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Can Nifty hit 30,000 in H2 2025? Buy or sell FMCG, Auto stocks? Chart check

The Nifty can potentially surge another 9% to hit levels of around 28,000-mark in the coming months; among sectors, auto and metal may see up to 20 per cent upside, suggest technical charts.

Watershed moments: Introduction of RBI's flexible inflation targeting model

FIT model set to be reviewed amid call for excluding food inflation

Watershed moments: How technology bolstered the financial inclusion

Govt started groundwork 50 yrs ago, but adoption and advancement of tech have sped up growth of financial services

Art and science of central banking: RBI governors since 1991 reforms

While the liberalisation led to higher economic growth, it didn't leave the subsequent governors without any challenges

Grace under fire: RBI represents a crisis manager's balancing acts

Since 1991, RBI has played key role in averting crises that posed a threat to India's economy

Ascendas Firstspace looking to enter qcom logistics warehousing mkt

Warehouses or dark stores larger than 3,000 sq ft would lead to longer time durations for quick commerce deliveries, affecting the business cases for players like Blinkit, Zepto, Instamart and others

Telangana's growing debt raises questions over fiscal sustainability

Experts say the state's economy is grappling with hidden debt, rising welfare costs, and lack of transparency

NxtQuantum AI-powered 5G smartphones to be next market giant-killer

Currently, the cheapest 5G smartphones in India are priced above ₹8,000. Sheth's latest offering promises not just affordability, but also compatibility with standalone and non-standalone 5G networks

80% domestic passengers expected to use Digi Yatra app by 2028: CEO

The app will support more Indian languages, enable driving licence onboarding, and run pilots for international and hotel check-ins over the next few months

Tech startup ramp up hiring as funding winter warms up, shows data

The tech startups cohort, overall, has moved from a closing headcount of 2.5 lakh in FY21 to 5.9 lakh in FY25, registering a collective 7.1 lakh gross hiring count during the five years

PK's long walk: JSP targets 243 seats, aims to tilt Bihar's political order

Prashant Kishor's Jan Suraaj Party has emerged from a grassroots movement. For the Bihar Assembly polls, Kishor has announced that the party will contest all 243 seats in the state

Growth to remain muted for IT services firms in Q1 amid macro uncertainty

Expected to deliver low single-digit growth because of geopolitical headwinds

OIL targets LatAm lithium; govt weighs soft finance, quicker nods

A team from OIL - the first state-run oil firm to set up a dedicated department for critical minerals - visited the so-called Lithium Triangle last month

Brics to take up rare earth export curb issue at leaders summit in July

China controls around 70 per cent of global rare earth elements (REE) mining output and accounts for about 90 per cent of the world's processing and refining of rare earth elements

Industrial policy redux: India must counter the Chinese supply grip

China needs nothing critical from India - on the other hand, India needs $115 billion worth of goods every year from China to keep various parts of its economy going

Statsguru: As GST turns eight yrs old, need for reform push grows

The goods and services tax (GST), net of refunds, now yields close to ₹20 trillion to the exchequer - both the Centre's and states'

Closing of West: Has Trump won his decade-long argument about immigration?

Mr Trump's actions in this sphere, because of their extreme nature and the dangerous rhetoric that accompanies them, receive the most attention

Fare track: Latest hike in railway tariff seems a modest proposal

The fare increase is expected to generate revenue of ₹700 crore in FY26 over a Budget estimate of ₹92,800 crore

Rare earth curbs to affect ICE vehicles as well: Automobile industry

China accounts for about 70 per cent of global rare earth mining and nearly 90 per cent of rare earth magnet production, giving it overwhelming leverage in this segment

SBI at 70: A legacy institution that mirrors India's economic rise

Who says the elephant can't dance? The theme that runs through the bank's 70-year life is its willingness to change in sync with time