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Trouble brews for tea exports
WITH THE DEEPENING crisis in West Asia disrupting key trade routes, nearly 3 million kg of the country’s tea shipments have been left stranded, raising fresh concerns over export earnings and supply chain stability.
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March 19, 2026
Financial Express Lucknow
M&M offers buyback to early BE 6 limited edition buyers
MAHINDRA & MAHINDRA (M&M) has offered a buyback option to early customers of its BE 6 Batman Edition electric SUV, following backlash over the reintroduction of what was marketed as a limited-edition model.
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March 19, 2026
Financial Express Lucknow
Centre to spend ₹33,660 crore to catalyse 100 industrial parks
THE GOVERNMENT ON Wednesday approved a scheme to develop 100 industrial parks across India that will involve 33,660 crore support from the exchequer over the next six years.
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March 19, 2026
Financial Express Lucknow
60% of flight seats to be free of cost
THE DIRECTORATE GENERAL of Civil Aviation (DGCA) on Wednesday directed airlines to make at least 60% of seats on all domestic flights available free of any additional charge and to seat passengers on the same booking reference together, preferably in adjacent seats.
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March 19, 2026
Financial Express Lucknow
Nirav Modi seeks to reopen plea on extradition
FUGITIVE DIAMOND MERCHANT Nirav Modi’s application hearing seeking permission to reopen his extradition appeal concluded in the High Court in London, with claims that he faces a “real risk of torture” during interrogations by the investigating agencies in India.
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March 19, 2026
Financial Express Lucknow
Firms pivoting from China shedding to maxxing
SOME OF CHINA'S most successful global companies have spent years masking their origins to sidestep Western scrutiny.
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March 19, 2026
Financial Express Lucknow
States to get 10% more LPG for PNG push
THE CENTRE HAS offered states up to 10% additional commercial LPG allocation if they accelerate the shift to piped natural gas (PNG), as supply pressures persist amid disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz and the ongoing West Asia conflict.
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March 19, 2026
Financial Express Lucknow
Morbi ceramic units halt production
SUPPLY BOTTLENECK
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March 19, 2026
Financial Express Lucknow
From banks to the backbone
NITIN CHUGH SHIFTS FROM FRONTLINE BANKING TO BUILDING THE TECH RAILS OF GLOBAL FINANCE AT PERFIOS
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March 19, 2026
Financial Express Lucknow
Relief rally lifts IT stocks as Al jitters subside
INDIAN IT STOCKS sawarecoveryonWednesday,with the Nifty IT index rebounding after the previous session’s underperformance, as investor sentiment steadied following brokerage commentarythat tempered concerns around AI-led disruption.
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March 19, 2026
Financial Express Lucknow
Consumer courts facing shortage of staff, leaders
NEW NATIONWIDEASSESSMENT BY THE INDIA JUSTICE REPORT
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March 19, 2026
Financial Express Lucknow
Container subsidy likely at $800/unit
Govt aims to aid making of 1.5 mn containers in 5 yrs
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March 19, 2026
Financial Express Lucknow
Iran's huge gas field struck in big escalation in W Asia
IRAN’S HUGE PARS gas field was hit on Wednesday in the first reported strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure in the Gulf during the US-Israeli war, a major escalation that prompted Tehran to warn its neighbours that their energy installations would be targeted “in the coming hours”, reports Reuters.
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March 19, 2026
Financial Express Lucknow
Liberalisation sandboxes can break deadlock
Used well, they could become living demonstrations of the govt’s reform vision—global models of sustainable, rules-based urban and economic governance
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March 19, 2026
Financial Express Lucknow
Cube Highways Trust eyes public listing through ₹5,000-crore OFS
It’s the first private InvIT to convert into public in India
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March 19, 2026
Financial Express Lucknow
Building smarter & faster
FOR YEARS, ENTERPRISES have treated software delivery challenges as a matter of scale: hire more developers, add more vendors, push timelines harder. That approach worked when systems were simpler, and change cycles were slower. Today, it is failing to keep up.
