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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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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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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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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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RBI/2025-26/204
(Delhi)
All Agency Banks to remain open for public on March 31, 2026 (Tuesday)
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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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Economists expect FY27 headline inflation to be 35-50 bps lower than the RBI forecast in FY27 due to the higher weight given to core inflation and the marginally lower weight given to the food basket, which in the old series had the highest weight of over 42%, in the new inflation series with base year of 202...
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Indian and Brazilian officials are finalising the terms of the agreements the two countries will sign during President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's official India visit next week. These pacts are expected to boost India's pharmaceutical exports, trade in essential minerals, and support the civil aviation secto...
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India’s first consumer price inflation reading under the new 2024 base year series printed at 2.75% year-on-year. Economists highlighted smoother inflation and muted volatility despite sharp food and jewellery price swings.
The most consequential change is the sharp reduction in the weight of food and beve...
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Shipments of Russian crude to India have taken a big hit in recent weeks, after fresh European Union restrictions on petroleum products derived from such crude forced key Indian export refineries to rethink sourcing. Tanker tracking data show India’s imports of Russian crude fell to 1.1 million barrels per da...
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India has opted for a calibrated opening of its economy in its recent free trade agreements (FTAs) to ease the import of products it needs, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said Friday. The deal with the US will aid local manufacturing, he added.
“With the US we are hopeful to get more aeroplan...
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India’s Chief Economic Advisor, Venkatram Anantha Nageswaran, in an interview to described that the Indian rupee’s weakness has largely been on the back of increase in US tariffs on India
Indian businesses shifted to low-tariff jurisdictions
In a video posted on YouTube with Markus Academy, Nageswaran de...
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The average annual retail inflation for April-December of the current fiscal year would be 1.83% under the new consumer price index (CPI) series, just 11 basis points higher than measured under the old series.
The old series used 2012 as the base year, while the new one, released on Thursday, has an update...
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MARKET & FINANCE
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India’s foreign exchange reserves fell to $717.6 billion as on February 6, 2026, dropping by $6.71 billion, data from the Reserve Bank of India showed on Friday.
In the week ending January, the reserves had increased to $723.8 billion, strengthening the country’s buffer against external shocks and ensuring...
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Indian equity mutual funds saw a second straight month of decline in inflows in Januray, as weak market conditions and rising geopolitical and trade concerns made investors cautious, according to latest data released by the Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) on Tuesday.
Official data sgowed that i...
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As expected, gold ETFs (exchange-traded funds) logged a whopping 106% jump in fund inflows at Rs 24,040 crore in January 2026, buoyed by strong demand for the yellow metal in both the physical and paper forms. In the previous month of December 2025, gold ETFs witnessed Rs 11,646.74 crore inflows – marking the...
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UPI succeeded because it expanded access while protecting trust. Credit on UPI will face the same test, but with higher stakes. Its success will depend on how participation evolves and whether the framework is able to support a wider range of use cases and borrower segments, writes Ranjeet Rane
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The Securities and Exchange Board of India’s (Sebi)’s latest proposal to ease norms for mutual fund (MF) holdings in demat form, if implemented, could lead to more demat holdings and also a gradual rise in volumes, experts said.
For MF houses, the implementation of the proposal is expected to help in impr...
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GLOBAL CORPORATE
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Global drugmakers are stepping up their search for China-developed experimental medicines as they cut costs ahead of patent expirations, with industry analysts predicting licensing deals will surge to a fresh record this year.
The value of such deals signed by companies in the greater China region - which ...
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The U.S. eased sanctions on Venezuela's energy sector on Friday, issuing two general licenses that allow global energy companies to operate oil and gas projects in the OPEC member and for other companies to negotiate contracts to bring in fresh investments.
The move was the most significant relaxation of s...
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Wall Street is in the grip of disruption worries from AI. It first started with investors dumping shares of software companies but soon spread to sectors seen as vulnerable to automation, driving sharp losses in U.S. stocks this week.
The AI scare trade did not spare even sectors such as private credit, re...
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A group of 15 companies, led by Microsoft and Ericsson, launched on Friday the “Trusted Tech Alliance,” built around five principles to safely use technology regardless of where it is developed.
The initiative is the first concerted move by a group of global companies to address concerns about where data i...
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U.S. bank regulators appear to be moving closer to proposing a new version of the so-called "Basel endgame" rules dictating how large banks must measure their risk, according to regulatory filings posted this week.
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency subm...
