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Has the 16th Finance Commission sidelined the States and prioritised the Centre’s needs?
The 16th Finance Commission (FC)’s vertical devolution recommendations prioritise the needs of the Centre over the realities of States. By…
The U.S. trade deal, gains from economic diplomacy
India’s trade playbook is working strongly, steadily and at scale. Its new trade architecture resembles a newly built expressway, anchored…
The Budget and the imperative of fiscal consolidation
While presenting the Union Budget 2026-27, a considerable part of the Finance Minister’s Budget speech dealt with the expenditure programmes…
CCI probes IndiGo for dominance abuse, fare hikes after December flight cancellations
The Competition Commission of India has ordered the Director General to carry out an investigation into the IndiGo violations and…
Nifty IT drops up to 6% on Anthropic tool launch
Nifty IT slipped 5.87% to 36,345.65 points as U.S.-based tech company Anthropic’s new legal tool on Claude spooked American markets…
U.S. FDA issues warning letter to Cohance’s FDF facility in Hyderabad
U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued a warning letter to Cohance Lifesciences’ (formerly Suven Pharmaceuticals) finished dosage formulations manufacturing…
Rupee falls 11 paise to close at 90.43 against U.S. dollar
This image is used for representational purpose only. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto The rupee depreciated 11 paise to 90.43…
Stock markets end marginally higher as heavy sell-off in IT counters spoil sentiment
Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty ended marginally higher on Wednesday (February 4, 2026) as a sharp decline in IT blue-chip…
Budget 2026-27: ‘Tourism can go from threat to tool for empowerment’
How eco-friendly is the Union Budget? If you listened to finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s Budget speech 2026-27, you would have…
India’s services sector growth touches 2-month high in January: PMI
Cost pressures were by far most intense in the Consumer Services category, while the strongest increase in output charges was…