Inside Tamil Nadu’s Rs 1.02 lakh cr investment push: Data centres, auto sectors top list; 1 lakh+ jobs expected
The investment push is expected to create a significant number of high-skilled jobs. (Image: AI generated.) The Tamil Nadu government…
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India-US trade talks on track despite Russian-oil tariff plan
The Senate on August 7 passed the bipartisan Sanctioning Russia and Iran Act of 2026, which would empower the US…
Rice exports hit by West Asia crisis, rise just 1.7% in April-July
Currently, due to uncertainty over cargo movement in the Strait of Hormuz, most rice and vegetable shipments are routed through…
Slowly but surely, retail inflation getting broad-based
Several measures point towards a broadening of inflation. Around 65% of the 358 items in the CPI basket saw higher…
Goods exports jump by a fifth in July, steepest pace in over four years
July saw growth return to the US market with an expansion of shipments by 12.9% year-on-year to 9,02 billion. The…
Commerce Secretary to visit Chile to review FTA talks
India and Chile currently operate under an expanded Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA). Initially signed in 2006 covering 474 tariff lines,…
Near-term, mild shocks manageable, Govt tells House panel
States spent increasing amounts on unconditional cash transfers and other committed expenses, leaving less room for productive capital investment. With…
Retail inflation rises to 19-month high of 4.45% in July
Aditi Nayar, chief economist, ICRA, said that CPI inflation is likely to rise to 4.7% in August, then cross the…
Food inflation rises to 5.52% in July
Despite the rise in food inflation, prices of potato (-16.56%), peas (-5.27%), and tomato (-4.59%) declined in July 2026 on…
India vs Bangladesh: Who is really better off? GDP per capita tells only part of the story
The central question is not which country ranks ahead on one per-capita measure. It is how effectively each converts economic…