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Housing sales in top 7 cities to reach ₹5.10 L-cr

RESIDENTIAL MARKET IN India continues to remain on a strong footing, with 2024 likely to end as the best year ever in terms of performance across top seven cities.

Sunak, wife to set up private office, says report

FORMER BRITISH PRIME minister Rishi Sunak and his wife, Akshata Murty, are believed to be in talks to set up a new private office in the new year to make a positive contribution to Britain, according to a UK media report.

AI drives surge in country's digital ad spending: Report

APAC MARKETS TO GROW AT 5.8%

Rahul has chance to put Test career back on track

IT'S STILL NOT clear whether KL Rahul will open in the Adelaide Test.

Protest held against ISKCON saint arrest

THE SARVA HINDU Samaj demonstrated here on Wednesday against the arrest of ISKCON temple saint Chinmay Krishna Das in Bangladesh and the \"continuous oppression\" of Hindus there.

Sukhbir Singh Badal survives a gunfire attack at Golden Temple

FORMER PUNJAB CHIEF Minister Sukhbir Singh Badal (62) had a narrow escape on Wednesday as a man, identified as a former militant, attempted to open fire at him while the Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader was on \"punishment\" guard duty at the Golden Temple.

Stopped on way to Sambhal, Rahul says it's my duty as LoP

A Congress delegation led by Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi and party MPs Priyanka Gandhi and K C Venugopal was stopped by Uttar Pradesh Police from going to violence-hit Sambhal at the Ghazipur border with Delhi on Wednesday morning.

Fadnavis to take oath as CM today

Ajit Pawar to be sworn in as Deputy CM, no other ministers to be named as yet

Waaree Energies to set up 11.4 GW solar capacity by FY27

WAAREE ENERGIES AIMS to set up 11.4 gigawatt (GW) integrated solar manufacturing facility by fiscal year 2026-27, the company's chief financial officer Sonal Shrivastava said.

Honda drives in new Amaze; EV debut on track

HONDA CARS INDIA on Wednesday drove in the third-generation Amaze and said that its Elevate-based electric SUV is on track to be launched by 2026.

Hero Moto launches Vida V2 e-scooter at ₹96,000

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Bajaj cuts CNG Freedom bike prices

Cost slashed by ₹5,000 on entry-level bike

Adapting to the high-tech age

Companies need to create a culture of learning

'Beyond Bengaluru' for GCC growth

New GCC policy seeks to enhance Karnataka’s appeal

An avoidable audit turf war

A large part of the jurisdictional tussle has emanated from the ICAI seeing itself as the primary body responsible for setting auditing standards

Hurdles for Microsoft Copilot

BALANCING INNOVATION WITH FAIRNESS WILL BE CRUCIAL TO ACHIEVE ITS AI AMBITIONS

Even BlackRock is fleeing public markets

ACQUISITION IS IN BlackRock's genes. Over the years, it has managed to grow and stay relevant through prescient big-ticket purchases.

Flawed urbanisation

India's cities can't seem to extricate themselves from the cycle of poor management

Hyundai Motor's union plans strikes

HYUNDAI MOTOR'S LABOUR union plans to stage strikes for four hours each on Thursday and Friday, a union spokesperson said on Wednesday.

VW says pay cuts in Germany needed

Firm insists such measures needed in Germany to respond to Chinese competition

President Yoon faces impeachment vote

South Korea's Metal Workers' Union plans to launch a full strike from December 11 Unless Yoon Suk Yeol steps down

Keep equity expectations moderate, Volatility could be higher: Kotak AMC

DESPITE THE RECENT slowdown seen in Indian equities and corporate earnings, Kotak Mahindra Asset Management Company (AMC) expects a gradual recovery in 2025, but advised investors to taper return expectations.

SBI seeks RBI relief on inoperative accounts

STATE BANK OF India (SBI) has approached the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to allow non-financial transactions, such as balance checking, to be made eligible for an account to be considered operative.

Rupee falls 7 paise to close at 84.74, an all-time low

THE RUPEE LOGGED its weakest closing level on record on Wednesday, hurt by a lingering depreciation bias and broad-based dollar bids, while dollar-rupee forward premiums extended their decline.

Benchmarks post gains for fourth straight session

Nifty PSU bank index emerged as the top gainer with a 2.25% increase. The Nifty realty index followed closely with a 2.14% gain

BSE smallcap logs longest winning streak since June

Outperforms larger peers with an 8.6% gain in nine sessions

Bharti Airtel extends 4G, 5G equipment deal with Ericsson

BHARTI AIRTEL HAS signed a multi-year, multi-billion dollar extension deal with Ericsson for 4G and 5G network products and solutions.

Yotta to play the Jio model in pricing GPUs

Hiranandani Group-led Yotta, which has been the frontrunner in creating compute infrastructure in the country with its Nvidia portfolio of graphic processing units (GPUs) is looking to replicate the Jio model in the AI GPU space - high volumes at lower prices.

ONDC plans ₹1.2 levy on transactions above ₹250

THE OPEN NETWORK for Digital Commerce (ONDC) will soon levy a fee of ₹1.20 for every successful transaction above ₹250.

Swiggy may hike Instamart delivery fee in bid to improve unit economics

SWIGGY IS LOOKING to increase the delivery fees it charges from its customers on its quick commerce platform Instamart in a bid to improve its unit economics.