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PFC board clears merger with REC to boost scale, efficiency of NBFCs

Power Finance Corporation's board has approved an in-principle merger with subsidiary REC Ltd, following the government's Budget push to restructure public sector NBFCs

Kotak Mahindra Bank issues India's first fully digital FPI licence

The move follows Securities and Exchange Board of India operationalising a unified digital workflow in January 2026

Rupee sees best week in more than 3 years on back of India-US trade deal

Forex reserves at record high of $724 billion

Dear Narendrabhai, can you again restore strategic stability to our east?

By next weekend, Bangladesh will have an elected government. This is India's moment to reboot broken ties by moderating the 'ghuspethiya' rhetoric in poll-bound West Bengal and Assam

Govt bond yields increase 9 basis points on no new liquidity steps

The yield on the benchmark 10-year government bond hardened by 9 basis points to settle at 6.74 per cent

Surge in gold loans not a cause for concern, says Reserve Bank of India

Banks are shifting from unsecured loans to gold-backed lending amid rising gold prices, but RBI says low LTVs and limited exposure pose no systemic risk

As the US closes its doors, world economies must prepare for a new future

How the US is abandoning the openness that helped it win the Cold War

Digital push, regulatory tailwinds spark rush for mutual fund licences

Industry is drawing a fresh wave of entrants even as scale, profitability remain key challenges

Digital payments safety:  Reserve Bank of India proposes discussion paper

Decision on UPI MDR in govt's domain: RBI governor

PSL classification issue is not a system-wide problem: RBI Governor 

Apex bank will issue revised instructions to banks on KCC scheme

RBI nod to direct bank lending to Reits may expedite asset growth

Industry executives note that REITs raise debt by issuing securities subscribed to by mutual funds and non-banking financial companies (NBFCs)

Govt receives financial bids for IDBI Bank stake sale, says Dipam

The government has received financial bids for IDBI Bank's strategic disinvestment, a key transaction as it targets ₹80,000 crore from disinvestment and asset monetisation in FY27

RBI moves to push credit delivery, doubles collateral-free loans to MSMEs

Guv says move is 'indexation for inflation'

Does the struggle for subsistence precede the struggle to live well?

Material abundance has not broken democratic capitalism - nor has it absolved societies of the harder, older task of learning how to live well

Mahindra group to invest ₹15,000 crore over 10 years in Nagpur unit

Group would establish its largest integrated manufacturing facility for automobiles and tractors around the city

Stellantis takes $26.5 bn writedown in latest EV pullback, shares tank

Stellantis is particularly exposed because it leans heavily on high-margin Jeep and Ram pickup truck sales in the US, where demand for EVs is especially subdued

Unclaimed deposit payouts jump to ₹1,000 crore a month, says RBI

Targeted RBI campaigns and incentives have sharply increased the pace of unclaimed deposit settlements, pushing monthly payouts to over Rs 1,000 crore, compared with Rs 100-200 crore earlier, RBI said

Bharti Airtel yet to hear from DoT on parity of AGR dues with Vodafone Idea

Airtel has sought parity with Vodafone Idea on AGR dues reassessment and says it has written multiple times to the DoT, while outlining its plans on data centres, ARPU growth and 5G strategy

Nuclear talks with US a good start, says Iranian Foreign Minister

For Washington, carrying out enrichment - a possible pathway to nuclear bombs - inside Iran is a red line. Tehran has long denied any intent to weaponise nuclear fuel production

Tata Steel Q3FY26 results: Profit surges 723%, revenue increases 6%

Gains come on the back of higher India volumes, Netherlands turnaround