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Global majors unveil over $90bn in fresh bets on India

US-Iran deal won't quickly ease energy, commodity prices: IMF

Hackers demand $2Mn from Nintendo over alleged data theft

Trending

Satheesan pitches ‘New Age Kerala’ under debt cloud

Financial literacy: The antidote to Kerala’s youth drift

Bharti Airtel Q2 profit more than doubles to Rs8,651cr

Vodafone Idea shares surge 9% on SC's AGR relief reports

Cochin Shipyard inks landmark LoI with Svitzer for electric tugs

Profit slide dims shine at KMML, Kerala’s rare success story

India Inc profitability dips over 0.50% in Q2: Report

Finance

India's deposit landscape undergoes a marked transformation

ESAF bank faces capital stress amid fast growing bad loans

Idle capital, minimal lending: Who benefits from KSPIFCL?

Muthoot Finance bags Rs300cr NPA windfall as gold price surges

KIIFB paves new road: Banks take backseat as bonds lead

UFBU slams FM’s privatisation remarks, defends public sector banks

International

Is Aster DM Healthcare eyeing another acquisition in India?

India raises windfall tax on diesel and ATF exports

ESAF Bank capital cushion under pressure as bad loans soar

How gold price surge turns 'making charge' into a goldmine

Kerala braces for costlier market borrowings

Benchmark Exclusives

Josco Jewellers accounts flipped by High Court ruling

Corporate India can’t stomach turmoil in Tata Group

Kochi Metro declares surplus, but losses tell another story

Gulf

LuLu Group to invest QR500mn in Qatar as part of retail expansion

Economy

Kerala govt takes back Rs494cr aid from KSEB account

India’s 100-day agenda to set course for 2047 vision

Momentum in Indian economy remains strong: CEA

Opinon

DoT opens applications under new telecom authorisation regime

ED move stayed; but how Thomas Isaac described masala bond sale

Profits up, net worth down: What’s going on in banks?

Kalyan Jewellers on track to be non-GML debt-free next year

Kerala govt moves KIIFB loans off-budget?

Five years on, LuLu Kochi Convention Centre remains in the red

Technology

GCC accelerates past global AI adoption benchmarks

Simplifying nano-LED manufacturing for next-gen displays

AGR relief: Turning point or false start for Vodafone Idea?

Meta’s AI ambitions ignite capital spend surge

KIMM’s breakthrough ushers in a new era of wearable robotics

Banking And Finance

Cedar-IBSi secures Al Nahyan family investment for FinTech Fund

SC pushes for uniform motor insurance to protect victims

Irinjalakuda bank 'collapse' jolts Kerala’s coop credit network

Corporates

INMECC to expand presence in Palakkad

FACT plans Rs6,350 cr expansion with acid and urea plants

Joyalukkas to borrow Rs1,000cr signaling growth ambitions

Automobiles

Trump’s auto tariffs: More 'bark than bite' for India’s auto sector

Ola sells more than 25,000 EV scooters in February

Kerala government sleeps on HC order, EV owners sleepless

Markets

Sensex, Nifty slip amid foreign fund outflows

Will SEBI end dominance of RIL, TCS in their sectoral indices?

Manappuram offloads stressed loans worth Rs53cr to ARCs

Automobiles

India's auto industry set to overtake China, US in 5 years

M&M sales hit record high as Tata Motors sees marginal drop

Anil Ambani's Reliance Infra eyes entry into EV and battery manufacturing

Travel & Toursim

Eco Hotels and Resorts to be “profitable by March 2026”

Oman’s Sur Province chosen as Arab Tourism Capital for 2024

Thomas Cook on a travel innovation trip