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People walk at the Dubai Gold market in Dubai on Tuesday, 3 March 2026. (AP) (AP)
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Gold stuck in Dubai is being sold at a discount as Iran war widens| Business News

Gold is being offered at a steep discount in Dubai, as the Iran war grounds flights and hampers suppliers’ ability to move bullion out of…

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A Jio Platforms IPO—the first listing of a major Reliance unit in almost 20 years—could be the country’s biggest ever. (Bloomberg)
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Reliance Jio IPO to miss timeline due to delay in changes to SEBI listing rules| Business News

The Indian government’s delays in formalizing changes to listing rules are threatening to force Asia’s richest person, Mukesh Ambani, to miss the targeted timeline for…

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Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison. Last month, Oracle said that it would raise as much as $50 billion in 2026 to fuel its AI data centre plans. (Reuters)
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Oracle layoffs to impact thousands in AI cash crunch| Business News

Oracle Corp. is planning to ax thousands of jobs, among its moves to handle a cash crunch from a massive AI data centre expansion effort….

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A teardown of the LOFIC sensor and the Leica UltraPure optical lens treatment on the Xiaomi 17 Ultra. (Official image)
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Photography as a human eye sees it| Business News

It is often said that every dark night, is followed by a bright day. For Xiaomi in India, that darkest night is behind them, with…

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Sandeep Singh Arora, chief business officer at Xiaomi India and (right) Anuj Sharma, Xiaomi India’s chief marketing officer. (Official image)
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Some industry hesitation, but flywheel working again: Xiaomi India| Business News

For years, India’s smartphone market operated on a familiar promise — wait a few months, and the same amount of money would buy better specs…

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India has asked refiners to avoid using propane and butane, which together compose liquified petroeleum gas (LPG), for petrochemical production. (AFP)
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India tells refiners to maximise LPG output for domestic sales only| Business News

India has directed all its refiners to maximise LPG production for sale to state-run oil marketing companies, amid a has squeeze stemming from the Iran…

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As part of the interim India-US trade deal, New Delhi has agreed to abstain from Russian oil imports, which, according to Washington DC, is fuelling Russia's war in Ukraine. (Reuters)
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Indian Oil-led refiners snap up 20 million barrels of Russian oil amid Iran war squeeze| Business News

Indian refiners, led by Indian Oil Corp. Ltd. are rushing to secure millions of barrels of prompt Russian crude as New Delhi scrambles to mitigate…

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A short guide to email opening lines| Business News

If an alien were shown the typical first sentences of work emails, what might it conclude? Since so many messages start with the hope that…

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The National Stock Exchange building in Bandra Kurla Complex, Mumbai. Since the Iran war began, foreigners have withdrawn about $1.3 billion from India. (Livemint)
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Morgan Stanley cuts India exposure on LNG shock from Iran war| Business News

Morgan Stanley is adopting a more cautious stance on Asian equities, trimming its India exposure on concerns that the Iran war may disrupt supply chains…

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This is the world’s first phone with a Privacy Display built at a hardware level. (Vishal Mathur/ HT Photo)
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Screen and real innovation, for your eyes only| Business News

If you contextualise the Samsung Galaxy S26 Ultra as just another flagship generation based on new specs compared with the previous generation, it’d be fallaciously…

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