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FIIs remain net buyers in India for second consecutive week

UPI will remain free for consumers, small merchants

GI-tagged Mithila Makhana exported to Australia

Global tech sector registers 1.63 lakh layoffs

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FSSAI directs Dabur to stop sale of products carrying wrong claims

Blitz Bureau NEW DELHI: The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) has issued a prohibition order against Dabur...

Russia to help Vizag modernise transportation system

Blitz Bureau NEW DELHI: The Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) has entered into a Memorandum of Cooperation with the Government...

Death toll reaches 21 in Kerala monsoon fury

Blitz Bureau NEW DELHI: The toll from Kerala's relentless monsoon has climbed to 21, with six persons still missing, as...

Customs and cargo handling at an Indian port

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L&T bags metal orders worth Rs 15,000 crore

L&T wins over Rs 15,000 cr offshore order in Middle East

Blitz Bureau NEW DELHI: Larsen & Toubro on August 4 informed that its L&T Energy Hydrocarbon Offshore (LTEH Offshore) has...

Three Weeks Inside CETA: What an Indian Family Actually Notices When 99 Per Cent of Tariff Lines Go to Zero

Blitz Bureau NEW DELHI: The India–United Kingdom Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement entered into force on July 15. Most of...

India Won 39 Medals in Glasgow and 10 of Them Came From One Ring. Two Days Later the Cabinet Wrote a ₹36,441-Crore Cheque. Read Those Facts Together

Blitz Bureau NEW DELHI: The 2026 Commonwealth Games closed in Glasgow on Sunday, and the arithmetic of India's campaign is...

GST Receipts Rose 15.4 Per Cent in July. Domestic Collections Rose 10.1 Per Cent. The Difference Is Not a Consumption Boom

Blitz Bureau NEW DELHI: Gross Goods and Services Tax collections for July came in at ₹2.11 lakh crore, up 15.4...

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Blitz Bureau NEW DELHI: Defence production figures are usually read as a statement about security. They are at least as...

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