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New Labour Codes to address grievances in IT industry properly: Nasscom

The industry body said the Codes will bring clearer terms, stronger protections and uniform benefits for contract, gig and platform workers

Zomato, Swiggy to give up to 2% yearly turnover for welfare of gig workers

Food delivery and quick commerce platforms like Zomato, Swiggy and Zepto must now contribute up to 2 per cent of their turnover for gig and platform worker welfare

Datanomics: 'White-collar terror module', an outlier or new normal?

Between 2010 and 2017, only one accused person came from a white-collar background. But from 2018 to 2025, that number rose to ten

NMP 2.0: Railways targets ₹2.5 trillion asset monetisation in five years

Plan to bring in new freight trains through private funding

Rupee breaches the 89.5 per dollar-mark intraday, hits fresh low

RBI's absence in the market may be behind the sharp fall

Best of BS Opinion: Power fights, gig work strain, and AI beauty fixes

Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for today

'Households allocating greater share of monthly bill to non-food spending'

Further, in absolute values (rupees), spending has increased across all states and sectors, with higher absolute expenditure in urban households

Market regulator Sebi to boost cash shorts, untangle promoter tag

Regulator may blink on brokerage fee cap for MFs

Big Tech's debt binge raises risk in race to create an AI world

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Too early to gauge impact of consumption push, says Starbucks India

Tata Starbucks says macro softness still weighs on sales, even as the chain expands its footprint and reassesses its 1,000-store target amid real estate and market constraints

Centre pushes labour reforms, notifies codes; draft rules out soon

Govt to soon put draft rules in public domain for consultation

India's climate turning more volatile as study finds 0.9°C rise in decade

A new multi-institutional study shows rapid warming across India, sharper heatwaves, rising sea levels and growing compound extremes like heat-drought events

Insurance industry takes ₹10,000 crore hit each year on frauds: Report

A new BCG-Medi Assist report highlights how fraud, waste, and abuse are eroding insurer margins, inflating premiums and weakening sectoral RoE, with mid-ticket claims driving most leakages

Pakistan vs Sri Lanka HIGHLIGHTS Asia Cup Rising Stars SF 2: PAK beat SL by 5 runs, book final berth

Pakistan Shaheens will take on Bangladesh in the final of the Asia Cup Rising Stars 2025 on November 23.

RBI receives tepid demand at seven-day variable rate repo auction

The net liquidity in the banking system was in a surplus of ₹1.56 trillion on Thursday, according to latest data by the RBI

PSU NBFCs plan to raise up to ₹24,000 crore through bonds next week

PSU NBFCs Nabard, Sidbi, PFC and IRFC will raise up to ₹24,000 crore next week as issuers rush to lock in funds ahead of the RBI's December policy review amid expectations of firming yields

Strong guidance positive for Shriram Finance on robust Q2 performance

Shriram Finance delivered a better-than-expected Q2FY26, with stronger margins, stable credit costs, and improving vehicle and MSME trends, supporting a confident outlook for the rest of the year

From Vizag's fringes, AMTZ prescribes fully 'Made in India' hospitals

Made in India Hospital concept is to build upon the point that an entire hospital could be made functional and operational, using Made in India medical equipment, said Jitendra Sharma MD&CEO of AMTZ

Adani Group exits AWL with sale of remaining 7% stake in block deal

Domestic mutual fund houses, including Vanguard, Charles Schwab, ICICI Prudential MF, SBI Mutual Fund, Tata MF, Quant MF, and Bandhan MF, bought the stake

'Special' summit: PM Narendra Modi begins SA visit to attend G20 meet

In a departure statement before leaving for Johannesburg, Prime Minister Modi backed South Africa's G20 agenda and stressed continuity of Global South priorities