Adrija Chatterjee
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A Billion New Air Conditioners Will Save Lives But Cook The Planet
Summer in India has always been hot. Increasingly, it's testing the limits of human survival. As temperatures have climbed across the world's most populous nation in recent weeks.
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India Renews Push For Easier Visas For Its Companies In UK: Report
India will keep pushing for easier visa rules for skilled professionals hired by its companies investing in Britain as it looks to finalise a free trade pact with the UK by end-2023, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
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Sizzling Heat Wave Puts India's Farm Sector, Economy At Risk
India's thriving farm sector - the only bright spot in its slowing economy - has become a hostage to warnings of a heat wave, muddling the outlook for policy makers already grappling with sticky inflation.
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India's Soaring Russian Oil Imports Render Rupee Trade Futile: Report
India's love for discounted Russia oil is widening its trade deficit with Moscow and the casualty is their much-touted rupee trade plan.
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Rising Interest Rates To Upset Budget Math On Small Savings
The decision on Feb. 1 triggered the biggest drop in the benchmark 10-year bond yields in over two months. Bonds have since pared their gains, with the budget math increasingly looking daunting.
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Budget 2023 To Support Growth, Shun Populism, Says Economist
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to prioritize macroeconomic stability by sticking to fiscal consolidation path in his final full-year budget before national polls in 2024.
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PM Modi Wants To Cut India's Reliance On China But Trade Has Leaped
India's bilateral trade with China rose by a third in the year to March, throwing a spanner in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's drive to wean the country from relying on its neighbour for cheap imports and promote a thriving domestic industry.
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PM Modi's Plan To Unlock Gold Gets New Focus With Widening Trade Gap
India's wide trade deficit is highlighting a curious plan to rein in the gap: Getting people to hand over their private stashes of gold jewelry.
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India's Economy Lights Up This Diwali After Covid Dampener. Here's Why
Indian shoppers are back in force online and in stores, splurging this festive season after the coronavirus pandemic damped celebrations and consumption in previous years.
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In India, Demand For Luxury Products For Diwali Triggers Concern
Household spending trends ahead of India's main festive season are flashing warning signs of a widening chasm in demand recovery as inflation hovers around 7 per cent and unemployment keeps on rising.
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Social Media Scam Artists Prey On India's Amateur Investors
India's mom-and-pop investors are facing testing times. During a pandemic-era surge in the stock market, millions poured their savings into equities, drawing on advice from unauthorised financial advisers and social media "gurus"
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Is India Ready For Plastic Ban? Why Stocks of Juice Packs Are Running Out
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a reputation for imposing policies suddenly on an unprepared nation, but when he pledged in 2019 to eliminate single-use plastics, food and beverage makers had years to prepare.
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Crypto Sales Tax At 28%? Discussions Next Week
An Indian ministerial panel will meet next week to discuss a goods and services tax on cryptocurrency transactions, people with knowledge on the matter said.
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Tomatoes Are The Next Big Risk To PM Modi's Fight Against Inflation
Tomato prices are surging in India, putting politicians on notice as vegetables have an unusual history of toppling governments in the country.
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In A Surprise Move, RBI Hikes Key Interest Rate As Inflation Fight Intensifies
Indias central bank raised its key policy rate in a surprise move Wednesday, sending bond yields higher, as it intensified the battle against inflation thats outpaced its expectations for much of the year.
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A Billion New Air Conditioners Will Save Lives But Cook The Planet
Summer in India has always been hot. Increasingly, it's testing the limits of human survival. As temperatures have climbed across the world's most populous nation in recent weeks.
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India Renews Push For Easier Visas For Its Companies In UK: Report
India will keep pushing for easier visa rules for skilled professionals hired by its companies investing in Britain as it looks to finalise a free trade pact with the UK by end-2023, according to people with knowledge of the matter.
-
Sizzling Heat Wave Puts India's Farm Sector, Economy At Risk
India's thriving farm sector - the only bright spot in its slowing economy - has become a hostage to warnings of a heat wave, muddling the outlook for policy makers already grappling with sticky inflation.
-
India's Soaring Russian Oil Imports Render Rupee Trade Futile: Report
India's love for discounted Russia oil is widening its trade deficit with Moscow and the casualty is their much-touted rupee trade plan.
-
Rising Interest Rates To Upset Budget Math On Small Savings
The decision on Feb. 1 triggered the biggest drop in the benchmark 10-year bond yields in over two months. Bonds have since pared their gains, with the budget math increasingly looking daunting.
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Budget 2023 To Support Growth, Shun Populism, Says Economist
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to prioritize macroeconomic stability by sticking to fiscal consolidation path in his final full-year budget before national polls in 2024.
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PM Modi Wants To Cut India's Reliance On China But Trade Has Leaped
India's bilateral trade with China rose by a third in the year to March, throwing a spanner in Prime Minister Narendra Modi's drive to wean the country from relying on its neighbour for cheap imports and promote a thriving domestic industry.
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PM Modi's Plan To Unlock Gold Gets New Focus With Widening Trade Gap
India's wide trade deficit is highlighting a curious plan to rein in the gap: Getting people to hand over their private stashes of gold jewelry.
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India's Economy Lights Up This Diwali After Covid Dampener. Here's Why
Indian shoppers are back in force online and in stores, splurging this festive season after the coronavirus pandemic damped celebrations and consumption in previous years.
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In India, Demand For Luxury Products For Diwali Triggers Concern
Household spending trends ahead of India's main festive season are flashing warning signs of a widening chasm in demand recovery as inflation hovers around 7 per cent and unemployment keeps on rising.
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Social Media Scam Artists Prey On India's Amateur Investors
India's mom-and-pop investors are facing testing times. During a pandemic-era surge in the stock market, millions poured their savings into equities, drawing on advice from unauthorised financial advisers and social media "gurus"
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Is India Ready For Plastic Ban? Why Stocks of Juice Packs Are Running Out
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has a reputation for imposing policies suddenly on an unprepared nation, but when he pledged in 2019 to eliminate single-use plastics, food and beverage makers had years to prepare.
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Crypto Sales Tax At 28%? Discussions Next Week
An Indian ministerial panel will meet next week to discuss a goods and services tax on cryptocurrency transactions, people with knowledge on the matter said.
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Tomatoes Are The Next Big Risk To PM Modi's Fight Against Inflation
Tomato prices are surging in India, putting politicians on notice as vegetables have an unusual history of toppling governments in the country.
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In A Surprise Move, RBI Hikes Key Interest Rate As Inflation Fight Intensifies
Indias central bank raised its key policy rate in a surprise move Wednesday, sending bond yields higher, as it intensified the battle against inflation thats outpaced its expectations for much of the year.
