News Headlines from Business News Agencies 21.10.2025

*Business Standard*

 

📝 Godrej Group firm plans third debt sale in as many months, eyeing $230 mn

📝 Global banks bet billions on deals in India amid US credit jitters

📝 ECL framework to improve banks' overall credit culture: Indian Bank CEO

📝 Trump tariffs may cost firms $1.2 trn, consumers to bear burden: S&P Global

📝 UP plans solar projects worth ₹35,000 crore to reach 22,000 Mw by 2028

📝 Gold hits 48 all-time highs in 2025 as prices soar and demand stays strong

📝 NMDC Steel becomes 1st Indian firm to get BIS license for hot rolled steel

📝 Japan to accept UPI soon, making payments easier for Indian tourists

📝 Satellite internet players face higher fees as DoT proposes 5% AGR charge

 

*Economic Times*

 

📝 India's luxury watch market set to grow 11-12% annually as affluence rises: Report

📝 Jindal in 'intensive' talks with Thyssenkrupp for steel unit buy

📝 Semiconductor firms turn to IITs and NITs for niche talent

📝 WeWork India clarifies on InGovern's IPO report over compliance

📝 EU-India trade talks seen boosting long-term investor confidence: EIB official

📝 E-commerce platform Meesho to raise $484 million in Indian IPO via fresh issue

📝 Oracle declines on concerns about fulfilling AI cloud demand

📝 Zee to broadcast Baseball United’s inaugural season in India

📝 Hyderabad, Bengaluru, Chennai together see 47% rise in housing sales in July-September: PropTiger

 

*Mint*

 

📝 The auto industry’s bruising year of back-to-back supply-chain snafus

📝 GST rate cut on apparel below ₹2,500 to boost sectoral revenue by 200 bps

📝 Chinese economy slows down to one-year low of 4.8% in Q3 amid US trade tensions

📝 Ingka Group to buy €720mn forest land to boost IKEA's sustainable raw materials

📝 Shanghai copper gains on strong China industrial output data

📝 Li Chenggang removed from WTO post amid rising US-China trade tensions

📝 Ireda’s profit rebounds in Q2 as bad-loan provisions ease, but risks linger

📝 Handelsbanken Investors Demand More Transparency From Swedish Bank

📝 Korean business leaders meet Trump amid tariff talks