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Young Indians drive boom in unlimited health cover: Policybazaar data

Rising medical costs and greater awareness are driving demand for unlimited sum insured health plans, with millennials, Gen Z and consumers in smaller cities leading the shift

IndusInd Bank loan book grew in Q1, a first since accounting lapse

Public sector lenders Union Bank of India, Central Bank of India and Canara Bank posted double-digit growth in advances in April-June of FY27

9 former Axis Bank execs take top leadership roles across financial sector

Axis Bank has emerged as a major leadership talent pool for India's financial sector, with former executives taking top roles across banks, NBFCs and financial institutions

Electric two-wheeler demand charges ahead as factories play catch-up

Manufacturers line up 3 million units of new capacity to close supply gap

MFs step up IPO play: Absorb nearly a third of issue amounts since Iran war

Mutual funds raised their share of IPO investments to a multi-year high during the Iran conflict, reflecting growing institutional participation in India's primary market

Rajiv Kumar's biggest task: Restoring investor confidence in HDFC Bank

HDFC Bank is banking on former Finance Secretary Rajiv Kumar's appointment as chairman to restore investor confidence after Atanu Chakraborty's sudden resignation

Kerala explores ₹60,000 crore high-speed rail, with partial public equity

The rail system may require about 1,000 MWh a day, which is equivalent to Rs 31.50 lakh worth of electricity being saved every day

Q1 results preview: FMCG companies may witness double-digit sales

FMCG firms are set to post double-digit Q1 FY27 sales growth as heatwave-led demand boosts summer products, while volume growth remains steady

GDP calculations get new yardstick with PPI deflator from June quarter

The move follows the latest IIP data set, which marked the shift from the WPI to the output PPI as the deflator for item groups where the output is collected in value terms

Dark cloud looms over hotel revenues amid drying reservoirs, rising costs

Longer heatwaves caused by El Niño have become a cautionary factor for the wider market, with dropping water reservoir levels setting off alarm bells for highly populated cities like Mumbai and Delhi

25 years of A R Rahman's Airtel jingle: A timeless lesson in branding

You don't need lyrics to know it. You don't need a screen to see it

Incumbency and its enemies: Cong faces uphill battle in Himachal Pradesh

In the throes of a financial crisis, the state's ruling Congress government has little to be triumphant about as Assembly elections approach next year

Reform delayed is reform denied: Time to make reforms part of everyday life

We have missed the bus before, but now reforms must become part of everyday conversation

RIL value matches top 5 IT titans' combined market capitalisation

The combined market value of TCS, Infosys, Wipro, HCL Technologies and Tech Mahindra has declined 46.2 per cent from a record ₹33.71 trillion at the end of August 2024 to ₹18.15 trillion

Amazon Now, Flipkart Minutes go full throttle in India's qcom space

Amazon Now and Flipkart Minutes are expanding aggressively to challenge Blinkit, Instamart and Zepto, betting on scale, Tier-II markets and existing customer ecosystems

As India expands QR tracking, pharma industry looks to AI for quality

While expanded traceability aims to curb counterfeit medicines, industry says predictive manufacturing could help reduce NSQ drugs

ESIC plans to build own medical education system with new university

ESIC plans a deemed health sciences university to unify its medical colleges, standardise education, boost research and strengthen governance across its expanding network

DMart lags expectations as Q1 growth hurdle raises concerns on outlook

Avenue Supermarts' Q1FY27 update fell short of expectations as revenue growth slowed and store additions weakened, highlighting rising competition and execution challenges

Road to Viksit Bharat runs through a strengthened NIPUN Bharat

Doubling down on the National Initiative for Proficiency in Reading with Understanding and Numeracy will yield long-lasting growth multipliers

IT Ministry summons Meta executives over ads promoting CSAM in India

Meta executives meet IT ministry officials over WhatsApp username issue