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India's smartphone export to U.S. triples to $1.47 billion in October

According to data, India's worldwide smartphone exports rose from $10.68 billion to $15.95 billion in April-October 2025, marking a 49.35% expansion

4 Dec 2025 2:49 am
Nepal, India to discuss supply of aviation fuel through pipeline

Officials from the two countries are set to hold a meeting next week in New Delhi, said an official at the Ministry of Commerce and Industry

4 Dec 2025 1:49 am
Labour codes likely to be fully operational from April 1, 2026, Govt to pre-publish draft rules soon

Since labour is a concurrent subject, appropriate governments Centre and States will have to notify the rules under the four codes to enforce these fully across the country

4 Dec 2025 12:34 am
Indias smartphone market sales volumes hit a plateau as consumers upgrading to costlier phones that they can hold for upto 3 years, says Xiaomi India

A lot of peopleare sort ofupping the value of phone choices and this trend is more evident in towns and villages as affordability on the rise

3 Dec 2025 8:29 pm
Higher duties on cigarettes will be shared with the States, Sitharaman clarifies in Lok Sabha

The Lok Sabha on December 3 passed the Central Excise (Amendment) Bill, 2025, which would see higher excise duties being imposed on cigarettes.

3 Dec 2025 7:55 pm
Irans currency falls to a new low as nuclear sanctions squeeze its ailing economy

The new low of 1.2 million rial to the U.S. dollar is increasing pressure on food prices and other costs

3 Dec 2025 6:10 pm
Excise duty to ensure tax incidence on tobacco remains same after GST cess ends: Sitharaman

Since the GST law caps maximum rate of tax at 40%, the ultimate tax incidence on tobacco after removal of GST cess would come down from the current level if excise duty is not levied, said the Finance Minister

3 Dec 2025 5:56 pm
Stock markets drop for fourth day amid relentless foreign fund outflows; Sensex dips 31 points

The 30-share BSE Sensex dipped 31.46 points or 0.04% to settle at 85,106.81 and the 50-share NSE Nifty skidded 46.20 points or 0.18% to 25,986

3 Dec 2025 5:05 pm
Rupee breaches 90-mark against dollar; falls 25 paise to close at all-time low of 90.21

Uncertainty over the India-U.S. trade deal, along with the lack of Reserve Bank of India (RBI) effort to stop the slide in the local unit, put further pressure on the rupee, according to forex traders

3 Dec 2025 4:50 pm
Install emission monitors by December 31 or face closure, Centre warns Delhi-NCR industries

The Central Government also directed Delhi-NCR states to finalise their 2026 air pollution control plans within this month

3 Dec 2025 4:00 pm
IndiGo grapples with flight delays, cancellations amidst pilot shortage

The pilot shortage is triggered by the full implementation of the stricter rest and duty norms for them effective November 1.

3 Dec 2025 2:14 pm
The new AI workforce: How AWS is betting on agents to run the enterprise of the future

Amazon Web Services (AWS) CEO Matt Garmans message was simple and strategic: agents are not a flashy consumer gimmick; they are the next utility that enterprise workflows will depend on

3 Dec 2025 2:05 pm
Spam calls: DoT to mandate display of KYC-registered names on incoming calls

The feature, known as Caller Name Presentation, will use the same technology that telecom operators use to flag certain calls as Suspected or Suspicious

3 Dec 2025 12:27 pm
Rupee breaches 90 to a dollar, falls 6 paise in early trade

The rupee slipped to a record intra-day low of 90.15 before recovering some ground to trade at 90.02

3 Dec 2025 11:04 am
Stock markets trade lower in early deals amid relentless foreign fund outflows

Amid persistent foreign fund outflows and profit-taking by investors, Sensex and Nifty declined for the fourth day in a row

3 Dec 2025 10:59 am
Amazon to use Nvidia tech in AI chips, roll out new servers

Nvidia has been pushing to get other chip firms to adopt its NVLink technology, with Intel, Qualcomm and now AWS on board

3 Dec 2025 10:57 am
Air India, other airlines face check-in system glitches briefly on December 2

The problem persisted for at least 45 minutes before getting addressed

3 Dec 2025 6:38 am
Speedbreakers ahead: on Indias economic data

The third quarter is unlikely to bring cheer for the economy

3 Dec 2025 12:10 am
Finland to hold road shows on circular economy in India next year

Possibilities of wider collaboration in renewable energy, says Finnish Ambassador

2 Dec 2025 10:05 pm
Maruti setting up 2,000 charging points for EVs, to launch e Vitara

Maruti has also partnered with 13 leading Charge Point Operators and aggregators to provide access to charging infrastructure across the country

2 Dec 2025 9:04 pm
Numaligarh Refinery accorded Navaratna status, informs Petroleum Minister Hardeep Puri

Numaligarh Refinery becomes the 27th CPSE to be accorded the status.

