BENGALURU: India’s deeptech funding rose in 2025 even as investor risk appetite tightened, with capital flowing to fewer companies, at later stages, and in larger cheque sizes. The shift lifted overall funding levels despite a sharp fall in the number of deals, highlighting a move towards selectivity and concentration rather than a broad-based return of…
NEW DELHI: India and the European Union (EU) on Friday held talks in Brussels on the proposed Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and reaffirmed their commitment to a rulesbased trading framework and a modern economic partnership that safeguards the interests of farmers and MSMEs. Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal is on a two-day official visit…
MUMBAI: Gross monthly inflows through systematic investment plans (SIPs) in mutual funds reached a new record high at Rs 31,002 crore in Dec, highlighting the growing importance of discipline in investing among retail investors in India.The month-on-month change in SIP flows was a substantial 5% jump in Dec, from Rs 29,529 crore in Nov, Amfi…
NEW DELHI: Offering a lifeline to struggling debt-laden Vodafone Idea, govt has capped annual payouts to clear past dues at Rs 124 crore over the next six years, easing near-term cash flows, the company said on Friday.Between March 2032 and March 2035, the yearly outgo will be trimmed to Rs 100 crore, Vodafone Idea said…
BENGALURU: Masayoshi Son-led SoftBank Group pared its holding in Ola Electric Mobility to 13.5% from 15.6%, in what appears like a staggered exit from the electric 2-wheeler maker that was once among its marquee India bets. SVF II Ostrich (DE), a SoftBank affiliate and Ola Electric’s second-largest shareholder after founder Bhavish Aggarwal, sold 9.4 crore…
MUMBAI: RBI governor Sanjay Malhotra said that the regulator plans to increase offsite surveillance of banks in real-time. Historically, RBI has been conducting onsite supervision of the records of banks largely through annual financial inspections and targeted inspections under a risk-based supervision framework focusing on core areas like capital adequacy, asset quality, management, earnings liquidity…
MUMBAI: Even as startups are increasingly rushing to Dalal Street, buoyed by a booming primary market, many of the large, listed companies are trading below their IPO offer price, raising concerns over the long-term value they can generate for investors.Stock prices of close to 10 startups including Swiggy, FirstCry, Paytm, Ola Electric and Delhivery are…
BENGALURU: Corporate forensic teams and background verification firms are flagging cases of location spoofing, particularly among hybrid employees and gig workers. In several instances, employees have been pulled up after allegedly misrepresenting their actual work location, with such discrepancies surfacing during random audits, compliance checks, or client reviews.Investigations found that some used travel routers or…
India is at the cusp of a historic economic journey, with government policies and reforms giving the country “wind in its sails” even as global trade uncertainties intensify, Principal Secretary to the Prime Minister Shaktikanta Das said on Friday.Delivering the inaugural Bibek Debroy Memorial Lecture, Das said India has emerged stronger from successive global shocks…
A remark by US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick blaming the lack of a personal phone call from PM Narendra Modi for the stalled India–US trade deal does not stand up to scrutiny and diverts attention from substantive policy differences, the Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI) said in a report released on Friday.In an interview on…
