17/09/2026
*Business News Headlines :*
17/09/26
*Business Standard*
๐ Govt raises EPFO wage ceiling to โน25,000; 5.1 mn more workers to be covered
๐ Tata Sons IPO order backs tycoon Shapoor Mistry's long-running ask
๐ 'H-1B should not exist to replace US workers': JD Vance backs $100,000 fee
๐ Genpact leases 400K sq ft of office space in Gurugram for around โน420 cr
๐ DGFT go-ahead for 7 firms to import 642 cars from UK under free trade pact
๐ EU president backs AI slowdown, to invite frontier labs for talks
๐ BIS raises gold hallmarking fee to โน75 from โน45 ahead of festive season
๐ Sitharaman urges ITRAF to make tax research more visible in policy process
๐ Govt likely to extend key export incentive programme for five years
๐ RBI absorbs โน2.9 trillion via two VRRR auctions amid surplus liquidity
๐ Kamlesh Chandra Varshney gets extension as Sebi whole-time member
๐ CBIC to handhold MSMEs as less than 1,000 join customs duty payment scheme
*Economic Times*
๐ World Bank names Nobel laureate Michael Kremer as next chief economist
๐ Delivery app iFood to invest $4.7 billion in Brazil through March 2027
๐ UPI MDR above Rs 2,000 to attract 18% GST, merchants can claim input tax credit
๐ DRA buys 10-acre Chennai land parcel for Rs 159 crore to develop housing project
๐ Juniper Hotels plans Rs 248 crore acquisition of 287-key Novotel Imagicaa
๐ UK inflation rises to 5-month high, further pressuring Bank of England to raise rates this year
๐ Rupee languishes at six-week low ahead of Fed outcome, RBI limits losses
๐ SK Hynix in talks with Intel about deal to make memory chips in the US for the first time, sources say
๐ Delhi retains top position in India's Electric Mobility Index 2025 followed by Maharashtra and Karnataka
๐ India's Data Centre development pipeline through 2030 reaches 3,860 MW
๐ TRUE ARTIS raises Rs 11.4 crore to expand network of premium aesthetic surgery centres
*Mint*
๐ Sebi grants 1% unhedged leeway to arbitrage funds to boost CAS parti