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DRDO conducts key test for Gaganyaan
INDIA'S HUMAN SPACEFLIGHT programme Gaganyaan has achieved a key milestone with the DRDO conducting a test that proved India's expertise in designing and manufacturing high-strength ribbon parachutes, the defence ministry said on Thursday.
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February 20, 2026
Financial Express Chennai
Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAl, is guest at Express Adda today
RARELY HAS A TECHNOLOGY caught the imagination of the world in such a short time as the latest innovations in artificial intelligence.
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February 20, 2026
Financial Express Chennai
OpenAI nears 1st phase of $100 bn funding round
OPENAI IS CLOSE to finalis-ing the first phase of a new funding round that is likely to bring in more than $100 billion,according to people familiar with the matter, a record-breaking financing deal that would give the startup additional capital to build out its artificial intelligence tools.
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February 20, 2026
Financial Express Chennai
‘Targeting $50-mn Series B round this year’
SANJAY NEKKANTI, FOUNDER & CEO, DHRUVA SPACE
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February 20, 2026
Financial Express Chennai
Now, Jio will connect India to intelligence era: Ambani
RELIANCE INDUSTRIES CHAIRMAN Mukesh Ambani on Thursday outlined an ambitious artificial intelligence road map anchored in a ₹10-lakh crore investment in addition to sovereign compute infrastructure, and expanding access to AI services through Reliance Jio.
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February 20, 2026
Financial Express Chennai
At 7.8 GW, solar open access hits a record
INDIA'S CORPORATE SOLAR engine broke a new record in 2025, with 7.8 GW of open access capacity added, pushing cumulative installations past the 30 GW mark — even as a deadline-driven rush distorted quarterly trends.
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February 20, 2026
Financial Express Chennai
2026 FMCG growth to be higher than 2025: Report
MARKET RESEARCH AGENCY Numerator (formerly Kantar) has forecast a higher growth rate for the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) market in calendar 2026, saying that it will touch 5% towards the late first half of the calendar year.
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February 20, 2026
Financial Express Chennai
Govt wheat sale gets tepid response
THE GOVERNMENT'S MOVE to offload wheat in the open market continues to receive a lukewarm response this season from bulk buyers such as flour millers, due to adequate private stocks and stable market prices.
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February 20, 2026
Financial Express Chennai
KKR bets big on India’s PE, infra opportunity
India’s strong nominal GDP backdrop of 10-11% should not be underestimated
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February 20, 2026
Financial Express Chennai
Auto firms mull price hike as metal costs hit margin
as metal costs hit margin
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February 20, 2026
Financial Express Chennai
Brokers body seeks 6-mth pause on RBI curbs on bank lending
THE ASSOCIATION OF NSE Members of India (ANMI), a pan-India body representing over 900 active stockbrokers from the NSE, BSE, and MCX, has written a letter to the top brass of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) requesting a six-month freeze on the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) 100% cash collateral rule on bank guarantees.
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February 20, 2026
Financial Express Chennai
US-Iran, crude concerns spook D-St
DOMESTIC EQUITIES ON Thursday fell prey to global woes, including worsening geopolitical tensions between the US and Iran, volatility in crude oil prices as well as concerns over a likely interest rate hike by the US Fed, reports Anjana Therese Antony.
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February 20, 2026
Financial Express Chennai
US trade deficit widens sharply in December
THE US TRADE deficit widened sharply in December amid a surge in imports, and the goods shortfall in 2025 was the highest on record despite President Donald Trump’s tariffs on foreign manufactured merchandise.
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February 20, 2026
Financial Express Chennai
Committee mulls seasonally adjusted quarterly GDP data
A COMMITTEE UNDER the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation (MoSPI) has recommended introducing a seasonally adjusted quarterly gross domestic product (GDP) series to provide a more accurate assessment of the economy’s progress.
