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CUSTOMS
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Notification No. 16/2026
(Delhi)
S.O. … (E).– In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962
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10
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Notification No. 17/2026
(Delhi)
S.O. … (E).– In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962
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10
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Notification No. 18/2026
(Delhi)
S.O. … (E).– In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962
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10
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Notification No. 19/2026
(Delhi)
S.O. … (E).– In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 14 of the Customs Act, 1962
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RBI
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10
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RBI/2025-26/204
(Delhi)
All Agency Banks to remain open for public on March 31, 2026 (Tuesday)
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10
Feb
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RBI/2025-26/205
(Delhi)
Voluntary Retention Route – Imparting predictability and increasing ease of doing business
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RBI/2025-26/206
(Delhi)
Lending to Micro, Small & Medium Enterprises (MSME) Sector (Amendment)
Directions, 2026
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INDIAN ECONOMY
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The structural imbalance in the India-US trade deal is inevitable, mostly due to power differentials and asymmetry in negotiations, reasoned geostrategist Brahma Chellaney. He argued that leverage is the “currency of diplomacy” and “reciprocity is its governing principle”.
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India’s recent trade breakthroughs with the US and the European Union, coupled with a calibrated fiscal roadmap in the Union Budget 2026-27, are reinforcing the country’s credit fundamentals, according to CareEdge Global Ratings (BBB+/Stable).
The newly announced India-US trade pact is expected to lower US...
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The Andhra Pradesh government has determined to achieve its sustained high growth to build a Rs 308 lakh crore (USD 3.4 trillion) economy with a per capita income of Rs 55 lakh by 2047, Governor S Adbul Nazeer said in the Assembly on Wednesday.
Amid sloganeering by YSRCP MLAs seeking Opposition Party statu...
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For decades, Uttar Pradesh has served as the shorthand for missed opportunities. Trapped within the “BIMARU” acronym—backward, burdened, and perpetually playing catch-up—the state sat at the heart of India’s demographic advantage but failed to capitalize on it. Today, that label is being strategically dismant...
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Pushing back on the claims that the reduced weight of food and beverages in the new consumer price index (CPI) series would diminish the headline inflation during food price spikes, Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) Secretary Saurabh Garg has said it would not be appropriate to make ...
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The unemployment rate (UR) among persons aged 15 years and above declined to 4.8% in the October–December quarter of 2025–26, the lowest print so far in the current financial year, according to the quarterly Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementatio...
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Domestic manufacturing of industrial goods in sectors such as automobiles and auto components, shipbuilding, basic metals, and others may be impacted by the reduction or removal of import duties on industrial products imported from the US, experts said.
“The industrial products in these sectors (auto, ship...
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The White House has quietly changed the wording in its fact sheet on the proposed India-US trade agreement. The update tones down some of the earlier, stronger language and adds clarity on what India may buy from the United States, especially when it comes to energy and farm products.
India and the US anno...
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MARKET & FINANCE
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A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Tom Westbrook
Earnings season and data are driving markets on Wednesday, and a rebound in the yen is gathering steam.
TotalEnergies, Siemens Energy, Deutsche Boerse, Heineken, Schindler and EssilorLuxottica are among the companies reporting in ...
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Aditya Birla Group chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla has increased his personal stake in Vodafone Idea through open market purchases in four tranches between January end and first week of February .
Birla purchased 22.1 million shares on January 30, 18.8 million shares on February 1, t4.5 million shares on Feb...
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GLOBAL CORPORATE
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The U.S. Treasury Department on Tuesday issued a general license to facilitate the exploration and production of oil and gas in Venezuela, a long-awaited step that could help increase output in the country.
Washington has relaxed sanctions on Venezuela's energy industry since U.S. forces captured President...
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China's ByteDance is developing an artificial intelligence chip and is in talks with Samsung Electronics to manufacture it, two people familiar with the matter said, as the TikTok parent seeks to secure supply of advanced processors.
ByteDance aims to receive sample chips by end-March, they said. The compa...
