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NEW DELHI: Uttar Pradesh is set to overhaul property transactions and rentals with digital reforms, including QR code-based ownership verification, instant title updates, and simplified rent agreements. Minister of state for stamp and registration Ravindra Jaiswal said these initiatives, part of the state’s Vision 2047 roadmap, aim to make the system faster, transparent, and citizen-friendly,…

The combined market valuation of eight of the top-10 most valued firms climbed Rs 1,72,148.89 crore last week, tracking a bullish undertone in domestic equities, with Reliance Industries emerging as the biggest gainer.The BSE benchmark had advanced 709.19 points, or 0.87 per cent, during the week, PTI reported.From the top-10 pack, Reliance Industries, Tata Consultancy…

Gold prices are likely to trade in a consolidation zone in the near term, but analysts maintain the broader bias remains positive as expectations grow for a US Federal Reserve rate cut in September.Traders will keep a close eye on upcoming US macro data, including Q2 GDP, PCE inflation, and speeches by Fed officials, which…

NEW DELHI: Bank of India classified the loan account of debt-ridden Reliance Communications (RCom) as fraudulent and also named its former director Anil Ambani, citing alleged diversion of funds in 2016, according to a regulatory filing.The move comes after State Bank of India (SBI) took a similar step in June this year. SBI had alleged…

NEW DELHI: Indian business process outsourcing (BPO) exports are growing faster than information technology (IT) services and are projected to keep this lead in FY2026, according to a new report by Kotak Institutional Equities. The strong performance is being driven by global companies’ focus on cost optimisation, increasing outsourcing of business functions, and a growing…

Mumbai: Markets regulator Sebi is planning to incentivise fund distributors who bring in first-time women investors into the mutual fund (MF) fold, Tuhin Kanta Pandey, Sebi chief, said on Friday. “Another priority is to encourage greater participation of women in mutual fund investing. Financial inclusion will remain incomplete unless women are equally represented, and we…

Mumbai/Kolkata: British-Indian industrialist Swraj Paul passed away on Thursday evening in a London hospital at the age of 94. The founder of Caparo Group had been unwell, leading to his recent hospitalisation. Consistently featured in the ‘Sunday Times Rich List’, Swraj was ranked 81st this year, with an estimated fortune of £2 billion. His group,…

Donald Trump secures 10% US ownership in Intel (Picture credit: AP) The United States government has acquired a 10 per cent holding in Intel, marking one of the most striking federal interventions in a private company since the 2008 auto bailouts. US President Donald Trump announced the agreement on Friday, describing the deal as “a…

India’s leather industry, a vital labour-intensive sector with exports worth $4.1 billion, has been hit hard by US President Donald Trump’s decision to impose a 25% tariff on imports from India. The move, coupled with an additional 25% tariff on Russian oil purchases from 27 August 2025, is expected to deepen the crisis exporters are…

Japan’s Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation (SMBC) has received the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) approval to acquire up to 24.99% stake in Yes Bank, the private sector lender announced on Saturday.The development comes after Yes Bank’s May 9 disclosure about SMBC’s plan to purchase a 20% holding in the bank through a secondary stake buy,…