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PFRDA plans higher equity exposure, new asset classes to boost NPS returns

Regulator plans gradual shift towards 25% equity in government composite scheme and new asset classes, including AIFs, to support long-term returns

IT weight in Nifty 50 hits 26-year low; oil & gas sector reclaims top spot

Investors confront reversal as decade-long IT rally unwinds, reshaping Nifty's sector hierarchy

Rupee weakens as RBI intervenes; forex reserves drop $6.7 billion

Indian unit settles at 90.64 per dollar as RBI intervenes via dollar sales; forex reserves drop $6.7 billion in week ended February 6 on decline in gold holdings

Telecom spectrum can't be treated as asset under IBC: Supreme Court

Court holds spectrum is a material resource of the community and cannot form part of insolvency asset pool; DoT free to reclaim airwaves from defaulters

RBI draft mandates 60% C/D ratio for rural and semi-urban branches

Prioritise opening CBS-enabled branches in tier-5 centres

₹70 lakh for 10 seconds: India-Pak clash sends ad rates over the ropes

According to media buyers, this single fixture routinely draws the tournament's highest viewership and advertising intensity

Google, Jio, AWS, Microsoft, Nokia, and others form Trusted Tech Alliance

Fifteen global firms launch cross-border tech alliance at Munich Security Conference to back transparency, security and data protection across digital stack

Attero to invest ₹7K crore over 5 years in proposed rare-earth corridor

Plans refining push in Tamil Nadu and Andhra Pradesh; lithium recycling capacity to rise to 300,000 tonnes in five years; magnet recycling capacity to increase 100-fold in two years

Reliance Industries gets US licence to directly buy Venezuela crude oil

India's largest private refiner gets US general licence to purchase Venezuelan crude directly, potentially diversifying its crude slate and resuming imports after previous sanctions eased

Shivraj Chouhan hits out at Congress for 'spreading lies' on US trade deal

Shivraj Singh Chouhan defends India-US trade deal, says farmers' interests fully protected and slams Congress for 'spreading lies'

Wall Street heads for weekly losses as tech jitters offset inflation relief

Cooling inflation lifts Wall Street, but tech rout on AI fears caps gains; S&P 500, Dow head for worst weekly drop since November

CAFE-3 emission norms: BEE likely to rationalise technology credits

Several fuel-saving technologies are now widely used in India's passenger vehicles

Datanomics: New Bangladesh govt faces muted growth, high inflation

From 2019 to 2024, Bangladesh beat India in terms of per capita income

Reserve Bank of India allows bank loans for unlisted, listed takeovers

Caps funding at 75% of acquisition value

India-B'desh ties may warm up after BNP win, but stronger Jamaat a concern

PM Modi reaches out to BNP chief Tarique Rahman to reset India-Bangladesh ties, though Jamaat's rising influence clouds prospects for smoother relations

PV, two-wheeler dispatches ride on GST wave to log best January figures

Growth powered by healthy cash flow in rural areas

Friday the 13th caps a volatile week of AI-sparked horror in IT stocks

Top software exporters suffer nearly ₹5 trn mcap loss as rout deepens

Biopharma Shakti shows India focusing on being biopharma hub: Biocon's Shaw

After cutting debt and raising $1 billion, Biocon sharpens its biosimilars and GLP-1 play, betting on scale, regulatory reform and AI to power the next growth phase

PMO gets a new address: Seva Teerth more connected to ground, says PM

Prime Minister shifts from South Block under Central Vista project; clears proposals on Lakhpati Didi, Agriculture Infrastructure Fund and Startup India Fund

Will democracy govern capitalism, or be consumed by it? Tax test looms

Under threat of retaliation from the US, G7 leaders pre-negotiated the new terms in June, and Inclusive Framework members rubber-stamped them last month to avoid picking another fight with Mr Trump