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Explainer: What the subdued net FDI says about the economy
While India’s gross FDI has increased in recent years, net FDI has been more variable. This divergence is consistent with a maturing investment ecosystem marked by smoother capital entry and exit and expanding two-way investment flows, explains Sunil Kumar
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FTAs to help boost exports, generate jobs: Piyush Goyal
The free trade agreements (FTAs) finalised by India in the last three and a half years will help provide duty-free access to domestic goods, boost the country's exports and generate lakhs of jobs for people, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Thursday.
He said that India and New ...
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RBI accelerates gold repatriation as global trust wanes
The Reserve Bank of India has repatriated nearly 77% of its gold reserves by the end of March 2026, accelerating the onshoring of bullion amid rising global scepticism about storing sovereign assets overseas.
Of the 880.52 metric tonnes (mt) of gold held at end-March, the central bank brought bac...
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To hit $30 trillion mark by 2047, India needs 12% growth: Chief Economic Advisor V Nageswaran
Chief Economic Advisor V Anantha Nageswaran on Thursday said India can achieve a 30 trillion dollar economy by the centenary year of its Independence, provided the country masters the challenge of technological prowess and frontier research.
"To hit the USD 30 trillion mark by 2047, the country w...
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Supply shock, demand squeeze may hurt FY27 growth: FinMin
A supply shock accompanied by demand compression amid high prices and slowing activity may weigh on India’s FY27 economic growth, Finance Ministry economists said on Wednesday, underlining the severe impact of the West Asia conflict.
They said even sixty days after the war began on February 28, t...
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India’s LPG crisis to worsen in May – Prices surge, supply shortfall worrisome
India may again face an LPG supply gap of 850,000–900,000 tonne this month, only slightly lower than the 1 million tonne shortfall in March, despite ramping up domestic production by up to 40% and lining up additional cargoes from global markets, highlighting continued tightness in cooking gas suppl...
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Saudi, UAE lift India supplies via bypass routes; Russia dips 21%, Iraq at zero
Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates sharply ramped up crude supplies to India in April, leveraging alternative routes to bypass the Strait of Hormuz disruption, even as traditional suppliers dropped out and Russian imports cooled, according to Kpler data.
Saudi shipments rose about 23% mont...
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Projects worth $6.1 billion facilitated by Invest India in FY26: 42% of capital comes from Europe, drives job creation in MP, Rajasthan
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry on Thursday claimed that Invest India, a body under the department of promotion of Industry and Internal trade, has facilitated the grounding of 60 projects worth over $6.1 billion during FY26.
According to data released by the National Investment Promotion a...
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Export duties on diesel cut to Rs 23/l, ATF slashed to Rs 33/l – No export duty on petrol
The Union government on Thursday revised export duties on high speed diesel and aviation turbine fuel (ATF), reducing the levy on diesel from Rs 55.5 per litre to Rs 23 per litre and on ATF from Rs 42 per litre to Rs 33 per litre.
Export duty on petrol, however, continues to remain nil. The revis...
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How two months of war in West Asia hit global markets and the economy
Two months after the US-Israel war with Iran began on February 28, the human and fiscal costs are already substantial. The death toll in Iran alone is estimated at between 3,000 and 6,000, while the US military campaign has cost about $25 billion so far, according to the Pentagon’s first official es...
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Stagflation Describes the 1970s, Not Today's Economy, Lagarde Says
The euro zone economy isn't facing stagflation even as growth and inflation risks intensify, European Central Bank chief Christine Lagarde said on Thursday.
Analysts have described the bloc's economy as facing stagflationary risks in recent days, with data pointing to surging prices and plunging...
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Mexico Holds Growth Forecast Despite Recent Slowdown, Lifts Inflation View
Mexico's finance ministry on Thursday kept its 2026 economic growth forecast unchanged, maintaining a relatively upbeat stance even after preliminary data showed the economy contracted slightly in the first quarter.
In its first-quarter public finance report, the ministry held its annual GDP grow...
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Tokyo April Core CPI Rises 1.5% Yr/yr
Core consumer prices in Tokyo rose 1.5% in April from a year earlier, government data showed on Friday.
The core consumer price index for Japan’s capital, which includes oil products but excludes fresh food prices, compared with economists' median estimate for a 1.8% annual rise....
