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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

TRANSITION SEEMS INEVITABLE in the longer formats. Falling Test standards, home and away; defeat in the only ODI series in Sri Lanka, a first in 27 years. While the ICC Champions Trophy is round the corner, several stalwarts are in the autumn of their careers in the 50-over format.

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

DRIVEN BY STARTUP UNICORNS AND IPOs

Chaotic winter session ends amid brawls and protests

PARLIAMENT WAS ADJOURNED sine die on Friday, capping off a tumultuous session that saw a robust debate on the country's constitutional journey and the introduction of two landmark bills on simultaneous elections before plunging to a new low of political animosity over alleged insult of B R Ambedkar.

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\".

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 distress-ing call: there had been an explosion and that Harlal was nowhere to be found.

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.

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.

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

Why Kia doesn't share design with Hyundai

Both are part of the same organisation, but design teams will always be different

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

WITH INCREASING DEMAND for algo trading, the markets regulator has proposed reviewing the framework to strengthen the checks and balances in the system.

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.

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

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.

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. But the region's own young tech companies are failing to capitalize on the boom.

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).

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

US PRESIDENT-ELECT Donald Trump said on Friday that the European Union may face tariffs if the bloc does not cut its growing deficit with the United States by making large oil and gas trades with the world's largest economy.

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 carmaker tries to push through cuts and avert mass strikes.

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.

Record $19 bn raised via IPOs in 2024

MORE THAN $19 BILLION has been raised in IPOs in India since January, beating the previous annual record of $17.8 billion in 2021. They include the country's biggest-ever listing, which saw Hyundai Motor's local unit raise $3.3 billion.

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.

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.

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.