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It’s no wonder that home loan borrowing in India is growing at a 14% pace, as per official data. Owning a home is one of the most sought-after dreams in India, especially for the middle class income group. But what usually follows this dream is taking a loan to fulfill it. Most homebuyers in India…

Shailesh Chandra, MD & CEO, Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Ltd. with the new Punch.ev in Fearless Yellow. | Photo Credit: Special arrangement TATA.ev, the brand name of Tata Passenger Electric Mobility Ltd, on Friday (February 19, 2026) launched the new avatar of its Punch.ev, at an introductory price of just ₹9.69 lakh (ex-showroom, Mumbai), to bring EV…

US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters on Air Force One before taking off from Joint Base Andrews, Maryland on Feb. 19, 2026. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images Oil prices hovered near six-month highs on Friday after U.S. President Donald Trump warned Iran that “really bad things” will happen if there was no…

ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email 👉 Visit the Official SleepLean Website Julian Evans-Pritchard, head of China economics at Capital Economics, says Chinese authorities are starting to realize that investments into infrastructure and real estate are no longer able to deliver long-term economic growth and policymakers are beginning…

A Chinese flag flutters atop a China customs building, at a terminal of the Yantian port in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, China, Oct. 30, 2025. Tingshu Wang | Reuters The U.S. trade deficit swelled in December, closing out a year in which the imbalance was essentially unchanged despite efforts by the Trump administration to close the…

Signs for Walmart (L) and Amazon. Getty Images For the first time, Amazon has dethroned Walmart as the company with the largest annual revenue. Walmart on Thursday reported annual revenue of $713.2 billion for its most recent fiscal year, shy of Amazon’s $716.9 billion in revenue. The milestone was brewing for months, as Amazon leapfrogged…

👉 Visit the Official SleepLean Website Tariff payments by midsize US businesses grew three times over the past year, according to new research released Thursday by JPMorganChase Institute. One of the US’ leading banks, it added that this shows signs of economic strain linked to President Donald Trump’s tariff policies.The JPMorgan study, cited by the…

Image used for representation purpose only. | Photo Credit: Reuters Equity benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty recovered their early losses and were trading higher on Friday (February 20, 2026), lifted by buying in banking and capital goods shares. The 30-share BSE Sensex declined 291.93 points, or 0.35%, to 82,206.21 in early trade. The 50-share NSE…

Tamil Nadu can achieve its trillion-dollar economy milestone by 2031 if it sustains the 2024-25 nominal growth rate of 16%, “with an assumption of 2% (medium-term rate) rise in the value of dollar against rupee per annum in the medium term,” according to the Economic Survey of Tamil Nadu 2025-26. “With 3.5% short term rate…

BluSmart electric cars are parked at a charging station in Gurugram. | Photo Credit: Reuters The probe by audit regulator Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) of engineering company Gensol and mobility services provider BluSmart is at an advanced stage and has been referred to the regulatory body’s disciplinary committee to contemplate further action,…