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INDIA MARKET | Fri, 21 Aug 2026, 1:41AM IST The S&P 500 consumer discretionary sector was one of the biggest drags on the benchmark index, with megacaps including Amazon and Tesla among its biggest index-point weights. Big percentage decliners included Royal Caribbean Group and Carnival Corp, which are sensitive to fuel prices.

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GLOBAL NEWS | Fri, 21 Aug 2026, 1:15AM IST Analysts said the recent rise in Treasury yields partly reflected investor expectations that A.I.-driven growth could keep interest rates elevated.

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GLOBAL NEWS | Fri, 21 Aug 2026, 1:10AM IST Analysts said the recent rise in Treasury yields partly reflected investor expectations that A.I.-driven growth could keep interest rates elevated.

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INDIA BUSINESS | Fri, 21 Aug 2026, 12:49AM IST The rising use of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs such as Ozempic and Mounjaro is creating a new consumer market in India, with companies developing protein- and fibre-rich foods, nutrition supplements and beauty products aimed at addressing side effects of rapid weight loss.

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INDIA BUSINESS | Fri, 21 Aug 2026, 12:42AM IST Bain Capital is in discussions with JBM Auto to invest up to 2,850 crore for a significant minority stake in its electric vehicle business, people familiar with the matter said. The investment could support JBMs expansion in electric buses, batteries and charging infrastructure, while discussions also include a potential joint-control structure.

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GLOBAL NEWS | Fri, 21 Aug 2026, 12:40AM IST The detentions of the workers, who have been released, are a sign of legal pressure that the worlds largest crypto exchange faces in the Emirates, which is home to its main regulator.

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INDIA BUSINESS | Fri, 21 Aug 2026, 12:36AM IST Avenue Supermarts, the parent of DMart, has approved an additional investment of up to 500 crore in Avenue E-Commerce, which operates DMart Ready, despite widening losses. The online grocery arms FY26 revenue rose 17% to 4,094 crore, while its loss increased to 307 crore. The company is focusing on 11 key cities.

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INDIA NEWS | Fri, 21 Aug 2026, 12:30AM IST Mumbai: Nielsen is preparing for an "agent-first" media environment where personal AI agents could increasingly decide what content and advertising users see, creating a new challenge for media measurement, its CTO Anil Goel told ET.As AI accelerates content creation and fragments audiences across platforms, devices and formats, Nielsen is preparing for a future where distinguishing human viewing from machine-driven content selection becomes increasingly important."How do we measure in that agent-first world, and how do we differentiate between what's viewable by humans versus agents is going to become a very interesting challenge that we are gearing up for," Goel said.AI is already accelerating content creation, with studio-quality videos that once took days or weeks now being produced in minutes or hours, he said. The resulting proliferation of content will make it harder to measure increasingly fragmented audiences.Nielsen is combining its panels with first- and third-party data to capture long-tail content, as audiences spread across social media, short- and long-form video, connected TVs and other devices.The company is also expanding its measurement capabilities through its planned integration with DoubleVerify, which Goel said complements Nielsen's audience measurement with capabilities around trust, safety and brand relevance. "This is a capability that's going to be very relevant worldwide. It's going to be very relevant in India, as both advertisers and publishers increasingly care about the relevance of the ad as well as making sure it's properly displayed, it's properly viewed," he said.Earlier this month, Nielsen agreed to acquire digital advertising verification platform DoubleVerify in an all-cash transaction valued at about $2.15 billion, as it seeks to build an end-to-end media intelligence platform for the advertising industry.

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INDIA BUSINESS | Fri, 21 Aug 2026, 12:30AM IST Nielsen is preparing for an agent-first media landscape where AI agents could increasingly determine the content and advertising users encounter, CTO Anil Goel told ET. The shift could complicate audience measurement as AI-generated content expands and audiences fragment across platforms.

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GLOBAL NEWS | Fri, 21 Aug 2026, 12:30AM IST His 41 years as a national television news anchor surpassed the tenures of Walter Cronkite and Tom Brokaw.

