Bank holidays next week, Jan 12-18: From Makar Sankranti, Swami Vivekananda birthday, to Uzhavar Thirunal. Full schedule

Bank holidays next week: The Reserve Bank of India‘s full schedule for January 2025 is out and among the days which banks will be closed this week include the birthday of Swami Vivekananda, Makar Sankranti, Thiruvalluvar Day, and Uzhavar Thirunal, besides the weekly offs on Saturdays and Sundays. There are a total of 16 bank…

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Mumbai tops housing market in 2025; average residential prices climb 7%: Knight Frank

Mumbai consolidated its position as India’s largest residential real estate market in 2025 while recording the second-highest office leasing volume in more than a decade, according to Knight Frank India’s latest report. In its India Real Estate: Office and Residential Market, July-December 2025 (H2 2025) report, Knight Frank India said Mumbai closed the year with…

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RBI governor Malhotra urges banks to collaborate to curb rising digital frauds

MUMBAI: Banks, non-bank financiers, and other entities regulated by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) should work together to counter the growing threat of digital fraud, governor Sanjay Malhotra said on Friday, calling collaboration critical to protecting customers and maintaining trust in the financial system. While individual institutions must strengthen their own tools, techniques and…

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Flexible ticket pricing revives midweek cinema visits, but there’s a catch

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As essential antibiotics fail, regulator mulls R&D push, curbs on misuse

A high-level sub-committee of the Drugs Consultative Committee (DCC) has submitted its report to the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO), outlining over a dozen urgent recommendations for the National Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance (NAP-AMR). In India’s robust $50 billion pharmaceutical industry, as the demand for medicines grows, so does the risk that they…

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