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Polo: Where India's luxury landscape meets heritage in the modern era

Increasingly, parents are enrolling their children into the sport - seeing riding as a confidence-building, globally-recognised sport that grooms discipline and leadership

A 100-year-old Tamilnad Mercantile Bank reinvents itself with technology

Plagued by boardroom squabbles and financial trouble, Tamilnad Mercantile Bank was seen by some as ossified, community-based relic of the past. Now modern technology centre offers a glimpse of future

Mandi prices of major kharif crops show little improvement between Sept-Oct

Prices of soybean, moong, and groundnut remained below MSPs in late October despite some recovery, prompting government action through import curbs and procurement plans

Giga raises $61 million to scale AI-driven customer support platform

Series A round led by Redpoint Ventures will help expand the technical team and accelerate enterprise deployments of Giga's AI customer support agents

SUVs, rural growth, premiumisation to keep PV sales in fast lane in 2026

From the Maruti WagonR Electric to the Tesla Model 3, 2026 will be a landmark year for India's auto industry, led by SUVs, hybrids, and EVs amid GST reforms and rising rural demand

Lenskart opens smart-glasses platform to developers in AI wearables push

The eyewear firm aims to build an AI-driven wearable ecosystem with its 'B by Lenskart' smart-glasses platform, inviting Indian developers to innovate

PNGRB urges GAIL to phase out gas turbines, adopt electric motors

The gas regulator suggests India's top distributor switch to electric compressor motors to cut costs as GAIL seeks a tariff hike amid higher gas prices

Nithia Capital plans 6 mt steel capacity in India, IPO on the cards

The UK-based firm eyes Rs 6,000 crore investment to expand Evonith Steel's capacity and explore acquisitions, with a public issue planned in 18-24 months

Paytm founder Sharma bets on AI-led revenue growth, cost-efficiency

Vijay Shekhar Sharma says AI will fuel Paytm's next phase of growth after cost efficiencies, as company eyes revenue opportunities from smart devices

MeshDefend raises $2.3 million to bring AI intelligence to enterprise data

Kalaari Capital leads the pre-seed round as the startup, founded by former Dell executives, builds an AI-native platform to secure and automate enterprise data infrastructure

India's dev trajectory is an emulative model for Global South: Mandaviya

At UN summit in Doha, India offers its inclusive growth model to the Global South, citing major gains in poverty reduction and social security expansion over the past decade

Improving credit growth trajectory, steady margins positive for SBI

SBI's strong credit growth, stable NIMs, and improved asset quality drive optimism as analysts raise earnings and price targets for H2 FY26

Rising committed expenditure squeezing states' development spending: PRS

PRS Legislative Research says states spend over 60 per cent of revenue on salaries, pensions, and subsidies, limiting room for growth and welfare spending

At ₹506 trillion, derivatives turnover hit 12-month high in October

BSE's futures and options ADTV rose 33% month-on-month against NSE's 5.6%

Zepto, Blinkit, Instamart club orders to cut costs, boost efficiency

The move extends delivery times and lowers per-order payouts for delivery partners

Cyclone fury fading: Storm intensity dips even as Bay of Bengal stays prone

Cyclone Montha batters India's east coast as data shows a sharp drop in cyclone frequency and fatalities, with the Bay of Bengal still accounting for most storms since 2019

Niva Bupa may take hit of 50-60 bps on combined ratio after GST, ITC change

Niva Bupa expects a modest 50-60 basis point hit from GST-related ITC loss but aims to offset it through higher policy sales, revised distributor commissions, and cost efficiencies

Mutual fund equity buying in October lowest in six months at ₹17,778 cr

Equity deployment by mutual funds drops sharply as inflows moderate and fund managers turn cautious amid rising valuations and profit booking

Mutual fund equity buying in October lowest in six months at ₹17,778 cr

Equity deployment by mutual funds drops sharply as inflows moderate and fund managers turn cautious amid rising valuations and profit booking

Open to small or medium buying opportunities: Piramal Finance MD & CEO

Jairam Sridharan, MD & CEO, Piramal Finance shares the rationale of the entire exercise and the growth roadmap for the upper layer NBFC in a conversation with Aathira Varier and Manojit Saha in Mumbai