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The Tamil Nadu government has given in-principle approval for three extension projects — Chennai airport to Kilambakkam,  Koyambedu to Pattabiram, and  Poonamallee to Sunguvarchathiram — and recommended them to the Union government for approval and financial assistance.  | Photo Credit: FILE PHOTO The Tamil Nadu government has been continuously urging the Union government to approve the Coimbatore and Madurai Metro Rail projects, Finance Minister Thangam Thennarasu said…

PDP legislator Waheed-ur-Rehmaan Parra. File. | Photo Credit: IMRAN NISSAR The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Tuesday (February 17, 2026) demanded an all-party meeting in the Assembly on Kashmir’s apple crisis in the wake of the India-U.S. trade deal. Speaking in the House, PDP leader and legislator Waheed-ur-Rehmaan Parra said the all-party meeting was important “to…

Budget 2026 has initiated, albeit limited, some important shifts in India’s approach to financial-sector reform. There are proposals to introduce a market-making framework for corporate bonds, develop total-return swaps and bond-index derivatives, establish an Infrastructure Risk Guarantee Fund, and recycle Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSE) real estate assets through dedicated Real Estate Investment Trusts (REIT)….

Oil prices held steady Tuesday as Iran conducted war games in the Strait of Hormuz, a trade chokepoint that is vital for international crude supplies. U.S. crude oil rose 53 cents, or 0.84%, to $63.42 per barrel by 8:45 a.m. ET. Global benchmark Brent was down 29 cents, or 0.42%, to $68.36. Traffic through the…

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Warner Bros. Discovery on Tuesday said it will reopen deal talks with Paramount Skydance under a seven-day waiver from Netflix to explore “deficiencies” in Paramount’s offer to buy the entirety of WBD. The legacy media company has a pending transaction with Netflix for its streaming and studio businesses. Paramount launched a hostile tender offer straight…

Draft Income Tax Rules 2026: Redesigned income tax return (ITR) forms, broader criterion for applicability of ITR forms, and more pre-filled details are some of the changes that income taxpayers can look forward to for the upcoming tax year 2026-2027 for which returns will be filed in 2027-28.The Income Tax Department has released the Draft…

Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty dropped in early trade on Tuesday (February 17, 2026). | Photo Credit: PTI Benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty dropped in early trade on Tuesday (February 17, 2026), but buying in blue-chip stocks Infosys and ITC helped the markets recover the lost ground. The 30-share BSE Sensex dropped 289.72…

Representative image. | Photo Credit: Reuters India’s merchandise trade deficit widened to a three-month high of $34.68 billion in January, marking the final month impacted by around 50% U.S. tariff on Indian exports, ‌which government officials said will be pared to 18% this week. The wider-than-expected goods trade deficit was driven by a sharp rise…

A file image of Neysa AI CEO Sharad Sanghi. File photo: Special Arrangement. Neysa AI CEO Sharad Sanghi said that “sovereignty, latency and compliance” were driving demand for locally installed AI infrastructure among enterprise clients. Mr. Sanghi spoke to The Hindu on the sidelines of the AI Impact Summit, hours after news broke that his…