Banks to report all related party forex derivative transactions: RBI

Mumbai: RBI has required banks to report all foreign exchange derivative deals involving the rupee undertaken in India and globally by their entire group, including overseas branches, subsidiaries, and parent entities. This brings into view offshore trades that were earlier largely invisible. This applies to both OTC deliverable and offshore non-deliverable contracts, meaning even speculative…

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Zoho’s Sridhar Vembu urges Indians in US to come back

Sridhar Vembu (File photo) Bengaluru: Zoho founder Sridhar Vembu has urged Indians living in the US to consider returning home, arguing that their global standing will increasingly depend on India’s own economic and technological strength. In an “open letter to Indians in America” posted on X, Vembu said that while the diaspora has achieved notable…

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Index for services, like IIP, in offing

New Delhi: After years of discussion, India’s official statistical machinery is set to compile an index of service production (ISP), which will complement the existing index of industrial production (IIP) and help improve the assessment of short-term performance of the economy.Besides, the index will be useful for augmenting the list of indicators used for compilation…

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CERT-In warns MSMEs on new AI risks

New Delhi: India’s cybersecurity agency, the Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has warned that advances in artificial intelligence are pushing cyberattacks into a new phase, with automation and scale bringing them firmly into the spotlight.In an advisory, CERT-In said frontier AI systems are now capable of autonomously identifying software vulnerabilities, analysing large volumes of…

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Amazon to take Q-comm to 100 cities

Mumbai: Amazon is betting big on its quick commerce business, with plans afoot to take the instant delivery service to 100 cities from three locations now as it plays catch-up with rivals Blinkit, Swiggy Instamart and Zepto, which together hold the bulk of the market share.The development comes a few days after the firm made…

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In IPO boost, NSE shareholders to divest over 4%

Mumbai: The initial public offer for NSE, the largest stock exchange in India by trading turnover and revenue, got a boost on Monday as the required number of the bourse’s shareholders agreed to part with their holdings for the offer for sale (OFS) to move forward.Monday was the last day for NSE’s existing shareholders to…

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Set aside funds for likely defaults, RBI tells banks

Mumbai: A man walks past the RBI logo at RBI headquarters in Mumbai. (PTI Photo/Shashank Parade) Mumbai: Banks will have to start setting aside money for possible loan defaults in advance from April 2027, using mathematical models to predict losses instead of waiting for borrowers to actually miss payments, under RBI’s final rules issued on…

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How India benefits from ‘once-in-a-generation’ trade deal with New Zealand – 0% tariffs, visas for professionals, $20 billion investment

India-New Zealand FTA: The India-New Zealand trade deal or Free Trade Agreement signed on Monday has been called a ‘once-in-a-generation’ trade pact. For one, it gives Indian exporters duty-free or zero duty access to all exports. The implementation of the trade deal is now contingent on New Zealand Parliament’s approval, and in the case of…

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