To become crorepati with ₹25,000 monthly SIP at assumed interest rate of 10%, the investment duration would be 15 years. The invested amount would be ₹45,00,000, estimated returns would be ₹59,48,106 and total value would be ₹1,04,48,106. With 12% returns, the investment duration would be 13.5 years and with 15% returns, the investment duration would be 12 years, said NDTVProfit.

Investments by mutual funds and specialised investment funds in real estate investment trusts (REITs) will be considered as equity-related investments, starting January 2026, SEBI said. However, the reclassification exempted existing investments in REITs held by debt schemes of mutual funds as of December 31. InvITs will continue to be classified as hybrid instruments.

After Kamla Pasand owner Kamal Kishore's daughter-in-law Deepti Chaurasia died by suicide, her mother alleged that Deepti was beaten by her husband and mother-in-law during her pregnancy in 2011. "They dragged my daughter down from the first floor and started...beating her," her mother alleged. She recalled sending Deepti back to her marital home after written assurance from her in-laws.

Investment of ₹2.5 lakh, while assuming a 12% annual return, is estimated to generate about ₹1.91 lakh in returns by 2030, reaching a corpus of ₹4.41 lakh. If one extends the tenure to 10 years, the same ₹2.5 lakh invested until 2035 is estimated to generate about ₹5.26 lakh in returns, taking the total maturity corpus to roughly ₹7.76 lakh.

Tata Electronics plans to hire around 15,000 people to take its headcount to 75,000 at its Hosur plant in Tamil Nadu over the next six months, the ET reported. The company aims to match Foxconn's workforce level in India to keep up with the demand from Apple. However, the firm is reportedly struggling to find enough skilled manpower.

AI and automation could replace up to three million low-skilled jobs in the UK by 2035, according to a report by the UK-based National Foundation for Educational Research. Most vulnerable sectors include administrative, secretarial, customer service, and machine operation roles. On the other hand, highly skilled professionals such as engineers and scientists were forecast to be in greater demand.

The Delhi Police warned about fake WhatsApp and SMS messages claiming a traffic challan (fine) is due, tricking users into downloading harmful files like "RTO CHALLAN.apk" to make payment. Officials said these links are part of phishing operations. They also urged people to check challan status only on the official Parivahan portal or Delhi Traffic Police website.

The J&K and Ladakh High Court held that cross-LoC trade with Pakistan-occupied Kashmir constitutes intra-state trade under GST since PoK is legally part of the erstwhile J&K state. It ruled that both supplier location and place of supply lay within the same territory. The decision rejects pleas by traders who argued that the cross-LoC "barter" trade should be exempt.

India's exports to US saw sharp reversal under impact of heavy tariff hikes, stated a Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI) report. Between May and October 2025, shipments fell 28.5% plunging from $8.83 billion to $6.31 billion. In October, exports plummeted 25.8% as tariff-exempt items like phones, pharmaceuticals and petroleum products accounted for 40.3% of exports.

After Airbus recalled 6,000 planes of its A320 fleet, IndiGo announced the completion of a mandatory software upgrade across all 200 aircraft. Airbus mandated the update after analysis showed that high levels of solar radiation could corrupt essential flight control data in A320 aircraft. Several airlines across the world worked through the night to rectify the issue before resuming flights.

Industry can play a pivotal role in shaping the Indian agriculture sector's vision of 2047 by prioritising green-fuel-based mechanisation and reducing the drudgery of women farmers by making gender-neutral farm equipment to reduce workload, Dr Devesh Chaturvedi, Secretary, Ministry of Agriculture, said on Saturday.

The government on Saturday said it has signed agreements with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for three loans worth over $800 million for projects in Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and Gujarat, along with a Technical Assistance grant of $1 million in Assam. Loans signed for Maharashtra solar power upgrade, Indore Metro, Gujarat skill development, and TA grant for Assam's SWIFT project.

Meesho's shares are trading at ₹146 in the grey market, around 32% higher than the upper end of the official price band. The e-commerce platform will launch its ₹5,421-crore initial public offering on December 3, with a price band of ₹105-111 per share. The IPO includes a fresh issue worth ₹4,250 crore and an offer-for-sale of 10.55 crore shares.

