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TREND | 31 Oct 2025, 02:23PM

City Union Bank secures $50 million commitment from IFC for green financing to MSMEs

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MSMEs play a vital role in India's economy, contributing 30 per cent of the country's GDP. However, high energy costs pose a significant challenge to their competitiveness

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TREND | 30 Oct 2025, 02:27PM

India saw over 1.7 mn deaths from PM2.5 pollution in 2022: Lancet report

Business Standard

Human-caused PM2.5 pollution was responsible for more than 17 lakh deaths in India in 2022 -- up by 38 per cent since 2010 -- with use of fossil fuels contributing to 44 per cent of the deaths, according to a global report published by The Lancet journal. Use of petrol for road transport contributed to 2.69 lakh deaths, the '2025 Report of The Lancet Countdown on Health and Climate Change' said. Estimates also suggest that premature mortality in 2022 due to outdoor air pollution in India translated into a financial loss of USD 339.4 billion -- about 9.5 per cent of the country's GDP. An international team of 128 experts from 71 academic institutions and UN agencies, led by University College London, was involved in producing the ninth edition of the report. Published ahead of the 30th UN Conference of the Parties (COP30), the report provides the most comprehensive assessment to date of the connections between climate change and health, the authors said. The findings assume...

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TREND | 30 Oct 2025, 09:55AM

Bank Of Japan Sits Tight On Interest Rates, With Two Dissenters

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The BOJ held its policy rate at 0.5% Thursday at the end of a two-day gathering, according to a statement.

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TREND | 30 Oct 2025, 09:06AM

Boost manufacturing to 25% of GDP for economic growth, says NITI Aayog

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India's manufacturing sector faces constraints compared to peer nations, including poor infrastructure, a lack of skilled talent, low R&D investment, and fragmented supply chains

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TREND | 30 Oct 2025

BS BFSI Summit: 'Inflation-targeting worked, no major revamp required'

Business Standard

At BS BFSI Insight Summit 2025, a high-level panel of economists said that flexible inflation targeting has largely worked in keeping inflation under control and no major revamp is required

I won't be surprised with above 7% GDP growth in FY26: CEA Nageswaran

Business Standard | 29 Oct 2025 2 more

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TREND | 29 Oct 2025

Inflation targeting has worked, but now needs fine-tuning, say economists

Business Standard

Economists at the BS BFSI Summit said India's inflation-targeting framework has anchored expectations and strengthened RBI's credibility, but needs more flexibility and stronger policy coordination

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TREND | 29 Oct 2025

IIP Data: India's Industrial Output Better Than Expected In Sep Led By Manufacturing Motilal Oswal Report

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September's Index of Industrial Production growth remained almost unchanged at 4% YoY vs Aug'25.

Industrial output growth moderates to 3-month low of 4% in September

Business Standard | 28 Oct 2025 2 more

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TREND | 28 Oct 2025

ASEAN, China upgrade free trade pact to boost digital and green cooperation

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The pact comes as Beijing seeks to counter rising US trade tariffs and reinforce its economic footprint in Southeast Asia a region with a combined GDP of $3.8 trillion.

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TREND | 27 Oct 2025

Think 5.2 cr will make you rich? Inflation says it is worth just 90 lakh

Business Standard

Your 5.2 crore SIP corpus in 2055 will buy you only what 90 lakh can buy today - if inflation averages 6%

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TREND | 27 Oct 2025

Indian economy likely to grow faster than expected 6.7% in FY26: Poll

Business Standard

While a punitive 50 per cent tariff levied by the US on Indian goods is still in place, recent comments from Washington and New Delhi have raised optimism it will be reduced