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Will India sustain its world-beating growth in 2026?
In 2025, India's economic growth stayed strong and inflation low amid geopolitical tensions and trade headwinds. The government also unveiled reforms and targeted stimulus, including tax cuts. Mint examines how the economy fared, and what lies ahead in 2026:
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January 01, 2026
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TCS hotshots may get to do multiple jobs
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS) is exploring gig-like hiring arrangements for hard-to-retain specialists in certain roles, signalling a shift as India's $283 billion offshoring sector grapples with a talent crunch amid uncertainty caused by artificial intelligence (AI).
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January 01, 2026
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External risks on horizon, but RBI keeps faith in local buffers
Financial stability report cautions about exchange rate volatility, trade weakness, muted FDI
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January 01, 2026
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Paltry AGR relief leaves Vi wobbly
The fate of Vodafone Idea Ltd hangs in the balance, with the Union cabinet on Wednesday clearing a relief plan that punctured hopes, hammered its shares, and shook the company's fundraising hopes.
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January 01, 2026
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Govt may ease PN(3) to raise Chinese FDI
The Centre is preparing to significantly relax a five-year-old rule that shut out Chinese capital and put existing investments in limbo, easing the stringent Press Note 3 (PN3) diktat issued in the wake of the pandemic outbreak.
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January 01, 2026
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CENTRE-STATE FISCAL RIFT IS BACK IN FOCUS
The recent transformation of India's flagship rural employment guarantee programme puts a greater financial burden on states, highlighting a long-running source of friction in their relationship with the Union government.
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January 01, 2026
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Beyond megawatts: Green transition turns to stability
India now eyes storage capacity and a focus on more stable sources such as nuclear power
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January 01, 2026
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Cabinet clears ₹20,688 crore highway works in two states
The Union cabinet on Wednesday approved road projects worth ₹20,688 crore, including the country's largest ever highway project under the build-operate-transfer (BOT) model, a greenfield 374km Nashik-Solapur-Akkalkot corridor in Maharashtra, a government release said.
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January 01, 2026
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Govt may ease PN(3) to raise China FDI
Inter-ministerial consultations have already been held in this regard, with a recent such consultation taking place in December,” the person said.
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January 01, 2026
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India slaps 12% duty on steel imports for 3 years
India has imposed a three-year safeguard duty of 12% on steel imports, according to a finance ministry order issued late on Tuesday, as the government aims to curb cheap shipments, especially from China.
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January 01, 2026
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Build a peaceful future together
Together with our allies in the “coalition of the willing,” the UK is ensuring that there isa strong flow of weapons, air-defense systems, and infrastructure support to sustain Ukraine in its fight.
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January 01, 2026
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Unbound Israel redraws the map of the Levant
Since Hamas’s attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, the Middle East has faced its most severe and consequential crisis in decades.
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January 01, 2026
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Just 35% global SMEs have disaster plans, Indian firms most exposed
As climate shocks intensify, most small businesses remain dangerously unprepared, with Indian enterprises among the most exposed, says a study.
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January 01, 2026
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Latin America’s new birth of democracy
To imagine all Latin American countries being governed by a republican order respectful of freedom and democracy seems utopian.
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January 01, 2026
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Will the Federal Reserve be allowed to do its job?
As candidates vie to become the next chair of the US Federal Reserve, they should heed the hockey legend Wayne Gretzky's advice to “skate to where the puck is going, not where it has been.”
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January 01, 2026
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Top-four economy
As estimated, 2025 gave India fourth rank among economies, placing us in the world's top club, though with the US, the EU and China still some multiples ahead in size.
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January 01, 2026
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Warren Buffett stayed true to his ways in his final year as Berkshire CEO
In a year of record stock highs, artificial-intelligence moonshots and tense standoffs on global trade, Warren Buffett spent much of it watching, and waiting for the right moment to strike.
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January 01, 2026
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Multilateralism is not dead yet
(representing 21%) comprises self-interested multilateralists who will endorse cooperation if they can see that it benefits them and their communities—whether it be through guaranteeing food or peace and security.
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January 01, 2026
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Fiscal deficit at ₹9.76 trillion, nearly two-thirds of target
Better-than-expected non-tax revenue in first eight months of FY26 cushions govt finances
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January 01, 2026
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The looming threat of nuclear proliferation
No longer is the threat posed by nuclear weapons even tenuously contained by mutually agreed rules and accepted norms.
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January 01, 2026
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How Manus, Meta’s newest acquisition target, got around worries over its ties to China
The $2.5 billion deal could herald a new era for China-linked AI companies and U.S. investors
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January 01, 2026
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Changing viewing habits push youth brands away from TV to digital
Though music television network MTV shut down five of its dedicated music channels globally this year, in India, it had already diversified away from pure music to youth-driven, urban programming and live entertainment experiences.
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January 01, 2026
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Gambling with the dollar’s dominance
Notwithstanding some ups and downs, the US dollar has been the uncontested global reserve currency since the end of World War II.
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January 01, 2026
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Gig workers' strike fails to hit e-comm, food delivery services
A section of gig workers on Wednesday stopped work demanding better pay and work conditions but the agitation had little impact on services on e-commerce and online food delivery platforms that saw robust business on New Year Eve.
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January 01, 2026
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Capitaland data centre fund raises S$150 mn at first close
Global real asset manager CapitaLand Investment Ltd has raised about S$150 million (S17 million) in equity at the first close of CapitaLand India Data Centre Fund (CIDCF), as it steps up its focus on data centre development opportunities in the country.
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January 01, 2026
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Wars: ‘Never again,’ again
I am sometimes asked what keeps me awake at night.
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January 01, 2026
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India's corporate scorecard: Who won, who lost in 2025
Heavyweights hold ground
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January 01, 2026
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Star Air eyes ₹1,100 cr turnover in FY26
Star Air, owned by Ghodawat Enterprises Pvt. Ltd, expects revenue to rise to about ₹1,100 crore in FY26— nearly 70% higher than last year’s ₹650 crore—driven by fleet expansion, operational growth and fresh capital to strengthen connectivity across India’s smaller cities.
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January 01, 2026
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Retail loans tilt to consumption
India’s non-housing retail loans—largely consumption-driven—accounted for 55.3% of household borrowings in the first half of FY26.
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January 01, 2026
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Trump is cancelling rule of law, democracy
The first year of US President Donald Trump’s second term has taken a heavy toll on the rule of law.
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