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MSMEs, accounting for about 45% of India’s total exports, any prolonged instability threatens not just margins but order continuity.“We are fortunate that our goods are not stuck in transit,” said Sushma Morthania, director at Shezar Technologies, which exports electronic components worth around ₹50 lakh each month. Nearly 40% of her shipments go to West Asia, Europe, and parts of Latin America via Dubai’s Jebel Ali Port.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. A new AI borrowing frenzy and lingering fears about potential defaults haven’t deterred investors hungry for bonds from U.S. companies, states and cities.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. When a lawyer representing the Justice Department told a judge in open court this week that she was exhausted and “this job sucks," she said out loud what many federal prosecutors have been privately feeling for months. The Trump administration’s immigration crackdown—and the push to arrest many of the demonstrators protesting against it—is straining U.S.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India and the US announced on Monday that they had agreed on a trade deal. India announced that it will would face 18% US tariffs, down from 50%.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Panaji: Indian Oil Corp. plans to step up exploration and production activity in Canada and explore sourcing crude oil and liquefied natural gas from the country, as India and Canada move to rebuild strained diplomatic ties, chairman and managing director Arvinder Singh Sahney said in an interview.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: India’s drug regulator has signalled zero-tolerance for polio-related risk, turning down a proposal by National Dairy Development Board's (NDDB) subsidiary Indian Immunologicals Ltd (IIL) to start human trials of its ‘six-in-one’ paediatric vaccine over concerns it could undermine the country’s polio-free status, according to two government officials and documents reviewed by Mint.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. In a pre-policy interaction with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), economists and market participants broadly converged on one message: the central bank should focus on easing liquidity in the banking system rather than cutting interest rates, two economists and two treasury officials told Mint. With growth and inflation seen as largely stable, the discussion centred on tools to address liquidity, which have remained under strain due to persistent RBI intervention in the foreign exchange market to curb excessive rupee volatility, strong credit growth, and advance tax outflows.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. MUMBAI: Punjab National Bank, or PNB, is preparing the ground for further deposit rate cuts as pressure on margins intensifies, betting that cheaper deposits are now the best way to protect profitability as earlier policy rate cuts have already pushed lending yields lower. The state-owned lender cut deposit rates by about 20 basis points (bps) across tenures effective 1 January 2026 and sees scope to go further, managing director and chief executive Ashok Chandra said.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. MUMBAI : Raymond Lifestyle is turning to fresh leadership to navigate a darkening retail landscape, appointing Satyaki Ghosh as CEO—the fourth executive to hold the mantle in just five years. Ghosh, who most recently led Grasim Industries’ Cellulosic Fashion Yarn division, takes over the branded apparel company with immediate effect, bringing a resume that includes stints at L’Oreal, Spencer’s Retail, and PepsiCo.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India’s fertilizer supply strategy is once again under strain. Despite years of policy focus on boosting domestic output and cutting import dependence, fertilizer imports have surged in the current financial year as rising farm demand outpaces local production, with implications for subsidies, soil health and food security.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI : With US trade ties under strain, Canada’s west-coast province of British Columbia is stepping up its push into India, with Premier David Eby set to lead a trade mission to the country from 12 to 17 January, the Canadian High Commission said on Friday.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Mention 2007 to a group of professional investors, and watch them bristle. The year was a bad one.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. A 0.25% rate cut looks tiny on paper. But on a ₹50 lakh home loan, it can unlock thousands of rupees a year—and lakhs in lifetime interest—depending entirely on what you do with it.

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Shares of InterGlobe Aviation Ltd, promoter of IndiGo airlines, have dropped about 15% since 1 December, as flight cancellations jumped from roughly 200 at the start of the crisis to over 1,000 by 5 December. IndiGo cited a multitude of “unforeseen operational challenges", primarily crew shortages triggered by the new flight duty time limitation (FDTL) rules that took effect for all airlines in November.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Delhi and Mumbai are deep into a polluted winter, and pets are breathing the same toxic air we are. Poor air quality harms pets slowly rather than dramatically, which means the safest approach is to plan the day around the air instead of sticking to routine out of habit.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The New York Times is suing generative-AI startup Perplexity for copyright infringement, expanding its legal fight against artificial-intelligence companies that it says steal and then profit off its content. In its lawsuit, the Times accused Perplexity of illegally crawling its material and repackaging original Times stories in “verbatim or near-verbatim" written responses to users.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India’s state-owned banks have raised concerns with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) about the weaker transmission of rate cuts to deposits, with lending rates falling significantly faster and straining their balance sheets, according to three people familiar with the discussions. In a meeting with RBI officials about 10 days ago, ahead of the monetary policy outcome on 5 December, multiple state-owned bank chiefs raised concerns that the dominance of external benchmark-linked loans has ensured instant repricing of assets whenever the repo rate moves, said the three people cited earlier.

Indian Peacekeeping Force (IPKF) deployed in Sri Lanka nearly four decades back. On the second day of his visit, Modi visited the IPKF Memorial in this Sri Lankan capital city and laid a wreath. In a social media post, Modi said the «unwavering courage and commitment» of the brave soldiers of the IPKF remained a «source of inspiration for us all.» «Laid a wreath at the IPKF Memorial in Colombo. We remember the brave soldiers of the Indian Peace Keeping Force who laid down their lives in service of peace, unity and the territorial integrity of Sri Lanka,» he said. «Their unwavering courage and commitment remain a source of inspiration for us all,» Modi added. India had lost around 1,200 soldiers during the IPKF's stay in Sri Lanka between July 1987 and March 1990.

gems and jewellery industry, one of the country’s top export earners and a major source of employment, is staring at job losses after US President Donald Trump announced a 26% tariff on imports from India. The US is the sector’s largest market, and with demand expected to fall sharply, exporters fear that the move will put thousands of livelihoods at risk. In the last financial year (FY24), India exported about $33 billion worth of gems and jewellery, of which nearly $10 billion went to the US, according to official data. The new tariff would raise the current US import duty from around 6% to about 34%, making Indian products significantly more expensive for American buyers, said industry players. The Indian gems and jewellery sector is the country’s third-largest export to the US, after engineering and electronic goods. It employs millions of people, many of whom are involved in labour-intensive work such as diamond cutting, polishing, and jewellery crafting. India is also the global leader in diamond processing, handling about 90% of all cut and polished diamonds in the world.

April 2025 brings crucial planetary shifts that will influence Aries natives in various aspects of life. The first half of the month may bring challenges. After mid-April, positive energy and opportunities will rise. Strategic planning and patience will be key to making the most of this period. Career