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The demand for affordable housing finance is very high, but housing finance companies have not disbursed loans up to their potential, owing to a lack of awareness among customers about such firms

Navigating the affordable housing finance market

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Westland might Amazonian muscle power but fact of the matter is that 20% of the books published pay for the 80% of the books that don't make money, writes Ravi Subramanian

What the Amazon acquisition of Westland says about our publishing industry

Bangalore (Karnataka) [India], December 27: The historic Riga Sugar Mill, one of India's oldest sugar factories established in 1933, resumed operations on Thursday after a four-year hiatus. Under the leadership of Nirani Sugars, a flagship entity of the MRN Group, the mill officially commenced sugar operations for the 2024-25 season. This monumental occasion also marked the foundation stone laying for an ambitious expansion initiative, showcasing a commitment to sustainable growth and regional development.

Historic revival of Riga Sugar Mill by Nirani Sugars: Operations Restart After Four Years and Foundation Stone Laid for Expansion

New Delhi [India], December 27: Databases, access and carding -- the most popular queries on the Indian dark web have become common knowledge

Databases, Access, and Carding: Study Reveals Top Cybercrime Trends on the Indian Dark Web

The second-place team at the points table, Dabang Delhi, will lock horns with the winners of eliminator two in the second semifinal on Friday

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Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], December 27: BillMart Fintech Pvt. Ltd., (https://www.billmart.com/) India's leading and new age digital lending platform in MSME Lending, Bill Discounting, Supply Chain Finance and Working Capital Solutions, has joined hands with Eqaro Guarantees. (EQARO), a trusted name in credit and financial risk guarantee, to reshape the way businesses access financing. This partnership focuses on offering innovative guarantee solutions to reduce risk, boost lender confidence, and support businesses in managing their financial needs effectively.

\"BillMart Fintech\" partners with \"EQARO\" to Boost Trade Finance with Credit Guarantee Solutions

The northward move in the Tata Motors share today came after domestic brokerage DAM Capital upgraded Tata Motors to 'Buy' from 'Neutral'

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Dr Singh, 92, was admitted to Aiims Delhi's emergency ward late Thursday and had been battling health issues for a while

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The move could benefit tens of millions of taxpayers, especially city dwellers burdened by high living costs, if they opt for a 2020 tax system that strips exemptions like housing rentals

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Manmohan Singh, a pioneering economic administrator and India's third-longest-serving PM, leaves behind a legacy of economic reforms, policy pragmatism, and unwavering dedication to public service

In its monthly economic review, the Finance Ministry cited the RBI's monetary policy stance among the reasons for the slowdown in the first half of FY25

A Member of the Rajya Sabha from 1991 until April 2024, Singh served as Leader of the Opposition from 1998 to 2004

The Delhi High Court on Tuesday refused to intervene in an order directing the Consortium of National Law Universities to revise the result of CLAT-2025 over errors in the answer key.
A bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Vibhu Bakhru and Justice Tushar Rao Gedela while dealing with an appeal by the consortium against the decision of a high court single judge opined no case for an interim order was made out.
The bench prima facie found no error in the view taken by the single judge with respect to two questions and clarified the consortium was free to declare the results in terms of the single judge's decision.
"Single judge examined two questions carefully... Prima facie we concur with the said view," the court said, "you can proceed with the result. There is no interim order."
The court posted the matter on January 7, 2025.
On December 20, the single judge's verdict came on the plea of a CLAT aspirant and ruled the answers to two questions in the entrance test were wrong.
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The blast occurred at a factory located in the province of Balikesir, which specialises in the production of military capsules

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The rise in Biocon share price came after it announced that the company and its European partner, Zentiva, have received a Decentralized Procedure (DCP) approval for Liraglutide in European Union

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Spandana Sphoorty Financial shares hit a multi-year low of Rs 309, down 3% on the BSE in Tuesday's intra-day trade, and inched towards its all-time low of Rs 288.75 touched on June 20, 2022

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The Congress will commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Belgaum session of the party that was presided over by Mahatma Gandhi with an extended session of the CWC which will decide on an action plan for the next year.
The opposition party asserted that the "insult" to B R Ambedkar by Home Minister Amit Shah will be strongly taken up at Belagavi and deliberated upon.
Addressing a joint press conference along with Congress general secretary organisation K C Venugopal and AICC media and publicity department head Pawan Khera, Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said the extended Congress Working Committee (CWC) meeting on December 26 has been named 'Nav Satyagraha Baithak'.
He said two resolutions will be passed at the meeting.
The Congress has been marking Ambedkar Samman Saptah against the "insult" of B R Ambedkar by Home Minister Amit Shah, Ramesh said.
He said there is only one solution that the home minister be sacked and must apologise for his ...

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The meeting was chaired by the Prime Minister and attended by Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, Chief Economic Adviser V Anantha Nageswaran, and NITI Aayog officials

Prime Minister Narendra Modi with Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman during a discussion with economists in New Delhi on Tuesday | Photo: PTI

This initiative aims to prepare India's workforce for the quantum revolution, positioning the nation as a global leader

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REER represents the inflation-adjusted, trade-weighted average value of a currency against its trading partners

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Delhi's women welfare and health departments warned the public against registrations for AAP's promised women and healthcare schemes, calling them non-existent and cautioning against potential fraud

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Nano urea sales dropped by a steep 43.2 per cent in FY24 from the previous year, despite production capacity rising by almost 59 per cent in that period