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JP Morgan turns bullish on emerging markets; India among top picks

JP Morgan on India: India, JP Morgan believes, remains 'trade-insulated' and is a safe haven amid trade war 2.0 besides being cyclically well-positioned

Term life buyers opt for higher cover and avoid long tenure policies

Rising premiums for longer durations and features like smart exit prompt shift to shorter term insurance policies with higher sums assured of ₹2-5 crore

NFRA gets IndusInd Bank complaint; in talks with RBI to avoid probe overlap

The authority, however, is in talks with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to cross-check the investigations, including a forensic audit, that the central bank has conducted so far to avoid duplication

Fund Pick: UTI Aggressive Hybrid Fund posts strong outperformance

V Srivatsa and Sunil Madhukar Patil have been managing this fund since November 2009 and February 2018, respectively

UP govt to invest Rs 8,000 crore in Agra, Kanpur leather footwear parks

The parks, covering a combined 300 acres, will be developed with support from the central government. According to senior officials, land has already been identified for the projects

Rajasthan govt to soon bring out a policy to boost film production

Diya Kumari, the state's deputy chief minister who also holds the tourism portfolio, has directed officials to finalise the policy, alongside working on plans to boost adventure tourism in the state

Auxano Capital eyes final close of two funds, 3-4 exits by year-end

VC firm Auxano Capital aims to close two funds worth ₹200 crore each by end-2025 and plans 3-4 startup exits, with investments nearing ₹200 crore across 34 startups

Chhattisgarh in talks with Medanta Hospital, Varun Beverages for investment

VBL is a key player in the beverage industry and one of the largest franchisees of PepsiCo in the world, barring the USA

Global capability centres fuel premium play in India's office space

Demand for Grade-A, ESG-compliant, smart offices on the rise

Eternal vs Swiggy: Tech charts favour this stock, hint up to 21% upside

Eternal is seen trading in a tight range of ₹220 - ₹247, with strong support seen around ₹218 levels; Chart hints at a likely positive bias for this stock; while Swiggy may face downward pressure.

5 stocks to bet on as Nifty Smallcap reaches 200-DMA; check full list here

Technical outlook on smallcap stocks - Anand Rathi, Suven Life Sciences, Pfizer, Clean Science and Jindal Saw seem to be favourably placed, and can potentially gain up to 19% from here on.

Bond vigilantes stirred by US tax bill cloud foreign inflows to India

The spread between the benchmark 10-year Indian and US bonds has shrunk to a level last seen over two decades ago after the US Tax Bill

Sensex, Nifty favourably placed; these levels may shape market this week

Stock market weekly outlook: Technical charts indicate that the bias for the Sensex and Nifty is likely to remain positive as long as the indices sustain above 80,250 and 24,380, respectively.

Bond market sees more OMO buys after RBI's surplus transfer falls short

Expectations of durable liquidity support via OMO rise after RBI's Rs 2.69-trn dividend transfer disappoints markets and currency leakage trends persist

Govt may offer spare e-buses under PM E-DRIVE for religious tourism

This consideration follows the allocation of 10,900 e-buses to five cities: Delhi, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, and Surat

Open to investors to strengthen IIFL Samasta's capital base: Nirmal Jain

Nimal Jain shared the lender's strategies and growth plans for 2025-26 (FY26)

Delayed disclosures of accounting lapses by IndusInd Bank catch Sebi eye

The regulator is looking into possible violations of listing obligation and disclosure requirements regulations

Mis-selling of a different kind: Are PMJJBY, PMSBY statistical illusions?

If awareness remains low, frauds persist and genuine claims continue to be rejected, these initiatives will be successes only on paper, with negligible on-ground impact

Pursue trade deals, but focus equally on enhancing industry competitiveness

India retaliated against some ill-considered statements and actions by the Bangladesh government by closing its land borders for import of some goods from that country

Horticulture deserves better amid export hurdles and safety norms

Horticultural crops are characteristically more productive and remunerative than food crops