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Easier tax structures, regulatory clarity on fintechs' minds

The fintech industry, which has been caught between the Reserve Bank of India's (RBI's) higher scrutiny and a severe funding winter, is looking at Budget 2025 with hope.

Area for critical minerals mining expanded

The Centre has increased the area granted to individual players by more than four fold in order to boost mining of critical minerals.

ADB retains FY25 growth estimate at 7%

Says this must be weighed against downside risks UPWARD TRAJECTORY

Companies now have to report dealings with MSES biannually

Aim is to ensure greater transparency and discourage delayed payments

Non-basmati rice bore the brunt of export curbs imposed in 2023

As a panel of senior ministers deliberates on the need to review curbs on exports of some rice varieties, data shows that since outbound shipments saw restrictions in July-August last year, the non-basmati segment has suffered more than basmati exports.

Swiggy, Zomato may hike platform fee further, say restaurants

Several restaurants listed on Swiggy and Zomato believe that the recent platform fee hike by online food aggregators will go up further.

I&B ministry plans mega Hollywood-like studio

Move may require ₹10K crore investment

TVS to invest £200 mn in British arm Norton

UK-based bikemaker may weigh plans to expand in India

JSW MG to launch five cars in next 12 months

Automobile manufacturer JSW MG is planning to launch five cars in the next 12 months even as it is in the process of increasing its production capacity from 100,000 units per annum to 300,000 units, its CEO Emeritus Rajeev Chaba said on Wednesday.

EVs ideal, but for now Hybrid best solution: Suzuki

Carmaker charts out plan for the next 10 years

Slowdown at Kota factory as coaching institutes mushroom closer home

On a humid Sunday afternoon, the roads of Indira Vihar, a posh residential colony in the coaching hub of Kota, were overrun by a sea of green-clad aspirants converging to take an institute exam.

K'taka job quota Bill on hold after industry furore

The controversial draft Bill proposing job quota for locals in Karnataka was put on hold late Wednesday evening following high-pitched industry protests through the day.

₹32,619 cr & rising: India Inc back with overseas bonds

Reduced hedging cost, appetite for high-yield bonds help big-dollar borrowing in 2024

4 Army personnel killed in Doda terror attack; search for terrorists underway

Four Army personnel, including a Captain, lost their lives in a fierce gunfight with heavily armed terrorists of Pakistan-based banned outfit Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir.

Defence ministry notifies fifth indigenisation list

Consisting of 346 defence items, it aims to boost Aatmanirbhar

B2B to C

How India's first ever unicorn, In Mobi, is transforming itself into a consumer tech company

Price hikes may partially cushion tyre firms' margins

Shares rally for 2nd consecutive day

Budget may give more importance to populist measures

As the markets approach the Budget, NISCHAL MAHESHWARI, chief executive officer for institutional equities at Centrum Broking, in an email interview, tells Puneet Wadhwa that more importance might be given to populist measures this year. He also talks about Indian markets giving tough competition to other emerging markets (EMS) to attract foreign inflows. Edited excerpts:

Demand recovery hopes, valuations to support HUL

FMCG major Hindustan Unilever's (HUL's) move to sell its water purification business, Pureit, to AO Smith India for ₹601 crore was well received by the market.

Six firms in queue for MF licence

AlphaGrep Securities, trading and investment firm, quantitative has filed an application for a mutual fund (MF) licence with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) in June.

New asset class between MF, PMS in offing

Sebi move aimed at filling product gap, curbing inflow into unauthorised investment schemes

Nifty Microcap 250 surges 29% in 2024

Outruns mid, smallcap indices this year

Agri-warehousing needs attention

Discussions on infrastructure tend to be centred largely round energy, transportation, and water.

Supporting agripreneurs

New fund should support innovation

Private participation

Defence production should not be left to public sector

China at the crossroads

Geopolitical equations as seen by China do not, as yet, seem to justify a more accommodating posture towards India

How Microsoft's Satya Nadella became tech's steely-eyed AI gambler

Earlier this year, Satya Nadella hammered out a deal that surprised everyone outside his inner circle at Microsoft.

Bandaged Trump gets rousing welcome

Ꭰonald Trump began the second day of the 2024 Republican Party convention on Tuesday with a visual reminder of his recent assassination attempt, a young running mate who shares his hardline populist views and the backing of the world's richest person.

From sceptic to superfan: Vance's Trump turnabout

using welcome 16 July Senator JD Vance, who joined former President Donald J Trump's 2024 ticket on Monday, once described his new running mate as a kind of \"cultural heroin\" - and privately feared that he could be \"America's Hitler.

JPMorgan first to tap Wall Street's bank bond market

JPMorgan Chase became the first of Wall Street's six biggest banks to tap the US investment-grade bond market after reporting second-quarter earnings, opening the door for an expected flood of issuance from the firms.