Trump’s 60-day tariff waiver on Russian oil: India dodges duties for now, but is relief credible?
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/does-trumps-60-day-tariff-waiver-really-give-relief-to-india-what-it-means-for-us-trade-deal-oil-prices/articleshow/135065802.cms

For India, the immediate relief is for its crude supply basket and exporters. If India decided to give up Russian crude oil, its single largest supplier would have gone off the table, with no easy replacement amid Middle East tensions. If it continued to buy Russian crude, then the 100% tariffs would have weighed on its exports to the US.

Wall Street climbs as healthcare stocks hit record, oil prices ease
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/international-business/wall-street-climbs-as-healthcare-stocks-hit-record-oil-prices-ease-dow-jones-up-0-97-sp-gains-0-42/articleshow/135073829.cms

Wall Street's primary indices saw an uptick, primarily driven by healthcare stocks reaching all-time highs amid falling oil prices. Investors are scrutinizing corporate earnings, with increasing worries about artificial intelligence expenditure impacting market stability. Significant advances from companies like Eli Lilly and Equifax boosted overall market performance. Nevertheless, General Motors and Steel Dynamics struggled with elevated costs and missed profit expectations.

Asean emerges as fastest growing region for exports
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/international-business/asean-emerges-as-fastest-growing-region-for-exports/articleshow/135076897.cms

Latest data available with the commerce department showed that India’s exports to Asean went up 56% during the first five months of the fiscal year as oil product shipments soared 2.4 times to over $6.1 billion, with Singapore accounting for almost threefourths of it. What also helped was a 20-fold jump in computer hardware to $1.4 billion to Asean countries and strong growth of electric machinery (82% to $1.6 billion) and buffalo meat (42% to $1 billion)

PE-VC investments shine, may exceed $39 billion this year
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/pe-vc-investments-shine-may-exceed-39-billion-this-year/articleshow/135076900.cms

Data sourced by TOI from research firm Venture Intelligence shows that investments to the tune of $39 billion, comprising 1,434 deals, were recorded in CY2025. With 1,076 deals, it has already reached $32.7 billion during the nine-month period (Jan-Sept, 2026). It was primarily driven by record PEVC investments in Sept 2026 at $6 billion. The PE-VC investments do not include those related to the real estate sector.

Smartphone shipments slip, Chinese brands lose ground
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/smartphone-shipments-slip-chinese-brands-lose-ground/articleshow/135076901.cms

Vivo’s shipments dropped 34% to 6.4 million — the sharpest decline among the top five. Repeated price increases disrupted retailers’ inventory planning, while limited supplies of entry-level phones weakened its position. Xiaomi’s traditional appeal of offering more features for the money also came under pressure. Rising component costs forced trade-offs on pricing and memory configurations, with shipments falling 28% to 4.7 million.

Hacker group claims access to 3.8 lakh SBI data entries
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/hacker-group-claims-access-to-3-8-lakh-sbi-data-entries/articleshow/135076898.cms

The claim was highlighted by cybersecurity monitoring account CyberPulse56 in a post on social media platform X. According to the account, the group purportedly possesses about 3.8 lakh data entries in CSV format and 2,722 pdf documents associated with the country’s largest public sector lender. The allegedly exposed dataset is said to contain customers’ personal information, residential addresses, loan applications, supporting documents and other applicationrelated records.

Woman claims Rs 14.70L home exemption; taxman denies saying she owns many properties, what ITAT said
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/business/india-business/woman-claims-rs-14-70-lakh-section-54f-tax-exemption-for-flat-taxman-denies-saying-she-has-many-properties-but-itat-gives-relief-as-one-was-company-owned-and-another-jointly-owned-with-husband/articleshow/135071369.cms