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Economic numbers stir up a range of emotions

Updates to estimates of GDP growth in past years might evoke euphoria while India's current economic impulses may justify some anxiety. A Gordian knot in the economy needs to be cut

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March 03, 2025
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Apple-UK: Privacy may not be a top priority for its customers

The company's stance in the UK is admirable but may not pay off

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March 03, 2025
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Greater Focus Is A Must To Protect The Environment

The \"air-conditioned city\" suffered from 35°C in February, which is unheard of

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March 03, 2025
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Daal diplomacy: Pleasing the US, punishing Canada

Canada is the top supplier of masur daal (lentils) to India, followed by Australia and the US

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March 03, 2025
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A letter to the new chief of Sebi: Some issues that merit attention

Investor education and the market regulator's capacity for adjudication deserve to be high priority for Tuhin Kanta Pandey

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March 03, 2025
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Centre approves 97% of special assistance funds for states

The Centre has approved nearly 97% of the amount allocated to states under the Special Assistance scheme, which provides interest-free loans for 50 years to states, during the first 10 months of the ongoing fiscal year, two people aware of the matter told Mint.

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March 03, 2025
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Holi alert: beware of adulterated food

With the Holi festival looming, the country's top food regulator—the Food Safety and Standard Authority of India (FSSAI)—has directed all states and Union territories to run an anti-adulteration drive to ensure stringent monitoring and strong enforcement.

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March 03, 2025
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India reports spike in seasonal flu

As many as 20,414 people were infected with swine flu, and 347 died of the viral disease in India as of December 2024, government data showed.

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March 03, 2025
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Radico Eyes Double Digit Growth in FY26

Encouraged by the ongoing premiumization in the alcoholic beverage (alcobev) segment, Radico Khaitan expects sales of ₹500 crore from its luxury brands, including single malt 'Rampur' and Jaisalmer Indian Craft Gin, in the next fiscal, its managing director Abhishek Khaitan said.

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March 03, 2025
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India, EU aim to finalize mega FTA by year-end

Prime Minister Narendra Modi and European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen on Friday agreed to conclude an ambitious India-EU free trade deal by this year amid fears that the Trump administration's threat of higher tariffs could adversely impact the global economy.

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March 01, 2025
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Checks that Speak Many Languages

The simple, versatile 'gamchha' is inspiring artists and designers to create clothing and décor

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March 01, 2025
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India Needs 7.8% Growth to Be High-Income Nation: WB

World Bank Calls for Raising Both Private and Public Investment From 33.5% to 40% of GDP by 2035

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March 01, 2025
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Govt May Lead Highway Work as Private Investors Fight Shy

The Centre, through NHAI, may award 10% or less under BOT-toll route in the next fiscal

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March 01, 2025
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Art and friendship, tainted by some ugly business

This compulsively readable short novel forces us to take a good long look at our dormant friendships

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March 01, 2025
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The Palestine cloud hanging over Berlinale

At times, the Berlinale assumes the form of a tinderbox waiting to explode.

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March 01, 2025
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‘Sattu’, a functional food rooted in tradition

You cannot scroll on Instagram without coming across a few high-protein sattu recipes.

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March 01, 2025
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Power units brace for summer peaks

Stocks of domestically produced coal have touched 50.6 million tonnes (mt) at thermal power plants, showed data from the Central Electricity Authority, as power and coal firms race to meet a projected record in demand this year.

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March 01, 2025
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The highway in the gallery

Photographer Gauri Gill's ongoing exhibition in New Delhi brings the outside world into the white cube

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March 01, 2025
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Singing to bring about change

A group of Dalit women is questioning the status quo through Ambedkari 'jalsa'

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March 01, 2025
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US Polo Growth Hinges on Premiumization

American casual wear brand also plans to invest in adjacent categories

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March 01, 2025
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Fiscal deficit hits ₹11.7 tn in April-Jan period of FY25

Govt's fiscal deficit target is 4.8% of GDP for 2024-25, with a further reduction to 4.4% targeted for 2025-26

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March 01, 2025
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The link between tea and golf

The first flush is just starting and while I wait for these teas, I decided to catch up on some tea history, on tea and golf's shared beginnings here in India.

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March 01, 2025
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Coursera relies on India to boost its enterprise business

Coursera's B2B segment in 2024 contributed approximately 34% of its total revenue, up from 29% in 2021

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March 01, 2025
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Too serious to be ridiculous

Naomi Klein's 2023 book is an excellent primer to understand the psychology and politics that fuels conspiracy theorists

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March 01, 2025
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The Future of Food with Alchemist's Rasmus Munk

The newly crowned world's best chef talks biotech, the need to use waste streams and how to use gastronomy to change the world

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March 01, 2025
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India's Core Sector Growth Remains Steady at 4.6% in Jan

Higher output in cement, refinery products, coal, steel, fertilizers, electricity drove growth

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March 01, 2025
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Zahid Rafiq's powerful debut, 'The World with its Mouth Open', bears witness to the decades-long damage suffered by Kashmiris across ages

Zahid Rafiq's powerful debut, 'The World with its Mouth Open', bears witness to the decades-long damage suffered by Kashmiris across ages.

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March 01, 2025
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Making a mark in the progression of printmaking

Devraj Dakoji's latest exhibition is a testimony to his life-long contribution to the cause of printmaking

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March 01, 2025
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Man behind Air India sale set to helm Sebi

India's top finance ministry bureaucrat Tuhin Kanta Pandey has a track record of market-friendly reforms.

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March 01, 2025
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What birdwatching can teach us about evolution, ecology and humanity

'The Search for India's Rarest Birds' is a compendium of thrilling first-person narratives by all manner of birders

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March 01, 2025