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Navigating market drawdowns

Keep a cash buffer to enter the market at lower prices

GenAI drafts a good report; human brain a great report

RISHIKESHA T KRISHNAN, DIRECTOR, IIM BANGALORE

Analysts Predict Crypto Boom in 2025

● Supply cuts, and Trump's crypto push drove 2024's surge

Banks stare at higher costs, slower credit growth

BANKS ARE PREPARING for a challenging 2025, as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) moves closer to implementing stringent guidelines on the expected credit loss (ECL) framework, liquidity coverage ratio (LCR) norms and project finance requirements.

Santa fails to turn up on Dalal Street

I couldn't have been more wrong last fortnight, as Santa played truant.

179 Die as Plane Crashes in Worst-Ever Accident in S. Korea

FLIGHT OPERATED BY JEJU AIR CRASHES AND CATCHES FIRE AFTER SKIDDING DOWN RUNWAY; NATION DECLARES 1 WEEK OF MOURNING

Trump backs H-1B...

RAMASWAMY ALSO ENTERED the fray with a post decrying an \"American culture\" that he claimed values mediocrity over excellence.

Zetwerk's Make in India playbook

WITH SEVERAL BLUE-CHIP CLIENTS, CONTRACT MANUFACTURER ON A GROWTH PATH

In e-scooter race, legacy brands are inching ahead

Total E2W sales, however, have surged, crossing one million units in the January-November period, up 37% y-o-y.

Rentomojo set to file DRHP by mid-2025

Furniture and appliance rental platform Rentomojo plans to file its draft red herring prospectus (DRHP) with SEBI by mid-2025, and is evaluating the size and timeline of the proposed IPO.

Route Mobile targets digital identity solutions for q-comm to fuel growth

DIGITAL COMMUNICATIONS SOLUTIONS provider Route Mobile is developing security solutions under its digital identity vertical to service up and coming sectors like quick commerce.

Real estate firms ride the luxury home wave

LUXURY PROPERTY DEVELOPERS in the country had a robust 2024, eclipsing the combined sales value of total residential sales in top cities during the previous year.

Beauty Startups Trim Losses Amid Cost-Cutting Drive

BEAUTY AND PERSONAL care startups, including Sugar Cosmetics, mCaffeine, Wow Skin Sciences, and online retailer Purplle have successfully reduced their losses in FY24 by tightening their advertising and promotional expenses.

PM Internship: 621,000 applications received

ABOUT 621,000 APPLICATIONS have been received for 127,000 opportunities under the Prime Minister's Internship Scheme and the selection process is continuing, the government said on Sunday.

Public capex growth hits a plateau

● Overall growth in govt capital spending for FY26 seen at 8%

Brazil offers expertise to boost India's dairy cattle productivity

Discussions are ongoing about establishing a joint Zebu research institute in both countries, aimed at boosting milk production

25% Attrition in Pvt Banks Risks Operations: RBI Report

EMPLOYEE ATTRITION IN private sector banks has witnessed an increase to about 25% and this high turnover rate poses significant operational risk, according to the latest report on Trend and Progress of Banking in India 2023-24.

Plans to boost railway receipts likely in FY26

● Vande Bharat sleeper trains, revival of PPP on the cards

FTA helps expand trade basket with Australia

THE ECONOMIC COOPERATION and Trade Agreement (ECTA) with Australia has opened up new export sectors for India, including gold studded with diamonds and turbojets, while also ensuring access to key raw materials for the domestic industry, the ministry of commerce and industry said.

Anti-dumping duty on PVC Resin Paste from China, five others

INDIA'S DIRECTORATE GENERAL of trade remedies (DGTR) has proposed imposing anti-dumping duties of up to $707 per metric tonne on imports of Poly Vinyl Chloride (PVC) Resin Paste from China and five other countries: Korea, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand, and Norway.

CII seeks consumption boost in FY26 Budget

The Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) has urged the government to announce some specific policies in the upcoming Union Budget, which are aimed at boosting consumption in the economy.

Food subsidy likely to surpass BE by ₹20K cr

● FY26 outlay to be higher than likely RE of ₹2.25 lakh cr for FY25

PM Surya Ghar subsidy disbursal at 58% till Oct

Even as the government is focusing ramping up installations under the newly launched PM Surya Ghar Muft Bijli Yojana, delays in subsidy disbursal have raised concerns.

Putin Apologizes for 'Tragic' Azerbaijani Airplane Crash

But stops short of admitting airliner was shot down

Hallucinatory AI May Not Necessarily Be a Bad Thing

The smart machines, it turns out, are dreaming up riots of unrealities that help scientists track cancer, design drugs, and even win the Nobel Prize

Genome reveals how a small group burst out of Africa

DNA from European fossils dating back 45,000 years offers new clues to how our species spread across the world

What does the future hold for out-of-form India captain Rohit Sharma?

Steve Smith was said to be a shadow of his best self before he scored a long overdue hundred against India in the Brisbane Test.

Defiant push to change Constitution

Support of two-thirds of the members present and voting required to pass a Constitution Amendment Bill. The Opposition needs only 182 votes in the Lok Sabha to defeat the Bill. The I.N.D.I.A. bloc has 234 seats.

Individualised AI Tools

According to the Info-Tech Research Group report, more and more organisations will also be pursuing building their own AI tools.

Biotech Advancements

Recent breakthroughs in the field of biotechnology are expected to provide solutions for dominant problems in 2025.