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NCAP's silent crisis: Air pollution rises while funds gather dust

The NCAP set a goal of reducing PM10 levels by 40 per cent or achieving the national standard of 60 micrograms per cubic metre by 2025-26

Sukhbir Badal to face religious censure: Will Akali Dal chart a new path?

Sukhbir Singh Badal will receive 'punishment' from religious authorities for his acts as chief minister of Punjab. The question is whether a reinvention of Badal and the Akali Dal will follow

Nine states bet $18 billion on women's empowerment: Goldman Sachs

Cash transfer schemes have emerged as a powerful strategy for ruling state governments to attract women voters, often influencing election outcomes

To pull or not to pull the plug: Adani bribery row puts TDP in a bind

TDP-led Andhra Pradesh government has a difficult choice to make vis a vis the power deal at the heart of a raging controversy over US bribery allegations against Gautam Adani

Governance premium to rise sharply, banks to be put through the wringer

In European banks, you have a supervisory board for governance, another for management of business

Cheap Venezuelan oil to India turns costlier as traders eat into margins

Early this year, when sanctions were briefly lifted, state-run Venezuelan oil company PDVSA sold Venezuelan export benchmark Merey grade at a $20 per barrel discount to European benchmark Brent

India readies various strategies to tackle 'US first' trade policy

The government is closely assessing Trump's election speeches and actions during his previous tenure, the official told Business Standard

RBI likely to hold rates for 11th straight time: Business Standard poll

May cut cash reserve ratio, lower growth and inflation projections

Sensible trade policy key to tackling climate change on a global scale

A key agreement at Baku was on establishing high integrity carbon markets, following a breakthrough on establishing standards for a centralised international carbon market

Two stock markets in one: An unexplained anomaly not seen before

Bank credit is not growing because companies are still focused on deleveraging their balance sheets, while higher interest cost is squeezing the net interest margins of banks

Govt likely to double EPF monthly-wage cap to Rs 30,000 per month

Plans afoot to bring ceiling under ESIC on a par with EPF

Sharp slowdown: Solutions will need to go beyond interest rate cuts

Some economists believe that a pickup in government capital expenditure will help accelerate growth

Unintended consequence: The poor face the brunt of pollution control

Construction bans are becoming the norm each winter, it is incumbent on state authorities to design a mechanism to compensate temporarily unemployed workers

Time for AI in education: A transformative revolution akin to printing era

Human-conversation mode, I guess, is one key reason we all run to ChatGPT and similar AI tools often

'Har Ghar Lakhpati': State Bank of India's new mantra for deposit accretion

Country's largest lender ups the ante for resources with two new schemes set to launch this month

During downturns quality stocks truly survive, thrive: Saahil Murarka

He tells that it may not be the wrong strategy to invest when the markets are at a high

Fifth time's the charm: Mutual fund largecap cutoff ready for a 17% stretch

The catch gets bigger - largecap and midcap thresholds to expand in January

Raymond Realty may get listed in Q2 FY26, says CEO Harmohan Sahni

Raymond Realty CEO Harmohan Sahni said the firm had six projects with three more estimated to be launched next year

Street signs: New blood in derivatives market, new expiry clock is ticking

India's leading bourse, the National Stock Exchange, has announced changes to the 'expiry day' for its index derivatives contracts

Patience, luck key to finding cos to invest in: Ervin Tu, Ashutosh Sharma

Ervin Tu and Ashutosh Sharma of Prosus talk about their strategies for India and beyond