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Irish Manufacturers See Steepest Rise in Costs Since 2022
Irish manufacturing activity grew at the fastest pace in four years in April, but firms also faced their sharpest rise in input costs since September 2022 on the back of the war in the Middle East, a survey published by S&P Global showed on Friday....
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Japan's Factory Activity Growth Hits 4-Year High on Stockpiling, PMI Shows
Japan's manufacturing activity grew at its strongest pace in over four years in April, as companies ramped up production and stockpiled goods amid supply chain disruptions caused by the Middle East war, a private-sector survey showed on Friday.
• The final S&P Global Japan Manufacturing Purchasin...
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South Korean April Exports Rise 48.0% Y/y as Chip Boom Extends
South Korean exports rose for an 11th month in April, beating forecasts, as the global appetite for artificial intelligence infrastructure boosted semiconductor sales to offset jitters from the Middle East conflict.
Exports from Asia's fourth-largest economy, a bellwether for global trade, jumpe...
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Brazil's Government to Announce New Measures on Household Indebtedness Next Week
Brazil's government will announce on Monday new measures to tackle household indebtedness, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Thursday, signaling that the program will build on a previous one established in 2023.
Speaking in a pre-recorded address to the nation, Lula said that, under the...
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Explainer-What Would Japanese Intervention to Boost a Weak Yen Look Like
Japan intervened to support the yen against the U.S. dollar on Thursday, sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, in their latest attempt to stem a selloff worsened by a spike in oil prices linked to the Iran war.
Sources have said Japan is also considering stepping into oil futures markets...
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UPI Transactions Soar To Rs 314 Lakh Crore In FY26
Unified Payments Interface (UPI), which completed 10 years of operations, has reached a record Rs 314 lakh crore in transaction value in FY26, representing more than a 4,000-fold increase since inception.
The transaction value was just Rs 0.07 lakh crore in 2016-17, the first year of UPI operatio...
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Crude at $125, FIIs selling $20 billion, and yet Alchemy Capital's Alok Agarwal says India is a buy
Alok Agarwal, Head of Quant and Fund Manager at Alchemy Capital Management, argues that India's underperformance over the past year has already priced in most of the bad news — and that the risk-reward is now firmly in favour of long-term investors.
With Brent crude hitting $125 and foreign insti...
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The rupee at record low will end India’s cheap-money era
How soon will the Reserve Bank of India raise rates and how high will it have to take them Those have become urgent questions for bankers in Mumbai after elevated energy-import costs pushed the rupee to a record low Thursday.
India’s challenge is similar to Japan’s, where the yen slid past the 16...
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Adani Group unveils restructuring as it positions for growth
Billionaire Gautam Adani's conglomerate unveiled plans to overhaul its operating model, in an effort to cut decision-making time as it pushes for accelerated growth across businesses.
The Adani Group will introduce a three-layer organizational structure with fewer decision-makers, and have greate...
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Centre approves 58 companies under critical mineral recycling scheme
The Mines Ministry has approved 58 companies for participation under the incentive scheme for promotion of critical mineral recycling. The Rs 1,500 crore scheme is under the National Critical Mineral Mission.
It aims to develop domestic recycling capacity for critical minerals from lithium-ion ba...
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Adani Green Energy to add up to 15,000 GWh of battery energy storage capacity annually
Adani Group entity Adani Green Energy Ltd (AGEL) plans to add up to 15,000 gigawatt hours (GHh) of battery energy storage capacity every year, which would require investments worth thousands of crores.
This would be in addition to the 10 GWh of battery energy storage capacity AGEL has planned for...
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Toyota shifts gears to India with three new assembly plants in Maharashtra
Toyota Motor plans to build three vehicle assembly plants in India's western state of Maharashtra as automakers shift focus to emerging markets from stagnating ones such as the United States and China, the Nikkei newspaper said on Friday.
The new facilities will triple production capacity for the...
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Adani Ports & SEZ Q4 results: Profit up 10%, revenue jumps 26% amid geopolitical turbulence
Adani Ports & Special Economic Zone has posted 10.4% YoY profit growth in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2025-26. The company reported a consolidated profit of Rs 3,328 crore in Q4 FY26. The Adani Group company’s consolidated profit in Q4 FY25 was at Rs 3,014 crore.
