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Indian businesses redesigning supply chain to capture new growth opportunities: Report

Mumbai: Indian businesses are actively redesigning their supply chains to strengthen resilience and capture new growth opportunities, with supplier diversification, strategic inventory and digitalisation emerging…

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Doomsayers doomed, India bloomed: PM Modi after Q1 GDP growth quickens to 7.8% amid global tensions
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Doomsayers doomed, India bloomed: PM Modi after Q1 GDP growth quickens to 7.8% amid global tensions

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday hailed India’s 7.8% GDP growth in the first quarter of FY27 as a “herculean feat”, saying the economy delivered…

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Govt reforms, agile economic management bearing results: Nirmala Sitharaman on 7.8 pc Q1 GDP growth

New Delhi: Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Monday said the reforms undertaken by the NDA government, together with an agile management of the economy, are…

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Index of services production shows 8 sub-sectors record double-digit growth in June

New Delhi: The index of services production released on Monday for the third time on a trial basis showed eight of 19 service categories recorded…

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S&P 500 correction risk rises as sticky inflation, Trump tariffs and possible Fed rate hikes threaten the stock market after strong 2026 gains. (Photo by Michael M. Santiago / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Getty Images via AFP) (Getty Images via AFP)
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Stock market warning: S&P 500 faces correction risk as inflation stays high and Fed rate hikes loom

US stocks have had a strong run in 2026, but a correction risk is now growing. The S&P 500 has gained about 13%, while the…

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India’s fiscal deficit for April-July at Rs 4.55 lakh crore, narrows to 26.8% of FY27 aim

India’s fiscal deficit for the first four months of this fiscal year through July stood at 4.55 lakh crore rupees, or 26.8% of annual estimates,…

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India’s Q1 GDP growth quickens to 7.8% as consumption, capex offset US-Iran war shock

India’s gross domestic product (GDP) quickened to 7.8% in the first quarter of FY27, up from revised 6.9% in the same quarter last year, as…

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The momentum trade isn’t looking like such a safe bet to Wall Street.
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The Sudden Unraveling of Wall Street’s Momentum Trade

Wall Street’s hottest trade has gone ice cold. The momentum trade isn’t looking like such a safe bet to Wall Street. For years, it paid…

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The QR code is the visual signature of Unified Payments Interface, or UPI, a platform that celebrated its tenth birthday on August 25th and which has revolutionised how money moves in India. (Unsplash)
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India’s payments system is ten. It must start paying for itself

IT SITS ATOP coconuts on Mumbai beach carts, alongside samosas in Delhi snack shops and among Navy Cuts at Kolkata cigarette stalls. It is displayed…

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Over 40,000 reforms carried out in last decade for ease of business; Gujarat emerges as front-runner: DPIIT Secy

New Delhi [India]: More than 40,000 reforms have been undertaken by State governments over the past 10 years, with Gujarat emerging as a front-runner in…

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