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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The year 2024 kept governments across the world on tenterhooks, with more than 60 countries, including India, holding elections, injecting uncertainty about how the outcomes would shape future fiscal, monetary, and trade policies. The Indian economy faced several challenges in 2024, from slowing growth to stubborn inflation to risks associated with personal loan growth.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to present her second comprehensive budget after the 2024 general elections. The budget proposals are expected to focus on the ongoing theme of helping India transition to the envisioned "Viksit Bharat" of “Amrit Kaal." Hence, the focus will be on employment generation, skill development, and providing relief to a large mass of people distressed by inflation, with the overall objective of pushing up the GDP growth rate.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India presently has more than a quarter trillion dollars of essential imports. These include crude oil, coal, edible unrefined oil, fertilizer, steel and copper.

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Indian boxing endured a turbulent year marred by coaching turmoil, crushing defeats, and a medal-less Paris Olympics campaign, all of it made worse by the national federation's negligence that brought unprecedented embarrassment to the country. There were very few positives to count in a year when, after a widely successful 2023, expectations were sky high.

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Hindu temple, once located at the site, was allegedly occupied, destroyed, and later transformed into an Islamic structure, alleged Chief Priest of Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Mandir in Ayodhya, Acharya Satyendra Maharaj on Monday.

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Over 650 million adults globally suffer from obesity, and this number is only expected to rise. Simultaneously, the market for weight-loss drugs is experiencing a revolutionary shift, driven by advances in treatments like Ozempic, Wegovy, and Zepbound—three drugs that are showing remarkable results in combating obesity.

«So, net-net, I think, okay, there is some back and forth going on, we had the surprise from the Fed chair, but overall, the tailwind is still there coming into 2025,» says Santosh Rao, Manhattan Venture Partners. Where is the Santa? Santa is supposed to come year end, Santa rally is missing. Santosh Rao: We still have a week left, so I am sure we will get a little bit more. The whole thing is, at a broader picture, we will have the benefit of doubt, we will have the Trump rally. We are still not sure if it was pulled forward, I do not think so. The market is still good. The fundamentals are still good. Yes, inflation is sticky, there is fear of the budget deficits, there is fear of tariffs and lower taxes. All this trifecta of events are still weighing on the long-term bonds. So, the bond market, the yields are going up there.

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Sumit Gupta, AVP-Research, Centrum Broking, says the government is providing a push towards manufacturing and R&D. Indian pharma has technical know-how. Now, the government wants to do technical ‘know-why’. Say Indian companies are currently doing CDMO manufacturing for MNC players. The government wants us to do R&D, build on some basically blockbuster drugs and then outsource that to some other countries. In one of your recent reports, you say that the government policies are expected to aid the long-term growth of the pharma space. The government is focusing on the R&D side, they are focusing on building and promoting bulk drug parks. How do you see the domestic companies benefit out of the same and amongst this whole sector, which particular segment is expected to benefit the most? Sumit Gupta: The government is focusing on promoting R&D and manufacturing in the pharmaceutical sector and these policies will be catering to or helping the overall sector for the medium to long term. So, the policies like bulk drug parks or the PLI for the pharma scheme or PLI for manufacturing critical APIs, drug intermediaries and KSMs or PLL for medtech. These are some of the sectors which are expected to benefit from government schemes.

IndusInd Bank will be in focus after the Reserve Bank of India imposed a penalty of Rs 27.30 lakh on IndusInd Bank for non-compliance with certain provisions of norms related to 'interest rate on deposits'. The RBI had conducted a statutory inspection for supervisory evaluation of the bank with reference to its financial position as on March 31, 2023, and had issued a notice to the private sector lender.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Earlier this month, a manager shared a screenshot on social media, showing how one of his Gen Z team members took leave without mentioning the pretext. The email addressed to him read, “Hi Siddharth, will be on leave until 8th November 2024.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Indian rupee has been under pressure in recent months, with more of it being converted into US dollars than the other way round. Last week, its exchange rate slipped below ₹85 to the dollar.

cash management company reported a decent performance in the September 2024 quarter, with 15% year-on-year revenue growth. The performance was supported by significant growth in the managed services segment (36% year-on-year) and moderate growth (8% year-on-year) in the cash management services segment. However, margins (both EBITDA and PAT) contracted quarter-on-quarter and year-on-year amid lower realisations in the cash management segment, execution delays, and lower transactions in Brown Label ATMs (BLA). Analysts believe that such margin compression is temporary and expect performance acceleration in the second half of the current financial year. The company provides cash logistics services, including ATM and retail cash management and cash in transit. It is expanding into managed services like banking automation, ATM software, and remote monitoring. As a key partner for banks, NBFCs, retailers, and e-commerce firms, CMS Info leverages its network, technology, and solution-focused approach to tackle complex challenges.

Oil marketing companies (OMCs) weighed down the performance of corporate India in the September quarter. The weak performance of the refining segment, inventory losses and significant LPG under-recoveries contributed to the poor show. The three OMCs—Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL), Hindustan Petroleum (HP) and Indian Oil Corporation (IOC)—reported a combined consolidated net profit of Rs.1,991.1 crore, falling by 92.8% year on year. The impact of OMCs on India Inc.’s overall performance can be assessed by comparing the aggregate PAT growth of all companies in the BSE 500 index and the index’s aggregate PAT growth (excluding OMCs). The data from Reuters-Refinitiv for 498 companies in the BSE 500 index shows a 1.7% y-o-y decline in the aggregate consolidated net profits (not adjusted for extraordinary items). After excluding OMCs, the aggregate net profit growth improves to 5.6% y-o-y. However, after the poor September quarter, the performance is set to improve in the second half of 2024-25. Recent reports from multiple brokerage houses, such as ICICI Securities, Prabhudas Lilladher, Antique Stock Broking, Motilal Oswal, and YES Securities, have been positive on the performance of OMCs.

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