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Indian households shifting spending towards non-food items, services as consumption patterns evolve: Report

New Delhi: Indian household consumption is likely to become increasingly diversified, with spending gradually moving beyond food essentials towards non-food products and services, as changing…

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Karnataka sugarcane growers stage demo to press for their demands, district officials impose restrictions

Belagavi/Dharwad: Intensifying their agitation over their demand for a hike in the procurement price of sugarcane, farmers in North Karnataka staged a blockade of highways…

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Cryptocurrency slid below $77,000 following a record $6.3 billion hack at Binance.(Pexel/Representative image) (Pexel)
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Bitcoin slides below $77,000 as record $6.3B Binance hack rattles crypto

Bitcoin sank below $77,000 for the first time in more than a month, deepening a selloff after Binance Holdings revealed a record hack that rattled…

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‘Took stock of our bilateral cooperation’: EAM Jaishankar meets US Secy of State Rubio on sidelines of G20

Atlanta: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar held a bilateral meeting with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Friday (local time) on the sidelines of…

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Govt extends customs duty exemption on cotton imports till December 31
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Govt extends customs duty exemption on cotton imports till December 31

The government has extended the customs duty exemption on cotton imports by two months till December 31, 2026, to improve supplies and ease input costs…

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EAM Jaishankar slams sanctions, chokepoints disrupting global energy trade, holding prices hostage

Washington: External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar strongly disapproved of disruptions in global oil supplies through sanctions and chokepoints, saying deliberate attacks on energy trade and…

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India-Brazil bilateral trade set to reach $20 bn with focus on critical minerals, AI, defence: Envoy

New Delhi: Brazil’s Ambassador to India, Kenneth Felix Haczynski da Nobrega, on Friday highlighted the growing strategic and economic partnership between the two countries, saying…

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Intel was among the biggest losers, with its shares plunging nearly 30%. (UnSplash)
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Wall Street tumbles to worst day since June: 5 key points amid tech sell-off

US stocks ended sharply lower on Friday, as a sell-off in technology shares dragged major indexes to their biggest daily losses since June. Intel was…

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The Nasdaq 100 fell 4% as weak tech results and AI spending concerns triggered a Wall Street selloff. (Unsplash)
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Nasdaq 100 falls nearly 4%, Intel shares tumble roughly 30% amid AI spending concerns

Wall Street stocks fell sharply on Friday as disappointing results from major technology companies raised fresh concerns about the money being poured into artificial intelligence…

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Fiscal Deficit in H1 Rises to 42% of Target on Higher Capex, Sops
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Fiscal deficit in H1 rises to 42.1% of FY27 target on higher capex, subsidies

New Delhi: Higher capital spending and subsidy outlays widened the Centre’s fiscal deficit in the first half of 2026-27 to ₹7.14 lakh crore, or 42.1%…

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