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Wednesday, April 8, 2026
TopicEase of business

Topic: Ease of business

Govt waives environmental permits for low-polluting industries in push for ease of doing business

39 categories of 'white industries' will no longer need dual environmental permits to start operations. Activist worries it'll weaken pollution monitoring, set a 'dangerous precedent'.

On Camera

Stocks fall, oil prices climb as Trump issues fresh threat to Iran ahead of his deadline

Fears that an escalation of the conflict could heighten a fuel squeeze & endanger the economy unnerved traders, with NYT reporting Iran stopped negotiating a truce with the US.

Western theatre against Pakistan to be headed by IAF, Northern theatre under Army to focus on China

India's military to get Vice Chief of Defence Staff along with one Theatre Commander from each of three services, it is learnt.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.