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India unveils plan to get around economic impact of Trump’s 50% tariffs
The Independent
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August 29, 2025
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Health Insurance in India Needs to Grow Up: From Selling Policies to Funding Care
ETHealthworld.com
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August 29, 2025
India’s health insurance industry is booming. Policies are being pushed aggressively, premiums are climbing every year, and insurers claim to be covering more Indians than ever before. But beneath the marketing gloss lies a troubling question: Are...
India GDP quarterly (YoY) Q1 actual: 7.8% vs 7.4% previous; est 6.6%
Business Upturn
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August 29, 2025
India’s economy posted a strong performance in the first quarter of FY26 (April–June 2025), with real GDP expanding by 7.8%, compared to 6.5% in the same quarter last year. The growth beat estimates of 6.6% and was also higher than the previous...
Indian rupee sinks to record low of 12.33 versus offshore yuan in likely boost to competitiveness
The Economic Times
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August 29, 2025
The Indian rupee weakened to a new all-time low against the offshore Chinese yuan on Friday, a move that could boost competitiveness for a segment of exporters in the South Asian nation facing hefty U.S. tariffs. The rupee dropped to 12.3307...
India’s Modi to meet Xi and Putin on first China trip in seven years
Tehran Times
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August 29, 2025
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will land in China this weekend for his first visit in seven years. He will meet Chinese President Xi Jinping and the Russian President Vladimir Putin, just as India’s ties with Washington have soured. Modi’s...
'Politics at its lowest level', Amit Shah slams Rahul Gandhi's Ghuspetiya bachao yatra
The Economic Times
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August 29, 2025
In a recent statement in Guwahati, Union Minister Amit Shah has condemned Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's 'Ghuspetiya Bachao Yatra' in Bihar, asserting that it reflects a new low in Gandhi's political strategy. Show more Show less
'India being forced to normalise ties with China': Congress kicks up a fuss as Modi's tour opens
The Economic Times
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August 29, 2025
As PM Narendra Modi starts his keenly-watched tour of Japan and China, the Congress party has alleged that India is being forced into normalising relations with China. Calling Modi's visit a moment of reckoning for India, Congress said that it was...
Healthcare providers’ body withdraws proposed suspension of Bajaj Allianz’s cashless insurance
The Hindu Business Line
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August 29, 2025
AHPI noted that tariffs had not been revised by Bajaj Allianz for many years, leading to undue financial stress on hospitals | Photo Credit: triloks The impasse between the Association of Healthcare Providers of India (AHPI) and Bajaj Allianz...
Indian jewellers stock up for festive season; activity muted elsewhere in Asia
The Hindu Business Line
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August 29, 2025
Domestic gold prices were at around ₹1,02,000 per 10 grams on Friday, after hitting a record high ₹1,02,250 earlier this month. | Photo Credit: AMIT DAVE Demand for physical gold in India picked up slightly this week, despite a recovery in prices,...
India carrying huge rice stocks over three years old, allege traders
The Hindu Business Line
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August 29, 2025
While paddy is procured at around ₹23,000 a tonne, processing, storage, and interest rates drive up the total cost to ₹35,000 a tonne | Photo Credit: SRINATH M As India carries a record high stock of white rice in its granaries, at least over 30...
India is the springboard for Japanese businesses to Global South: PM Modi
Hindustan Times
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August 29, 2025
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday highlighted India’s political and economic stability and planned economic reforms while pitching the country as a destination for Japanese investments to drive growth in areas ranging from manufacturing and...
India News | West Bengal CM Banerjee Hails Record Public Turnout as 'Amader Para, Amader Samadhan' Crosses One Crore Visitors
Latestly
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August 29, 2025
New Delhi [India], August 29 (ANI): West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Friday announced that more than one crore people from all over the state had visited around 14,500 "Amader Para, Amader Samadhan" camps, which aims at providing...
India News | Patna: BJP-Cong Workers Clash over Alleged Derogatory Remarks Against PM Modi
Latestly
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August 29, 2025
Patna (Bihar) [India], August 29 (ANI): The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Congress workers clashed in Bihar's Patna on Friday over the alleged derogatory remarks against Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his late mother during an INDIA bloc...
Indian rupee tumbles past 88 to all-time low on US tariff hit; central bank intervenes
Mint
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August 29, 2025
MUMBAI (Reuters) -The Indian rupee hit a record low on Friday, slipping past the 88-per-dollar mark for the first time ever, as investors said the drag from punitive U.S. tariffs on Indian goods will hurt the country's growth and external...
India News | Lost 1991 Lok Sabha Elections Due to Fraud: Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah
Latestly
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August 29, 2025
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], August 29 (ANI): Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah said that he had lost the 1991 Lok Sabha Elections due to "cheating" and the senior advocate Ravivarma Kumar filed a case without any legal fees. Siddaramaiah...
India-Japan partnership is strategic and smart: PM Modi at business forum in Tokyo
The Tribune (Chandigarh)
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August 29, 2025
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday called India’s partnership with Japan both “strategic and smart”, underlining that the two nations were turning shared interests into shared prosperity while working towards shaping the “Asian Century”....
Indian rupee sinks to record low versus offshore yuan in likely boost to competitiveness
ETBFSI.com
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August 29, 2025
Indian rupee sinks to record low versus offshore yuan in likely boost to competitivenessBy Nimesh Vora MUMBAI, - The Indian rupee weakened to a new all-time low against the offshore Chinese yuan on Friday, a move that could boost competitiveness...
India's economy grows 7.8% in April-June quarter, beats forecasts
Zawya
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India's economy unexpectedly expanded 7.8% year-on-year in the April-June quarter, picking up from 7.4% in the previous three months, data released on Friday showed. Economists polled by Reuters had forecast growth likely cooled to 6.7% in the...
India News | Tamil Nadu CM MK Stalin to Unveil Periyar's Portrait at Oxford University on September 4
Latestly
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August 29, 2025
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], August 29 (ANI): Marking the centenary of the Self-Respect Movement, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin will unveil the portrait of EV Ramasamy (Periyar) at the University of Oxford in England on September 4 and...
India’s GDP grows at robust 7.8% in Q1 FY26; beats estimates by wide margin - key highlights
The Times of India
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India's GDP growth (AI image) India’s GDP grew at a robust 7.8% for the first quarter of the current financial year 2025-26, beating estimates by over a full per cent. RBI had estimated that the GDP grew at 6.5% in Q1 FY26, and most economists had...