2 Dec 2025 8:14 pm
Only one in five candidates accepted PM Internship Scheme offers, and 20% of them quit early

Pilot project launched in October 2024 to provide 1.25 lakh internship opportunities; companies made 1.65 lakh offers over two rounds, but only 33,000 were accepted, of which 6,618 interns left prematurely

2 Dec 2025 8:06 pm
Wakefit Innovation Ltd fixes IPO price band at 185 to 195

The initial public offering (IPO) consists of a fresh issue of 377.1 and up to 911.8 crore of offer for sale at the highest price band

2 Dec 2025 7:35 pm
Transcending cloud finops to get value in the AI age

At a roundtable discussion held by The Hindu partnership with IBM, IT leaders in industry speak on optimising cloud costs with AI around the corner.

2 Dec 2025 6:14 pm
Rupee slumps 42 paise to close at all-time low of 89.95 against U.S. dollar

At the interbank foreign exchange market, the rupee opened at 89.70, then lost its ground and fell to a record intraday low of 90.00 against the U.S. dollar

2 Dec 2025 5:16 pm
Sensex tanks nearly 504 points and Nifty slips to 26,032 points

Stock markets declined due to selling in blue-chip bank stocks and Reliance Industries, and persistent foreign fund outflows

2 Dec 2025 5:15 pm
Persistent and systemic challenges undermine IBCs full potential: Parliamentary committee

The Committee particularly took note of the fact that the slow admission of insolvency applications continues to impede rapid value realisation and leads to the deterioration of assets.

2 Dec 2025 3:45 pm
DoTs WhatsApp SIM-binding mandate faces pushback from Broadband India Forum

BIF said the DoTs order was well-intentioned, but it raised significant questions of jurisdiction, proportionality, and consumer impact

2 Dec 2025 1:24 pm
Trumps push for more AI data centres faces backlash from his own voters

Say no to rezoning, so water keeps flowing and crops keep growing, two women sang in a riff on Woody Guthries folk song This Land Is Your Land

2 Dec 2025 11:53 am
Rupee slumps 32 paise to all-time low of 89.85 against U.S. dollar in early trade

Forex traders said strong dollar demand from corporates, importers and foreign portfolio investors pressurised the rupee

2 Dec 2025 11:30 am
RBI promotes Usha Janakiraman as Executive Director with immediate effect

Usha Janakiraman has worked in the areas of regulation, external investment and operations, banking supervision, public debt management, currency management and other areas

2 Dec 2025 10:35 am
Equity markets decline in early trade dragged by bank stocks, foreign fund outflows

Asian Paints, Bharti Airtel, Infosys and Bajaj Finance were among the gainers.

2 Dec 2025 10:14 am
INR to stay at its current low of 89 to 90 till December 25: Experts

If the uncertainty continues, the rupee will stay at 89 to 90 a dollar, the experts said

2 Dec 2025 9:35 am
Global Cyber Monday online sales hit $17.3 billion, Salesforce data shows

Shoppers spent $17.3 billion online on Cyber Monday, Salesforce data showed

2 Dec 2025 9:12 am
Cautious optimism: on India and growth

Indias challenge is to maintain the growth momentum

2 Dec 2025 12:20 am
Geopolitical shifts, economic volatilityforcing government CIOs to rapidly adjust priorities for 2026: Gartner

The Stamford-based analyst firmreveals high expectations for both AI and other key technologies as government leaders focus on building a more productive workforce next year.Global public sector CIOs (excluding U.S) are reassessing vendor relationshipsamid global uncertainty. geopolitical tensions, digital sovereignty concerns

1 Dec 2025 11:56 pm
GST benefits propel November auto wholesales

Most of the top auto companies reported over 20% growth YoY indicating robust performance

1 Dec 2025 9:45 pm
Indias next economic leap will be harder than the breakthrough movement of 1991, says Montek Singh Ahluwalia

Indias reform challenges are now qualitatively different from the early liberalisation phase, which mainly required persuading bureaucrats, while todays problems cut across federal politics, climate pressures, technology disruptions, and global geopolitical fragmentation, Montek Singh Ahluwalia

1 Dec 2025 7:23 pm
Industrial output growth at 13-month low of 0.4% in October

The factory output, measured in terms of the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), had expanded by 3.7% in October 2024

1 Dec 2025 4:54 pm
Need to further expand footwear business to boost exports: President Murmu

President Droupadi Murmu, addressing the convocation ceremony of Footwear Design and Development Institute, said huge opportunities are there for the businesses in the fast growing sports and non-leather sectors

1 Dec 2025 3:51 pm
Winter session: Parliament panels get more time to submit reports on insolvency, Jan Vishwas provisions Bills

Lok Sabha has allowed time till the last day of the Winter session for report on the Insolvency bill, and end of second week of session for Jan Viswas Bill report

1 Dec 2025 3:19 pm
India's manufacturing sector activity falls to 9-month low in November on softer rise in sales, production: PMI

The seasonally adjusted HSBC India Manufacturing Purchasing Managers Index (PMI) fell from 59.2 in October to 56.6 in November, highlighting the slowest improvement in operating conditions since February

1 Dec 2025 12:59 pm