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February 20, 2026
Financial Express Chennai
No more Snacc time for Swiggy
The sources said Swiggy's other food delivery experiments—
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February 20, 2026
Financial Express Chennai
Biopharma strategy needs regulatory focus
Policymakers must turn attention to comparative efficacy data and animal testing requirement waiver, easing enforcement of clinical trial regulation, and integrating AI into clinical trials
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February 20, 2026
Financial Express Chennai
Korean ex-prez Yoon gets life term
ASOUTH KOREAN court sentenced former President Yoon Suk Yeol to life in prison on Thursday, after finding him guilty of masterminding an insurrection linked to his December 2024 attempt to impose martial law.
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February 20, 2026
Financial Express Chennai
Tech glitch hits airline operations across India
AIRLINES ACROSS INDIA experienced a brief but widespread operational disruption on Thursday morning after a technical outage hit Navitaire, a reservation and departure control system used by several carriers.
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February 20, 2026
Financial Express Chennai
SpiceJet barred from using Bangla airspace over dues
ROUTE TURBULENCE
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February 20, 2026
Financial Express Chennai
Auto, marine exports to EU zoom before FTA
EVEN AS THE country’s overall exports faltered, shipments to the European Union (EU) have registered a steady pace. Vehicle and marine exports to the EU have shown growth in excess of 25% in the April-December period of the current financial year and these are expected to gain greater traction once the free trade agreement (FTA) between both sides becomes operational.
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February 20, 2026
Financial Express Chennai
Firms make frontier AI impact commitments
FRONTIER AI COMPANIES, along with Indian innovators such as Sarvam, Bharatjan, Yani and Soket, have committed to advancing understanding of real-world AI usage to support policies on various issues, including jobs, with multilingual and contextual evaluations under the New Delhi Frontier AI Impact Commitments, IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said on Thursday.
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February 20, 2026
Financial Express Chennai
Amazon dethrones Walmart as world’s biggest firm by sales
AMAZON HAS OFFICIALLY dethroned Walmart as the biggest global company by revenue, a milestone attesting to the massive scale the e-commerce and cloud-computing giant has achieved since its humble beginnings in 1994 as an online bookseller in Jeff Bezos’ Seattle-area garage.
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February 20, 2026
Financial Express Chennai
'Product & channel diversification key to reduce distribution costs'
SBI General Insurance has clocked the premium growth 1.7 times the non-life insurance industry in the first nine months of the current fiscal.
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February 20, 2026
Financial Express Chennai
Direct benefit transfers touch ₹5.6L cr in FY26
THE CENTRE HAS transferred subsidies and welfare benefits worth ₹5.6 lakh crore to beneficiaries through the direct benefit transfer (DBT) so far in the current financial year, indicating that disbursements are on track to approach recent peak levels if March releases follow typical year-end patterns.
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February 20, 2026
Financial Express Chennai
Investors lose ₹6.79L cr in broad-based selloff
UNDER PRESSURE
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February 20, 2026
Financial Express Chennai
MSMEs can cut 87 MT of carbon emissions: NITI
%2-lakh cr in pvt investment may get unlocked
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February 20, 2026
Financial Express Chennai
Need naval forces to join hands to tackle maritime threats: Rajnath
FROM PIRACY, MARITIME terrorism, disruptions to critical supply chains to climate change besides the traditional threats, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh on Thursday said that no single Navy, however capable, can address these challenges alone and sought enhanced cooperation among the naval forces to ensure a safer and more secure future.
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February 20, 2026
Financial Express Chennai
Electric bus penetration rises to 4.5% in FY26
GOING GREEN
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February 20, 2026
Financial Express Chennai
Judicial erasure of statutory text
KEEPING GOVT LICENCES OUTSIDE INSOLVENCY ESTATE RISKS DRIVING REGULATED INDUSTRIES TO LIQUIDATION
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February 20, 2026
Financial Express Chennai
PM unveils MANAV vision, says welfare for all a benchmark
PITCHING INDIA AS the hub of artificial intelligence (AI) that serves all, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday unveiled the 'MANAV' vision for a human-centric approach and use of the fast emerging technology with a strong emphasis on sovereignty and inclusivity.
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