Month: January 2026

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Budget 2025: From farms to factories, a people-centric road map for Viksit Bharat

The Union Budget 2025–26, tabled by Nirmala Sitharaman, laid out Modi govt’s strategy to drive economic growth while keeping inclusion at its centre. Presented under…

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India–EU trade marathon likely set for a Tuesday finish

NEW DELHI: India and ⁠the European Union are expected to announce the conclusion of protracted negotiations for a free trade pact on Tuesday, opening the…

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Stable policy environment, reforms driving India’s growth: India envoy Pratik Mathur in Shanghai

Beijing: A stable policy environment and a predictable, reform-oriented investment climate have ensured India’s emergence as the world’s fastest-growing major economy in recent times, Consul…

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How labour codes impact salaries & social security

India’s transition to a new labour law framework has triggered one of the biggest shifts in how salaries are paid and how statutory benefits are…

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Govt approves wage revision of PSU general insurers, NABARD, RBI employees, pensioners

New Delhi, The central government has approved wage revisions for PSU General Insurance companies and the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD), as…

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India scraps more South American soy oil cargoes as rupee slumps

India, the world’s largest vegetable oil buyer, canceled more soybean oil shipments from South America as the rupee’s slump to a record low widened the…

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A man walks past a logo of the Reserve Bank of India and the Indian Rupee inside the RBI headquarters in Mumbai. By selling US Treasury holdings, RBI can then use the funding to purchase rupees to strengthen its value. (Reuters)
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India offloads US bonds, piles up gold in pivot away from dollar assets| Business News

The Reserve Bank of India’s holdings of US Treasury bonds have fallen to a five-year low as India pushes to support rupee versus the US…

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OpenAI is open to the idea of taking a share of customers’ AI-aided discoveries. (AP)
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A finder’s fee for success you found yourself| Business News

Amid all the attention trained at the artificial intelligence (AI) conversations in Davos, there is a mild sense of panic among the global AI adopters…

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Intuitive Surgical beats quarterly estimates on demand for surgical robots
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Intuitive Surgical beats quarterly estimates on demand for surgical robots

Intuitive Surgical on Thursday beat Wall Street ‍estimates for fourth-quarter profit and revenue on growing demand for its ⁠surgical robots used in minimally invasive procedures….

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Trump tariffs reshaping global trade, say experts

There has been a recalibration of trade after US President Donald Trump announced tariffs on countries across the world, including India, forcing them to back…

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