Financial Express Chennai - January 25, 2025
Financial Express Chennai - January 25, 2025
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January 25, 2025
Package likely to ramp up pulses & oilseeds output
Govt keen to rein in imports of these items by boosting domestic production
3 mins
57% Taxpayers Seek I-T Rate Cuts
Around 57% of the taxpayers in a recent survey want lower tax rates and higher exemptions in the coming Budget.
1 min
Small tea growers for curbs on substandard imports
SMALLTEA GROWERS (STGs) have urged the Union commerce ministry to take steps to curb import of substandard crop from countries like Kenya and Nepal and protect the domestic industry.
1 min
LNG imports to fall in 2025 as demand moderates: IEA
INDIA'S IMPORT OF LNG (liquified natural gas) is expected to decline in 2025 on the back of moderating demand and continued competition for LNG cargoes internationally, as per the International Energy Agency.
1 min
Oil buyers pull all levers to replace Russian imports
OIL REFINERS ARE reaching for all available options in the rush to make up for Russian flows hit by Washington's latest round of sanctions, turning to the spot market while simultaneously seeking more long-term supplies from West Asian producers.
1 min
NCLAT Stays CCI's 5-Year Antitrust Ban
Directs Meta to deposit 50% of ₹213-cr penalty
2 mins
UltraTech Cement Q3 profit at ₹1,473.51 cr; stock surges 7%
ADITYA BIRLA GROUP firm UltraTech Cement on Thursday reported a consolidated net profit of ₹1,473.51 crore for the third quarter ended December 31, 2024.
1 min
Maruti Suzuki cars to cost more from Feb 1
MARUTI SUZUKI INDIA on Thursday said it will hike prices by up to ₹32,500 across various models from February 1 to partially offset the rise in input costs.
1 min
HUL to give beauty business a glow-up with new strategy
THE COUNTRY'S LARGEST consumer goods company, Hindustan Unilever (HUL), has put in place a four-pronged strategy to grow its beauty and wellbeing business, created in April last year.
2 mins
Bidhuri, Atishi Approach EC With Allegations
BJP's KALKAJI CANDIDATE Ramesh Bidhuri and his AAP opponent from the constituency Atishi on Thursday lodged complaints against each other with the Election Commission.
1 min
Delhi polls: AAP schemes outrank Constitution issues
THE OPEN DRAIN outside the chaupal at Nai Basti, a Dalit-dominated colony in South Delhi's Deoli, is overflowing. Inside the compound, behind a statue of BR Ambedkar holding the Constitution, sit four men from the Jatav (Dalit) community discussing the Delhi elections.
1 min
Foreign secy to visit China on Jan 26-27
Moving To Resume Bilateral Engagements
1 min
Empowering India's Green Energy Goals Through Innovation and Trust
Lord's Mark Industries Upholds PM's Vision of Surya Ghar: Muft Bijli Yojana
1 min
Infra.Market Raises $126 Million
CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS SOLUTIONS firm Infra.Market has successfully raised approximately $120 million (₹1,050 crore) in its pre-IPO funding round, according to sources aware of the matter.
1 min
HPCL consolidated profit in Q3 surges 257% to ₹2,544 cr
Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd on Thursday reported a surge of 256.8% year-on-year in its consolidated net profit for the December quarter of FY25 at ₹2,543.65 crore from ₹712.84 crore in the year ago period.
1 min
Zee Q3 profit jumps 180%; revenue falls
ZEE ENTERTAINMENT ON Thursday reported a 179.7% year-on-year rise in its consolidated net profit at ₹163.6 crore for the third quarter of the financial year 2024-25 (Q3FY25).
1 min
CCPA Notices to Ola, Uber Over Price Disparity Complaints
APPLE ASKED TO RESPOND TO TECHNICAL ISSUES
1 min
Mphasis posts modest Q3 revenue growth
MPHASIS REPORTED A sequential revenue growth of 0.8% to ₹3,561.3 crore and a net profit of ₹427.9 crore, up 1.1%, for the quarter ended December.
1 min
Amazon Web to invest $8.3 billion
AWS's decision to set up its operations in the Mumbai Metropolitan Region is a pivotal moment for Maharashtra,\" chief minister Devendra Fadnavis said.
1 min
Indus Towers to foray into EV charging infrastructure
Indus Towers has launched pilot electric-vehicle charging stations at two locations, it said on Thursday, amid the country's growing push to adopt the environmentally cleaner models.
1 min
Luxury car sales facing China hurdle: Tatas
JAGUAR LAND ROVER's owner, Tata Motors, said profitability is being hurt by economic challenges in China, a market where weak demand and consumer preference for electric vehicles is curbing sales of traditional top-end cars.
1 min
Trump Urges Lower Oil Prices, Rate Cuts
HE ALSO HAILED commitments by companies to invest in the US, touting plans by SoftBank Group to help build artificial intelligence infrastructure and a promise from Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman to expand investments and trade with the US by $600 billion.