Centre's fiscal data for FY25-26 up to October shows steady revenue collection and record fund transfers of ₹8.34-lakh crore to state governments. This figure is ₹1.11 lakh crore higher than the amount released in the same period last year. The fiscal snapshot for April-October 2025 shows that Centre received ₹18 lakh crore, amounting to 51.5% of Budget Estimates for 2025-26.

NSE revised the quantity-freeze limit for Fin Nifty index derivatives to 1,200 contracts from 1,800. The change will take effect from December 1. Under the new rule, maximum order sizes for index-derivative trades have been reset, with limits of 600 for Bank Nifty, 1,800 for Nifty, 1,200 for Fin Nifty, 2,800 for Midcap Nifty, and 600 for Nifty Next 50.

LIC's equity portfolio has seen a tenfold growth over the past decade, with a sharp rise recorded in the post-2020 era, an NDTV Profit analysis showed. The Banking, Financial Services and Insurance (BFSI) sector accounts for 29% of LIC's top equity holdings, valued at over ₹3.66 lakh crore. It is followed by oil & gas, IT and consumer goods sectors.

China's central bank, People's Bank of China (PBOC) will crackdown on illegal activities involving virtual currencies. "Virtual currencies don't hold same legal status as fiat currency and can't be used as legal tender in market," said the PBOC. Further, it warned that stablecoins risk being used for illegal activities including money laundering, fraud and unauthorised cross-border fund transfers.

Lenskart projected that Indian eyewear market will grow from $9.2 billion in FY25 to $17.2 billion by FY30. This estimate is significantly higher than projections shared by its competitor, Titan, which said the market is expected to grow to roughly $5 billion by 2030. Lenskart claims rising first-time diagnoses, demand for prescription eyewear and higher purchases will push the growth.

Lenskart published its first quarterly results after listing on the stock exchanges earlier this month. It reported a net profit of ₹102 crore for the second quarter, up roughly 20% from ₹85 crore in the same period a year ago. The eyewear brand's revenue from operations also jumped around 21% to ₹2,096 crore from ₹1,736 crore during the same period.

Union Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal said several reforms undertaken by the ruling government helped the economy post an 8.2% growth in Q2 of FY 2025-26. "A number of measures have been taken to boost domestic manufacturing and promote ease of doing business," he said. Notably, the growth of 8.2% is the fastest in India's economy in six quarters.

Kwality Wall's India will be included in Nifty 50 index from December 5. NSE will conduct special pre-open session for Hindustan Unilever (HUL) on December 5, ahead of the FMCG major’s planned demerger of its ice-cream business into Kwality Wall’s India. The demerged entity will be temporarily added to 35 Nifty indices with a dummy symbol and at zero price.

Tata Sons may consider infusing more funds into airline operator Air India if there is a requirement for it, Chairman N Chandrasekaran said. This comes as previous reports stated that Air India was seeking funds worth up to ₹10,000 crore from its promoters, Tata Sons and Singapore Airlines. Notably, in FY25, both stakeholders infused around ₹9,500 crore in the airline.

Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers (GRSE) has been fined ₹19.54 lakh by the NSE and the BSE for failing to comply with corporate governance norms. Each exchange has imposed a fine of ₹9.77 lakh for the violations that were flagged during the quarter ended September 30. The violations pertain to mandatory presence of independent directors, including a woman independent director.

SEBI has banned brokerage Prabhudas Lilladher from taking on new clients, contracts, or launching new schemes for seven days, starting December 15. The regulator accused the company of multiple violations, including misuse of client funds, misreporting margins and incorrect reporting. SEBI, along with the NSE, BSE and MCX, inspected the company in 2022.

Aakash Educational Services has withheld the allotment of shares to BYJU’S parent Think & Learn in its recently concluded ₹100-crore rights issue. Aakash cited concerns over violations of Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) and external commercial borrowing norms. Think & Learn, currently undergoing corporate insolvency resolution process, had remitted ₹25 crore to subscribe to rights issue.