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Budget 2026-27: Critical minerals, clean energy and MSME revival top Deloitte’s key asks

India’s Union Budget for FY2026–27 is expected to build on a sweeping set of reforms already in motion — including the rollout of GST 2.0…

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India on track to cross $4 trillion GDP in FY26: CEA Nageswaran

India’s economy is on track to surpass the $4 trillion mark in the current financial year, Chief Economic Advisor V. Anantha Nageswaran said on Tuesday….

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ChatGPT's new AI shopping tool is different from the regular text interaction that ChatGPT users have grown accustomed to. (Photo: Adobe Illustrator)
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OpenAI debuts ChatGPT Shopping Research tool ahead of holiday season| Business News

OpenAI Inc. has unveiled a free AI shopping tool that it says can generate a personalised buyer’s guide for ChatGPT users during the upcoming holiday…

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India needs to lower guards for China FDI rather than hit it with tariffs: Sajjid Chinoy

India-China FDI: India should take a fresh look at the government’s curb on foreign direct investment from China, according to economist Sajjid Chinoy, who argued…

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India must push for US oil-tariff relief before negotiating trade pact, 25% surcharge basis ‘no longer stands’: GTRI

The Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI) has put the spotlight firmly on the U.S. oil-linked tariff, urging the Board of Trade (BoT) to make securing…

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Yatra chief executive Dhruv Shringi steps down, company appoints Siddhartha Gupta as new CEO
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Yatra chief executive Dhruv Shringi steps down, company appoints Siddhartha Gupta as new CEO

Online travel platform Yatra Online on Tuesday said that cofounder and chief executive Dhruv Shringi has stepped down as CEO and taken on the role…

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Adani's Kutch Copper requires about 1.6 million tons of concentrate to function at full strength. (Reuters)
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Adani’s Kutch Copper smelter in Gujarat caught up in global ore shortage| Business News

Billionaire Gautam Adani’s $1.2 billion copper smelter in Gujarat is receiving only a fraction of the ore required to operate the 500,000-ton-a-year plant at full…

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RBI’s Sanjay Malhotra sees scope for repo rate cut in December monetary policy| Business News

India’s recent macroeconomic data reinforces the case for a repo rate cut in the December monetary policy, Reserve Bank of India Governor Sanjay Malhotra said…

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Household spending in India shifts towards asset-building, motor vehicles fastest-growing durable: PM’s Economic Advisory Council

Household spending patterns in India are witnessing a major shift from basic necessities towards asset-building expenditure, highlighted a survey report by the Economic Advisory Council…

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India-born Google CEO Sundar Pichai. Google is investing $15 billion to build a 1 GW AI data centre in India, and is offering Google Gemini for free to some Reliance Jio users. (AFP)
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Google doubles down on India AI opportunity with plan to fund local AI startups| Business News

Alphabet Inc.’s Google and venture capital firm Accel will partner to fund at least 10 early-stage Indian AI startups, in the first such funding partnership…

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