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German submarine maker TKMS reported a $22 billion order backlog - a new record - and raised its 2026 sales outlook on Wednesday, citing a boost in demand for warships at a time of rising geopolitical tensions.
Like many of its peers, TKMS has been riding a surge in investor demand for shares in defence co...
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South Korea's Bithumb said on Wednesday that serious flaws had left the crypto exchange's internal system susceptible to potential sabotage and failed to prevent an erroneous transfer of more than $40 billion in assets last week.
The country's second-largest virtual asset exchange said it accidentally gave...
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Siemens Energy's net profit nearly tripled in the first three months of its fiscal year, boosted by AI-driven demand for gas turbines and grid equipment and a narrower loss at its struggling wind turbine division.
The company's results on Wednesday reflect the global build-out of data centres to power AI t...
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Bangladesh may have signed on the dotted line, but in the trade tug-of-war with the United States, it looks like Washington came out the clear winner, as per a GTRI report. The recently announced US–Bangladesh deal offers conditional benefits for Dhaka, but at a cost that may far outweigh the gains.
Zero d...
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Banking
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CS Setty, chairman of State Bank of India (SBI), in a conversation with Tamal Bandyopadhyay, at the Business Standard BFSI Insight Summit 2025, discusses the slowdown in credit growth in the economy, the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) reforms in the banking sector announced after the October Monetary Policy Co...
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Around Rs 72,454 crore unclaimed deposits of banks, including foreign lenders, are with the Depositor Education and Awareness (DEA) Fund maintained by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) as of January 28, 2026, Parliament was informed on Tuesday.
The balances in savings and current accounts that remain inopera...
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GLOBAL ECONOMY
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China's consumer inflation cooled in January while producer price deflation persisted, highlighting once again the underlying weakness in domestic demand and a key challenge for policymakers looking to shore up an uneven economic ...
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A top Australian central banker said on Wednesday inflation was too high and policy makers were committed to doing whatever was necessary to bring it to heel, pointing to the strength of credit growth as a sign rates were not rest...
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U.S. job growth likely picked up in January, supported by fewer layoffs in some seasonal industries, but the labor market remained sluggish as lingering uncertainty over import tariffs tempered hiring and tighter immigration enfor...
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European Union leaders gather in a Belgian castle on Thursday to thrash out how they can compete economically with a global rival like China and a less reliable ally like the U.S. as the rules-based world order frays.
EU growth...
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INDIAN CORPORATE
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Led by high gold prices, Titan Company, the country’s largest jewellery retailer, reported a consolidated net profit of Rs 1,684 crore for the December quarter (Q3) of fiscal 2026 (FY26), marking a 61% year-on-year (YoY) rise in b...
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CNH India, a manufacturer of agricultural and construction equipment, is resuming its exports of tractors and components to the United States. The company plans to significantly increase its exports of components and aggregates fr...
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Biscuit major Britannia Industries saw consolidated third-quarter profit for FY26 rise 17% year-on-year to Rs 680 crore, driven by an uptick in consumption on the back of GST-led price cuts.
The number was in line with street e...
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For the first time since January 2025, Bharti Airtel outpaced market leader Reliance Jio in net subscriber additions in December 2025 as the telco added 5.43 million net new users in the month, compared to Jio’s 2.96 million, acco...
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The world’s largest beverage company Coca-Cola on Tuesday told investors that it continued to bet on India despite weather-related uncertainty and heightened competition in the market. The comments were made following its December...
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Betting on the surge in smart meters in the country, Polaris Smart Metering has committed close to Rs 4,500 crore in capital by 2027 across manufacturing, project execution and a new battery energy storage business, while also exp...
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State-owned upstream major Oil India Limited reported a sharp 34% year-on-year decline in standalone net profit to Rs 808 crore for the December quarter, weighed down by a steep fall in crude oil realisations amid a softer global ...
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Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M) reported a 32.62% year-on-year (YoY) increase in its Q3FY26 standalone net profit at Rs 3,931.3 crore, from Rs 2,964.31 crore reported in Q3FY25.
The automaker’s revenue from operations stood at Rs 38,...
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