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How Chinese cars are beating European tariffs| Business News

WHEN THE European Union increased tariffs on Chinese battery electric vehicles (EVs) in 2024, the logic was straightforward: raise prices and imports will fall. A…

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The rupee is heading towards its sharpest yearly fall since 2022. (AFP)
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Rupee strengthens to under 90/dollar after nearly a week after RBI steps in| Business News

The Indian Rupee strengthened to under 90/Dollar for the first time in nearly a week, on likely interventions by the Reserve Bank of India in…

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Bank of Japan hikes benchmark interest rate to highest level since 1995| Business News

The Bank of Japan raised its benchmark interest rate to the highest in 30 years and said more increases are in the pipeline if conditions…

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In the first week of December, IndiGo cancelled about 4,500 flights due to poor pilot roster planning. (Reuters)
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IndiGo share price in focus as it faces CCI probe after mass flight cancellations| Business News

Shares of InterGlobe Aviation Ltd. are in focus today after the Competition Commission of India said it was reviewing allegations of anti-trust violations by IndiGo…

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Why India fell off the global middle-class map

In 1980, neither China nor India had much representation in the “global middle class” — people who neither belong to the bottom half of the…

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AI tech helps semicon startups step up as they face chip goliaths
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AI tech helps semicon startups step up as they face chip goliaths

Technology innovations in artificial intelligence (AI) are helping early-stage semiconductor startups accelerate chip production, shorten design cycles and manage with smaller teams, as they gear…

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Year in review: Startup funding flat in 2025 on early-stage AI reset

ETtech Despite a pickup in growth-stage funding, Indian startup funding remained largely flat in 2025 as fewer large deals and evolving venture capital thesis on…

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Under the TikTok US sale terms, ByteDance will license its AI recommendation technology to a newly created US TikTok entity, which will use the existing algorithm to retrain a new system that is secured by Oracle, TikTok’s cloud partner. (AFP)
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TikTok signs deal to sell US unit to Oracle-led investor group| Business News

TikTok’s Chinese owner ByteDance Ltd. has signed binding agreements with three major investors to sell just over 80% of US assets to American and global…

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Parliament clears VB-G RAM G Bill, replacing MGNREGA amid Opposition protests

Parliament on Friday passed the Viksit Bharat–Gramin Rozgar Aur Maanav Garima (VB-G RAM G) Bill through a voice vote amid protests by opposition parties, which…

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Securities Market Code Bill for boosting Sebi power, accountability

New Delhi: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday introduced in the Lok Sabha the Securities Market Code Bill that proposes to expand capital market watchdog…

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