News Headlines from Business News Agencies 18.11.2025

 

*Business Standard*

 

📝 South Eastern Coalfields launches Coal India's first paste filling project

📝 NPPA extends knee implant price ceiling by one year till November 2026

📝 India's sugar output rises 48% as more mills begin crushing: Industry body

📝 Jaguar Land Rover expands Bengaluru office space with ₹106 cr, 5-year deal

📝 GST 2.0, customs reforms to boost Indo-Japan auto ties and EV push: Report

📝 Texmaco wins ₹15 cr DMRC contract for ballast-less tracks across NCR

📝 Goldman Sachs in exclusive talks for Burger King Japan acquisition

📝 Raymond partners Unicommerce to streamline digital retail operations

📝 ACME Solar arm gets 'change-in-law' compensation for Rajasthan project

📝 India's investor base could double in 3-5 years, says Sebi chairman

📝 Govt approves 17 projects under electronics component manufacturing scheme

📝 Sanctions on Russian oil unlikely to hit Indian OMCs hard: Fitch Ratings

📝 UP govt to set up 75,000 new food processing units across the state

📝 JSW Energy CFO Pritesh Vinay resigns; to continue till December 2025

📝 India faces 1.3 million annual transformer failures amid quality issues

📝 16th Finance Commission submits 2026-31 report to President 

📝 Infibeam Avenues, PayU receive RBI authorisation to operate as PA-P

 

*Economic Times*

 

📝 Telecom revenue growth slows to 11%; Jio, Airtel pivot to broadband, data centres, tech exports

📝 India's unemployment rate remains unchanged at 5.2% in October, urban jobs see moderate rise

📝 CCI Projects to invest Rs 700 crore to build luxury residential tower in Mumbai region

📝 GMI Cloud to build $500 million AI data centre in Taiwan with Nvidia chips

📝 Power Grid to raise up to Rs 3,800 crore via bonds

📝 Reliance Retail to bring Europe’s top cosmetics brand 'essence' to India

📝 KPI Green wins ₹696 crore contract for 200 MW solar project

📝 Emirates orders 65 Boeing 777X planes in $38 bn deal

📝 Stonecraft to invest Rs 300 cr to build 110 acre township in Telangana

📝 Maharashtra first state to join Centre's nuclear-based power generation initiative: CM

📝 Smartworks leases 166,000 sq ft to Wolters Kluwer in Pune

📝 Stake sale or merger: Grant Thornton is said to study options for $2 billion India unit

📝 Puravankara leases 1.2 lakh sq ft retail spaces to IKEA India in Bengaluru

📝 UPI payments surge in Oct led by groceries, dining; financial services lead in value

 

*Mint*

 

📝 IPO frenzy continues: FPIs pump in ₹7,833 crore in November offers

📝 Coal India arm BCCL needs to fill vacant posts of independent directors expeditiously to fast-track listing

📝 Govt says spectrum of bankrupt operators can't be sold

📝 India's exports to US dip for 2nd month by 8.58 pc to USD 6.3 bn

📝 Govt weighs interest, penalty to make MSME clients pay up dues on time

📝 Maharatna PSU Power Grid's board approves raising ₹3,800 crore via bonds

📝 FMCG volume growth moderates amid GST transition in September quarter

📝 Indian PSU oil companies sign first-ever LPG deal with US for 10% annual imports

📝 Nomura likely probes India bond desk amid doubts over inflated profits

📝 Japan's economy contracts as exports get hit by US tariffs

📝 Samsung reportedly raises memory chip prices by 60% amid global AI demand

📝 Jobless rate steady in October as rural gains offset urban strain