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Brent crude futures (December) were trading about 3.2% higher than their previous close at $112.35 per barrel on Thursday afternoon

The banks FY26 reports detail IT audits, automated threat monitoring and security testing, and outline plans for an integrated Cyber Defence Centre

Retired IAS officers Reeta Harish Thakkar and Mythili K. Rajendran, retired district judge S. Kirubaharan Mathuram, and retired engineer-in-chief K. P. Sathyamurthy have been appointed as members of the authority

Pralhad Joshi, Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy also stated the government is working to add a dedicated component for agrivoltaics in the second phase of PM-Kusum.

The Indian currency earlier recorded a similar closing level on September 4

The India-EU FTA is set to come into force early next year and significantly slash import duties on luxury cars. This has already boosted demand in India, say Ferrari chiefs

The 30-share BSE Sensex fell 484.98 points, or 0.66%, to 73,367.92

A preliminary analysis of around 3.75 lakh records available on the dark web identified 3,897 customer records containing sensitive information

Looser listing norms and tougher profitability tests could help established small firms tap equity at a time when the RBI is turning hawkish

The Trump administrations crackdown on skilled foreign workers ignores the benefits they bring into the U.S. economy

The latest Free Trade Agreement to come into force has several advantages for India in terms of trade, investment, and the mobility of students, while protecting Indias sensitive sectors

Regional partnerships can help businesses unlock the potential of the India-U.K. trade pact

The U.S. Secretary of State also said that India and U.S. are very very close to finalising the trade deal

MNRE Secretary Santosh Sarangi was addressing reporters ahead of the 7th Agrivoltaics World Conference to be held in New Delhi October 21-23

The inauguration, however, witnessed dramatic scenes, with Public Works department (PWD) Minister P.K. Basheer and former CPI(M) MP A.M. Ariff sparring over credit for the project, while former Vaikom MLA C.K. Asha left the venue in protest after not being given an opportunity to speak before the Chief Minister and other Ministers left the dais

The winners of the 2026 Economics Nobel Prize transformed macroeconomics by showing how individual choices, household expectations and business behaviour shape the economy and influence the effectiveness of government policies

Net spend on oil and gas imports increased about 40% to $13.4 billion.

The draft standards propose on-road emissions testing and new checks on pollution from brakes and tyres, with cars first in line for a phased rollout from April 2029

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said that the proposed Indo-U.S. trade agreement has been a hard and very rigorously negotiated agreement

India-U.S. trade agreement would be concluded at the earliest, in the interest of global trade and bilateral economic ties between the two countries, says the Union Finance Minister

The rural unemployment rate remains broadly stable at 4.2% against 4.1% in August, while urban rate marginally rises from 6.8% in August to 6.9% in this month

Heritage walk highlights need to preserve over 129 historic buildings

Direct tax collection up 13.21% to 13.38 lakh crore till Oct 14, driven by strong corporate tax growth and higher STT refunds

Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford provided the theoretical and empirical underpinnings to a basic but powerful idea for policymakers: the economy is made out of the people in it.

Power Secretary Pankaj Agarwal added that a data governance committee would also be set up at the national level which would be headed by Chairperson of the Central Electricity Authority.

orex traders said the Indian rupee rose to a one-month high on the RBI's measures to curb speculative bets

In manufactured items, WPI inflation was at a series high of 9.76%, higher than 8.37% in August

CMD Gurdeep Singh added that green hydrogen could become a viable business but the priority is for it move from a pilot to commercial scale.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said the rupee has reached a low against the U.S. dollar mainly due to global uncertainties, even though Indias macro-economic fundamentals, including forex reserves, are strong and the regulator RBI is ensuring that the domestic currency stays stable

Apart from the deal to allow Russia to sell diesel to the U.S. and global markets, U.S. President Donald Trump also announced an energy ceasefire between Russia and Ukraine

The Prime Minister cited the country's 7.8% economic growth in the April-June quarter, foreign-exchange reserves exceeding $700 billion and reforms spanning taxation, insolvency and labour laws as evidence of its resilience

Inflation as measured by the Consumer Price Index (CPI) in September 2026 was the highest since October 2024. The rate in September also marked a substantial increase over the 4.8% rate seen in August 2026

The research done by Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford also provides an empirical basis for the idea that the effectiveness of economic policy is also determined by how well governments communicate why they are implementing those policies

The RBI said these measures would strengthen market discipline and ensure appropriate risk management in the foreign exchange market, while maintaining an orderly and transparent market environment

This years laureates in economic sciences, Robert E. Hall and Michael Woodford, have developed new macroeconomic models that have significantly improved our ability to implement effective stabilisation policy. On the basis of these models, well-timed fiscal and monetary policy measures can reduce the economys peaks and troughs, the Academy said

This years theme was Tamil Nadu 2036 Building the Next Decade Towards a $1.5 Trillion Economy

Electricity officials around India are grappling with the many ways Artificial Intelligence infrastructure is reshaping power transmission dynamics.

The Coal Ministry stated that rail loading has also improved, stock depletion and power demand are also expected to moderate mid-October citing historical trends.

A report by the UN Conference on Trade and Development said that greenfield investments are increasingly taking place in strategic sectors. It added that India remains the fastest-growing major economy, even though domestic consumption is starting to show signs of strain due to higher prices

After having sorted out most of the rate-related complications in GST during its last meeting in September 2025, the GST Council has now unveiled several process reforms that could further overhaul how the tax is administered in the country

The RBI policy review will need Central assistance to effectively fight inflation

On input tax credit claims, the 57th GST Council decided to set up a Committee of Officers to examine how to protect a genuine buyer who holds a proper invoice, has received the goods, and has paid his supplier in full.