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Swiggy, Zomato breached antitrust laws: CCI probe

An investigation by the country's antitrust body, the Competition Commission of India (CCI), found food delivery giants Zomato and SoftBank-backed Swiggy breached competition laws, with their business practices favouring select restaurants listed on their platforms, documents show.

SBI's earnings shoot up 28%, beat estimates

Other income expands sharply but provisioning too

Higher volume, profitability gains for GAIL India

GAIL India's second quarter (Q2FY25) performance met expectations.

MULTI-ASSET ALLOCATION FUNDS: Ensure fund's equity exposure and strategy match your risk appetite

A recent analysis by Ventura Securities of 25 multi-asset allocation funds (MAAFs) reveals that many of these funds have outperformed a large number of equity schemes over 1-5-year timeframes.

Markets fall over 1% after two-day rally

IN THE RED Sensex intraday

Industry bodies urge FinMin to ease TDS rate structure

Proposal seeks to lessen compliance burden on taxpayers and avoid litigation

After SC rap, Centre doubles penalty for stubble burning

Burning issue

Proactively made all disclosures, recusals: Sebi WTM on Cong's charges

Ananth Narayan, whole-time member (WTM), the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), has responded to allegations of conflict of interest due to personal investments.

Market regulator may water down skin-in-game rules for MF executives

The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has shown intent to relax the skin-in-the-game norms applicable to senior executives of the mutual fund (MF) industry.

MSCI adds 5 Indian stocks to key index

MSCI added five Indian companies to its Global Standard Index late on Wednesday, a move that brokerage Nuvama said would lift the country's weighting on the index to 20 per cent, further narrowing the gap with China.

Trump's triumph: Will bulls run amok and gold, silver sparkle?

Top brokerages highlight opportunities, risks, and contradictions the new administration may offer

REIMAGINING ROLE OF AGRICULTURE

In the changed context of economic development, agriculture is seen playing a much larger role than perceived in the dominant thinking in development economics

Inside the world of mad billionaires

Two things about this book and its authors. One, this is the most unputdownable non-fiction that I have read this entire year.

Funding education

Easy financial assistance is not enough

Policy approach

RBI is acting selectively and with care

Central banks have the last laugh

They've tamed record inflation without triggering a recession whether through tactical genius or sheer luck is anybody's guess

Reaching new heights of policy success

For over two decades, various government committees—spanning different political dispensations—recommended the corporatization of the 200-year-old Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) to modernize operations.

How Musk's clout with Trump may help his firms

Elon Musk's (pictured) backing of Donald Trump's decisive victory for a second presidency gives the billionaire entrepreneur extraordinary influence to help his companies secure favorable government treatment.

I concede this election but not the fight: Harris

US Vice-President Kamala Harris told supporters to accept her election loss at the hands of President-elect Donald Trump but urged them to keep fighting for the ideals she espoused in her campaign as she publicly conceded the 2024 presidential race.

'Trump's America': Resounding win signals a different kind of country

In her closing rally on the Ellipse last week, Kamala Harris scorned Donald Trump as an outlier who did not represent America. \"That is not who we are,\" she declared. In fact, it turns out, that may be exactly who we are. At least most of us.

Xi congratulates Trump, calls for stable ties

Chinese President Xi Jinping (pictured) on Thursday congratulated President-elect Donald Trump on his election victory and called for China and the US to find the right way to manage the differences by strengthening dialogue and communication.

More checks, balances needed to curb fraud'

India's digital platforms and ecosystems need to be a step ahead of the fraudsters with more layers of protection and a strong focus on education, as the country grows leaps and bounds in digitization, said industry stalwarts at a session in Mumbai on Thursday.

Valuations limit upsides in near term: Mkt gurus

The equity valuation premium for the Indian stock markets has \"limited room to expand\" in the short to medium term despite the country's economy on a structurally sound path, said market analysts at the Business Standard BFSI Insight Summit on Thursday.

Supply pressure for affordable housing despite strong demand

Despite increasing demand for affordable housing in India, there is a shortage of supply as developers are not adding inventory for end customers, housing finance experts said at Business Standard BFSI Summit on Thursday.

Regulatory compliance key to consumer protection

Fintech leaders and industry experts emphasized the crucial role of regulatory compliance in ensuring consumer protection and fostering long-term business success.

Fear in people main factor behind cyberfraud: Chugh

Fear has replaced greed as the dominant factor that makes people vulnerable to cyberfrauds, said Nitin Chugh, head of digital banking and transformation at State Bank of India (SBI), at Business Standard BFSI Insight Summit 2024.

Banks leaving no stone unturned to stay ahead of fraudsters, say CEOs

Focus on putting in major effort and investments on technological front

Mkts polarised into bubble-like and comfortable valuations: MF CIOs

India's equity markets are currently polarised into small and midcap segments that exhibit bubble-like valuations, and other areas which offer comfortable valuations, chief investment officers (CIOs) of top mutual funds said at Business Standard BFSI Insight Summit in Mumbai on Thursday.

Indian data not yet ready for AI decade: CTOs

The buzz around artificial intelligence (AI) and GenAI may dominate the C-suite discourse, but what truly keeps corporate leaders awake at night are issues like data security, cybercrime, and regulatory compliance.

Narayan for strengthening of MII ecosystem

Sebi whole-time member says regulator to float consultation paper to consider demerger of equity clearing corporations from exchanges