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BSP chief and former UP Chief Minister Mayawati shows her inked finger after casting her vote, in Lucknow, on May 20, 2024. Key leaders such as Rahul Gandhi, Rajnath Singh, Smriti Irani, Chirag Paswan, Omar Abdullah, and others are contesting

Phase 5 Lok Sabha elections: 56.68% voter turnout till 5 pm, West Bengal leads

Stripe in talks with SBI for a big stake in payments arm

ICMR distances itself from BHU’s Covaxin study, cites critical methodological flaws

Railway Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw

Japanese companies Hitachi, Kawasaki vying for India’s bullet train sets

Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi dies in helicopter crash

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Nirmala Sitharaman: There needs to be global understanding on how to regulate crypto currency

In an interview with businessline, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman spoke about the way forward for crypto currency

By Raghuvir Srinivasan Shishir Sinha

BSP chief and former UP Chief Minister Mayawati shows her inked finger after casting her vote, in Lucknow, on May 20, 2024. Key leaders such as Rahul Gandhi, Rajnath Singh, Smriti Irani, Chirag Paswan, Omar Abdullah, and others are contesting

Phase 5 Lok Sabha elections: 56.68% voter turnout till 5 pm, West Bengal leads

Money & Banking

Nirmala Sitharaman: Banks should focus on core banking business

Nirmala Sitharaman: Nobody has the right to curb entrepreneurship

Nirmala Sitharaman: Too much is being read into low voter turnout in the first 2 phases; opposition propagating a narrative

The lack of liquidity and low open interest have magnified price movements in cocoa

Indian cocoa market steady amidst volatile international price movements

Low-pressure area over Bay in next two days, may strengthen monsoon

Money & Banking

Nirmala Sitharaman: Banks should restrict themselves to retail lending rather than project lending in the long run

Revolution in voluntary closure of firms

Editorial. India Inc delivers slower but broad-based earnings growth

Coal remains king of India’s energy supply

Thank you Chhetri — captain, leader, legend

Below the Line

Latest News

Tesla’s entry in India is expected once the window for applications to the Scheme to Promote Manufacturing of Electric Passenger Cars in India opens

State of the Economy

State of the Economy podcast. India is in a sweet spot, being the only top 10 global market to surpass pre-pandemic sales levels: Puneet Gupta

What’s on the horizon for India’s automotive landscape? Puneet Gupta, Director (India & ASEAN Markets), Sales & Powertrain forecast, S&P Global discus

By S Ronendra Singh Rowan Barnett Siddharth Mathew Cherian

Can Climate-smart agriculture secure our planet’s future?

WITH Subramani Ra Mancombu Anjana P V Amitha Rajkumar

By Subramani Ra Mancombu

By Amitha Rajkumar

Having Net access is no proof that we are using it well; this is what keeps India’s digital divide alive and kicking, says Nasscom’s Ghosh

WITH Anjana P V Siddharth Mathew Cherian

By Siddharth Mathew Cherian

Passive investing in today’s markets

WITH Parvatha Vardhini C Anjana P V Siddharth Mathew Cherian

By Parvatha Vardhini C

By Siddharth Mathew Cherian

AI and jobs: What’s the outlook for India’s BPM sector?

WITH Haripriya Sureban Siddharth Mathew Cherian

By Haripriya Sureban

By Siddharth Mathew Cherian

Today’s Poll

Do you think the recent increase in health insurance premia is justified?

Editor's Pick

Escaping the NPA trap: Punjab National Bank

Punjab National Bank’s path to profit

Judicial jolt: With ₹8000 crore on the line, SC’s ruling in favor of DMRC underscores the gravity of arbitration in public-private partnerships

DMRC vs DAMEPL: A legal rollercoaster culminates as SC presents ‘cure’

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Whither affordable housing finance?

New CCI regulations: Tightening the reins on confidential information

Women entrepreneurs and the fear of failure

The Godrej group playbook for an amicable split

Companies

Tanankorn Pilong

More research required for decarbonising electricity: TERI

The paper, India’s Journey to Net Zero: A Conceptual Framework for Analysis, examines the transition journey for each of the major greenhouse gas (GHG

Top Flipkart executives Prabh Simran Singh, Sankalp Mehrotra to step down

Role in the software development discipline in areas such as backend, full stack/Java, .NET, frontend will make up for the 50 per cent of the flexible labour market for technology professionals.

Contractual hiring witnesses growth at 15% CAGR since 2022: Report

Parag Milk Foods reports 70% rise in profit after tax for FY24

Biocon to invest ₹2,200 crore in capex in the next 2 years

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Nifty 10 Yr ...	2292.88	-0.00 %
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BSE 100 ESG	370.77	0.16 %
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BSE 150 MidCap	14587.52	0.54 %
BSE 250 Larg...	9898.7	0.30 %
BSE 250 Smal...	6413.91	0.76 %

Top Gainers

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Nestle India...	2504.4	2.41 %
Power Grid C...	316.9	1.20 %
Tata Motors Ltd	953.95	0.87 %
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Oil & Natura...	279	0.56 %

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Tata Consult...	3850	0.42 %

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UltraTech Ce...	9865.6	-0.25 %

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JSW Steel Ltd	891	-1.80 %
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Reliance Ind...	2869.05	-0.06 %

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Straits Times	3314.05	0.02 %

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