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Xi touts China’s market as key to boost local demand
XI JINPING CALLED for anchoring economic growth around domestic demand as its “main driver” in a speech delivered by the Chinese president at a key policy meeting late last year and released on Sunday.
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February 16, 2026
Financial Express Mumbai
From pilots to production
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS no longer a future concept in India.
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February 16, 2026
Financial Express Mumbai
Petrol triples share in a decade, LPG surges, kerosene nearly disappears
INDIA'S OIL DEMAND may head towards 400 million tonne a year by 2050 from about 250 million tonne currently, but the country’s fuel consumption story is no longer just about rising volumes — it is about a dramatic reshaping of what Indians burn, drive and cook with.
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February 16, 2026
Financial Express Mumbai
Affirma taps local limited partners
INDIAN FUND MANAGERS are increasingly leaning on domestic institutions, family offices and high-net-worth individuals to anchor new funds, as global private equity (PE) fundraising remains under pressure due to weak exit-driven liquidity.
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February 16, 2026
Financial Express Mumbai
'Summit will position AI as a development tool'
The India AI Impact Summit will focus on AI’s role in healthcare, agriculture, public services, financial inclusion and productivity, while underlining India’s push for faster and more inclusive adoption built on digital public infrastructure and domestic capability across compute, models and hardware.
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February 16, 2026
Financial Express Mumbai
India to script its AI playbook as global tech elite converge today
WHEN THE FOURTH edition of the AI Impact Summit opens at Bharat Mandapam on Monday — its first outing in the Global South it will do so against a backdrop that is anything but placid.
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February 16, 2026
Financial Express Mumbai
Turning capability into impact
HOW INDIA CAN DO FOR AI ADOPTION WHAT UPI DID FOR PAYMENTS
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February 16, 2026
Financial Express Mumbai
Critical illness rider: In sickness and in health
BATTLING A TERMINAL illness or a chronic disease is a traumatic experience for patients and the people closely associated to them.
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February 16, 2026
Financial Express Mumbai
Fixed re-imagined
THE STARTUP HAS TURNED FIXED DEPOSITS INTO FINTECH PRODUCTS BY GOING WHERE HOUSEHOLD SAVINGS ALREADY WERE
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February 16, 2026
Financial Express Mumbai
Finding the right fit
THE NIKE-NYKAAARRANGEMENT IS A REMINDER FOR GLOBAL BRANDS THAT INDIA NEEDS ITS OWN PLAYBOOK
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February 16, 2026
Financial Express Mumbai
Blackstone to invest $1.2 bn in AI cloud startup Neysa
BLACKSTONE-AFFILIATED PRIVATE equity funds and coinvestors have entered into definitive agreements to invest $1.2 billion in Neysa, an artificial intelligence (AI) cloud platform founded by Netmagic's Sharad Sanghi.
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February 16, 2026
Financial Express Mumbai
Banks to drive domestic M&A as RBI eases financing norms
BANKS, ESPECIALLY LARGE public sector lenders such as the State Bank of India and Bank of India, have begun seeking legal advice on reviving acquisition financing in the domestic market after RBI issued its final prudential guidelines on the segment.
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February 16, 2026
Financial Express Mumbai
Salesforce and friends deserve this AI squeeze
PRODUCT RELEASES FROM Anthropic have triggered a nearly $1 trillion selloff of enterprise software stocks, extending a decline that’s been on course for sometime.
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February 16, 2026
Financial Express Mumbai
Rubio visits central Europe to bolster ties
US SECRETARY OF State Marco Rubio vowed to deepen cooperation with central Europe on Sunday as he kicked off a trip to Slovakia and Hungary, whose conservative leaders have warm ties with President Donald Trump.
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February 16, 2026
Financial Express Mumbai
Time to invest, PM tells private firms
PRIME MINISTER NARENDRA Modi on Sunday said the private sector should focus less on protecting profit margins and invest more in research and development, adopt frontier technologies, supply chains, and quality.
