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Passive equity flows hit record on dip buying, year-end allocations
ETFs led with sharp 6x rise in March; total inflows touched %30,235 crore
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April 17, 2026
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Friction in labour market
India needs more jobs with a better working environment
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April 17, 2026
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Anthropic's Mythos puts India's fintechs on guard
Early tremors around Anthropic’s Claude Mythos artificial intelligence (AI) model have started to register with India’s financial services space as fintech self-regulatory organisation (SRO) FACE urged members to reinforce cyber defences and take necessary measures against software vulnerabilities, according to people familiar with the matter.
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April 17, 2026
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TCS gives WFH option to employees at Nashik centre
Information technology (IT) services major Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has given its employees the option to work from home at its Nashik centre, said sources in the know.
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April 17, 2026
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Wipro's Q4 profit drops 1.9%
IT services revenue slips in constant currency; demand remains patchy
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April 17, 2026
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Starlink outage hit drone tests, exposing Pentagon's reliance on SpaceX
Last August, US Navy officials carrying out a test of unmanned vessels realised they had hit a single point of failure: Starlink.
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April 17, 2026
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China economy grew 5% in March quarter despite Iran war fallout
China's economy picked up speed early in 2026, riding an export surge before the Iran war sent energy costs soaring and put global demand - vital to Beijing’s growth ambitions - at risk.
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April 17, 2026
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Bauxite belt back on boil
A hill in conflict: Tribal resistance, contested clearances and a police crackdown in the Eastern Ghats recall Odisha’s Niyamgiri story
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April 17, 2026
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Fiscal demands
Rising global public debt poses a risk
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April 17, 2026
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No discrimination against any state under women quota Bills, says PM
Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Thursday rejected Opposition claims that proposed amendments to the women's quota law put southern states at a disadvantage, asserting that the Bills in this connection do not discriminate.
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April 17, 2026
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RBI's regulatory changes may push NBFC upper layer asset share to 70%: CareEdge
Assets held by upper-layer non-banking financial companies (NBFCs) could surge from 30 per cent to nearly 70 per cent of the sector’s total — if the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) proposed changes to the scale-based regulatory (SBR) framework are implemented, according to CareEdge Ratings.
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April 17, 2026
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RBI asks PSU refiners to curb spot $ buys
The Reserve Bank of India has urged state-run oil refiners to curb spot dollar purchases and tap a special credit line for their foreign exchange needs, three sourcessaid, reviving measures used earlier in the Ukraine war to ease pressure on the rupee.
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April 17, 2026
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Common ground in Israel and Palestine
In Seamus Heaney’s The Cure at Troy, a version of Sophocles’ play “Philoctetes,” the chorus pleads for faith in the possibility of political miracles: “Hope for a great sea change/On the far side of revenge.”
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April 17, 2026
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US waiver ends, India to keep Russia oil tap open
Indian refiners look to buy from non-sanctioned suppliers and vessels
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April 17, 2026
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Govt pushing for more infra play by insurers, pension funds
The government is striving to ramp up infrastructure investments from domestic long-term capital sources like pension funds and insurers, and has set up a committee to facilitate smoother deployment of such “patient capital” into large-scale projects, a top finance ministry official said in Washington on Thursday.
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April 17, 2026
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US Section 301 investigation: India Inc rejects excess capacity premise
Indian industry has pushed back against the US decision to initiate a Section 301 probe into alleged structural excess capacity in manufacturing, arguing that capacity expansion in the country is fundamentally demand-driven and not export-distorting, and warning Washington against punitive trade action that could undercut shared strategic objectives.
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April 17, 2026
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Monetisation is the new PPP
Monetisation is not privatisation.
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April 17, 2026
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'Mark Mobius was an icon, a brand on his own'
Mark Mobius, the veteran emerging market guru, passed away on Wednesday.
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April 17, 2026
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Israel, Lebanon agree to 10-day ceasefire
Pakistan’s army chief mediates talks in Tehran; US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth urges Iran to make a deal
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April 17, 2026
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BJP minister claims 'corporate jihad' in Maha
Nitish Rane says giving priority to Hindus in jobs the ‘need of the hour’
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April 17, 2026
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Currency in circulation surged 11.9% in FY26, most in five years
As a percentage of India’s GDP, it declined to 12.1% from 14.4% in FY21, say experts
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April 17, 2026
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MSME copper recyclers face shutdown risk
India’s copper recycling industry, dominated by micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME5), has flagged risks of “permanent shutdowns” as the ongoing West Asia conflict disrupts scrap supplies, paralyses logistics and drives a sharp spike in input costs.
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April 17, 2026
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Mkts find long runway in household savings shift
AMCs, mkt infra players seen compounding earnings on SIP flows
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April 17, 2026
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DGCA initiates probe into SpiceJet-Akasa collision
A SpiceJet aircraft hit an Akasa Air plane at the Delhi airport on Wednesday, prompting the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) to off-roster the air traffic controller and the SpiceJet pilots involved and initiating a probe.
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April 17, 2026
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TSMC's profit surges 58% on AI-driven chip demand
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co booked a 58 per cent surge in profit, a sign that the West Asia war in its first few weeks did not depress booming Al investment.
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April 17, 2026
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Siam wants govt to notify CAFE-3 norms soon
‘The Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (Siam) on ‘Thursday endorsed the latest draft of corporate average fuel efficiency-3(CAFE-3) emission norms and told the government that it should be notified quickly, as there is limited time available to implement it, Business Standard has learnt.
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April 17, 2026
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Currency policy is costing India
India is no longer the closed, simple economy of the 1970s. When the RBI attempts to fix the price of the rupee, it must contend with the incentives of millions of rational actors
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April 17, 2026
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'Golden Ticket': VC firm funds Indian AI startups' shift to US
Vasuki AI has become the first startup to relocate its headquarters to the United States under venture capital firm All In Capital’s ‘Golden Ticket’ programme, aimed at Indian artificial intelligence founders seeking global capital and scale.
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April 17, 2026
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HDFC Bank's governance, financial metrics hold well: InGovern Research
HDFC Bank's governance standards and financial metrics remain strong, and investors have no reason to worry about its financial strength or leadership, according to proxy advisory firm InGovern Research.
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April 17, 2026
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Renault group gears up for India expansion; 7 launches by 2030
French carmaker aims to make India one of its top 3 mkts; eyes 5% share in country
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