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The Finance Industry Development Council (FIDC) has urged for a dedicated refinance window through Small Industries Development Bank of India (Sidbi) to reduce NBFCs' reliance on banks and address liquidity challenges. FIDC also seeks harmonisation ...

Microsoft is close to finalizing a multimillion-euro deal with an Amazon-backed cloud lobby to resolve an antitrust complaint with the European Commission. The deal involves withdrawing the investigation request, potential payments, and agreements t...

India is drafting a new competition law to target big digital firms, with a U.S. lobby group urging a rethink to avoid potential business impacts.

In a significant development, a five-member expert committee has been appointed to assess the feasibility of allowing the manufacturing of nutraceuticals within drug manufacturing facilities in India. This decision comes after the country's drug reg...

Universities and student groups urge PM Rishi Sunak to retain UK post-study visa, crucial for Indian students seeking work experience. Concerns arise over potential restrictions amidst soaring migration figures. Letters highlight economic benefits a...

The Federal Reserve and two other U.S. regulators are moving toward a new plan that would significantly reduce a nearly 20% mandated increase in capital for the country's biggest banks following lobbying efforts by industry CEOs like JPMorgan Chase'...

The US government is set to decide in May whether to bring graphite into the list of minerals that attract the higher Section 301 tariff.

The China Association of Automobile Manufacturers and the National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical Team/Coordination Centre of China on Monday published a list of 76 models of intelligent connected vehicles that meet the country's auto...

Centre placed Campaign For Tobacco-Free Kids under PRC, impacting international donations in India. CFTK partners with Michael Bloomberg to combat tobacco globally. Several NGOs, including Oxfam India, lost FCRA licences due to misuse of foreign fun...

"One Piece" Episode 1101 release date has been delayed and there will be new premier date. Since its debut in 1999, "One Piece" has maintained a consistent presence on television screens.

ET’s roundup of the wackiest whispers and murmurs in corporate corridors & policy parlours.

Magunta Srinivasulu Reddy, whose son Raghava Magunta Reddy was arrested by the ED in connection with the excise policy case, has been fielded by the BJP's ally TDP in the Lok Sabha polls, senior AAP leaders and Delhi Ministers Atishi and Saurabh Bha...

The EU probes launched Monday into Apple, Google and Meta send a "worrying signal", one of the main tech lobbying groups said after the European Commission announced the first ever investigations under a new digital law.

"For India to realise its development goals, steel along with its upstream and downstream manufacturing value chains have to grow in tandem," Jindal was quoted as saying. Dilip Oommen, the CEO of AMNS India was previously the president for the indus...

India reversed a policy requiring licenses for imported laptops, tablets, PCs, and servers after U.S. officials lobbied against it. The move, which came after behind-the-scenes pressure, raised concerns about compliance with WTO rules. U.S. official...

OpenAI, which owns the chatbot ChatGPT and has become the face of generative AI, is embroiled in myriad legal fights, including copyright infringement claims from authors and others. It has denied any intellectual property violations.

EC is now expected to upload the data on its website by Friday. SBI's data on EBs issued between April 12, 2019, and February 15, 2024, will contain two lists setting out the name of buyer or seller, date of purchase and sale, and amount of subscrip...

Implementing the new GMP standard by 36 drug controllers in states and UTs is crucial, along with ensuring transparency and regulator accountability. India's trading partners, such as Gambia and Nigeria, have heightened scrutiny of Indian drug impor...

BJP leaders Shahnawaz Hussain, Nitin Nabin, Rampreet Paswan, Janak Ram, Shreyashi Singh and JDU leaders Sunil Kumar Singh, Madan Sahni, Lesi Singh, Sheila Mandal, Jayant Raj, Ashok Choudhary and Sanjay Jha are likely to be included in the Cabinet, a...