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Putin offers 'solidarity' for Venezuelan people as tensions with US rise

The Kremlin said in a statement that Putin spoke with Maduro by phone and reaffirmed his support for Venezuelan leader's policy of protecting national interests

Best of BS Opinion: When small clues expose larger systemic drift

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

Reorient PLI scheme on labour-intensive sectors to create more jobs: NCAER

The study urges a reorientation of incentives toward textiles, garments and food processing to boost employment

Datanomics: Better Russia ties likely to push shipbuilding sector

India's shipbuilding ambitions gain traction as Russia eyes joint polar-vessel production and HD Hyundai plans a Tamil Nadu shipyard, even as private yards outpace public ones

GST cuts: Insurers still negotiating commission revisions with distributors

Life insurers have formed committee to discuss the capping of distributor commission

Harness raises $240 million to speed up AI-driven software delivery

Goldman Sachs Alternatives leads $200 million investment, valuing the platform company at $5.5 billion as demand surges for automated code-to-production workflows

Rupee hits fresh low on outflows and US trade deal delay; bond yields ease

Rupee depreciated to a fresh all-time low as foreign outflows and uncertainty over the US-India trade deal pressured sentiment, while an RBI OMO purchase auction helped soften government bond yields

Developers need new skills for AI software systems: Microsoft's Nadella

TCS, Infosys, Wipro, and Cognizant to deploy over 50,000 Copilot licenses, collectively surpassing 200,000

Pension parking lot expanded to gold and silver ETFs, AIFs, Invits

PFRDA has overhauled NPS investment rules, allowing wider exposure to AIFs, REITs, InvITs, commodities, IPOs and a broader equity universe to boost returns and deepen diversification

We set own air standards; global rankings not official, says govt

Government tells Parliament that India relies on its own air-quality standards and city-level assessments

18 from Assam killed, 3 missing as truck falls into gorge in Arunachal

The incident took place on Hayuliang-Chaglagam Road in Anjaw district in the eastern part of the hill state on December 8 when a truck was carrying 22 labourers from Tinsukia district

Thailand and Cambodia hold border talks as Trump's mediation looms

Hundreds of Cambodian workers also gathered on the Thai side of the crossing in a bid to leave, but the official said it was unlikely to reopen on Thursday

Delhi govt approves reorganisation of 11 revenue districts into 13

The decision was taken during a Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Wednesday

Nobel winner Machado appears in Oslo after 'journey of extreme danger'

The perilous trip involved her taking a boat to Curacao, a Dutch Caribbean island about 40 miles away, a person familiar with the matter said

IndiGo to offer ₹10,000 travel vouchers to impacted December 3-5 flyers

The airline said these vouchers - which can be used to book any IndiGo flights during the next 12 months

Royalty norms: AI firms may need to pay global revenue share to creators

India plans to mandate global AI firms to share revenue as royalties for using Indian creators' content to train LLMs, under a proposed statutory licensing and royalty framework

AI-driven growth of TCS makes its M&A strategy more aggressive

TCS's $700-million buyout of Salesforce firm Coastal Cloud highlights a stronger AI-focused M&A strategy, but analysts view the valuation as steep and note the market's muted response

Crowd, coders, and school trip mark Microsoft CEO Nadella's homecoming

The Microsoft chief mixes product showcases with a personal trip to his old school

No hard stop set in India-US trade discussions, says Piyush Goyal

Piyush Goyal says India and US are negotiating a trade deal without fixed deadlines, stressing steady progress and mutual benefit as both sides work to resolve pending issues

Mexico imposes up to 50% tariff on imports from India and China

Mexico's decision to levy tariffs of 5-50% on over 1,400 products from India and other Asian nations has alarmed exporters already hit by US duties, with engineering goods and automobiles