CII president Rajiv Memani, who is chairman and CEO EY India, describes 2025 a year of reforms and calls for the momentum to continue. In an interview with TOI he flags power, mining, ease of doing business and judicial reforms as focus areas. Excerpts:There have been a series of reforms this year, starting with the…
MUMBAI: The amendment to insurance laws is expected to trigger a fresh round of consolidation and deal-making in the sector, alongside new capital inflows following govt’s decision to permit 100% foreign direct investment.Apart from opening the door to higher foreign ownership, the new bill seeks to widen consolidation options by allowing insurance companies to amalgamate…
MUMBAI: The win-loss ratio in the SME IPO space has been nearly equally distributed in 2025. Of the 254 small and medium enterprises that tapped the primary market and have been listed till Dec 19, this year, 120 stocks were still in the green, while 132 stocks were in the red. And two were at…
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Kerala education minister V Sivankutty flagged on Sunday reports of some private schools in the state blocking Christmas celebrations on campus, warning that the LDF govt won’t tolerate “divisive models based on religion and belief, as seen in north India”.“Such actions are unheard of in a state like Kerala, known for its…secular culture…Our schools…
MUMBAI: A new report warns that proposed changes to housing data collection risk overcorrecting an implementation problem rather than fixing a design flaw. Critiquing the govt’s plan to shift to monthly rent surveys, the authors say the move amounts to “throwing the baby out with the bathwater,” based on a flawed diagnosis and an unnecessarily…
India’s stock market has become one of the calmest in the world – so calm that it’s prompting a rethink of strategies among players in the country’s vast derivatives space.Despite geopolitical flare ups and a recent global selloff in risk assets, Nifty has barely budged for months as domestic money overwhelms foreign flows and derivatives…
Migrating Bitcoin (BTC) to post-quantum standards will take at least 5-10 years, according to Bitcoin core developer and co-founder of crypto custody company Casa, Jameson Lopp, who weighed in on the ongoing quantum computer debate. Lopp agreed with Adam Back, the CEO of crypto infrastructure company Blockstream, that there is no near-term threat to Bitcoin…
BHOPAL: A three-year-old tigress was airlifted from Pench Tiger Reserve in Madhya Pradesh to Ramgarh Vishdhari Tiger Reserve in Rajasthan on an IAF helicopter on Sunday, marking a key step in a renewed inter-state tiger translocation programme.According to forest officials, the operation followed nearly a month of intensive groundwork in Pench. Around 50 AI-enabled camera…
BENGALURU: Air India will discontinue non-stop San Francisco services from Bengaluru and Mumbai from March 1, citing aircraft deployment challenges and higher costs due to airspace restrictions. The move has triggered confusion and concern among passengers from the two cities who have made bookings, particularly for travel beyond Feb 28.The Tatas-owned airline will, however, scale…
KOLKATA: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat on Sunday said seeing the Sangh through the lens of BJP would be a “big mistake”. Bhagwat, who tried to define “Hindus” and the “Indian society”, said the goal of the Sangh is organisation of Hindu society, but it is not aimed at opposing others.Speaking at Kolkata…
