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New Delhi: After putting up consumer prices for its India satcom services on its website, Starlink withdrew them and blamed a “glitch” that briefly made “dummy test data” visible. “The Starlink India website is not live, service pricing for customers in India has not yet been announced, and we are not taking orders from customers…

As 2025 draws towards its end and December moves into its second week, banks across the country are gearing up for their final stretch of closures for the year. Throughout the month, branches in several regions will shut on different days to observe regional, cultural and other scheduled holidays. This week, starting December 8 to…

ICICI Prudential Asset Management Company on Monday set the price band for its much-awaited public issue, putting a valuation of about Rs 1.07 lakh crore on the fund house as it prepares to tap the capital markets later this week.The Rs 10,602-crore initial public offering will open for subscription on December 12 and close on…

Chaos at airports amid flight cancellations NEW DELHI: India’s largest airline IndiGo is scrambling to restore stability after a week of unprecedented operational chaos sparked by the rollout of revised Flight Duty Time Limitations (FDTL) for pilots. The disruption, which began on December 2, quickly snowballed into one of the worst aviation meltdowns the country…

Home loan borrowers are set to get relief as several major banks have started cutting lending rates after the Reserve Bank of India lowered the repo rate by 25 basis points to 5.25% on December 5, 2025. Following the repo rate cut from 5.50%, lenders have moved to reduce MCLR-, RLLR- and RBLR-linked rates, paving…

The US Deputy Ambassador for Trade, Rick Switzer, will visit India on December 10 and 11 as New Delhi and Washington continue discussions aimed at concluding a fair and mutually beneficial bilateral trade agreement, ANI reported.Confirming the visit at a media briefing on Monday, Ministry of External Affairs spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said the trip would…

More than 50.14 lakh Central government employees and around 69 lakh pensioners are set to be covered under the 8th Central Pay Commission (CPC), with the government saying the timing of implementation and funding will be decided later.The update was shared in the Lok Sabha on Monday in a written reply by Minister of State…

Gold prices inched up to Rs 1,30,638 per 10 grams on Monday, even as silver futures slipped to Rs 1,82,600 per kg, with investors turning cautious ahead of the US Federal Reserve’s final policy meeting of the year. On the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX), February 2026 gold futures rose by Rs 176, or 0.13%, to…

IBM on Monday announced a major acquisition to strengthen its artificial intelligence capabilities, agreeing to buy data streaming platform Confluent in a cash deal valued at $11 billion.The US technology major said it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire all issued and outstanding common stock of Confluent Inc. for $31 per share in cash,…

US stocks hovered close to record levels on Monday as investors stayed cautious ahead of a key Federal Reserve decision, even as select stocks moved sharply on takeover news and index reshuffles.The S&P 500 was largely flat in early trade and sat about 0.3% below its all-time high set in October, while the Nasdaq Composite…