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Auto sales see 5% growth in FY25; industry seeks GST cut to drive demand

As of March 30, the total automobile sales for the financial year were seen at 25.9 million units, up from 24.6 million in FY24, and 22.3 million in FY23

Don't think govt is in a great hurry to sign BTA with US: Ashwani Mahajan

Since the US has announced the imposition of reciprocal tariffs, their markets are down, and there are fears that inflation will increase

International, domestic mid-scale hotel brands find room to expand

Rise in discretionary incomes from tax breaks may flow into travel

Smart Cities Mission deadline ends on March 31; targets remain unmet

Among the cities that have fully implemented their projects are Agra, Varanasi, Madurai, Coimbatore, Udaipur, Pune, Surat, and Vadodara

Corrections help adjust stretched equity valuations: Oisharya Das

Business sentiment has been impacted by global uncertainties and a minor macro slowdown in India

SIP accounts: The 20% leak in the mutual fund bucket, shows data

In February 2025, 82.6 million of 101.7 million active SIP accounts contributed to the ₹26,000 crore SIP inflow

All about liquidity management: Keep call money rate close to repo rate

While the repo window serves as a monetary stabilisation mechanism that the RBI uses as a daily liquidity management tool, the repo rate is an interest rate signal

From chips to training models: Tracking progress of India's AI Mission

The programme has a total outlay of ₹10,300 crore over five years

The slump's ice age ends: Average daily trading volumes start to thaw

COLD SNAP ENDS: Cash ADTV climbs 12%, derivatives up 23%

Smart mining feeds tech's hunger for rare earths and critical minerals

Mining's next phase of growth is being shaped by the very technologies that use what it digs out from the Earth. Technology is making mining greener and safer

Street signs: Belated farewell for Buch, investors check in to hotel stocks

Hotel stocks have been on a hot streak over the past month, buoyed up by a steady business outlook

Pharmaceutical growth cure lies in CDMOs' resilience to market ailments

They get growth Rx from outsourcing, with fewer Trump tariff side effects

When AI chatbots talk up a storm in India, controversy over content follows

Grok is the latest to stir up a controversy with its abusive responses. Such tools need training that is sensitive to cultural nuances

Maintaining law and order: Police forces urgently need legal training

The disturbing point about the findings of this study is that these extreme approaches to law and order persist more than seven decades since Independence

AI makes processing unstructured data possible: Snowflake Co-founders

Building a good product is more important than being a chief executive officer (CEO), the two men said

US reciprocal tariffs: Implications for India's global trade partnerships

India is concerned specifically about the reciprocal tariffs the US has threatened to impose on April 2

External risks: US trade policy may affect economic growth in FY26

According to the National Statistics Office's second advance estimates, the Indian economy is estimated to have grown 6.5 per cent in FY25

Liberation day: How should Indian firms and policymakers respond?

Firms in India tend to be highly connected into the US economy through elite human networks

Why financial year-end portfolio rebalancing matters and how to go about it

Unless deviation from the original portfolio is drastic, rebalance by buying more of the underperforming asset class, to avoid tax and exit load

Consumer protection: Manufacturer held liable for defective hip implant

The National Consumer Commission exonerated the doctor and the hospital but found DePuy and Johnson & Johnson liable for the defective implant