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Tariffs alone don’t guide investment calls: Aditya Birla

TazaPulseAugust 22, 2026

Aditya Birla addresses tariff and investment concerns NEW DELHI: Amid concerns over low private sector investment, Aditya Birla Group chairman Kumar Mangalam Birla Friday said the corporate sector was undertaking capital expenditure at a very fast pace.He said RBI data pointed to growth in bank loans to the corporate sector, which are evenly spread between...

Middle East, Russia crisis: India new ‘swing supplier’ for refined oil products. Can it sustain?

TazaPulseAugust 21, 2026

Oil products now account for a much larger share of India’s exports to several destinations. India’s oil-products export map is expanding and the country is fast emerging as an important ‘swing supplier’ in the world’s refined fuel markets as the Middle East crisis continues to disrupt flows.As TOI recently reported, Singapore has become India’s third-largest...

‘Mental age’ of 8 or 9 years cannot automatically mean adult woman lacks sexual capacity: Gauhati HC acquits rape convict

TazaPulseAugust 21, 2026

Considering the evidence as a whole, the High Court concluded that the prosecution had failed to prove the charge through legally admissible evidence. The Gauhati High Court has acquitted a man convicted of raping a 24-year-old woman with intellectual disability, holding that the prosecution failed to produce specific expert evidence showing that her condition rendered...

Gold, silver shine brighter: Bullion prices hit 3-month highs as weak dollar boosts demand

TazaPulseAugust 21, 2026

Bullion prices hit 3-month highs as weak dollar boosts demand Gold and silver continued their sharp upward move in the national capital on Friday, with both precious metals touching levels last seen more than three months ago. The gains came as a weaker US dollar and positive global market trends encouraged buying in bullion.Gold of...

US stock market today: Wall Street rises as bond market steadies

TazaPulseAugust 21, 2026

The bond market, which has remained the main source of turbulence on Wall Street, was still unsettled, but the swings in Treasury yields had moderated. US stock market today: Benchmark indices on Wall Street moved higher on Friday, recovering some of the ground lost during a volatile week. The bond market, which has remained the...

Trump admin taps JPMorgan alum Matt Zames to advise Social Security agency

TazaPulseAugust 21, 2026

Matt Zames, then-chief operating officer of JPMorgan Chase, center, in New York, Feb. 27, 2017. Kholood Eid | Bloomberg | Getty Images Former JPMorgan Chase executive Matt Zames will join the Trump administration as an advisor to the Social Security agency, CNBC has learned. Zames is taking an unpaid position to help his former JPMorgan...

Government to amend investment treaty to woo global players

TazaPulseAugust 21, 2026

Centre may cut local-remedy wait for foreign investors from 5 years to 1 NEW DELHI: Seeking to address a long-pending grouse of overseas investors, govt is all set to amend the model bilateral investment treaty (BIT) to allow for international arbitration one year after exhaustion of local remedies, instead of the current five-year clause that...

Informal search for new Tata Sons chief begins

TazaPulseAugust 21, 2026

Noel Tata kicks off Tata Sons succession search MUMBAI: Tata Trusts chairman Noel Tata is understood to have informally kicked off the search process for Tata Sons’ eighth chairman, meeting former HDFC chairman Deepak Parekh at the Taj Wellington Mews Residences in Mumbai on Wednesday, according to people aware of the meeting.The meeting, which also...

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Why vaccination rates are falling in the U.S.

TazaPulseAugust 21, 2026

Vials of measles-mumps-rubella vaccine are displayed on a counter at a Walgreens Pharmacy in Mill Valley, California, Jan. 26, 2015. Justin Sullivan | Getty Images News | Getty Images Record measles cases and rising childhood vaccine exemptions in the U.S. have fueled concerns that Americans are increasingly turning against vaccines. But the reality may be...

GDP may grow beyond projected 6.7%: RBI DG

TazaPulseAugust 21, 2026

RBI’s Poonam Gupta sees India growing above 6.7% forecast, says 7.5% is ‘a given’ CHENNAI: Despite multiple challenges, including the oil and tariff crises, heightened global uncertainty and the possibility of a rainfall deficit, India’s GDP is likely to grow faster than Reserve Bank of India‘s projected 6.7% this fiscal, RBI deputy governor Poonam Gupta...