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Low-cost growth is edtech's new winning formula, not high burn, says Lightspeed

THE EDTECH SECTOR is adopting a new mantra for success—efficient customer acquisition over high marketing spends.

Pushpa 2 hits ₹990 cr in India, ₹1,500 cr worldwide

ALLU ARJUN-STARRER Pushpa 2: The Rule has become the biggest hit of the actor's career, and even after two weeks in the cinemas, the film is still making money in double digits.

How India's Twenty20 batting in domestic cricket went on a six-hitting spree this year

go and excel from ball one. When you have that kind of belief, it gives you that boost that you can take on every delivery,\" Mumbai's title-winning skipper Shreyas Iyer told IE.

More than 15% of super-rich in India are under 30: Report

DRIVEN BY STARTUP UNICORNS AND IPOs

Jaipur crash triggers blast

AT 5:45 AM—15 MINUTES after he dropped his nephew Harlal and another relative, Raju, at the Jaipur-Ajmer highway to board a truck to take them back home—Mohanlal (47) got a distressing call: there had been an explosion and that Harlal was nowhere to be found.

Bhagwat: Ram temple is a matter of faith

UNDERLINING THAT RAM temple in Ayodhya was a \"matter of faith\" for Hindus, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat has said that it is \"unacceptable\" to rake up \"such new issues on a daily basis\" simply because of \"extreme hatred, malice, enmity and suspicion\".

ED books KTR in Formula-E case

THE ENFORCEMENT DIRECTORATE on Friday filed a money laundering case against BRS leader K T Rama Rao and some others in a case linked to alleged payment irregularities during the Formula-E race held in Hyderabad in February 2023, official sources said.

Chaotic winter session ends amid brawls and protests

ONE NATION, ONE POLL AND AMBEDKAR ISSUES CREATED RUCKUS

A City sensation, but can it Amaze your Dzire for a car?

New Amaze is as luxurious as old City, but lacks features like USB-C socket, 360-degree camera, auto-dimming cabin mirror, and sunroof

Five-time Haryana CM Chautala dies at 89

INDIAN NATIONAL LOK Dal (INLD) supremo and five-time Haryana chief minister Om Prakash Chautala, patriarch of one of the most influential political families of the state, died of cardiac arrest at his Gurugram residence on Friday. He was 89.

Why Kia doesn't share design with Hyundai

When we start designing a new vehicle, we consciously keep in mind that there are no visual similarities with any Hyundai car

Don't jump into algo trading without knowing the fault lines

Retail investors should use exchange-approved algorithms

Top up health cover with emergency fund

Add-ons and super top-up policies can boost medical cover

Can Trump save dollar hegemony?

IF TRUMP WERE TO RETALIATE AGAINST THE BRICS WITH 100% TARIFFS, THE MOVE COULD BACKFIRE

Nike's half measures need another shoe to drop

THE FIRST SHOE has dropped at Nike. On Thursday, new chief executive officer Elliott Hill set out his vision for turning around the world's biggest sportswear company, which has lost out to rivals after it prioritised selling through its own stores and website, and didn't deliver enough new products, relying instead on classic styles.

A framework for fair interest rates

There is a keen interest and hope that the RBI would lead with a structured framework that removes second-guessing what's fair in loan pricing

Reforming agri marketing

Need for a GST-like body of state ministers to build consensus on a unified national market

Tesla recalls nearly 700,000 cars in US over tyre pressure issue

TESLA SAID ON Friday it was recalling 694,304 vehicles in the United States over an issue with the tyre pressure monitoring system (TPMS).

Honda talks indicate Nissan in panic mode: Ghosn

NISSAN MOTOR PURSUING a deal with Honda Motor indicates the former is in \"panic mode,\" according to Carlos Ghosn, the ex-chairman of the struggling Japanese automaker.

Southeast Asia has $60-bn AI boom but startups are missing

SOUTHEAST ASIA is fast emerging as an investment hot spot for AI leaders like Nvidia Corp. and Microsoft Corp., which are plowing money into cloud services and data centers.

Foxconn's interest in Nissan on hold

HON HAI PRECISION Industry, the Taiwan-based manufacturer of iPhones known as Foxconn, is putting its interest in pursuing Nissan Motor on hold while the Japanese automaker is in negotiations for a potential merger with Honda Motor Co., according to a person familiar with the matter.

Volkswagen nears deal with labour leaders

VOLKSWAGEN NEARED A deal with labour leaders in the company's longest negotiations over pay and jobs, sources said on Friday, but the final outcome was still uncertain as Europe's largest car-maker tries to push through cuts and avert mass strikes.

Trump wants EU to purchase more US oil, gas or face tariffs

Bloc buying the lion's share of US oil and gas exports

Prez-elect's spending deal fails in House

A SPENDING BILL backed by Donald Trump failed in the US House of Representatives on Thursday as dozens of Republicans defied the president-elect, leaving Congress with no clear plan to avert a fast-approaching government shutdown that could disrupt Christmas travel.

RBI latest VRR auction gets robust response

THE RESERVE BANK of India's (RBI) seven-day variable rate repo auction (VRR) for ₹1.50 lakh crore has received bids worth ₹2.01 lakh on Friday, indicating a strong demand for funds from banks amid huge liquidity deficit, said interbank call money traders.

Central bank steps in to stem Re slide

THE RUPEE RECOVERED from its all-time low against the dollar and appreciated 5 paise to close at ₹85.03 on Friday.

Sebi introduces uniform data sharing policy for research

THE SECURITIES AND Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on Friday directed market infrastructure institutions (MIIs) to adopt a uniform policy for sharing data for research publications.

Forex reserves dip to nearly six-month low of $652.87 bn

INDIA'S FOREX RESERVES dropped by $1.988 billion to an almost six-month low of $652.869 billion for the week ended December 13, the RBI said on Friday.

Das pitched for inflation-growth balance at his final MPC meet

THE PRIORITY OF monetary policy should be on restoring the inflation-growth balance and aligning inflation to the apex bank's target of 4%, said Shaktikanta Das, former governor, Reserve Bank of India (RBI), according to the minutes of his last monetary policy committee (MPC) meeting, released on Friday.

Sensex tanks over 1K points, Nifty slips below 23,600

Sensex and Nifty plunged about 1.5% on Friday, taking their downtrend to the fifth straight session, due to risk aversion in the global markets after the hawkish stance of the US Federal Reserve.