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NTA to be restructured, will only focus on higher edu entrance exams

The NTA will not conduct any recruitment exams from 2025, instead will only focus on higher education entrance tests, Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan announced on Tuesday.

Digital scams: NPCI lists 'tricks' to watch out for

With incidents of online frauds, including 'digital arrests' on the rise, the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) that oversees India's retail payment systems has issued an advisory outlining steps to protect users against such scams.

Data breach, regulatory uncertainty hurdles in AI implementation: Deloitte

As Indian companies implement artificial intelligence (AI) in systems and processes, cyberattacks, data breaches and regulatory uncertainty about the new technology have become a concern, according to a survey.

Four of 10 in rural, semi-urban India prefer UPI: Report

Only about four out of ten users in rural and semi-urban India have the country's real-time payments system, Unified Payments Interface (UPI), as a preferred mode of transaction, with about two only preferring cash, according to a joint report by EY and CII.

IBA seeks training sessions by CBI to tackle bank fraud

The Indian Banking Association (IBA) has suggested to the finance ministry to direct public sector banks (PSBs) to organise regular training sessions by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for bankers to enhance vigilance and prevent fraud.

BITTER CHILL PILL

LNG, or chilled natural gas, is a $29 billion opportunity. So, what is keeping the sales low?

Assess employment growth prospects, infra before investing

The weighted average price of newly launched projects in the top 30 Tier-II cities surged by up to 65 percent between December 2023 and October 2024, according to a recent report by PropEquity.

Booster dose for Piramal Pharma on growth hopes

JM Financial initiates coverage on the stock with a 'buy' rating

LARGECAP CUTOFF LIKELY TO TOUCH ₹1 TRILLION

The market capitalisation (mcap) cutoff to qualify for mutual funds' (MFs') largecap universe is likely to go up for the fifth consecutive time to touch the ₹1 trillion mark for the first time.

Oberoi Realty: On a strong growth foundation

Oberoi Realty is a Mumbai-focused real estate player across residential, retail, hospitality, and social infrastructure.

Regulator proposes platform to track unclaimed MF folios

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on Tuesday proposed a new platform for investors to track inactive or unclaimed mutual fund folios.

Market regulator mandates granular disclosures for ODIs

The market regulator Sebi on Tuesday mandated granular disclosures on ownership and economic interest for offshore derivative instruments (ODIs), aligning the rules with that for foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) to prevent any regulatory arbitrage.

Guidelines for boarding of investment advisors eased

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has introduced major changes in the norms governing investment advisors and research analysts (RAs), relaxing requirements on minimum qualification, experience, mandatory examination to be passed periodically, and net worth requirements.

A fifth of AIF investments questionable: Sebi WTM

Around ₹1 trillion, or a fifth of the investments made by alternative investment funds (AIFs) are questionable in terms of the intent behind the investments and are under the scanner for circumvention of regulations, said Ananth Narayan (pictured), whole-time member (wtm) of Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi).

New asset class to have same expense structure as MFs

Regulator notifies investment rules for 'specialised investment fund'

Sri Lankan reset

President's visit points to positive first steps

A parallel media ecosystem

Trinayani (Zee Telugu) protects her family with her powers to see the future. Phulki (Zee Bangla) dreams of being a boxer. Bhabiji (from Bhabiji Ghar Pe Hain on And TV) is a funny, small-town woman.

China prepares for Trump

With tariff war set to intensify, China shifts focus to the Global South, increasing competition for India

Life in a migrants' Eden

In his 2004 article titled \"Cities: An Anthropological Perspective\" for the journal Anthropology Matters, Andrew Irving, professor of anthropology at the University of Manchester, notes that a \"city does not exist in an individual's mind or \"out there\" as an objective physical landscape but as a collective entity that gathers people's emotions and memories, mixes them with architecture and elicits distinctive practices and ways of being. Or put another way the city is not simply architecture alone, but a curious melding of 'flesh and stone'.\"These qualities are precisely what Chitvan Gill documents and investigates in her book Dreaming a Paradise: Migrations and the Story of Buland Masjid.

Concurrent debates

Simultaneous elections need careful consideration

Apple complicit in crimes taking place in Congo

Congo accuses the tech giant of using conflict minerals

Investigating TikTok over Romanian election, says EU

The European Union opened proceedings against TikTok over suspicions that it didn't do enough to stop fake accounts and foreign actors from interfering with the Romanian elections last month.

Trump's immunity claim fails to end NY hush money case

Donald Trump (pictured) failed to convince a judge to set aside his conviction in the New York hush money case on presidential immunity grounds, though it is unclear if the case will still proceed to sentencing as the president-elect continues to challenge the verdict.

China plans record budget deficit of 4% of GDP in 2025

Chinese leaders agreed last week to raise the budget deficit to 4 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) next year, its highest on record, while maintaining an economic growth target of around 5 per cent, two sources with knowledge of the matter said.

Ukraine kills Russia's nuke forces chief

Kyiv's security service claims responsibility

Cong considered Constitution as its 'fiefdom': Shah

Union Home Minister Amit Shah (pictured) on Tuesday attacked the Congress for bringing various amendments to the Constitution, saying the opposition party considered it as the \"private fiefdom\" of one family and amended it to remain in power.

Parliament panel calls for doubling PM-Kisan Nidhi to ₹12,000

Amid protest by a section of farmers in Haryana demanding legalisation of MSP, a parliamentary panel asked the Centre to double the annual PM-Kisan Nidhi scheme entitlement from ₹6,000 to ₹12,000.

Bills on 'simultaneous polls' set to be sent to joint panel

Opposition MPs term Bills 'dictatorial'

Green hydrogen, wind projects need govt push for 2030 targets: Report

India is on track to meet its 2030 clean energy goals for solar power and battery energy storage systems (BESS), but immediate government support is needed to accelerate the deployment of offshore wind and green hydrogen (GH2), according to a report.

Scheme to upgrade ITIs may be launched next mth

The new Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) upgradation scheme announced in the financial year 2024-2025 (FY25) Budget is likely to be launched in January next year after approval by the Union Cabinet, the skill ministry told the Parliamentary Panel on Labour and Employment.