India’s securities laws are set for their biggest overhaul in decades. Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has introduced the Securities Markets Code Bill, 2025

India’s National Pension System has just undergone one of its biggest reforms in years. Exit rules are easier, liquidity is higher, and annuity obligations are lower. But what exactly has changed

India and Oman have signed a major free trade agreement that gives Indian exports near-total duty-free access to Oman. From goods and services to jobs and geopolitics

The fare rationalisation leaves suburban trains, season tickets and short-distance ordinary travel untouched, while longer non-AC and AC journeys see marginal increases to offset rising costs

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The police said around 12 unidentified gunmen allegedly opened fire on people inside the tavern and continued shooting indiscriminately as they fled

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The airline said reduced visibility in the early hours could affect flight operations, leading to delays or schedule changes

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IMD has issued fresh alerts for dense fog, cold wave conditions and snowfall across several regions, warning of transport disruptions, flight cancellations and fluctuating temperatures across India

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President Donald Trump signed an executive order Thursday that would reclassify marijuana as a less dangerous drug and open new avenues for medical research, a major shift in federal drug policy that inches closer to what many states have done.
The switch would move marijuana away from its current classification as a Schedule I drug, alongside heroin and LSD. Cannabis would instead be a Schedule III substance, like ketamine and some anabolic steroids.
Reclassification by the Drug Enforcement Administration would not make it legal for recreational use by adults nationwide, but it could change how the drug is regulated and reduce a hefty tax burden on the cannabis industry.
Similarly, the Justice Department under Trump's Democratic predecessor, Joe Biden, proposed reclassifying marijuana to a Schedule III substance. Unlike Biden, Trump did not have open encouragement from across his party for the move. Some Republicans have spoken out in opposition to any changes and urged Trump to ..

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Opposition leaders staged a 12-hour overnight protest dharna in Parliament complex on Thursday night, while protesting against the passage of the VB-G RAM G bill that seeks to replace the MGNREGA rural employment programme and said they would take to the streets across the country.
Trinamool Congress Rajya Sabha deputy leader Sagarika Ghose accused the Union government of bulldozing the VB- G RAM G bill, as opposition MPs sat on a 12-hour dharna in the Parliament complex.
The Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) (VB-G RAM G) Bill was passed by Parliament amid opposition's protests, with the Rajya Sabha giving it its nod post midnight.
Ghose said the manner in which the Modi government has brought in this completely "anti-poor, anti-people, anti-farmer, anti-rural poor" VBGRG bill, and has done away with the MGNREGA.
"This is an insult to India's poor, it is an insult to Mahatma Gandhi, it is an insult to Rabindranath Tagore. With just five hours' notice,

An unambitious elite spoiled by finance - plus a working class held back by inadequate education and inequities of caste and gender - are stymying the emergence of a global middle class in India

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Sharif Osman Hadi, a prominent leader of the July Uprising who was shot last week, died on Thursday while undergoing treatment at a Singapore hospital after fighting for his life for six days.
Hadi, also a candidate in the scheduled February 12 general elections, was shot in the head by masked gunmen on Friday as he initiated his election campaign at central Dhaka's Bijoynagar area.
The interim government of Muhammad Yunus on Monday sent Hadi to Singapore in an air ambulance for advanced treatment as doctors in Dhaka described his condition extremely critical.
In a televised address to the nation late Thursday night, Chief Adviser Yunus announced Hadi's death and promised swift action to catch his killers.
"Today, I came before you with very heartbreaking news. Sharif Osman Hadi, the fearless frontline fighter of the July Uprising and spokesperson of the Inqilab Mancha, is no more among us," Yunus said.
He vowed to bring those involved in this brutal murder to justice quickly, say

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From Sebi's investor-friendly rule changes and PM Modi's West Asia tour to debates on power grid reform, shrimp exports and a Zomato biography, here's today's Best of BS Opinion.

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FPIs pulled out ₹17,823 crore from Indian equities in early December, with heavy selling in financials and IT, while oil & gas and metals saw selective buying

The data revealed that 2.46 million voters, or 3.15 per cent, were identified as deceased, while 3.26 million were found to have shifted residence or were absent

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Simultaneous fiscal and monetary tightening hurt growth and earnings, but momentum is returning, says Axis Bank's Neelkanth Mishra, signalling a possible market turnaround

Neelkanth Mishra, Chief Economist, Axis Bank and Head of Global Research, Axis Capital

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