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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
Blackstone to invest $1.2 bn in AI cloud startup Neysa
DEAL TO COMPRISE $600 MILLION IN EQUITY
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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
Xi touts China’s market as key to boost local demand
GROWTH DRIVER
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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
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...
FROM THE FRONT PAGE
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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
Salesforce and friends deserve this AI squeeze
PRODUCT RELEASES FROM
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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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February 16, 2026
Financial Express Mumbai
Affordability crisis should have been over by now
THE LATEST CONSUMER price index makes one thing clear: Without the White House’s tariff experiment, President Donald Trump would almost certainly have lower interest rates and stronger inflation-adjusted wages, and he probably wouldn’t be spinning his wheels about affordability heading into midterm elections.
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February 16, 2026
Financial Express Mumbai
BYD struggles as BMW, Vinfast zoom ahead
CHINA'S BYD HAS overtaken Tesla to emerge as the world’s largest battery electric vehicle maker, selling around 2.25 million units globally in 2025.
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February 16, 2026
Financial Express Mumbai
Iran is pursuing nuclear deal with US, says official
IRAN IS PURSUING a nuclear agreement with the US that delivers economic benefits for both sides, an Iranian diplomat was reported as saying on Sunday, days before a second round of talks between Tehran and Washington.
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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
FPI inflows rebound to ₹19,675 cr
FOREIGN PORTFOLIO INVESTORS staged a sharp turnaround in early February, pumping ₹19,675 crore into Indian equities in the first fortnight, supported by the US-India trade deal and easing global macro concerns.
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February 16, 2026
Financial Express Mumbai
Close to the real thing
THERE IS NO DISTORTION EVEN AT HIGH VOLUME
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February 16, 2026
Financial Express Mumbai
Amazon takes local lessons for global AI playbook
INDIA IS INCREASINGLY becoming a testing ground for Amazon's next generation of AI tools.
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February 16, 2026
Financial Express Mumbai
Budget push to carbon capture despite limited global headway
INDIA'S PUSH TO back carbon capture, utilisation and storage (CCUS) in the latest Union Budget has reignited a long-running global debate: can a technology that has struggled for over three decades finally deliver on its promise—or is it once again being asked to do more on paper than it has ever managed in reality?
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February 16, 2026
Financial Express Mumbai
Power mix tilts green with record 52.5 GW addition in FY26
IN A STRUCTURAL shift for India’s power sector, non-fossil fuel capacity has overtaken fossil fuel-based capacity, even as the country recorded its highest-ever annual addition of 52,537 MW in FY26 (up to January 31).
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February 16, 2026
Financial Express Mumbai
When AI and humans work in tandem
FORMER GITHUB CEO Thomas Dohmke has raised $60 million for a company that makes developer tools aiming to better merge the efforts of human programmers and AI coding applications.
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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
Look at NHAT’s InvIT IPO for regular income flow
AS LONG-TERM INVESTMENT VEHICLES, INvITs TYPICALLY OFFER 9-12% RETURNS
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