08, 2025
Nashik boy wins gold
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Nashik boy wins gold

Yash Deepak Gosavi, a class VIII student of Janata Vidyalaya in Naitale, Niphad taluka, run by the Maratha Vidya Prasarak Samaj (MVPS), has made the district proud by winning the gold medal in the state-level shot put competition held recently at Balewadi, Pune.

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January 08, 2025
Give one or two tribal districts: Narhari Zirwal
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Give one or two tribal districts: Narhari Zirwal

GUARDIAN MINISTER ROW | Doesn't want Nashik district

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January 08, 2025
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Swami Emphasises Awareness Against Sex Determination Tests

Considering the declining rate of the female population, District Collector Dilip Swami has appealed that awareness should be created among the people against the sex determination tests in the district.

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January 08, 2025
10th Ajanta-Ellora International Film Festival from Jan 15 to 19
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10th Ajanta-Ellora International Film Festival from Jan 15 to 19

The 10th Ajanta-Ellora International Film Festival (AIFF) is set to take place from Jan 15 to 19, at PVR INOX, Prozone Mall.

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January 08, 2025
Honour killing: Man pushes cousin into gorge
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Honour killing: Man pushes cousin into gorge

Upset over her friendship with a boy from the same locality, a man killed his 17-year-old cousin by pushing her into a gorge on Monday afternoon.

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January 08, 2025
Mahavir Gharsansar Shop Burns For 2 Days
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Mahavir Gharsansar Shop Burns For 2 Days

Destructive Flames | Estimated loss of inventory worth ₹40 cr

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January 08, 2025
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Two killed in road accident

Two persons died as a speeding container dashed a motorcycle on Nagar-Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar Highway near Hotel Milestone in the Waluj area on Monday afternoon.

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January 08, 2025
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PCMC surveys 31,400 households to shape youth empowerment

'Mukhyamantri Yuva Karya Prashikshan Yojana'

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January 08, 2025
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Vaishnaw to address PPPF

The second edition of the Pune Public Policy Festival (PPPF) is set to be held at the Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics and the Bhandarkar Oriental Research Institute in the city on Jan 10 and 11.

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January 08, 2025