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March 19, 2026
Financial Express Lucknow
Playbook Partners eyes 5-7 deals in FY26
EARLY PRIVATE EQUITY firm Playbook Partners said it will continue to prioritise valuation discipline even as it looks to close 5-7 investments in FY26, focusing on consumer-facing businesses and technology-led disruptors.
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March 19, 2026
Financial Express Lucknow
Sebi penalises 18 in Retro Green stock manipulation
THE SECURITIES AND Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has barred 18 individuals, including those linked to the Choksi group, for allegedly manipulating Retro Green Revolution’s share price in 2021.
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March 19, 2026
Financial Express Lucknow
Tencent commits to invest more in AI this year
TENCENT HOLDINGS PLANS to at least double investments in AI to more than 36 billion yuan ($5.2 billion) in 2026, underscoring a big bet on OpenClaw-style agents to seize the upper hand in an increasingly combative arena.
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March 19, 2026
Financial Express Lucknow
Social feeds power micro-drama boom: Report
MICRO DRAMAS ARE rapidly emerging as a new content category in India, with social media feeds driving discovery for a vast majority of viewers, according to a joint report by Meta and Ormax Media.
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March 19, 2026
Financial Express Lucknow
Tinder bets on Al to win back Gen Z users
TINDER, THE APP that revolutionised the online dating market, is adding a series of new features aimed at appealing to younger users in the hope of increasing engagement and building trust in dating apps.
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March 19, 2026
Financial Express Lucknow
India uniquely placed, says Cognizant chief AI exec
INDIA HAS A “unique” position in Al enablement due to its deep technology foundation and large pool of people who understand digital systems and processes,according to Babak Hodjat, Chief Al Officer at Cognizant.
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March 19, 2026
Financial Express Lucknow
Rupee drifts to new lows amid tensions
THE RUPEE DEPRECIATED to a fresh low against the dollar on Wednesday as crude oil prices remained above the $100 /barrel mark fuelled by the war in West Asia.
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March 19, 2026
Financial Express Lucknow
Tankers with 1.7 MT of oil, LPG & LNG stuck in Gulf
TWENTY-TWO INDIAN-FLAGGED ships — carrying 1.67 million tonne of crude oil, 320,000 tonne of LPG and about 200,000 tonne of LNG — remained stranded in the western Persian Gulf amid the raging conflict in West Asia, officials said on Wednesday.
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March 19, 2026
Financial Express Lucknow
Europe unveils 'EU Inc' to rival US, China
THE EUROPEAN UNION has unveiled a red-tape-cutting plan dubbed “EU Inc.’ to boost the emergence of companies that could compete on the world stage with US and Chinese rivals.
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March 19, 2026
Financial Express Lucknow
KKR to invest $310 million in PMI Electro, e-bus platform
INVESTOR TO PICK UP MAJORITY STAKE IN ALLFLEET
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March 19, 2026
Financial Express Lucknow
Afghans search for loved ones at rehab centre bombed by Pak
FAMILIES AND FRIENDS of people undergoing treatment at a rehab centre in the Afghan capital Kabul searched for their loved ones on Wednesday, two days after it was bombed by Pakistan in the deadliest incident in the months-long conflict between the neighbours.
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March 19, 2026
Financial Express Lucknow
Microsoft mulls legal action over Amazon-OpenAI deal
MICROSOFT IS CONSIDERING legal action against its partner OpenAI and Amazon over a $50 billion deal that could violate its exclusive cloud agreement with the ChatGPT maker, the Financial Times reported on Wednesday.
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March 19, 2026
Financial Express Lucknow
Al moves to the edge
ADVANCES IN PROCESSORS ARE BRINGING THE TECH DIRECTLY INTO SMARTPHONES
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March 19, 2026
Financial Express Lucknow
Sarvam AI models excel in Indic, lag frontier systems
SOVEREIGN AI
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