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INDIA BUSINESS | Fri, 21 Aug 2026, 12:23AM IST The Supreme Court dismissed Reliance Communications lenders' challenge to the DoT's bank guarantee invocation. The court stated lenders should have approached the high court first for this matter. The DoT sought to invoke bank guarantees totaling approximately 800 crore from four banks. Lenders argued the Supreme Court's prior judgment did not justify this invocation. They contended the DoT's action disrupted the insolvency resolution process framework.

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GLOBAL NEWS | Fri, 21 Aug 2026, 12:07AM IST Interest rates on U.S. government bonds can affect everything from auto and student loans to mortgages.

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INDIA BUSINESS | Fri, 21 Aug 2026, 12:03AM IST The Delhi High Court ordered the removal of Razenta Pharmaceuticals' Daplogin trademark. This decision came as the mark was deemed deceptively similar to Dr Reddy's Labs' Daplo trademark. Both trademarks are used for prescription drugs treating Type-2 diabetes Mellitus. The court cited phonetic similarity and potential consumer confusion as key reasons. Razenta's trademark registration was cancelled within six weeks by the court.

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INDIA BUSINESS | Thu, 20 Aug 2026, 11:55PM IST While things are changing, insurance is still seen as a bit of a savings and tax product. We are focusing on making protection and annuity more relevant across proprietary and partnership channels, where we are looking at growth of 15% or 16%. The discussion is around protection rather than just premium. We've started focusing very sharply on the young Indian middle clas, says Sumit Madan.

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INDIA BUSINESS | Thu, 20 Aug 2026, 11:54PM IST NCLT Mumbai has admitted Pen Indias insolvency petition against Reliance Entertainment Studios over a 11.94 crore default linked to a security deposit agreement. The tribunal held that the transaction qualified as financial debt and that Reliances liability remained outstanding despite its repayment mechanism. It rejected Reliances objections and initiated the corporate insolvency resolution process.

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INDIA BUSINESS | Thu, 20 Aug 2026, 11:49PM IST Whirlpool India says it will operate independently despite its US parent retaining a 39.7% stake. The company plans to expand its premium portfolio, strengthen refrigerators and washing machines, and grow its air-conditioner business. Six senior executives have invested their savings in the companys shares. Whirlpool also plans 245 crore investment in a new production line as it targets top-three positions across segments.

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INDIA BUSINESS | Thu, 20 Aug 2026, 11:43PM IST Niva Bupa's allowable expense for FY25 was Rs 2,403.75 crore, while its actual expenses stood at Rs 2,652.12 crore, exceeding the limit by Rs 248.37 crore, according to the regulator's order. Irdai has prescribed limits to ensure insurers control management and operating costs so that a reasonable portion of premiums collected from policyholders is available for providing insurance cover and settling claims.

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INDIA BUSINESS | Thu, 20 Aug 2026, 11:42PM IST Volkswagen plans to enter Indias sub-four-metre SUV segment next year with a compact SUV, aiming to expand beyond its limited portfolio and reach the mass market. CEO Thomas Schafer said the company also wants to clearly differentiate Volkswagen from Skoda and Cupra while using shared technology. The new model could also become an export product from India.

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INDIA BUSINESS | Thu, 20 Aug 2026, 11:36PM IST The upgrade helped Shriram, in which Japan's Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG) bought a significant stake, save 60-80 basis points on a $1.3-billion syndicated loan. One basis point is a hundredth of a percentage point. Managing director and CEO Parag Sharma expects such clauses to become more prevalent as growing focus on credit ratings is expected to determine the rates at which financiers raise money.

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INDIA MARKET | Thu, 20 Aug 2026, 11:35PM IST General Syed Aamer Raza with Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif

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INDIA MARKET | Thu, 20 Aug 2026, 11:30PM IST The electric SUV is expected to deliver around 310 miles of range.

