Month: February 2026

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US, EU trade deals could unlock $400 billion for India’s agri sector

New Delhi: Trade agreements with the US and the 27-nation bloc European Union (EU) have opened up an opportunity of USD 400 billion for India’s…

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India, UK making genuine effort to see if FTA can be operationalised in April: Commerce Secy

India and the UK are making a “genuine” effort to see if the bilateral free trade agreement can be operationalised in April this year, Commerce…

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Nikhil Kamath, Yuval Noah Harari discuss fragile global order, trust crisis at Davos| Business News

A discussion between Zerodha co-founder Nikhil Kamath and historian-author Yuval Noah Harari at the World Economic Forum in Davos focused on the weakening of global…

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No question of ethanol inclusion in India-US deal: ISMA’s Deepak Ballani

India’s sugar and ethanol sectors remain outside the ambit of the India-US trade talks, with farmers’ interests and the ethanol blending programme not open to…

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India–U.S. Trade Deal nears finish line as chief negotiator set for Washington trip
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India–U.S. Trade Deal nears finish line as chief negotiator set for Washington trip

India’s chief trade negotiator will travel to the United States next week to finalise a long-anticipated bilateral trade agreement, Reuters reported, signalling that talks between…

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India’s trade deficit widens to $34.68 billion in January as gold imports rise
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India’s trade deficit widens to $34.68 billion in January as gold imports rise

India’s merchandise trade deficit surged to $34.68 billion in January, up from $25.04 billion in December, according to government export and import data released on…

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India’s unemployment rate rises marginally to 5% in January

India’s unemployment rate among persons aged 15 years and above climbed to 5% in January, up from 4.8% in December, according to government data released…

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The dollar rose slightly but remained within its recent range in holiday-thinned trade.
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U.S. futures edge up as public holidays dim trading| Business News

Global stock markets and U.S. futures largely edged higher as traders in parts of Asia, the U.S. and Canada take a breath for public holidays….

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Anthropic has launched plug-ins for its Claude Cowork agent to automate tasks that IT firms do for their clients by deploying an army of software engineers. (Reuters)
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Anthropic embeds AI tool into Air India owned by TCS parent Tata Group| Business News

Anthropic PBC is embedding its Agentic AI tools into Air India Ltd. amid a bevy of other Indian companies, as part of its push to…

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Make in India, funded by China? India can’t shut out Chinese cash

Amid a growing thaw with China, India can revise its stance a bit on Chinese capital eager to flow into India. The government is reviewing…

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