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Nitish Kumar thanks voters for 'landslide victory' in Bihar elections

Buoyed by the NDA's sweeping mandate in the Bihar Assembly elections, Chief Minister Nitish Kumar thanked voters, credited the alliance's unity, and promised to accelerate the state's development jour

Alinagar election results: BJP's Maithili Thakur wins with 11,730 votes

Alinagar election results 2025: BJP's Maithili Thakur won her first electoral contest with a margin of 11,730 votes

Bihar election results 2025: Candidates with biggest winning margins

Bihar Assembly elections result 2025: The NDA appears set to form the government in Bihar once again, with the alliance leading in more than 200 seats; the Mahagathbandhan is ahead in around 30 seats

Bihar Assembly elections results 2025: Top losing candidates and parties

Bihar elections results: The turnout in the first phase was recorded at 65.08 per cent, while in the second phase, 68.76 per cent of voters went to the polls

OIL Q2 results: Profit dips 43% to ₹1,044 cr as crude realisations fall

The state-owned firm's standalone profit, which excludes earnings from joint ventures and overseas operations, fell to 10.44 billion rupees ($118.8 million)

Modi to review Mumbai-Ahmedabad bullet train progress on Saturday

PM Modi will inspect the under-construction Surat station and review progress on the 508-km Mumbai-Ahmedabad high-speed rail project, with major civil works & Surat-Bilimora section nearing completion

Adani Group plans to invest ₹63,000 crore in energy projects in Assam

Adani Power Ltd (APL) would invest around Rs 48,000 crore to set up a greenfield power plant while Adani Green Energy Ltd (AGEL) would put in approximately Rs 15,000 crore for the two PSPs

Kotak Mahindra Bank to split stock after 15 years; board meet on Nov 21

The last time the private-sector lender undertook a stock split was in September 2010

GST cut lifts life, retail health insurance growth: Irdai member Sood

Deepak Sood says zero GST on life and health insurance has sparked strong growth, with demand set to accelerate in H2FY26 as the industry pushes for deeper penetration and better distribution

India's forex reserves fall by $2.7 bn to $687 bn in early November

The forex kitty has been on a declining trend for the past few weeks, and had decreased by USD 5.623 billion to USD 689.733 billion in the previous reporting week

Dharmendra Pradhan launches incubation centre to boost AI in schools

Technologies to be available in the centre include Google Cloud's unified AI platforms like Vertex AI and Gemini Enterprise

ICL Fincorp to launch ₹100 crore NCD issue offering 12.62% effective yield

The issue has a base size of Rs 50 crore and a green-shoe option of Rs 50 crore. The instruments are rated BBB- by domestic rating agency Crisil

Tech Wrap Nov 14: Vivo X300 series, ChatGPT group chats, Spotify lossless

Vivo X300 series launching in India soon. OpenAI tests group chats in ChatGPT. Spotify brings lossless audio to India, revises plans. LinkedIn AI search. Google's AI shopping tools. OnePlus 15 sale

Banking system credit grows 11.3% in October 31 fortnight: RBI data

According to the data, banking system credit stood at Rs 193.9 trillion, while deposits stood at Rs 241.7 trillion during this period

NotebookLM update adds Deep Research and wider file support: What's new

NotebookLM's latest update adds Deep Research for automated online sourcing and expands support for sheets, images, Word files and more to simplify the research workflow.

'Victory of good governance': PM Modi, Amit Shah hail BJP's Bihar poll win

As the NDA surged past the majority mark in Bihar, PM Modi praised the verdict as a triumph of development, welfare and good governance, congratulating CM Nitish Kumar and alliance partners

One in six Indians now has diabetes, shows new ICICI Lombard wellness study

As diabetes rises to one in six Indians and Gen Z struggles across all wellness pillars, a new study highlights how stress, inactivity and sugar-heavy diets are reshaping the nation's health

WHO issues new guidelines to improve care for diabetes in pregnancy

With diabetes complicating millions of pregnancies each year, the WHO outlines new global guidance on diet, monitoring and treatment to improve safety for mothers and babies

Partial hospital bill payout: Boost policy cover to secure full claims

In particular, avoid room rent caps that lead to proportionate deduction

BC network faces heat from qcom platforms as agents take up gig work

The business correspondent banking channel is facing attrition as agents are leaving over declining commissions, despite bringing in more new deposits than branches