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Thursday, November 20, 2025
TopicBloomberg wire

Topic: Bloomberg wire

No matter who wins the Lok Sabha elections, this business is a sure winner

Use of motorcycles & SUVs for election campaigning is expected to increase petrol & diesel demand by as much as 80,000 barrels a day.

Will Trump’s tariffs on India hurt? Here’s a golden clue

Since general American tariffs are fairly low now, India can afford to ignore the threat to its $5.6 billion of US exports.

Donald Trump’s preferential trade snub should be a wake-up call for India

The world trading system is in a state of flux and if India does not lower its trade barriers it will be in no position to benefit.

India needs more, not less, globalisation for its workers to enjoy higher salaries

Nearly 10 million Indians enter the workforce every year in a country where almost 60% of the population live below the poverty line.

Most probable HIV cure is still far from being the ultimate one

The HIV virus, which infects about 1.8 million people worldwide annually, keeps surprising researchers. So it's best to keep up the fight on all fronts.

Modi hopes $27 billion bet on women will swing election his way

Female voters are becoming an increasingly potent constituency & 56.3 million rural women have received small loans since Modi became PM.

How Tata can keep its hold on Jaguar Land Rover

An IPO by Tata Sons will give it liquidity to tide over its debt problems, especially at tarnished crown jewel Jaguar Land Rover.

Donald Trump attacks India on trade even as US seeks help from it to counter China

The Trump administration had informed Congress that it wants to scrap trade concessions for India, the largest beneficiary of the generalized system of preferences. 

Election uncertainty won’t scare away this India fund manager

The investor says he would ride out any volatility and even look to buy into declines if there's an erosion of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s grip on power.

Southeast Asia’s biggest bank DBS bets on India to reduce reliance on Singapore

The DBS group wants to tap Indian consumers by bolstering loans to reduce reliance on Singapore from which it derived 62% of its revenues in 2018.

On Camera

Not just Nehru, even Hindutva stems from Macaulay legacy

The Indian Right and Liberals all accepted the British conception of Hindu, Muslim and British India and the country's eventual decline. What they disagreed on was its cause.

At Charcha 2025: Local entrepreneurship, not just big IT, will drive next wave of distributed AI work

While global corporations setting up GCCs in India continue to express confidence in availability of skilled AI engineers, the panel argued that India’s real challenge lies elsewhere.

Emergency procurement done, India & US working on co-manufacturing Javelin anti-tank missiles

The Government of India has requested to buy up to 216 M982A1 Excalibur tactical projectiles too. Excalibur artillery munition was used in Op Sindoor against Pakistan.

INDIA has a Congress-sized hole. And the fix begins with a little humility

Without a Congress revival, there can be no challenge to the BJP pan-nationally. Modi’s party is growing, and almost entirely at the cost of the Congress.