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Business

Foreign Money in India Shrank in Dollars While Indian Money Abroad Grew 27 Percent

The RBI's new census says Indian companies' overseas investment jumped 41 percent. In dollars it is 27 percent, foreign money in India fell, and most of the outward surge was loans.

November 7, 2026

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Health

Delhi Added 13 Air Monitors and Its Pollution Average Fell

Thirteen new monitors read PM2.5 about 35 percent lower than their older neighbours, and the city average dropped with them. The difference is 11 points. What it tests is how Delhi decides what its air is.

November 7, 2026

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Health

India Could Prevent 400,000 Deaths a Year by Changing the Salt, Not the Eater

A new Nature Health model puts the India toll avoided by potassium-enriched salt near 400,000 deaths a year. Salt-cutting campaigns ask people to change. This changes the product instead.

November 7, 2026

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Business

Indian Car Dealers Are Holding Twice the Stock They Want

October's 14 percent fall in car registrations is mostly a Diwali calendar illusion. The stock on dealers' lots, about twice the industry benchmark, is not, and rates just rose.

November 7, 2026

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Business

The $119 Billion NRI Deposit Surge Is Far Too Big to Be About Oil

Net non-resident deposit inflows reached $119.2 billion in five months, 21 times a year earlier. India's oil bill and current account gap are a fraction of that. The money came because the RBI opened a swap window, and it comes due in three to five years.

November 7, 2026

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Business

Karnataka Tested Petrol and Found 31.2 Percent Ethanol, Against a 20 Percent Mandate

Karnataka says 11 of 14 published petrol samples ran above the 20 percent ethanol ceiling, with one at 31.2 percent. The national average can sit at 20 while individual pumps do not.

November 6, 2026

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