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INDIA BUSINESS | Thu, 20 Aug 2026, 11:27PM IST Fintech firm Cashfree Payments India Private Limited has narrowed its consolidated net losses to Rs 118.5 crore in the financial year ended March 2026, according to the company's regulatory filings accessed via business intelligence platform Tofler. The firm had posted a consolidated net loss of Rs 154 crore in the previous financial year (FY25). The company's revenue from operations grew over 51 per cent to Rs 967.4 crore in FY26 from Rs 640.1 crore in the preceding fiscal. Total revenue, which includes other income of Rs 5.04 crore, stood at Rs 972.5 crore for the period under review. On the expenditure side, total expenses increased to Rs 1,090.9 crore in FY26, compared to Rs 794.7 crore in FY25. Employee benefit expenses, however, saw a marginal decline to Rs 239.3 crore from Rs 243.4 crore in the year-ago period. Akash Sinha, Co-founder & CEO, Cashfree Payments, said: "FY26 was one of the most consequential years for Cashfree Payments. We came close to the Rs 1,000 crore ..

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INDIA BUSINESS | Thu, 20 Aug 2026, 11:25PM IST A major prong of Microsoft's AI strategy is offering models from a variety of providers through a marketplace called Foundry, which had 100,000 customers as of July.

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INDIA BUSINESS | Thu, 20 Aug 2026, 11:24PM IST Workers are set to be paid an average 779 million won ($547,000) for 2026, according to Reuters calculations.

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INDIA BUSINESS | Thu, 20 Aug 2026, 11:23PM IST The move comes as food and restaurant companies increasingly adopt AI tools to improve demand forecasting, inventory management, supply-chain planning and customer service.

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INDIA MARKET | Thu, 20 Aug 2026, 11:22PM IST Security tightened at Shifa International Hospital amid Imran Khan's transfer plans.

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INDIA MARKET | Thu, 20 Aug 2026, 11:21PM IST CCTV footage is under examination after a six-year-old boy died at a Visakhapatnam school.

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INDIA BUSINESS | Thu, 20 Aug 2026, 11:21PM IST The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has imposed a Rs 1 lakh penalty on Amazon Seller Services, the marketplace arm of e-commerce major Amazon, for hosting misleading listings that sold ordinary sweets as "Shri Ram Mandir Ayodhya Prasad". A two-member bench of the central consumer regulator found that Amazon, on its e-commerce platform, was allowing ordinary sweets to be sold as "Shri Ram Mandir Ayodhya Prasad" without any authorisation from the Ram Mandir Trust. "The CCPA hereby imposes a penalty of Rs 1,00,000/- on the opposite party (Amazon Seller) for publication of misleading advertisements on its platform," in violation of rules of the E-Commerce Rules, 2020, said the order passed by the CCPA on August 4, 2026. It had directed the Amazon Seller Services to ensure that "no product falsely claiming to be 'prasad', 'prasadam', 'mahaprasad', 'bhog' or any similarreligious offering" associated with any religious institutions and shrines named in of this order "is listed

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INDIA MARKET | Thu, 20 Aug 2026, 11:19PM IST Sebi eases FPI onboarding with digital powers of attorney, while Gaja Capital's IPO gains traction and NSE weighs allowing its shares to trade on its own platform

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INDIA BUSINESS | Thu, 20 Aug 2026, 11:18PM IST Private credit investments were broadly similar to the second half of 2025 levels of $3.4 billion, with refinancing, holding-company funding and acquisition financing serving as key drivers of activity. "The growing share of domestic capital is one of the most significant developments in India's private credit market," Vishal Bansal, partner, debt and special situations, EY India, said.

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INDIA MARKET | Thu, 20 Aug 2026, 11:15PM IST Shein has set its Hong Kong initial public offering for September 1, a slight delay from earlier projections. The company's growth has slowed, and rising costs are impacting investor interest. Shein aims for a valuation between $26 billion and $27 billion, a considerable drop compared to its 2022 fundraising figures.

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INDIA MARKET | Thu, 20 Aug 2026, 11:14PM IST Dubai's iconic Toyota Building is being vacated as overcrowding concerns pave the way for demolition.

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INDIA MARKET | Thu, 20 Aug 2026, 11:12PM IST US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has outlined a strategy to ramp up bond buybacks, aiming to enhance market liquidity and instill confidence in economic fundamentals. Simultaneously, a fiscal consolidation initiative is underway, targeting savings in the hundreds of billions. This year's deficit has been exacerbated by refunds of illegal tariffs, while newly imposed tariffs and changes in tax laws are expected to significantly influence future revenue streams.

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