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HUL beats Q4 estimates on profit, revenue amid stable demand conditions
The country’s largest consumer goods company, Hindustan Unilever (HUL), on Thursday beat March-quarter street estimates on both topline and bottomline as demand conditions remained stable during the period. But the management warned of near-term volatility triggered by the Iran war, saying that it w...
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ACC Cement Q4 results: Profit crashes 68% – Margins shrink as cost pressures mount
Adani Group’s ACC Cement reported a massive 68% YoY profit drop during the March quarter of FY26. The cement maker posted a consolidated net profit of Rs 238 crore in Q4 FY26. Its net profit in Q4 FY25 was at Rs 751 crore.
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Mphasis posts 15% rise in net profit sequentially for Q4
Mphasis on Thursday reported a sequential increase in net profit and revenue for the quarter ended March FY26. For the fourth-quarter, while net profit grew by 15.3% on a quarterly basis to Rs. 509.6 crore from Rs 468.7 crore, total revenue stood at Rs. 4,242.7 crore up by 6% from Rs. 4,002.6 in the...
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Govt cuts Vi AGR dues by 27% to Rs 64,046 crore
In a major relief to the debt-laden Vodafone Idea, the government has cut its adjusted gross revenue (AGR) dues by about Rs 23,600 crore, or nearly 27%, to Rs 64,046 crore as of December 31, 2025, following a reassessment by a department of telecommunications (DoT)-appointed committee.
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Waaree Energies looks to incur capex of Rs 30,000 crore in two years
Solar products maker Waaree Energies is looking to incur a capital expenditure of Rs 30,000 crore in the next two years .
The company will incur the capex in backward integration into cell , ingot and wafer manufacturing, battery energy storage systems , solar glass and other segments, said Abhis...
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Central Bank of India PAT down 30% YoY on one-time tax impact
Central Bank of India’s net profit for the quarter ended March declined by 30% on year Rs 724 crore, mainly due to a one-time Rs 632 crore hit from deferred tax asset revaluation after a tax rate change.
“Net Profit decreased to Rs 724 crore in Q4FY26 on YoY basis as against Rs 1034 crore, as ban...
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Blue Owl Sold About Half Its SpaceX Holding at $1.25 Trillion Valuation, Co-CEO Says
Blue Owl sold about half its investment in SpaceX at a $1.25 trillion valuation, the alternative asset manager's co-CEO Marc Lipschultz said on Thursday.
"Specifically at SpaceX ... we made about 10 (times) our money on that investment," Lipschultz said on a conference call with analysts. "We've ...
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Insurer AIG's Quarterly Profit Surges on Steep Fall in Catastrophe Losses
Insurer AIG posted a sharp rise in quarterly adjusted profit on Thursday, driven by strong underwriting and a steep decline in catastrophe-related losses from a year earlier when the industry was hit by claims from the Los Angeles wildfires.
The New York-based company - one of the world's largest...
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Huawei Expects AI Chip Revenue to Jump at Least 60% This Year, FT Reports
Huawei expects revenue from its AI chips to jump at least 60% this year, boosted by strong demand for domestic offerings from Chinese companies, the Financial Times reported on Friday.
The Chinese tech company expects revenue from its chips to reach about $12 billion this year based on orders it ...
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Japan Trading Houses Expect Record Profits but Utilities Forecast Pain as Iran War Weighs
Some big Japanese trading houses forecast on Friday record annual profits as the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran keeps commodity prices high, while domestic utilities warned of losses as procurement costs spike.
Japan, one of the world's most vulnerable countries to energy import disruptions, has steppe...
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Jet fuel cost for international airlines up 5% in second straight monthly hike
The price of Aviation Turbine Fuel (ATF), or jet fuel, for international airlines was increased by 5 per cent on Friday, marking the second straight monthly rise as oil companies pass on the global surge in energy prices in a calibrated manner, reported PTI.
There is no change in the ATF price fo...
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Apple to reinvest Trump tariff refunds in US economy, says Tim Cook
Apple is working to get refunds for tariffs previously paid to the U.S. government but will reinvest any money it recovers in the country, Apple CEO Tim Cook said on Thursday.
Apple has disclosed more than $3.3 billion in tariff costs during the second administration of U.S. President Donald Trum...
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