The Chamber of Trade and Industry (CTI) has urged Congress leader Rahul Gandhi to postpone the INDIA bloc's November 1 rally at Delhi's Ramlila Maidan until after November 10, warning that it could disrupt business worth Rs 10,000 crore during the peak Diwali shopping season.

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Governor Sanjay Malhotra said on Friday that core investment companies (CICs) that access public funds, directly or indirectly, must register with the central bank, and that non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) classified in the upper layer are required to list on stock exchanges.

Key architects of India’s financial landscape — from top policymakers and regulators to fintech pioneers and market experts — will come together in Mumbai for the fifth edition of the annual Business Standard BFSI Insight Summit 2026, beginning Monday.

The three-day summit, October 26 to 28 at the Jio World Convention Centre, will begin with an inaugural address and fireside session by State Bank of India Chairman C S Setty.

A new round of protests is set to hit France Saturday, raising fears of a repeat of last weekend’s riots.

The French government has vowed to subdue any violence, deploying 70.000 security officials, including elite anti-terror forces, Interior Minister Laurent Nunez told reporters Friday. He blamed social media calls for violence on the far left.

The Cabinet Secretariat declined to act on complaints submitted by two Election Commissioners against a senior Election Commission official. It stated that the communications were sent in their individual capacities and that intervening without an official decision from the Commission could amount to interference in the functioning of a constitutional body.

The reports came after an RTI application disclosed the official paper trail.

The Delhi High Court Wednesday said it will hear on October 22 All India Students' Association (AISA) President Neha Bora's plea against a Delhi Police notice asking her to execute a "peace" bond before a Special Executive Magistrate (SEM).

Bora, who has been at the forefront of protests against the alleged irregularities in the Election Commission's Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls.

The Delhi High Court on Wednesday refused to interfere with the judicial custody of Cockroach Janta Party leaders Saurav Das and Ashutosh Ranka, as it asked them to await the outcome of the hearing scheduled before the Special Executive Magistrate (SEM), and approach the appellate court if their grievance continues.

The hearing before the SEM is scheduled later in the day.

An internal probe by HDFC Bank Ltd. — India’s largest by market value — found evidence that two senior executives disclosed confidential business strategies and possible market-sensitive information to outsiders, according to people familiar with the matter.

The executives oversee certain key businesses and functions at the bank, according to the people, who asked not to be named discussing confidential matters.

Dr Reddy’s Laboratories has received approval from the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) for its immunotherapy drug Zytorvi (toripalimab) for the first-line treatment of adults with advanced oesophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC), expanding the drug’s use beyond nasopharyngeal cancer in India.

The approval by the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) covers the use of toripalimab in combination with the chemotherapy drugs cisplatin and paclitaxel for patients with unresectable advanced, recurrent or metastatic ESCC.

The State Bank of India (SBI), the country’s largest lender, has flagged suspected exposure of customer data on the dark web, with a preliminary analysis identifying 3,897 customer records containing personally identifiable information (PII), according to a disclosure to the stock exchanges.

The bank received alerts on October 16 from its threat intelligence service provider.

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