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U.S. nonfarm payrolls rose by only 29,000 in September while unemployment edged to 4.2%, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. July and August payrolls were…
India collected ₹2.04 lakh crore in gross GST during September 2026, up 14.7% from a year earlier. The number is a strong high-frequency revenue signal, but it shou…
Indian companies raised a record ₹2.43 lakh crore through equity markets in the first half of FY2026-27, up 75% from a year earlier even though the Nifty gained onl…
Amazon and Flipkart have begun reviewing internet-connected security-camera listings in India after Reuters found that more than 700 of roughly 770 listings checked…
HDFC Bank has appointed Anup Bagchi as chief executive for a three-year term, making him the first external candidate to lead the bank. RBI approved the appointment…
The Union Cabinet has approved Green Energy Corridor Phase III with a total project outlay of ₹1,86,405 crore. The programme combines ₹1,36,378 crore for intra-stat…
India's central government fiscal deficit reached about ₹7.1 trillion during April-August 2026, equal to 41.9% of the full-year FY2026-27 target. The comparable def…
A 550-page Indian tax notice reviewed by Reuters has faulted Haier India, Godrej & Boyce and Blue Star for relying on allegedly fabricated records from an e-waste r…
India's Steel Secretary said on 29 September that a new steel policy will soon be placed in the public domain and is expected to target 600 million tonnes of steelm…
Delhi High Court has set aside FSSAI's order that stopped Red Bull from using the 'energy drink' description, holding that the regulator acted without first giving…
Mesabi Metallics, owned by India's Essar Group, plans a $15 billion steel mill in Iowa, according to a White House official cited by Reuters. The first phase is exp…
Armani is open to involving more than one investor in the initial 15% stake sale required by founder Giorgio Armani's will, CEO Giuseppe Marsocci said on Sunday. No…
India’s power ministry has invoked Section 11 of the Electricity Act for 112 captive coal-fired plants of at least 50 MW, directing maximum operation from 1 October…
A U.S. jury has ordered Apple to pay more than $5.7 billion to Taction over two patents linked to haptic-feedback technology used in iPhones and Apple Watches. Appl…
NPCI says covered UPI merchant payments above ₹2,000 will attract a 0.4% merchant discount rate from October 15, while consumers, qualifying small merchants and rur…
AI cloud infrastructure provider Nscale is in talks for roughly $3.5 billion of pre-IPO financing, including convertible notes and a potential Nvidia investment, ac…
Two U.S. newspapers have sued OpenAI and Microsoft in federal court, alleging that their journalism—including paywalled material—was copied without permission for A…
U.S. employment growth rebounded sharply in August, forcing markets to reprice the Federal Reserve path just days before its September meeting.
Alibaba is raising about HK$80 billion through a Hong Kong placement and directing the net proceeds to its full-stack AI build-out. The financing choice shifts part…
The Prime Minister used his 80th Independence Day address to frame seven “Sapta Dhara” priorities spanning manufacturing, agriculture, technology, infrastructure, d…
The Prime Minister has announced a target to skill one crore youth in artificial intelligence within one year, making AI capability a headline element of the 2026 I…
Revolut’s private valuation has reached $115 billion, putting the fintech above Barclays and Societe Generale by market value in Reuters’ 4 October comparison. Yet…
The Department of Pension and Pensioners’ Welfare will hold the 17th Pension Adalat on 5 October, focusing on 897 grievances of super-senior and family pensioners a…
The RBI Monetary Policy Committee meets from 5–7 October with the repo rate still at 5.25%. A Reuters poll of 61 economists found 35 expecting a 25-basis-point incr…
The global AI investment race is becoming a financing question as well as a technology story. Reuters reports PwC projects cumulative data-centre spending could exc…
RBI data for end-June 2026 show India’s gross external debt rose $15.4 billion during the quarter to $778.2 billion, while the external-debt-to-GDP ratio eased slig…
Anthropic’s IPO prospectus warns that government attitudes toward the company and its technology could damage relationships with commercial customers, partners, emp…
India’s September Monthly Economic Review says high crude, geopolitical tensions and tighter global financial conditions could raise imported inflation and pressure…
India will ask private fuel retailers to stop capping petrol and diesel sales, Oil Secretary Neeraj Mittal said. Reliance Industries and Nayara Energy have restrict…
Suzuki has asked Indian suppliers to move toward a production model of 20 hours a day for six days a week by September 2027, leaving daily maintenance time and one…
Mynt, parent of Philippine mobile wallet GCash, priced its IPO at 6.60 pesos a share for about 53 billion pesos ($844.7 million). The offer includes primary and sec…
RBI's large dollar-rupee swap operations are changing corporate funding economics. Forward premiums have risen by roughly 90-110 basis points across two-, three- an…
A governance dispute around Tata Sons deepened after Tata Trusts vice-chairmen Venu Srinivasan and Vijay Singh wrote that a proposal to merge Tata Electronics Syste…
The Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying has launched a national Livestock Insurance Portal under the National Livestock Mission. The portal combines policy…
TRAI's August 2026 subscriber data show India's total telephone subscriber base rose by 6.42 million during the month to 1.36070 billion. Broadband connections incl…
India's industrial production grew 8.0% year on year in August 2026, according to MoSPI's official quick estimate. Manufacturing grew 9.0% and electricity and gas s…
NVIDIA's board has authorised an additional $150 billion under its existing share-repurchase programme, taking the remaining authorised amount to $235 billion. The…
The three-day nationwide bank strike scheduled for 28–30 September has been deferred after talks between the Indian Banks’ Association and the United Forum of Bank…
Indian refiners expect Russian crude availability to tighten further in October and November as Russian exports fall and Chinese buyers compete more aggressively fo…
SK Hynix's U.S.-based NAND and enterprise-SSD subsidiary Solidigm is considering an IPO as early as 2027 that could value the business at up to $150 billion and rai…
