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Financial Express Chandigarh
US govt shutdown: Pressure on Democrats
THE WHITE HOUSE tightened its pressure on congressional Democrats as a US government shutdown lurched into a second week, saying it would give the holdouts another chance to agree to the spending bill before initiating mass firings of federal workers.
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October 07, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Import of pulses may fall 40% in FY26 on robust stocks, crop
INDIA'S PULSES IMPORTS in the current fiscal are likely to decline by 39% to around 4.5 million tonne (MT) in FY26, from a record 7.34 MT in 2024-25, trade sources said, citing adequate carry forward stocks and robust crop prospects.
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October 07, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Two-phase Bihar poll after 2 decades; results on Nov 14
FORTHE FIRST time inatleast two decades, Bihar will vote in just two phases — on November6 and 11—with the results tobe announced on November 14.
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October 07, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Gen Z rage in Asia stoked by staggering jobs crisis
YOUTH-LED PROTESTS across Asia in recent months have centred on corruption, elitism and censorship.But behind Gen-Z's angerlies something even more troubling: A staggering jobs crisis.
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October 07, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Varun Beverages: Healthy margins
DRIVEN BY FAVOURABLE INPUT COSTS AND BACKWARD INTEGRATION
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October 07, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Human error mars pilot for same-day cheque clearing
A PROCEDURAL MISSTEP marred the Reserve Bank of India’s(RBI)ambitious upgrade to same-day cheque settlements.
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October 07, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Foxconn's Q3 revenue hits records
TAIWAN'S FOXCONN, THE world’s largest contract electronics maker,reported record third-quarter revenue on strong demand for artificial
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October 06, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Cost-efficiency woos FCB listings in GIFT City
FUNDRAISING THROUGH FOREIGN currency bonds (FCBs) in Gujarat International Finance Tec (GIFT) City on its two international — stock exchanges —NSE IX and India INX— has seen several large issuances exceeding $4 billion in 2025.
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October 06, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Coal stocks at thermal plants up 24% on lower power demand
COAL STOCKS AT thermal power plants improved to 45.8 million tonne at the end of September, up 24% from the same period last year as above-normal rains led to lower than anticipated electricity demand.
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October 06, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
NPS is ready for a makeover. Are you?
INDIA'S PENSION INDUSTRY is entering a defining moment, and there is a bold ambition to expand the National Pension System (NPS) ten-foldin five years. The goal may sound audacious, but the building blocks are already in place.
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October 06, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
IT firms brace for muted Q2 amid weak demand
IT SERVICES FIRMS are preparing for another subdued quarter as global macro uncertainty, tight discretionary budgets, and cautious client spending weigh on what is usually a seasonally stronger period.The recent changes to US H1-B visa rules have further added to the sector’s unease, limiting near-term optimism.
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October 06, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Tourism to support 90 mn new jobs by 2035: WTTC
THE INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL and tourism sector will support 91 million new jobs in the next 10 years, accounting for one in every three jobs created globally, according to a report by the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC).
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October 06, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
BSNL to upgrade all towers to 5G in 6-8 months: Scindia
STATE-RUN TELECOM OPERATOR Bharat Sanchar Nigam (BSNL) will upgrade all its 4G towers to 5G within the next six to eight months, as part of India’s broader push to develop a homegrown telecom ecosystem, Union communications minister Jyotiraditya Scindia said.
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October 06, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Mapletree plans India data centre
SINGAPORE BASED PROPERTY developer and investor Mapletree is looking into foray into development of data centres in the country, sources in the know said.
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October 06, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Regulatory liabilities, not assets
IN A FEW STATES THEY ARE PLAGUING DISCOMS, WHICH NEED TO BEGIN OPERATIONS ON A CLEAN STATE
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October 06, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Hold on to your balanced advantage funds
RECENT MARKET CORRECTIONS HAVE MADE VALUATIONS MORE ATTRACTIVE
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October 06, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Perfect size for daily use
IPHONE AIR IS SLIM, LIGHT AND FUN TO USE
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October 06, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
India links radars, satellites, energy weapons under ‘Sudarshan Chakra’
INDIA'S MISSION SUDARSHAN Chakra will create a nationwide air defence shield by linking 6,000 to 7,000 radars (to track hostile targets far beyond the horizon), satellites (to keep constant watch from space), and DEWs or directed energy weapons (laser-based systems designed to destroy enemy threats).
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October 06, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Bank consolidation may resume...
The officials reckon that smaller PSBs, including Punjab & Sind Bank, UCO Bank and Bank of Maharashtra, won’t be able to match bigger banks when it comes to supporting larger ticket-size lending, efficiency and risk management.
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October 06, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Building a quantum shield
SUNIL GUPTA IS WORKING ON DEFENDING AGAINST A THREAT MOST PEOPLE DON’T YET UNDERSTAND
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October 06, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Israel-Hamas talks on Gaza plan set for today
ISRAELAND HAMAS are set to begin mediated negotiations on Monday aimed at ending a two-year conflict that’s devastated Gaza and destabilised the West Asia, after US President Donald Trump hailed the militant group’s offer to release all hostages.
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October 06, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Keeping customers happy in the AI era
As Al evolves to suggest better pathways, we must ensure technology serves ethical care, not profit-driven medicine
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October 06, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
‘SOME THINGS YOU CAN NEGOTIATE, SOME YOU CAN’T’ We want America to respect our red lines, says Jaishankar
UNDERLINING THAT “THERE are things you can negotiate and there are things you can’t’, external affairs minister S Jaishankar said Sunday that India has been in talks with the US for “a trade understanding” where “our bottom lines and red lines are respected”.
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October 06, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
IT firms brace for muted Q2...
THE MID-TIER PACK compris- ing Persistent Systems, Mpha- sis, and L&T Technology Ser- vices, is expected to outpace their bigger peers, aided by small but steady ramp-ups in Al-led and digital engineering programmes.
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October 06, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Box office collections up 16.5% during Jan-Sept
THE INDIAN BOX office (BO) notched up gross collections of %9,264 crore during January-September 2025, 16.54% higher than the same period last year.
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October 06, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Aerospace technology meets street performance
FROM BANGALORE TO BALLISTIC — AN ELECTRIC MOTORCYCLE THAT CAN COMPETE WITH SOME PETROL BIKES
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October 06, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
High import prices are India's Achilles heel
With the global growth forecast to remain slow over the next year (or longer), it would be great to see a changed approach from the RBI
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October 06, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
GitHub’s race to the billion-user mark
INDIA’S BOOMING DEVELOPER POPULATION TO FUELTHE PLATFORM’S GROWTH
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October 06, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
‘India’s growth intact despite US tariffs’
US President Donald Trump’s tariff policy has caused many countries to think more carefully about how they can create autonomous growth pillars, drawing on their comparative advantages, said Sean Michael Dougherty, senior adviser at the Organisation for Economic Co-Operation and Development (OECD). India should push Al in health and education to improve service delivery while reducing costs, he told Prasanta Sahu. Dougherty was in New Delhi to attend the Kautilya Economic Conclave. Excerpts:
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October 06, 2025
Financial Express Chandigarh
Amazon’s AI won’t stop at finding your lost dog
AMAZON'S NEW SEARCH Party feature was one curious highlight among the raft of updates the company offered at its annual hardware event in NewYork. It works like this: Your dog has escaped. Luckily, you ownanAmazon Ring camera, and it sends an alert telling you he’s on the move. You can post an alert to your neighbours to be on the lookout.
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