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Over the past few weeks, India’s inflation story has been shifting from producers to consumers, drivenmore by cost-push than demand-pull forces.The trend, duly tracked in our Quickonomics series, started with a divergence in April, when inflationbased on the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) surged to 8.3% from 3.9% in March, while Consumer PriceIndex (CPI) inflation remained relatively benign at 3.5%.This gap signals building cost pressures.Live EventsAlso Read: RBI MPC- A problem Shaktikanta Das had contained may be returning to haunt Sanjay Malhotra & CoTo be sure, such divergence is not uncommon—typically, WPI inflation responds to global commodityprice movements, while CPI inflation…

New Delhi: The government is rolling out 50-100 ethanol fuel stations in Delhi-NCR, Pune, Mumbai and Nagpur, with an aim to reduce imports of fossil fuels, Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Thursday.He expressed hope to expand this network of ethanol fuel stations to 500 by the end of 2026.Speaking on the sidelines of the launch of India’s first flex fuel car by Maruti Suzuki, Puri said he anticipates that by the end of 2027, India will have 5,000 ethanol fuel stations.Also Read: Petrol, diesel price hikes in India remain ‘very minor’ compared with global peers:…

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Mumbai: Global banking major Citi’s Chief Executive Officer Jane Fraser on Thursday expressed confidence in India’s long-term growth prospects, saying the country’s growth story remains intact despite near-term challenges.Emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI) could unlock significant opportunities across the economy, she said.Speaking at the Citi India Conference 2026 after a meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Fraser said India continues to stand out globally because of its reform momentum, digital transformation and technology talent.”The long-term story in India is very much intact,” Fraser said.Describing India as the world’s fastest-growing major economy, she urged investors and businesses not to…

Lebanon and Israel have agreed to renew a fragile ceasefire and create “pilot” security zones inside Lebanon in which Hezbollah operatives would be banned, a statement released by the US state department said.The agreement is contingent on “a complete cessation” of attacks by the Iran-backed armed group Hezbollah, among other conditions. Hezbollah is designated as a terrorist organisation by Israel and many other countries, including the UK and US.The deal was announced on Wednesday, after Lebanon and Hezbollah fired rockets into northern Israel and Israeli strikes killed at least nine people in southern Lebanon. Lebanese state media has also reported…

Polish far-right politicians have claimed that the murder of Henry Nowak symbolises “Britain’s descent into the depths of the earth” as populists from France, Spain and Japan focused on harrowing clips of his dying moments.Despite pleas from Nowak’s family for people not to exploit the killing for political gain and to focus on cutting knife crime, their comments have focused on race and immigration.Police footage showing Nowak’s final few minutes of life have been shared across the world. The 18-year-old was arrested and handcuffed as he lay dying from stab wounds, while his murderer, Vickrum Digwa, who had stabbed him…

NEW DELHI: Are fitness bands, popularly used for measuring and monitoring physical activities and vital parameters, a communication device?The Supreme Court has agreed to examine this question but has flagged that its Bluetooth connectivity capability could have been the reason for its classification as a communication device.Petitioner GOQii Technologies imported activity trackers/fitness bands, and the consignment was classified as communication devices by the Customs department asking the company to execute provisional duty bonds for Rs 3.64 crore. The goods were released after the company furnished a bank guarantee of Rs 1 crore.Petitioner’s counsel Kumar Sambhav told a bench of Justices…

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3 min readNew DelhiJun 4, 2026 04:09 PM IST With the Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) Advanced results announced on May 31, all the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) are organising Open Houses for prospective students. Students who have qualified for the JEE Advanced 2026 and are intending to register for JoSAA counselling for admission to the IITs can attend the Open House to get an idea of the institute and life in the IIT. At the IIT Open House, most IITs offer a campus tour and provide opportunities for interaction with deans, directors, and current students. The prospective students can…

Sorry, true believers: It appears the interstellar comet 3I/ATLAS is indeed just a comet.Radio astronomers recently hunted for “technosignatures” coming from 3I/ATLAS, which is just the third confirmed interstellar object ever seen in our solar system. As expected, that search came up empty — but it still gathered valuable data, the scientists said.”The results from 3I/ATLAS show how realistic it is to detect a signal with the technology we have today,” study co-author Valeria Garcia Lopez, of Furman University in South Carolina, said in a statement Wednesday (June 3). “That is why it is important to keep searching for technosignatures,…