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Old Bridge Mutual Fund launches flexicap; Groww unveils hospitals ETF

Old Bridge Mutual Fund has launched a flexi-cap scheme, while Groww Mutual Fund introduced the industry-first BSE Hospitals ETF tracking listed hospital companies

Aditya Birla Group hospitality arm to bring JOE & THE JUICE to India

Aditya Birla New Age Hospitality partners Danish cafe chain JOE & THE JUICE to launch and operate the brand in India, with the first store slated for 2026

Avantel wins ₹122.58 cr antenna order from ISRO arm NewSpace India

Avantel Ltd secures a ₹122.58 crore order from NewSpace India Limited for supply, installation and commissioning of S/X-band antennas, to be completed by August 2027

Reliance Consumer Products acquires health foods maker Southern Health

Reliance Consumer Products has acquired Southern Health Foods of Tamil Nadu, owner of the Manna brand, to strengthen its foods and staples portfolio in the health foods segment

India's net-zero drive to require $300 bn annual investment: StanChart

India will require annual investments of up to $300 billion from corporates to meet net-zero goals, even as most companies have adopted climate strategies, a Standard Chartered report said

TVS SCS posts Rs 11 crore net profit in Q3; order pipeline at ₹6,300 cr

TVS Supply Chain Solutions reported a net profit of Rs 11.19 crore in Q3 FY26, aided by margin expansion, recovery in global forwarding volumes and a strong order pipeline

India, UK sign social security agreement to avoid double contributions

India and the UK have signed a social security agreement to avoid double contributions for employees on temporary assignments, supporting worker mobility under the proposed trade pact

Citi appoints Ankur Khurana as head of commercial banking in India

Ankur Khurana has been appointed head of Citi's commercial banking operations in India and will be responsible for driving strategy, growth and performance of the business

Tamilnad Mercantile Bank adopts Oracle Fusion Cloud to boost efficiency

The private sector lender says Oracle Fusion Cloud Applications have helped unify finance, HR and customer experience operations, driving automation, productivity gains and cost savings

BSE PAT zooms 2.74x; Sebi seeks to cut minimum investment for social funds

The exchange's revenue from operations also soared by 62 per cent to ₹1,244 crore year-on-year

Kotak Mahindra Bank CTO Bhavnish Lathia resigns, Nilesh Chaudhari steps in

Kotak Mahindra Bank said CTO Bhavnish Lathia has resigned citing personal reasons and will step down in February 2026; Nilesh Chaudhari has been appointed his successor

Cybersecurity biggest risk for enterprises, says FICCI-EY report

Cybersecurity breaches have emerged as the top risk shaping enterprise performance, followed by AI adoption gaps, workforce challenges and ESG compliance, a joint FICCI-EY report said

ISM 2.0 to focus on chip design, equipment ecosystem: Vaishnaw

Next phase of India Semiconductor Mission to prioritise chip design firms, manufacturing equipment supply chain and advanced semiconductor talent

Kotak Mahindra Bank issues India's first fully digital FPI licence

The move follows Securities and Exchange Board of India operationalising a unified digital workflow in January 2026

RBI eases norms for small NBFCs, exempts non-customer-facing firms

The Reserve Bank of India has eased compliance for low-risk NBFCs by exempting certain non-customer-facing firms from registration and proposing to drop prior approval norms for branch expansion

Macro fundamentals, including external sector, are strong and healthy: RBI

RBI Governor Sanjay Malhotra says India's macro fundamentals and external sector remain robust as borrowing, liquidity and rate outlook stay comfortable

IIT Madras, Unicorn India Ventures launch ₹600 crore deep tech fund

The fund will look to build a portfolio of over 25 companies in IP-led, engineering-heavy startups in sectors such as robotics, spacetech, defencetech, semiconductors and medtech

Anand Rathi flags ₹13 crore fraud linked to off-market share transfers

Anand Rathi Share and Stock Brokers has reported a suspected ₹13-cr fraud involving off-market share transfers from a client's demat account and said it has begun legal action and tightened controls

DoT sets up 2-member committee to reassess Vodafone Idea's AGR dues

AGR reassessment comes as part of DoT's January relief package, with dues frozen at ₹87,695 crore and payments deferred till FY36

NCLT admits class action by minority shareholders against Jindal Poly Films

NCLT admits minority shareholders' class action against Jindal Poly Films, saying allegations of prejudicial conduct merit detailed adjudication