1 min
80% firms struggle to find talent: Survey
Shortage Across Industries
1 min
Special fund for MFIs...
The combined loan outstanding of the MFIs stood at around ₹1.7 lakh crore as on March 31, 2024. And 60% of this amount has been lent by large MFIs
1 min
OpenAI to Indian court: Can't delete ChatGPT training data
'BREACH OF US LEGAL OBLIGATIONS'
1 min
New probe ordered into Foxconn hiring
NHRC FAULTS LABOUR OFFICIALS FOR LAX INQUIRY
1 min
IT counters lead gains in indices
The equity indices closed higher on Thursday, led by IT stocks on optimism over the rise in artificial intelligence (AI) spending in the US, while worries over earnings moderation and US tariffs capped gains.
1 min
Ujjivan SFB Q3 profit slumps 64% to ₹109 cr
UJJIVAN SMALL FINANCE Bank on Thursday reported a 64% decline in its net profit to ₹109 crore for the third quarter amid a spike in bad loan provisions and higher interest expenses.
1 min
Kotak Bank Acquires StanChart's ₹3,330-Cr Personal Loan Portfolio
KOTAK MAHINDRA BANK on Thursday said it has completed the acquisition of the ₹3,300-crore personal loan book of Standard Chartered Bank India following regulatory approvals.
1 min
HDFC Bank expects improved CASA ratio with easing in rates
HDFC BANK EXPECTS its current account savings account (CASA) ratio to improve as interest rates are likely to soften, Sashidhar Jagdishan, managing director and CEO, said in an analyst call on Thursday.
2 mins
Rising competition from global banks may lower pricing on loans: Barclays
A RENEWED PUSH by Japan's major banks and other global lenders in India is driving down loan prices with the new players having more appetite for riskier credit, according to the country head for Barclays Plc.
1 min
Now, Equities Need Domestic Investors More Than Ever
Local Funds Emerge as Key Driver
1 min
Setting a cat among the pigeons
THE WORLD SHOULD EXPLORE NIMBLE, COST-EFFECTIVE OPTIONS TO THE STARGATE APPROACH
4 mins
Time for India to break out of AI slumber
The US-led restrictions on AI technology access should serve India a wake-up call to prioritize the technology as a national security imperative
3 mins
It's raining handouts
Political parties must avoid reducing elections to one-upmanship on freebies
2 mins
In the grey zone
Meta's fact-check roll-back can upend contextual ads
2 mins
Real Madrid Is First Club To Top $1-Bn Revenue
REAL MADRID BECAME the first soccer team to register one billion euros ($1.04 billion) in revenue in a single season in 2023-24, with the Spanish side topping the Deloitte Football Money League as the world's highest revenue-generating club once again.
1 min
This Chinese AI startup is taking on Silicon Valley giants
THE DAY AFTER Christmas, a small Chinese start-up called DeepSeek unveiled a new AI system that could match the capabilities of cutting-edge chatbots from companies like OpenAI and Google.
2 mins
Gaza ceasefire puts Netanyahu in tough spot
EVEN BEFORE IT WAS signed, the Gaza ceasefire forced Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu into a tight spot - between a new US president promising peace and far-right allies who want war to resume.
1 min
Emilia Perez Leads Oscars Race With 13 Nominations
NETFLIX'S SPANISH-LANGUAGE musical Emilia Perez topped the list of movies nominated on Thursday for Academy Awards, followed by The Brutalist and Wicked.
1 min
Invest in stocks: China to insurers
Stocks Jump After Briefing
1 min
Musk, Altman spar over $100-bn AI venture hyped by Prez Trump
ELON MUSK OPENLY questioned whether companies that joined President Donald Trump's announcement promising hundreds of billions of dollars in artificial intelligence infrastructure could follow through on their promises, exposing an early internal rift within the White House.
1 min
Call grows for action on AI, reforms
370% rise in sanctions since 2017, along with subsidies Over 5% rise in inflation estimated in a very high fragmentation scenario
1 min
Economic Fragmentation: Global GDP Could Drop by Up to $5.7 Trillion
GROWING GEO-ECONOMIC FRAGMENTATION can decrease global GDP by up to $5.7 trillion, giving it a bigger blow than the financial crisis of 2008 or the Covid pandemic, the Navigating Global Financial System Fragmentation report showed on Thursday.
1 min
Call Grows for Action on AI, Reforms
LEADERS FROM VARIOUS countries called for action on artificial intelligence and reforms at the WEF meeting.
1 min
On new Isro chief's table: 100th launch
AFTER THE HISTORIC space docking experiment, the Indian Space Research Organisation (Isro) is getting ready for another milestone, its 100th launch, that is set to happen at the end of the month.
2 mins
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