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Financial Express Chandigarh

Survey shows 40% buyers received full benefits in second GST 2.0 week

THERE HAS BEEN an improvement in terms of GST price benefits received by consumers on food products, LocalCircles' latest survey, capturing the second week of implementation of GST 2.0 reforms, shows.

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October 06, 2025

Financial Express Chandigarh

20 killed in Darjeeling as landslides wreak havoc

ATLEAST 20 people, including children, were killed as relentless rain triggered one of the worst landslides in a decade across Mirik and Darjeeling hills on Sunday,sweeping away homes, cutting off roads, isolating villages, and leaving hundreds of stranded tourists amid widespread devastation, officials said.

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October 06, 2025

Financial Express Chandigarh

Surplus rains hit kharif crops

THE EXTENT OF crop damage is believed to be the largest in Maharashtra, with half of its croparea having been impacted due to flooding.

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October 06, 2025

Financial Express Chandigarh

India, Qatar move closer to finalising FTA terms

INDIAAND QATAR are likely to finalise the Terms of Reference (ToR) forthe proposed free trade agreement (FTA) this week.

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October 06, 2025

Financial Express Chandigarh

Bringing Gemini AI to the home

GOOGLE HAS INTRODUCED a range of new Nest-branded hardware as it vies with Amazon to more deeply integrate AI throughout the smart home.The latest Google devices include a pair of video cameras,a new doorbell and a compact speaker that plays sound in every direction.

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October 06, 2025

Financial Express Chandigarh

India, EU to restart trade talks in Brussels today

LAST-LAP PUSH BEFORE THE DECEMBER DEADLINE

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October 06, 2025

Financial Express Chandigarh

Deposits rise faster than loans at SFBs in Q2

SMALL FINANCE BANKS (SFBs) saw higher growth in their deposits as compared to gross advances on a year-on-year basis in the quarter ended September, provisional data released by six banks showed.

2 min  |

October 06, 2025

Financial Express Chandigarh

SIR purified voters' list in Bihar: CEC

‘Will accept Aadhaar, but another document also needed’

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October 06, 2025

Financial Express Chandigarh

Green nod norm set to ease for Adani's Kalyan cement unit

'STANDALONE' FACILITY MAY BE EXEMPT

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October 06, 2025

Financial Express Chandigarh

OPEC+ opts for modest oil output

OPEC+ WILL RAISE oil output from November by 137,000 barrels per day (bpd), it said on Sunday, opting for the same fairly modest monthly increase as in October amid persistent worries over a looming supply glut.

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October 06, 2025

Financial Express Chandigarh

'Debt now a strategic growth layer for mature startups'

BlackSoil Capital, a non-banking financial company (NBFC) arm of BlackSoil Group, raised ₹210 crore debt in the first half of the current calendar year. Most of this capital will go towards working capital or expansion financing, says Ankur Bansal, MD, BlackSoil, in an interview with S Shanthi.

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October 06, 2025

Financial Express Chandigarh

Trade talks with Chile, Peru in Oct, Nov

INDIA AND PERU will resume negotiations ona proposed free trade agreement (FTA) in early November, following a pause of more than 18 months.

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October 06, 2025

Financial Express Chandigarh

Nifty recovery weak, risks remain

AFTER FALLING FOR nine straight sessions from September 18 to September 30, the Nifty finally regained momentum in the October series.

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October 06, 2025

Financial Express Chandigarh

Bitcoin soars past $125,000

BITCOIN SET ANOTHER all-time high over the weekend as a broader risk rally around the US government shutdown and prevailing optimism around ‘Uptober’ buoyed the world’s largest cryptocurrency.

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October 06, 2025

Financial Express Chandigarh

Google Cloud Security targets deeper ties with public sector

GOOGLE CLOUD SECURITY is strengthening its focus on public sector partnerships, building on lessons from Singapore and applying them across the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region-particularly in India, Jagdish Mahapatra, managing director, Google Cloud Security Japan and APAC, told FE.

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October 06, 2025

Financial Express Chandigarh

Air India 787 RAT deploys, lands safely

INAMAJOR incident involving an Air India plane, Ram AirTurbine, which is usually used in case of engine failures, got deployed without any command from a Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner aircraft a few minutes before landing at the Birmingham airport on Saturday, according to officials.

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October 06, 2025

Financial Express Chandigarh

Surplus rains hit kharif crops; output may fall

• Maharashtra, Punjab & Rajasthan worst affected

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October 06, 2025

Financial Express Chandigarh

'Pharma R&D scheme helpful only for incremental items'

THE GOVERNMENT'S RECENT overhaul of the Promotion of Research and Innovation in Pharma-MedTech Sector (PRIP) scheme maystill fall short of creating a robust ecosystem for the development of novel drugs in India, industry experts believe.

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October 06, 2025

Financial Express Chandigarh

The lost languages

A renewed push to try and decipher the Indus script reminds us of all that is still unknown

3 min  |

October 05, 2025

Financial Express Chandigarh

Egypt reopens Amenhotep III's tomb in Luxor

EGYPT ON SATURDAY opened atomb ofa pharaoh forvisitors aftermore than two decades of renovation in the southern city of Luxor, as it prepares for the official opening of the Grand Egyptian Museum in Cairo.

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October 05, 2025

Financial Express Chandigarh

Mahjong mania

From brunch tables to birthday parties, the ancient Chinese game is quietly taking over India's homes and hearts

3 min  |

October 05, 2025

Financial Express Chandigarh

LIKELY TO BECOME FIRST FEMALE PM Japan's ruling party elects Takaichi as head

JAPAN'S GOVERNING PARTY on Saturday elected former Economic Security Minister Sanae Takaichi, a hard-line ultraconservative and China hawk, as its new leader, making her likely to become the country’s first female prime minister.

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October 05, 2025

Financial Express Chandigarh

12,000-year-old rock art emerges in Saudi Arabia

The discovery hints at complex early settlement in the region after Ice Age

3 min  |

October 05, 2025

Financial Express Chandigarh

Why plastic use keeps us guessing?

Not every plastic is recyclable, even if it has the symbol on it

2 min  |

October 05, 2025

Financial Express Chandigarh

Banks have ₹1.84L cr unclaimed assets

\"THE GOVERNMENT IS the custodian for it. It can be through the bank or through SEBI. It can be through any other agency. But it is lying there in safe custody,’ she added.

1 min  |

October 05, 2025

Financial Express Chandigarh

Suit against $100k H-1B fee

PLAINTIFFS INCLUDE THE United Auto Workers union, the American Association of University Professors, a nurse recruitment agency and several religious organisations.

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October 05, 2025

Financial Express Chandigarh

Goyal for more biz synergy between India, Singapore

GREATER COLLABORATION BETWEEN businesses of India and Singapore will help boost trade and investment ties between the two countries, commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal said on Saturday.

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October 05, 2025

Financial Express Chandigarh

New games on the block

INDIAHAS OVER 1,000 dedicated pickleball courts,and the number is growing, especially in Mumbai, Ahmedabad, Delhi-NCR and Chennai.

3 min  |

October 05, 2025

Financial Express Chandigarh

THE DECLINE OF drinking

Across the world, including in India, alcohol consumption is on the wane. As premiumisation becomes par for the course, and mindful drinking the new normal, the liquor industry is bracing for one of the biggest 'shifts' in consumer attitudes

6 min  |

October 05, 2025

Financial Express Chandigarh

Five Fall rail trips in Europe

Grape harvests, colourful foliage and local festivities make autumn a great time to take a scenic train or tram excursion

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October 05, 2025