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Financial Express Mumbai
The heat is on
Rising temperatures linked to El Niño conditions threaten food output
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May 20, 2026
Financial Express Mumbai
Delhi-NCR faces GRAP-1 curbs again
THE COMMISSION FOR Air Quality Management (CAQM) on Tuesday imposed stage one measures in Delhi-NCR under the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) as air quality slipped into the 'poor' category, officials said.
1 min |
May 20, 2026
Financial Express Mumbai
RBI must adopt clearer risk accounting
Its balance sheet is robust and well-capitalised, but the accounting structure overstates required buffers and understates distributable surplus
4 min |
May 20, 2026
Financial Express Mumbai
Putin reaches China for Xi talks, gas project in focus
RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR Putin arrived in Beijing on Tuesday night on a twoday state visit for talks with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping, days after US leader Donald Trump travelled to China.
1 min |
May 20, 2026
Financial Express Mumbai
Airlines seek delay in ATF price hike
SAY INCREASE COULD FURTHER STRAIN FINANCES
2 min |
May 20, 2026
Financial Express Mumbai
Annual advertising jamboree looks to define AI-led future
INDIA'S ANNUAL ADVERTISING festival, Goafest, will commence today at the Taj Cidade de Goa at Dona Paula. This is the 19th edition of the festival, which will bring together over 60 industry leaders to drive over 20 knowledge sessions and 15 masterclasses over the next three days.
2 min |
May 20, 2026
Financial Express Mumbai
India Inc braces for the anxious consumer as crisis hits home
INDIA'S MIDDLE CLASS, long seen as the backbone of the country’s consumption engine, is entering a more anxious phase. On a humid evening in Mumbai, the parking lot outside a neighbourhood mall is packed. But inside, shoppers are hesitating longer at supermarket aisles, skipping big-ticket purchases and gravitating towards discount racks.
4 min |
May 20, 2026
Financial Express Mumbai
Altman ‘won’ Musk trial, may have lost Wall Street
WE'VE ALL BEEN in meetings that “could have been an email”, so why not have a jury trial that could have been an AI prompt?
3 min |
May 20, 2026
Financial Express Mumbai
Meta, StanChart AI expansion could result in 15,000 layoffs
US TECHNOLOGY GIANT Meta Platforms and British multinational bank Standard Chartered have lined up big layoff plans which could affect 15,000 of their global workforce.
1 min |
May 20, 2026
Financial Express Mumbai
US clears Apache, howitzer support services for India
DEFENCE TIES DEEPEN WITH FRESH SUPPORT DEALS
3 min |
May 20, 2026
Financial Express Mumbai
Innovation, green tech power India-Nordic ties
AS INDIA AND Nordic countries agreed to transform ties into a Green Technology Partnership, leaders of all six countries flagged concerns of global tensions and turbulence in the international order, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India and the Nordic nations will continue to stand together in upholding a “rules-based global order”.
2 min |
May 20, 2026
Financial Express Mumbai
Standards framed for petrol blended with 30% ethanol
MOVE TO FAST-TRACK USE OF BIOFUEL FOR TRANSPORT
2 min |
May 20, 2026
Financial Express Mumbai
Carrot, stick, and the currency
IMAGINE AN INVISIBLE, expansive assembly — without walls, lead, or a set agenda. Each morning, it gathers again.
4 min |
May 20, 2026
Financial Express Mumbai
Flexi-cap funds wary of mid-, small-caps
EVEN AS MID- and small-cap stocks staged a sharp recovery in April, flexi-cap fund managers remained cautious about significantly increasing exposure to the segment.
2 min |
May 20, 2026
Financial Express Mumbai
Italy & India: A strategic Indo-Mediterranean partnership
‘Made in Italy’ has always been synonymous with excellence worldwide, and today it finds a natural synergy with the high-quality goals of the ‘Make in India’ initiative
4 min |
May 20, 2026
Financial Express Mumbai
'India's luxury car demand story remains intact'
India continues to remain a key growth market for Italian luxury supercar maker Lamborghini, even as global economic uncertainty and geopolitical developments weigh on consumer sentiment in several markets.
