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Investments in PE-VC fall 6% to $20.3bn in Jan-July

CHENNAI: Private Equity-Venture Capital (PE-VC) in India crossed $20 billion mark in Jan-July this year (CY2026). However, it is nearly 6% lower than $21.5 billion recorded in the corresponding seven month period (Jan-July) last year (CY2025) .July 2026 recorded an investment of $3 billion, which is flat against $3.2 billion in the same month in...

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Education needs more capital, fewer curbs: Noel Tata

File photo: Noel Tata BENGALURU: Tata Trusts chairman Noel Tata on Sunday questioned restrictions on for-profit education, saying they discouraged investment in a sector where India needs far more quality colleges and universities.Speaking at IIMBue, an IIM Bangalore alumni meet in Bengaluru, Tata said only a small fraction of students secure admission to the country’s...

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West Asia war uncertainty keeps businesses on edge

MUMBAI: A prolonged war in West Asia is making it difficult for companies to manage their costs—the persistent volatility be it in terms of commodity inflation, freight charges or exchange rates means nothing can be planned with certainty. While rising costs will squeeze margins, some of the businesses are also wary that discretionary demand may...

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Monsoon Session: Congress set to stall House over Ram temple donation scam

NEW DELHI: Signaling continuing disruption in Parliament in the coming week, Congress has accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi and home minister Amit Shah of avoiding Parliament at a time when the Opposition has been raising the crucial issue of Ayodhya donation scam.Congress MP Pramod Tiwari alleged that all “chanda chor” belong to BJP family, even...

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TVK & Congress not on same page on Cauvery

The Mekedatu dam row has snowballed into a political slugfest in Tamil Nadu, The Mekedatu dam row has snowballed into a political slugfest in Tamil Nadu, with governing and opposition parties trading barbs instead of closing ranks against Karnataka’s proposed project on Cauvery. The project, opposed by Tamil Nadu, has become a flashpoint after multiple...

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DMK slams Congress for ‘trading trust for berths’

BJP is hopeful that DMK’s bubbling anger with Congress will help its bid to win over the party’s support for its key legislative measures, especially delimitation, in Parliament NEW DELHI: DMK Sunday mounted a furious pushback against Rahul Gandhi’s describing any support to govt’s widely speculated move to revive the bill to increase Lok Sabha’s...

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Sun Pharma withdraws 11 eye medicines

The products covered are Depopred 2ml, Brinolar (BKC Free), Brinzotim Eye Drops 5ml (BKC Free), Lotepred 5ml, Lotepred 1% Eye Drops 5ml, Lotepred LS 0.2% Eye Drops 5ml, Lotepred T, Nepalact OD Eye Drops 3ml, Nepalact-Z, Toba-F and Nepalact E/D 5ml NEW DELHI: Eleven ophthalmic products marketed by Sun Pharma have been withdrawn after the...

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SC warns Punjab for ignoring 15-yr-old ruling on dues to Himachal Pradesh

Venkataramani told SC that he had extensive consultations with Punjab, Haryana, Himachal and Union ministry of power after getting the records examined by CAG for independent determination of the historical capital cost liability NEW DELHI: Punjab govt’s stiff resistance to attorney general R Venkataramani’s proposal for amicable implementation of a 15-year-old Supreme Court decree settling...

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US study flags hurricane rapid intensification, may give 5-day warnings

New method flags hurricane rapid intensification up to five days ahead Coastal communities across the Atlantic could soon receive life-saving warnings up to five days before a hurricane rapidly strengthens, after atmospheric scientists developed a statistical tool that analyses 55 environmental and storm-related factors.Led by researchers at the U.S. National Science Foundation National Center for...

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