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The shipping industry's biggest players are shrugging off Trump administration opposition to a global carbon price and are forging ahead with billions of dollars in emissions-reducing investments, according to company officials and a Reuters analysis of data.
Europe, Brazil and a host of other nations are ...
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Banking
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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has eased its proposed norms on acquisition financing, allowing banks to extend aggregate exposure of up to 20% of their capital towards such funding, up from the earlier proposed cap of 10%. The relaxation follows requests from several lenders who said the previous limit curta...
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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Friday issued the draft guidelines for banks lending to Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs), as announced in the February monetary policy review. As per the draft, aggregate exposure of a bank towards REITs must not exceed 10% of a lending bank’s eligible capital base.
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The microfinance industry is witnessing a structural shift toward larger ticket sizes. The average loan amount continued its upward trajectory, rising 15.7% year-on-year to Rs 60,200 in Q3 FY26 from Rs 52,000 in Q3 FY25 — underscoring rising demand for higher-value loans and a change in origination strategy, ...
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Bank credit growth recorded 14.6%, the highest in 19 months, for the fortnight ended January 31, 2026. Bank credit stood at Rs 204 lakh crore, compared with Rs 178 lakh crore a year earlier, according to data released by the Reserve Bank of India on Friday. On a fortnightly basis, credit growth rose by 1.7% o...
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GLOBAL ECONOMY
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Malaysia's economy expanded at its fastest pace in three years in 2025, surpassing expectations as strong domestic demand, exports and investment propelled growth, with momentum likely to continue this year, the central bank said ...
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Taiwan's tech-reliant economy is expected to grow faster than previously predicted in 2026, riding the wave of demand for artificial intelligence (AI) technology, the statistics office said on Friday, adding there could be further...
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Spain's European Union-harmonised 12-month inflation rate fell to 2.4% in January, down from 3.0% in the period through December, final data released by the National Statistics Institute (INE) showed on Friday.
The INE's final ...
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Indonesia's president said on Friday that the country's economic growth is real and will this year surpass its target, adding that business players have acknowledged the benefits of his free meals programme in boosting consumption...
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Switzerland's annual inflation rate stayed at 0.1% in January, government data showed on Friday, the bottom end of the Swiss National Bank's target range.
The increase in consumer prices was in line with the forecast of analyst...
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Russia's central bank cut its key interest rate by 50 basis points to 15.5% on Friday and signalled that rates could fall further in a bid to shore up the slowing wartime economy, which is struggling with high borrowing costs.
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Bank of England Chief Economist Huw Pill said underlying inflation in Britain was settling at about 2.5% a year, higher than the BoE's 2% target, which made it inappropriate to cut interest rates further.
Pill has voted against...
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U.S. consumer prices increased less than expected in January, data showed, keeping the Federal Reserve on track to cut interest rates this year.
The Consumer Price Index rose 0.2% last month after an unrevised 0.3% gain in Dece...
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A key measure of inflation fell to nearly a five-year low last month as apartment rental price growth slowed and gas prices fell, offering some relief to Americans grappling with the sharp cost increases over the past five years.
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Noting that India today accounts for 16% of global growth, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that the country is poised to drive the world's economic growth and emerge as a new engine of global progress.
Addressing th...
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The US CPI data for January 2026 has been released by the Bureau of Labor Statistics today. The annual inflation rate in the US slowed to 2.4% in January 2026, marking its lowest level since May, down from 2.7% in each of the prev...
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INDIAN CORPORATE
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Lossmaking Indian two-wheeler maker Ola Electric said on Friday that it seeks to lower its operating costs by as much as 50% in the coming quarters, after posting a narrower third-quarter loss as it sets its sights on turning prof...
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Muthoot Finance’s standalone net profit nearly doubled to Rs 2,656 crore in the third quarter, driven by strong interest income amid record gold loan disbursements. The country’s largest gold loan NBFC had reported a net profit of...
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Electric two-wheeler manufacturer Ola Electric Mobility posted its Q3 results, reporting a reduction in its loss. However, what stood out was a sharp decline in its revenue on the back of slow growth in the EV segment.
Ola Elec...
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State-run upstream major Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) on Friday signalled early movement on its long-stalled Venezuela investments while mapping out a fresh domestic growth pipeline anchored in gas projects and downstrea...
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Reliance Industries has secured a US general licence that allows it to directly buy Venezuelan crude oil without breaching sanctions, according to a Reuters report.
Reuters quoted sources as saying that the licence, issued by t...
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