Futile exercise
Business Line3 Sept 2026
India’s jurisprudence has long regarded the capital-labour binary through a welfarist prism. Meanwhile, the proponents of free market perceive the now-repealed Industrial Disputes (ID) Act, 1947...
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top 31%Buoyed by FCNR(B) deposit inflows, rupee perks up to a two-and-a-half month high
Business Lineby BL Mumbai Bureau3 Sept 2026
The rupee, on Thursday, perked up to a two-and-a-half month high due to massive inflows into Foreign Currency Non-Resident (Bank) deposits under the RBI’s limited period concessional swap facility...
GDP data is not fudged, but the optics are really bad, says Pronab Sen
Business Lineby Amiti Sen3 Sept 2026
GDP data for Q1 FY26 was revised sharply downward, from ₹86.05 lakh crore to ₹80 lakh crore — a 7 per cent cut that has sparked a debate.
Reverse migration rethink: US-based Indian tech talent may be looking homeward
Business Lineby Sanjana B3 Sept 2026
For Santosh (name changed on request), an IT professional who moved to the US in 2008, visa uncertainty was a constant part of his professional life.
CCI finds benchmark price fixing in debenture trusteeship services
Business Lineby PTI3 Sept 2026
Regulator CCI has directed the Trustees’ Association of India, Axis Trustee Services and others to cease and desist from unfair business practices after they were found fixing benchmark price for...
India, Belgium set to double bilateral trade from $13 billion in 5 years
Business Lineby Amiti Sen3 Sept 2026
India and Belgium on Thursday set a target to double their annual bilateral trade over the next five years, from the current $13 billion, as the two countries agreed to expand cooperation across...
Trinamool seeks urgent meetings with President, Governor to flag “utter lawlessness” in Bengal
Business Lineby BL Kolkata Bureau3 Sept 2026
The Mamata Banerjee-led Trinamool Congress on Thursday sought urgent meetings with President Droupadi Murmu and West Bengal Governor R N Ravi to flag alleged “utter lawlessness” in the State and...
Government likely to issue social media code of conduct for officers
Business Lineby PTI3 Sept 2026
The government is likely to issue a social media code of conduct for its officers and employees, amid the growing trend of staff posting reels, videos and personal opinions on platforms like X...
SC declares BCI has no power to punish law students expressing dissent
Business Lineby Krishnadas Rajagopal3 Sept 2026
The Supreme Court on Thursday declared that the Bar Council of India (BCI) and its chairperson, Manan Kumar Mishra, lack the jurisdiction to discipline or penalise law students, rebuking the...
Supreme Court disposes of SEBI pleas against NSE’s co-location, dark-fibre cases
Business Lineby Akshata Gorde3 Sept 2026
The Supreme Court on Thursday disposed of the Securities and Exchange Board of India’s (SEBI) appeals against the National Stock Exchange (NSE) in the long-running co-location and dark-fibre cases...
VOC Port floats RFP for DPR on 2,500-acre greenfield shipbuilding cluster
Business Lineby T E Raja Simhan3 Sept 2026
The VO Chidambaranar Port Authority (VOCPA) has initiated the process of developing a major greenfield shipbuilding cluster near Thoothukudi, issuing a Request for Proposal (RFP) to appoint a...
IT firms explore model routing to manage cost and complexity
Business Lineby Rohan Das3 Sept 2026
With rapid advances in open weight models and growing concerns over AI costs, a new paradigm is emerging in enterprise AI deployments - model routing.
Growth must never come at the cost of underwriting standards: RBI Dy Guv Murmu tells NBFCs
Business Lineby BL Mumbai Bureau3 Sept 2026
As credit growth speeds up, so does the risk to asset quality, even as growth must never come at the cost of underwriting standards, RBI Deputy Governor Shirish Chandra Murmu cautioned non-banking...
ESIC targets delivery reforms to extend social security net to gig workers
Business Lineby BL New Delhi Bureau3 Sept 2026
The Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) is pushing for next level of reform for overhauling its delivery mechanism and prepare for an unprecedented expansion of social security net due to...
West Bengal anti-corruption panel searches firms co-owned by former Kolkata mayor Firhad Hakim
Business Lineby BL Kolkata Bureau3 Sept 2026
West Bengal’s Anti-Institutional Corruption Commission members on Thursday searched two companies purportedly co-owned by dissident Trinamool Congress leader and former Kolkata mayor Firhad Hakim.
Prepare for stricter norms on ICE vehicles: Government to auto industry
Business Lineby S Ronendra Singh3 Sept 2026
The government on Thursday provided a clear policy direction for conventional internal combustion engine (ICE) powered vehicles.
Thales, KSSL sign strategic alliance for 70-mm rocket systems
Business Lineby PTI3 Sept 2026
Global defence major Thales and a subsidiary of Bharat Forge have signed a “Strategic Alliance Agreement” to explore collaboration on both unguided and laser-guided variants of Thales’...
UltraTech Cement launches Ultravolt with ₹1,800 crore investment
Business Lineby BL Mumbai Bureau3 Sept 2026
UltraTech Cement, the country’s largest cement company, has launched ‘Ultravolt ’, its wires and cables brand, with a target to become the second-largest in the new business within 5 years.
GDP revision being misread, says MoSPI Secy
Business Lineby BL New Delhi Bureau3 Sept 2026
It is “unfortunate” that the revision in the estimate of last year’s first-quarter GDP under the new national accounts series is being misinterpreted as an attempt to mechanically boost the current...
Gig workers facing fatigue, stress and health risks: report
Business Lineby Ankita Upadhyay3 Sept 2026
A new report on the occupational safety and health of platform-based gig workers in India has found that 57 per cent of the workers surveyed worked more than 49 hours a week, while 65.5 per cent...