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A sharp rise in ITR-3 and ITR-2 filings shows that more people are earning from business, trading, and investments -- indicating a move away from single-income careers toward diversified income streams. New Delhi: India’s high-income salaried class is growing at a...
86 pc of Indians see jewellery as core wealth asset, Gen Z accelerates shift
About 56 per cent of consumers now view jewellery as both an investment and a fashion accessory, while 28 per cent purchase jewellery purely as an investment,according to a Deloitte India report. New Delhi: About 86 per cent of Indian consumers now consider gold and...
DIIs lend robust support to Indian markets, led by mutual fund assets in 2025
Insurance companies and domestic pension funds also saw their equity assets rising with the former witnessing a 12.6 per cent surge to Rs 26.81 lakh crore and latter posting 66 per cent jump to Rs 4.38 lakh crore. Collectively they bought more than Rs 1.4 lakh crore...
BIS develops over 600 new standards in 2025, 9,700 new licences granted
Sanjay Garg, Director General, BIS noted that Indian Standards today extend far beyond traditional sectors and now cover renewable energy, electric mobility, smart infrastructure, digital technologies, sustainability, green products, as well as emerging areas such as...
Rural markets lead passenger vehicle sales growth in 2025: FADA
The rural passenger vehicle sales grew 12 per cent during the year, compared with an 8 per cent rise in urban areas.Total passenger vehicle sales climbed to 4.47 million units in 2025, up from 4.1 million units in 2024, the data said. The data also pointed to a clear...
Automobile retail sales up 7.71 pc at 2 81 61 228 units on 2025: FADA
Passenger vehicle (PV) retail sales stood at 44,75,309 units in 2025 as against 40,79,532 units in 2024, a growth of 9.7 per cent, Federation of Automobile Dealers Associations (FADA) said in a statement New Delhi: Retail sales of vehicles across categories in India...
MS Amlin grows Phoenix Re cat bond to $115m for 2026
Asia-focused ILS vehicle exceeds $100m milestone as insurer signals further expansion.Since launching in 2021, Phoenix Re has grown steadily, supported by consistent investment performance and rising investor appetite for accessing Asia’s diverse catastrophe risks....
Turtlemint Fintech eyes Rs 2,000cr IPO; to file updated draft papers with Sebi in next 2-weeks
Following Sebi's approval, the company will file its updated draft red herring prospectus (UDRHP) in the next two weeks, which will be open for public comments for 21 days. After this, the firm is required to file UDRHP-II incorporating public comments and then RHP...
CCI probe finds Tata Steel, JSW Steel, SAIL breached antitrust law, regulatory order shows
The Competition Commission of India (CCI) has also held 56 top executives, including JSW's billionaire Managing Director Sajjan Jindal, Tata Steel CEO T.V. Narendran and four former SAIL chairpersons, liable for price collusion over varying periods of time between...
Bird flu outbreaks on farms in Kerala state reported, WOAH says
The spread of avian influenza, commonly called bird flu, has raised concerns among governments and the poultry industry after it ravaged flocks around the world in recent years, disrupting supply, fuelling higher food prices and raising the risk of human transmission...
ONGC activates emergency response after gas leak at Mori Field in Andhra Pradesh
"No injury or loss of life has been reported. The area has been cordoned off, cooling operations commenced, and ONGC has mobilised the Crisis Management Teams (CMT and RCMT). Preparatory work is in progress to facilitate well-control and, if required, capping of the...
Swiss bar’s owners face criminal negligence probe after fire
The fire, which may have been caused by sparklers igniting the club’s soundproofing insulation, killed at least 40 people and left 119 injured. The injured, many of them teenagers, were moved to hospitals in neighboring countries for intensive care and treatment as...
Investors face more geopolitical whiplash from Trump’s Venezuela gamble
President Donald Trump "The events are a reminder that geopolitical tensions continue to dominate the headlines and drive the markets.It is clear that the markets are having to cope with significantly more headline risk than they are accustomed to under the previous...
Trump’s Venezuela gambit tests investor appetite for geopolitical risk
“There should be broader geopolitical implications from this event, but in my view, the financial markets are not very efficient in pricing such risks accurately,” said Tai Hui, chief market strategist for Asia-Pacific at J.P. Morgan Asset Management Markets may have...
Global reinsurer capital reach a new high of $760 billion by September 30, 2025: AoN
Insurers were able to achieve significant decreases in pricing and improved terms at renewal.Competition was particularly fierce in the U.S. property catastrophe market, with preferred risks typically achieving strong double-digit rate reductions at 1/1.Property...
49 crypto currency exchanges registered with FIU during 2024-25 fiscal Report
The report for the 2024-25 financial year said the crypto currency landscape in India has been "rapidly" evolving and gaining "significant" attention in recent years due to its potential to "transform" the financial sector and provide opportunities for wealth...
S Prakash appointed as first CEO,Health Insurance, GI Council,to spearhead sector reforms
S Prakash, CEO-designate, Health Insurance, General Insurance Council One of the immediate tasks, Prakash will undertake- taking forward the ongoing negotiations with hospitals to bring them under the common empanelment platform that will facilitate payment of uniform...
Mandatory CSR spending by Indian companies can lead to low investor confidence IIM study
"This signifies that there is a great deal of CSR expenditure that is mandatory and that there is a greater return on equity that is required by the investors. Mandatory CSR spending can reduce perceived corporate benefits, leading to lower investor confidence and a...