2 min |
May 20, 2026
Financial Express Mumbai
GDP growth might have eased to 7% in Q4: Icra
RATING AGENCY ICRA has projected India’s real GDP growth to ease to a three-quarter low of 7% year-on-year in the fourth quarter of FY26, down from 7.8% in Q3, citing the early impact of the West Asia crisis.
1 min |
May 20, 2026
Financial Express Mumbai
Vingroup's e-cab arm starts drive for hiring drivers
VIETNAMESE CONGLOMERATE VINGROUP-backed electric mobility platform Green SM has begun recruiting driver-partners in India, signalling early operational groundwork ahead of its likely entry into the country’s cab aggregation market.
1 min |
May 20, 2026
Financial Express Mumbai
Putin to visit Delhi in Sept for BRICS summit
RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR Putin will attend the BRICS summit in New Delhi on September 12-13, according to a presidential aide.
1 min |
May 20, 2026
Financial Express Mumbai
Modi to focus on skills, jobs at Niti meet on June 11
THE NITI AAYOG Governing Council, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, is set to meet on June 11 to draw up a road map for strengthening India’s human capital through reforms in education, skilling and future-ready employment, while advancing the broader vision of Aatmanirbhar Bharat, sources said.
1 min |
May 20, 2026
Financial Express Mumbai
BPCL FY26 profit soars 75% to ₹23,303 crore
STATE-OWNED BHARAT PETROLEUM Corporation (BPCL) on Tuesday reported a largely flat net profit of ₹3,191.49 crore for the January-March quarter after taking an impairment loss of ₹4,349.13 crore on upstream investments amid changing prospects in oil and gas blocks.
1 min |
May 20, 2026
Financial Express Mumbai
Quick-commerce boom fragments user loyalty
Consumers increasingly spreading purchases across multiple apps, lowering ordering frequency on individual platforms
2 min |
May 20, 2026
Financial Express Mumbai
Bonding with the consumer
FEVICOL'S ADVERTISING, WHICH OCCUPIES A SPECIAL SPACE IN INDIAN MARKETING HISTORY, IS EVOLVING, KEEPING PIYUSH PANDEY’S LEGACY ALIVE
3 min |
May 20, 2026
Financial Express Mumbai
WOMEN INVESTORS MORE AT HOME WITH MARKET-LINKED PRODUCTS
Women investors are more comfortable with mutual funds and disciplined investing through SIPs, as per a report shared by MF registrar and transfer agency CAMS.
1 min |
May 20, 2026
Financial Express Mumbai
Govt to monitor Boeing fuel-switch test tied to Air India London incident
AIR SAFETY OFFICIALS plan to travel to Seattle to observe Boeing’s testing of a fuel-control switch panel that was removed from an Air India 787 in February after the pilots on a London-Bengaluru flight flagged a possible defect, according to documents seen by Reuters.
1 min |
May 20, 2026
Financial Express Mumbai
Advent invests in Iscon Balaji Foods
ADVENT INTERNATIONAL, A global private equity investor, will invest $150 million (₹1,425 crore) for a significant minority stake in Iscon Balaji Foods (IBF), a leading Indian manufacturer and exporter of processed frozen potato products, the company said on Tuesday.
1 min |
May 20, 2026
Financial Express Mumbai
India to use crisis for faster reform & resilience: Goyal
INDIA WILL CONVERT the current difficult situation and the risks associated with global geopolitics into an opportunity for faster reform and greater resilience, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Tuesday.
1 min |
May 20, 2026
Financial Express Mumbai
Airtel's priority push to postpaid may revive net neutrality debate
Shift from content bias to user-class differentiation may raise questions
2 min |
May 20, 2026
Financial Express Mumbai
From adtech to agentic AI
FOR MANY YEARS, marketing teams have used adtech to help them conduct ad campaigns.
2 min |
May 20, 2026
Financial Express Mumbai
'Business expected to gain momentum after Q2'
KEC International, the engineering procurement and construction (EPC) arm of the RPG Group, which derives 25% of its order book from West Asia, is optimistic about post-war opportunities in the region.
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