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Revised bullet train cost Rs 2 lakh crore, 2x of original estimate | India News

TazaPulseAugust 26, 2026

In Jan, railway board chairperson Satish Kumar had said the project cost had increased by around 83% to Rs 1.98 lakh crore. (Representative image) NEW DELHI: The cost of the Ahmedabad-Mumbai bullet train has been revised to around Rs 2.1 lakh crore, nearly double the original cost of approximately Rs 1.1 lakh crore. The proposal...

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Cash is no longer king in home sales

TazaPulseAugust 26, 2026

Prospective buyers depart an open house in Rancho Cucamonga, California, US, on Saturday, May 9, 2026. Kyle Grillot | Bloomberg | Getty Images As the residential real estate market continues to lose steam, competition is weakening, and cash is no longer necessary to win a deal. The share of cash sales during the first four...

‘Do we need a 4th-party audit?’ PM raps secretaries over quality of public projects | India News

TazaPulseAugust 26, 2026

Chairing the monthly Pragati meeting on Tuesday, PM Modi is learned to have told the top bureaucrats that such things are “unacceptable”. NEW DELHI: “Do we now need to go for a fourth-party audit?” PM Modi is learned to have asked secretaries at the Centre and chief secretaries in states while expressing concerns over reports...

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Why markets care about the election

TazaPulseAugust 26, 2026

“Vote Here” signage outside a polling location at Westchester Regional Library during a primary election in Miami, Florida, US, on Tuesday, Aug. 18, 2026. Eva Marie Uzcategui | Bloomberg | Getty Images Markets are starting to care about the 2026 midterm elections, which loom 10 weeks away and could rip full control of Congress from...

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India, China to work towards political settlement of boundary question in long-term interests; Beijing stresses package solution | India News

TazaPulseAugust 26, 2026

Ajit Doval and Wang Yi after the meeting. Ahead of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s visit to India next month, India and China held the 25th round of Special Representatives (SR) Dialogue on the Boundary Question, endorsing efforts to formalise the recent turnaround in the relationship on the back of border peace and discussing issues like...

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Stanley Druckenmiller leads doubters who think Bessent’s bond ploys will fail

TazaPulseAugust 26, 2026

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s bond market interventions have generated a modest decline in yields along with a growing chorus of derision from those who think they won’t work over the long haul and could have dangerous repercussions. Wall Street has been generally skeptical that Treasury has enough firepower to manage a fixed income market that...

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HHS plans new FDA leadership roles for technology, drugs

TazaPulseAugust 26, 2026

The logo for the Food and Drug Administration is seen ahead of a news conference at the Health and Human Services Headquarters in Washington, April 22, 2025. Nathan Posner | Anadolu | Getty Images The Department of Health and Human Services is planning to create two new deputy commissioner roles at the Food and Drug...

‘Country is not a dharamshala’: Amit Shah sets target for illegal immigration-free India | India News

TazaPulseAugust 25, 2026

NEW DELHI: Home minister Amit Shah on Tuesday said the Narendra Modi govt has set a goal to make the country illegal immigration-free in a “very short period of time” and, for this purpose, reached out to the border states over the past eight months, sharing with them its document on a quadrangular approach to...

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3 pressing challenges facing Tim Cook’s successor as CEO

TazaPulseAugust 25, 2026

Talk about big shoes to fill. Next week, John Ternus will officially take the reins at Apple from longtime CEO Tim Cook, one of the most successful corporate leaders of all time. Investors have been rewarded handsomely over the course of his 15-year tenure, with shares rising around 2,205%, compared to the S & P...

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SpaceX plans to build a $100 billion spaceport in Louisiana

TazaPulseAugust 25, 2026

Ship 40 is stacked atop Booster 20 in preparation for Flight 13 at SpaceX’s South Texas facility in Cameron County, Texas, on July 22, 2026. Reginald Mathalone | Nurphoto | Getty Images Elon Musk is continuing his push into the Southern U.S. with SpaceX, his aerospace and tech conglomerate, planning a $100 billion new launch...