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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.

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

BRAZIL, A MAJOR global producer of dairy products, has offered its expertise in the genetic improvement of dairy cattle through several technologies, such as insemination and embryo transfer, aimed at boosting the productivity of India's cattle.

Market gets ₹1,600 cr FPI inflows in 2024

The year 2024 saw a sharp slowdown in foreign portfolio investor (FPI) activity, with foreign investors pumping in just over ₹1,600 crore on a net basis into the domestic equity market, a steep fall of 99% from the robust inflows of ₹1.71 lakh crore in the previous year.

25% Attrition in Private Banks Risks Operations, Says 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.

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.

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.

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.

Can you find the names of 10 2024 best sellers in this puzzle?

THE 'TITLE SEARCH' puzzle

Punjab Farmers Call for Kisan Mahapanchayat on January 4

FARMERS, ON A warpath against the Centre, on Saturday called for a \"Kisan Mahapanchayat\" at the Khanauri protest site on January 4.

Heavy snowfall throws life out of gear in J&K

Cold wave grips entire north India

Hundreds line up to bid adieu to Dr Singh

● King to envoys to workers pay tribute to ex-PM

Relief for Vi; DoT waives bank guarantee

VODAFONE IDEA HAS been granted waiver of bank guarantee for spectrum auctions held in 2012, 2014, 2016, and 2021, the telco informed the exchanges on Saturday.

Retail investors pump in ₹1.5 L cr into cash market

IN LINE WITH domestic institutional investors, retail investors also pumped in a record ₹1.55 lakh crore into the cash market during January-November, as per NSE data.

Smart Cities Mission: School enrolment up 22%

STEPS TAKEN UNDER the Smart Cities Mission have led to a 22% increase in school enrolment in 19 cities and improved real-time tracking of criminal activities, according to two studies by the Indian Institute of Management, Bangalore.

South steals the spotlight

Hits from Hindi film industry in post-Covid era have been fewer and far between

Does India want BGT win or Rohit back in form?

THE GREAT GAMBLE didn't come off. The opening didn't need any fixing; Rohit Sharma's batting did.

Byju Raveendran: From boom to bust

BY EARLY 2024, these issues culminated in severe consequences.

UltraTech to buy stake in Star Cement

BOTH THE PLAYERS are snapping up small cement players to consolidate their positions and achieve their targeted growth ahead of time.

IIFL Home Finance expects 15% AUM growth in FY25

Looking at stock market listing, but no timeline yet

Jewellery units lose sheen on weak Rupee

The demand in East Asia, however, has been tepid.

US airline stocks beat market

A RECORD YEAR FOR travel in the US is pushing airline stocks to a soaring annual outperformance, and the prospect of sustained earnings power points to a bullish outlook for 2025.