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Hackers demand $2Mn from Nintendo over alleged data theft

India raises windfall tax on diesel and ATF exports

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

ESAF bank faces capital stress amid fast growing bad loans

Latest News

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

Mallya ends UK bankruptcy challenge before hearing

Finance

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

Cedar-IBSi secures Al Nahyan family investment for FinTech Fund

SC pushes for uniform motor insurance to protect victims

International

Is Aster DM Healthcare eyeing another acquisition in India?

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

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

Kerala braces for costlier market borrowings

ESAF Bank capital cushion under pressure as bad loans soar

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

Economy

Kerala govt takes back Rs494cr aid from KSEB account

Momentum in Indian economy remains strong: CEA

Top Trump aide accuses India of 'financing' Russia's war

Opinon

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

GCC accelerates past global AI adoption benchmarks

Simplifying nano-LED manufacturing for next-gen displays

Technology

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

UAE and Saudi Arabia lead global shift towards sovereign AI

Hearts and algorithms: When human-AI ties get complicated

Banking And Finance

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

Federal Bank raises stake in Ageas Federal Life to 30%

United Arab Bank reports 49% rise in nine-month profit

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