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Prime Minister Narendra Modi with European Council President António Luís Santos da Costa and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on Tuesday. (DPR PMO)
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India, EU seal ‘mother of all trade deals’ to benefit two billion people| Business News

India and the European Union have agreed on a free trade agreement, capping nearly two decades of negotiations at a time of strained ties with…

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Cars made in Europe will no longer face higher, sectoral duties. (Bloomberg)
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Import duty on cars cut to 10% from 110%, with riders| Business News

India and the European Union (EU) have signed a free trade agreement that will gradually reduce the import duty on cars to 10% with an…

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The logo of the Adani Group is seen on the facade of its Corporate House on the outskirts of Ahmedabad. (REUTERS)
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Adani Group, Brazil’s Embraer to set up regional aircraft venture in India| Business News

Adani Group and Brazil’s Embraer SA are partnering for a regional transport aircraft venture in India, marking the foray of the conglomerate that’s already the…

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Dario Amodei, co-founder and chief executive officer of Anthropic. (Bloomberg)
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Dario Amodei doubles down on AI risks, and calls out the industry| Business News

Dario Amodei, the CEO of Anthropic, one of the largest artificial intelligence (AI) companies, has warned of “danger” of the technology in his latest essay,…

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The government is planning to introduce ATMs that can dispense  ₹10,  ₹20 and  ₹50 currency notes and not just  ₹100 and  ₹500 notes. (Unsplash)
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Govt plans hybrid ATMs to dispense small notes amid UPI overdrive| Business News

The government is exploring multiple ways to push more small-denomination currency notes into circulation, at a time when UPI is increasingly making digital payments ubiquitous…

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The Volkswagen Golf GTI, which recently went on sales in India as an import. (Handout)
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VW to BMW brace for tough India market even after India-EU trade deal| Business News

European carmakers, squeezed by US tariffs and price wars in China, will get a welcome boost from an India-EU trade deal that sharply drops import…

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The Mahindra Thar Roxx. (Handout)
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M&M leads decline in auto stocks as India-EU FTA said to cut import duty on cars| Business News

Mahindra & Mahindra Ltd. led declines in auto stocks on Tuesday amid reports that the India-EU trade deal includes a clause to slash import duty…

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Nvidia, already a CoreWeave investor, previously agreed to buy more than $6 billion in services from the firm through 2032. (AFP)
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Nvidia invests $2 billion more in CoreWeave, offers new chip| Business News

Nvidia Corp., the dominant maker of artificial intelligence chips, invested an additional $2 billion in CoreWeave Inc. to help speed up an effort to add…

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The price of safe-haven asset gold surpassed 5,000 USD, hitting a record amid rising global uncertainty. (AFP)
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In a first, gold price breaches past $5,000 amid Trump-fuelled global tensions| Business News

Gold soared past $5,100 an ounce on Monday, reaching a new record for the first time as more investors turned to the safe-haven asset amid…

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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman with her colleagues at the finance ministry before presentation of Union Budget 2025 on 1 February 2026. (ANI)
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Key expectations — from income tax to GST-style customs overhaul| Business News

On 1 February, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will present the Union Budget 2026—her ninth straight budget presentation—amid expectation of an overhaul of customs duty on…

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