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Uttar Pradesh govt's pharma investment kitty hits ₹38,000 crore

India's pharma market is estimated to touch $120 billion by 2030 while Uttar Pradesh accounts for roughly 17 percent of domestic sales

New CPI series triggers shakeup in state-level inflation rankings

Revised 2024 base year, fresh consumption weights and expanded market basket recast state inflation rankings; Telangana tops January list under new series

Delhi gears up for packed screenings of India-Pakistan T20 WC clash

Several multiplex chains and cafes have lined up special screenings, according to listings on the District app, as brands seek to convert cricket fever into footfall

PFRDA plans higher equity exposure, new asset classes to boost NPS returns

Regulator plans gradual shift towards 25% equity in government composite scheme and new asset classes, including AIFs, to support long-term returns

IT weight in Nifty 50 hits 26-year low; oil & gas sector reclaims top spot

Investors confront reversal as decade-long IT rally unwinds, reshaping Nifty's sector hierarchy

₹70 lakh for 10 seconds: India-Pak clash sends ad rates over the ropes

According to media buyers, this single fixture routinely draws the tournament's highest viewership and advertising intensity

Attero to invest ₹7K crore over 5 years in proposed rare-earth corridor

Plans refining push in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh; lithium recycling capacity to rise to 300,000 tonnes in five years; magnet recycling capacity to increase 100-fold in two years

CAFE-3 emission norms: BEE likely to rationalise technology credits

Several fuel-saving technologies are now widely used in India's passenger vehicles

Datanomics: New Bangladesh govt faces muted growth, high inflation

From 2019 to 2024, Bangladesh beat India in terms of per capita income

Reserve Bank of India allows bank loans for unlisted, listed takeovers

Caps funding at 75% of acquisition value

Biopharma Shakti shows India focusing on being biopharma hub: Biocon's Shaw

After cutting debt and raising $1 billion, Biocon sharpens its biosimilars and GLP-1 play, betting on scale, regulatory reform and AI to power the next growth phase

Rebellion in Verse: Devotion as a social disruptor in Tamil Bhakti movement

Raghavan Srinivasan reclaims the Tamil Bhakti saints as radical poets who challenged caste, ritual authority and hierarchy through powerful Tamil verse

Cards in play: Sandeep Ghosh on the opportunity in cash conversion

Despite UPI's dominance, the digital payments game is far from over, Ghosh tells Manojit Saha, pointing to the opportunity that lies in cash conversion

A new chapter in Manipur: CM faces law and order, infrastructure test

Mr Singh is seen as a neutral, non-controversial BJP leader with a long association with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh

Happiest Minds to double hiring in AI business amid skill shortages

Mid-tier IT firm Happiest Minds plans to double its AI and GenAI workforce to over 1,000 by next fiscal, investing more to address skill gaps that are leading to lost revenue

Do celebs make smart entrepreneurs? Many turn duds, some do it to save tax

Why do celebrities turn to entrepreneurship? In the old days an "after-career" was the big driver. But today most of them launch enterprises at their peak. Perhaps because it is an easy tax write-off

Gains for Hindustan Unilever stock depend on pace of growth recovery

HUL posts steady volume growth and stable margins; FY27 outlook hinges on demand revival, pricing trends and execution of new strategy

Leverage, time, and the long game: India and Europe find common cause

This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they'd seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe

Augmented truths: Three films rethink reality in the age of machines

Time and time again at the recent Sundance Film Festival, there were examples of non-fiction filmmakers using forms and techniques of fiction to make meaning

Draft defence buying policy raises 'Made in India' content norms

The draft also proposes monitoring timelines from the request for information (RFI) stage onwards, alongside the planning of concurrent activities, to compress overall acquisition timelines