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Leverage, time, and the long game: India and Europe find common cause

This is the game every nation is now learning to play. Some are finding new allies or seeing value among nations where they'd seen marginal interest. The starkest example is India & Europe

Augmented truths: Three films rethink reality in the age of machines

Time and time again at the recent Sundance Film Festival, there were examples of non-fiction filmmakers using forms and techniques of fiction to make meaning

Draft defence buying policy raises 'Made in India' content norms

The draft also proposes monitoring timelines from the request for information (RFI) stage onwards, alongside the planning of concurrent activities, to compress overall acquisition timelines

Financial conflicts among couples: Balance joint and solo accounts

Regular money talks, setting up joint goals, and regular reviews can help couples stay aligned

Indian refiners see limited gains from Venezuela as Russian oil dries up

Venezuela's heavy, acidic grades are a poor replacement for higher-quality Russian variants, which are now declining in India's crude oil basket due to US pressure

After TDB, BIRAC announces first call for proposals under RDI fund

Biotechnology-focused fund manager invites startup applications under Rs 1 lakh crore Research, Development and Innovation Fund

Will wipe out ₹2,162 crore losses by March 2028: Bihar Gramin Bank Chairman

Bihar Gramin Bank's JEEViKA exposure at ₹11,500 crore; NPAs below 2%

As Budget renews push for social sectors, gap in implementation persists

Spending on health and education as percentage of GDP is modest and below policy targets

Mahindra LMM bets on e-autos as Udo launch targets next EV growth phase

LMM expects the electrification rate among three-wheelers to rise to 55-60 per cent by 2030 from 35 per cent at present

New CPI Series: Economists expect a prolonged pause on RBI's repo rate

Next step may be a rate increase as and when the inflation rate grows

New CPI series will have less instability structurally, says Pronab Sen

Former chief statistician says the revised cpi was overdue, supports excluding free pds items and sees little immediate impact on rbi policy decisions

Flight fares rise 50% as fans head to Colombo for India-Pakistan match

Airfares to Colombo surge up to 50 per cent ahead of India-Pakistan clash on February 15, with hotel tariffs also moving up amid strong cricket-driven travel demand

Indian Hotels may raise 2030 targets amid strong quarterly revenue growth

Ginger brand set to contribute 10% of consolidated revenue with 250 hotels by FY27, becoming IHCL's third-largest brand by revenue share

RBI's proposed mis-selling norms may hit credit life business of insurers

RBI's draft rules on bundling and consent could dent credit life insurance and bancassurance income, though insurers say overall impact will be limited

Datanomics: Labour strikes down sharply over past decade in India

Data show strikes have declined over a decade, but wage losses and worker rights concerns continue to fuel fresh nationwide protest by 14 trade unions

2024 CPI series rebasing halves index value; inflation rate unchanged

Shift to CPI 2024 base sharply lowers headline index levels in back series, but inflation rate remains identical across rural and urban segments

Volatile items such as food and oil have lower weight in new CPI series

Rural still has more weighting than urban despite drop from earlier series

India second-largest active installed base of smartphones globally

Longer retention cycles build an installed base that places it just behind China

AI Impact Summit: Indigenous SLM, LLMs to take AI summit centre stage

Government to showcase homegrown large and small language models at five-day summit; Sarvam's LLM and funding for AI data centres may be announced

M&M sees green shoots in US tractor mkt as tariffs ease after trade talks

Mahindra & Mahindra expects improved competitiveness in the US as tariffs drop to 18 per cent, plans to supply inventory from bonded warehouses