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February 16, 2026
Financial Express Mumbai
Valuations moderate but markets still expensive
THE SHARP SLIDE in equities, triggered by the meltdown in software services stocks, has made Indian markets marginally cheaper than they were last November.
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February 16, 2026
Financial Express Mumbai
Time to invest, PM tells India Inc
HE HIGHLIGHTED THAT India’s Free Trade Agreements are designed to expand market access for MSMEs in textiles, leather, chemicals, handicrafts, gems, and other sectors.
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February 16, 2026
Financial Express Mumbai
Equity mutual funds deploy ₹13,706-cr cash in January
WITHTHE EQUITY indices logging a second consecutive month of fall and fewer new fund offer being launched in January, equity mutual fund schemes deployed ₹13,705.87 crore of their cash holdings, taking the total to ₹1.35 lakh crore, according to Prime Database monthly mutual fund tracker.
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February 16, 2026
Financial Express Mumbai
MF industry adds over 7 million folios in Jan
DESPITE THE EQUITY markets navigating a period of turbulence, the latest data from the Association of Mutual Funds in India (Amfi) show that most of the leading fund houses (41 out of 50) have recorded an increase in their folio counts in January.
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February 16, 2026
Financial Express Mumbai
Why ‘world-ranked’ private varsities are failing the salary test
ACCORDING TO TIMES HIGHER EDUCATION RANKINGS, SAVEETHA AND LOVELY ARE BETTER THAN IITs AND BITS, BUT SALARY OUTCOMES ARE FAR LOWER
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February 16, 2026
Financial Express Mumbai
Making sovereign AI projects fail-proof
WITH NUMEROUS NATIONS scrambling to establish their own sovereign AI ecosystems, investing billions in infrastructure and cutting-edge models, one critical question surfaces—why do so many of these mega projects never reach production? Ruchir Puri, chief scientist and vice-president, IBM Research, shares three fundamental issues that most governments underestimate.
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February 16, 2026
Financial Express Mumbai
Indo-US trade deal is not a surrender
In the agricultural segment, India has avoided major concerns and opened the doors with caution and quota systems
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February 16, 2026
Financial Express Mumbai
NHAI accepts ₹6,220-cr offer for two highways
THE NATIONAL HIGHWAYS Authority of India (NHAI) has accepted a 6,220 crore offer from National Highways Infrastructure Trust (NHIT) for acquiring two highway stretches.
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February 16, 2026
Financial Express Mumbai
Capex growth of 7 big states muted in Apr-Jan
CAPITAL EXPENDITURE ACROSS seven major states showed a muted overall growth, but sharp divergences in April-January of FY26, compared with the year-ago period.
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February 16, 2026
Financial Express Mumbai
“India has the potential to create spirits that earn global respect”
As India’s spirits market leans towards the premium end, new players are betting on quality, provenance and experience to make a mark.
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February 16, 2026
Financial Express Mumbai
RBI likely to maintain near term liquidity support
MARKET PARTICIPANTS DO not expect the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to drain excess liquidity in the short-term despite levels above 1% of net demand and time liabilities (NDTL) and standing deposit facility (SDF) nearing its all-time high.
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February 16, 2026
Financial Express Mumbai
Experts urge scrap policy overhaul amid global metal export curbs
WHILE THE GOVERNMENT has placed its bet on strengthening the manufacturing base in the Budget, India’s industrial and environmental ambitions might get a boost by scaling up its metal recycling sector, experts said.
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February 16, 2026
Financial Express Mumbai
Petrol triples share in...
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February 16, 2026
Financial Express Mumbai
Valuations moderate, but...
SOUTH KOREA HAS been the standout, delivering spectacular returns of 114%.
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February 16, 2026
Financial Express Mumbai
‘The priority is intelligent delegation, not automation alone’
India’s healthcare system faces a critical challenge, balancing immense demand from a growing population with significant gaps in infrastructure and access.
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