The Hindu Businessline

Grain-based distilleries upset with Rs3/litre cut in purchase price, but sugar sector welcomes the decision

Pact opens opportunities in textiles, leather, engineering and services, while tariff concessions on select imports could intensify competition for domestic producers

Operating-cost disclosures to aid assessment; airlines to retain pricing freedom without prior government approval

Enhanced frequency lets travellers explore Bangkoks popular attractions more

Exporters eye Christmas orders as gold price declines, supporting festive demand and buying

The recovery in container shipping through Suez Canal is more than half of pre-disruption levels

Gujarat recorded an all-time high peak electricity demand of 29,822 MW on October 16, up 36.6 per cent% from 21,822 MW a year earlier

As India prepares for a five-fold increase in air passenger traffic by 2047, the spotlight is on the thousands of air traffic controllers who keep the skies safe, making split-second decisions and coordinating thousands of aircraft movements every day

Taxpayers claiming exemptions under Schedule IV, Table entries 13D and 13E of the Income-tax Act, 2025, must file Form 173A as per the Seventh Amendment Rules, 2026

Consumers may have to pay more for rice in the coming months as growers get over 1,000 a quintal than the minimum support price fixed for paddy

At Delhi airport, average monthly traffic was about 6.5 million, with the highest-ever H1 passenger total in the first six months of this fiscal year

This marks SWITCH Mobilitys third intercity deployment with Prasanna Purple Mobility Solutions this year, following the ag-o of electric coaches on the MumbaiPune & Dombivli-Pune routes in April 2026 and October 2026

The winter schedule begins on October 25 and will be fully implemented by November 1

SEZ units may now return unsold DTA goods within 30 days of clearance, with strict identity, non-benefit proof, and inventory requirements, while new resale and repair rules clarify duty implications.

Ticket prices are set to increase by as much as 20 per cent next year, OLeary says

Writes to Petroleum Ministry

The cloud mass forms leading edge of an easterly wave from Sumatra and the Gulf of Thailand, with moisture-laden clouds building over central parts of the south-west Bay of Bengal off Sri Lanka

The agreement is expected to improve the competitiveness of Indian goods, lower import costs in New Zealand and expand export opportunities.

The vessel is expected to arrive at L&T's Kattupalli Shipyard near Chennai on October 20, 2026

India is allowing specified quantities of these products to enter at concessional import duty rates under the pact

Airport operator says airlines free to relocate or suspend operations as AOC questions reduction amid Terminal 1 underutilisation

EEPC Chairman Pankaj Chadha cites healthy growth in US and other markets, with shipments up 20% in April-September

Flight tracking website Flightradar 24 showed that the Airbus A330 aircraft turned back to base after flying all the way up to Turkiye. The aircraft took off from Copenhagen in Denmark at 4.25 pm local time and returned six hours later

It has recorded 4,649 buyer registrations from more than 150 countries, including Kuwait, South Africa, Benin, Nigeria, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia

The expansion will take the number of cameras deployed by Maruti Suzuki to 1,400 across 93 junctions and 13 key road stretches

Ann incoming circulation from Gulf of Thailand will be closely watched as it moves westwards towards the Andaman Sea, where it could likely develop into a low-pressure area and intensify

Rebound in output in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan offset by decline in drought hit Maharashtra, Karnataka

CAIT said that Delhis estimated average daily business turnover of approximately 2,200 crore makes the commercial ecosystem particularly vulnerable to disruptions.

Temporary trial from October 22, 2026 adds Executive AC Chair Car to the trains composition on select days

Commerce Department seeks five-year extension, but Finance Ministry remains unconvinced about their effectiveness; some exporters fear discontinuation

Airlines first want a discussion on refurbishment of terminal 1 including its scope, timeline, terminal wise capacity and utilisation data

The analysis included three months inputs from esSankhyiki, a data platform developed by Ministry of Statistics and Programme ImplementationTable mailed

The stakes are high because rabi crops, unlike the monsoon-dependent kharif crops, are sown in the winter months and depend on a combination of residual soil moisture, irrigation and winter precipitation

The emerging concern is that faster growth in services imports could reduce the net foreign exchange earnings generated by India's services sector

Refiners exported15.1 mt of refined products, such as diesel and jet fuel, during July to September in the current financial year

Ashok Chandra, MD and CEO of Punjab National Bank, has stated that festive demand has significantly driven credit growth

The group has a strategic plan to enter new businesses, but it is not yet the right time to indicate when it would foray into health insurance

Dubai-based DP World's Indian operations span five container terminals with a combined annual capacity of 6 million TEUs.

FIEO President S C Ralhan said that allowing exporters to test products within their own premises, under an approved framework, would reduce dependence on common testing facilities

22, 24 carat Gold prices remain steady across other cities on October 18

22, 24 carat Gold prices remain steady across metro cities on October 18

The Vistadome coach will be temporarily operated on the Madurai-Guruvayur Express on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays, for journeys commencing from Madurai from October 22, 2026 to January 15, 2027

The brokerage says bank credit growth is robust, rising 18.1% y-o-y in mid-September, with corporate lending, loans to micro, small and medium industrial enterprises recording particularly strong growth

Network of intersecting troughs and cyclonic circulations transform the Arabian Sea and the Bay of Bengal into active rain-generating zones following the onset of north-east monsoon

NTPC is targeting to set up 30 GW of nuclear projects in the country to contribute to the government's ambitious 100 GW nuclear capacity target by 2047

The latest outflow follows a net withdrawal of 35,861 crore in September. FPIs had invested 20,200 crore in Indian equities in July and 29,631 crore in August

Reliance Industries Ltd's Jamnagar refinery in Gujarat supplied six of the seven cargoes unloaded at EU ports that month, despite the bloc's ban on fuel made from Russian crude

The experience was launched on October 17, 2026, with a midnight art soire titled Stone to Life

A cheque may bounce for several reasons, including insufficient funds, account closure, stop-payment instructions or signature mismatches

To sustain a life of dignity and independence, PwDs must pivot to calculated, aggressive investing.