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India emerges as highest-performing market for Nestle

“Emerging markets are driving growth for Nestlé across the board and India is leading the pack,” Nestle’s global CEO Philipp Navratil said in his first visit to the country, after taking the helm in Sept last year. At present, India is among its top 10 markets, and the potential to move up is “on the

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Uniqlo looks for expansion, to open more India outlets

Goyal said there is interest on both sides in growing textiles trade. While Indian textiles players were unable to crack the Japanese market for several years due to low interest level, but some headway has been made as homegrown players now understand the requirements better in terms of understanding the quality and styles required here.

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Goods exports rise 15%+, top $200 billion

Latest available data estimated exports during the third week of Aug at over $25 billion, a senior official said, on the condition of anonymity. Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal has set an ambitious target of goods and services exports reaching the $1-trillion mark for the first time. Exports have been driven by petroleum products.

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Sugar leaves bitter taste as retailers impose caps

The closing stock for sugar season 2026 (runs from Oct to Sept) is estimated at 3.9 MMT, about 25% lower than the previous year and 40% below the five-year average of 6.5 MMT, analysts at Crisil Intelligence said in a note, prompting govt to allow import of 10 lakh tonnes of raw sugar, the first

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India wants to review, expand 15-year-old trade pact with Japan

India has been seeking a review of the agreement for several years but the Japanese side was holding out. A breakthrough of sorts was achieved last month when Prime Ministers of both countries said the two sides should discuss the pact and make it more contemporary. Bilateral trade between the two countries was pegged at

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Over 61,000 wait for kidney transplants

The committee on health and family welfare has recommended that kidney transplant facilities be expanded to at least three govt medical colleges in large states and one in every small state and UT, besides setting time-bound targets to increase organ retrieval centres and transplant infrastructure, particularly in underserved and hilly regions.

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Caste count method in Census ‘misleading’: Congress letter to PM

“We don’t approve of the caste census being done through this methodology. Govt should cancel the present questionnaire and prepare a fresh one through consultations with political parties, experts, and the public so that a correct headcount of every caste and community is collected and the caste census is precise, relevant, and beneficial,” it said.

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‘Jhooth ki goonj’ site ‘fact-checks’ Rahul’s student meet claims

The digital counterpunch against Rahul’s campaign obviously complements BJP’s efforts, but the party has denied any association with the website. The website itself makes no direct mention of the people behind it, but as it trended on social media, some attributed its creation to “nationalist researchers” and Gen Z-ers, the very generation Rahul is targeting

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Dissidents push for Hindu Pradesh Congress Committee chief to end Punjab crisis

A group of dissidents that includes senior netas like Charanjit Channi and Sukhjinder Randhawa has been seeking the replacement of state chief Amarinder Raja Warring ever since the AICC announced a clutch of poll-related panels while sticking with Warring at the helm two months ago. Now, sources said, the dissidents themselves have proposed that a

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Nepal flood: Centre puts Bihar & UP on high alert as NDRF deploys teams

“Govt of India stands with Nepal in this hour of crisis. I spoke with CMs of Bihar and UP regarding the disaster in Nepal. In border areas likely to be affected, local administration and rescue teams, along with NDRF, have been placed on high alert,” Shah said on X, expressing condolences to families of those

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