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The quality of storytelling and production from India, including outside of Bollywood, has improved strongly over the last decade and is now attracting viewers from cultures outside of South Asia as well, according to Amit Malhotra, the head of international business at JioStar.
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Net foreign direct investment (FDI) remained positive for the third consecutive month in August 2026, with inflows exceeding outflows by $3.3 billion, according to the latest data by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). This was driven by robust inflows even as outward investment by Indian companies fell.
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Ferrari has seen more than a doubling of its orders from India in anticipation of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between India and the European Union that is set to come into force in early 2027, top officials of the luxury car company said. The FTA will see a substantial lowering of import tariffs on European cars entering the Indian market.
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#Profiles | The winners of the 2026 Economics Nobel Prize transformed macroeconomics by showing how individual choices, household expectations and business behaviour shape the economy and influence the effectiveness of government policies. ✍️@SharadRaghavan
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An illuminating conversation between @samzsays and the always-insightful @kaul_vivek.
Do watch if you, like me, are worried about your investments!
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While the world spent 70 years building supply routes that could provide efficient models such as Just-in-Time delivery and asset-light business models, the West Asia crisis has broken that to a degree where companies are now looking to get shipments “anyhow, anytime”, according to Yuvraj Narayan, Group Chief Executive Officer of DP World — a Dubai-based global logistics company.
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India's energy diplomacy in a nutshell - Russian oil still by far the largest share, US oil share rising, UAE supplies getting back on track
Together, they accounted for more than two-thirds of India's oil imports in August 2026
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Art of the deal: India now buys more oil from the US, and the Indian people pay a premium for it: ‘India paid an average of $810.6 per tonne of oil to the US, much higher than the average $640 per tonne paid across all its oil imports.’ @SharadRaghavan thehindu.com/business/Econom…
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India sourced more than two-thirds of its August oil imports from just three countries
While Russia’s share in India’s oil imports fell to 44%, from a historic high in July, the shares of both the U.S. and the UAE surged. @SharadRaghavan reports
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First official confirmation that PM Modi will visit Canada on December 11-12, as Indian HC quotes Carney statement yesterday.
More about the visit from report by @sharadraghavan and me last month
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Hon’ble PM Shri Narendra Modi will visit Canada on 11–12 December 2026.
In the recent conversation with Rt. Hon. PM Mark Carney, both the leaders agreed to build on the positive momentum in ties and work towards concrete outcomes in trade, energy, technology, security and people-to-people ties.
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According to sources in the Ministry of Finance, the strategic restructuring does not change anything for the regulation of IDBI Bank or its customer-facing duties. IDBI will continue to provide government financial inclusion, social security and pension schemes.
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The Union Cabinet on Wednesday (October 14, 2026) approved the ‘strategic restructuring’ of IDBI Bank, with Fairfax set to acquire a stake in the lender for ₹52,878 crore, the government announced. With this, the government’s stake in the bank will fall to 15% and Life Insurance Corporation’s (LIC) stake will come down to 19%.
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Less than a month after he signed into law an Act that would see tariffs of up to 100% on countries that import large amounts of Russian oil and gas, U.S. President Donald Trump on October 10, 2026, announced a deal with Russia that would allow it to sell diesel to the U.S. and the global open market. The next day, Mr. Trump also announced an ‘energy ceasefire’ between Russia and Ukraine. All of this has implications for India, its energy sector, and its trade. What is the deal with Russia on diesel?
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UPI MDR on Select Merchant Transactions Shall be Implemented Post Diwali
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The 2026 Nobel Prize for Economics has been jointly awarded to American economists Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford for providing an empirical foundation for determining how governments should incorporate the demand behaviour of households and the supply and pricing behaviour of companies when devising policies to stabilise the economy.
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How do Indians get from point A to B, whet mode of transport do they use, how far is their daily commute, does transport policy reflect the data? In this week's "Talking Politics" I speak to @jagritichandra on the NSO's first ever survey of India on the move -
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Between statements by U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer that the India-U.S. trade deal is not “imminent” and Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s recent remarks that the deal has reached a “plateau”, the commentary on both sides seems to suggest that deal negotiations have hit a roadblock. There are several reasons behind this, with both countries digging in their heels on various issues. What are the most recent statements from both sides?
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A shortlived news break, but still feels good when it is confirmed.
Both decisions have been passed by the Cabinet today.
#Exclusive | The Union Cabinet on Tuesday (October 6, 2026) is likely to take up a proposal by the Ministry of Finance to set up a ₹10,000 crore SME Growth Fund, and a Ministry of Commerce proposal for the setting up of an Integrated Transport and Logistics Authority (ITLA), The Hindu has learnt.
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The Union Cabinet on Tuesday (October 6, 2026) is likely to take up a proposal by the Ministry of Finance to set up a ₹10,000 crore SME Growth Fund, and a Ministry of Commerce proposal for the setting up of an Integrated Transport and Logistics Authority (ITLA).
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#Exclusive | The Union Cabinet on Tuesday (October 6, 2026) is likely to take up a proposal by the Ministry of Finance to set up a ₹10,000 crore SME Growth Fund, and a Ministry of Commerce proposal for the setting up of an Integrated Transport and Logistics Authority (ITLA), The Hindu has learnt.
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