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While a suggestion has been made by a group of agricultural specialists to sections of farmers in the Cauvery delta region to skip paddy during this year’s Kuruvai season, the last five years have seen a perceptible rise in the average extent of coverage for the season. The normal coverage, as worked out by the…

Dollar General and Aldi logos. Reuters Store openings in the U.S. are expected to rise and store closures fall this year compared to 2025, with value retailers leading the growth as they continue to attract more of consumers’ dollars, according to an analysis by Coresight Research. Overall, Coresight projects that U.S. retailers will close about…

👉 Visit the Official SleepLean Website NEW DELHI: Passenger vehicle makers began 2026 on a strong note, with Jan sales data pointing to a broad-based momentum across the industry, aided by steady demand in smaller towns and cities, and sustained consumer sentiment after GST cuts.Market leader Maruti Suzuki posted passenger vehicle sales of 2.2 lakh…

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on February 1st presented her ninth Union Budget — and the third of the Narendra Modi government’s third term 👉 Visit the Official SleepLean Website Source link Check SleepLean Official Website

Budget 2026-27 signals a transition away from pandemic-era crisis management to what is now a borrowing-heavy doctrine for financing growth and capital expenditure (capex) spending. By guiding fiscal deficit to 4.3% of GDP and scaling public capital expenditure to ₹12.2 lakh crore, the government aims to project a broader infra-capex enabled vision of a ‘Viksit…

Anuradha Thakur, Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance. File | Photo Credit: R.V. Moorthy The government is considering how to revise provisions of Press Note 3, which places additional clearances on investment coming from China, Economic Affairs Secretary Anuradha Thakur told The Hindu in an interview, adding that this was not specifically part…

A mango garden with delayed crop pattern and low yield on the outskirts of Chittoor on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Kothur Babu, an experienced mango grower in Chittoor district, laments that the yield in his orchard has plummeted by over 80% and the prospects of earing profit with the remaining crop looks remote….

Housing affordability challenges are weighing on not only would-be buyers, but also on a growing share of existing homeowners, new data suggests. Late-stage mortgage delinquencies — those with payments at least 90 days past due — rose 18.6% in December from a year earlier, according to new research from credit scoring company VantageScore. While the…

Westend61 | Westend61 | Getty Images Family offices are bracing for higher inflation this year, with many buying real estate and alternatives as hedges, according to a new survey. When asked about the largest risks to their current portfolio and positioning this year, 64% of U.S. family offices cited interest rates and 61% cited inflation,…

People walk in front of Cinderella’s Castle at the Magic Kingdom Park at Walt Disney World on May 31, 2024, in Orlando, Florida. Gary Hershorn | Corbis News | Getty Images All is well in the Magic Kingdom — and all of Disney’s other theme parks, too. The company’s experiences division, which includes its parks,…