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        <title><![CDATA[Ruchi Bhatia - South Asia Economy Editor ]]></title>
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            <title><![CDATA[Indian States Face New Fiscal Threats After Election Upsets]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ruchi Bhatia]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 05 May 2026 06:23:23 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Supporters of actor-turned-politician C. Joseph Vijay, in Chennai,India.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Modi Set for Landmark Win in Key Opposition-Ruled Indian State]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Rajesh Roy]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2026 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Modi’s Make in India Ambitions Clash With a Surging Gig Economy]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[India’s growth depends on building factories without losing the workers powering its gig boom.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Swati Gupta]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 13 Nov 2025 23:00:36 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Wall Street to Speed Up India Hiring on Trump’s H-1B Visa Curbs]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Investment banks are hiring finance specialists in hubs like Bengaluru and Hyderabad.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Saikat Das]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2025 22:00:10 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Modi Says ‘Good Progress’ Made in Trade Talks After Trump Call]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Rakesh Sharma]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2025 16:06:17 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ex-Trader Probing Jane Street Ends Term at India Regulator]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Chiranjivi Chakraborty]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2025 02:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[World Bank Cuts South Asia’s Growth Outlook Sharply]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ruchi Bhatia]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2025 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[India’s Top Economic Officials Talk Up Growth as US Tariffs Hit]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ruchi Bhatia]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2025 06:36:53 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[India Asks US to Allow Iran Oil to Help Curb Russia Trade]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ruchi Bhatia]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2025 10:08:55 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[India Says It Wants to Buy More US Energy as Trade Talks Resume]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ruchi Bhatia]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2025 07:34:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump’s Visa Shock Strains India-US Ties, Clouds Trade Talks]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-22/trump-s-visa-shock-strains-india-us-ties-clouds-trade-talks</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ruchi Bhatia]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2025 11:45:24 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Modi Says Tax Reforms to Hasten India’s Growth, Urges Local Buys]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-21/modi-says-tax-reforms-to-hasten-india-s-growth-urges-local-buys</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Eltaf Najafizada]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Sun, 21 Sep 2025 12:38:04 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Narendra Modi, India&apos;s prime minister, attends the India-Japan Economic Forum in Tokyo, Japan, on Friday, Aug. 29, 2025. Japanese Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and Modi pledged deeper economic ties ahead of a summit meeting later on Friday, as they partner up amid trade uncertainty brought on by soaring US tariffs.</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Modi Fends Off Succession Talk in India Despite Setbacks]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Dan Strumpf]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2025 00:00:57 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[India’s UCO Gets Approval to Work with Sanctioned Refiner Nayara]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ruchi Bhatia]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 15 Sep 2025 12:04:16 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump’s Envoy Sees US, India Resolving Trade Tensions Soon]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Philip Heijmans]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 12 Sep 2025 03:47:20 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Nepal Scraps Social-Media Ban After Clashes Kill 19 People]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Swati Gupta]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2025 10:44:16 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Riot police use water cannon against protesters during clashes outside parliament in Kathmandu, Nepal, on Sept. 8. Photographer: Niranjan Shrestha/AP Photo</media:description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Trump’s Tariffs Could Shave 0.5% Off GDP, India Adviser Says]]></title>
            <link>https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-08/trump-s-tariffs-could-shave-0-5-off-gdp-india-adviser-says</link>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ruchi Bhatia]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Mon, 08 Sep 2025 05:20:22 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[India Finance Minister Says High Bond Yields Not ‘Affordable’]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Subhadip Sircar]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2025 13:39:16 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[India Will Keep Buying Russian Oil, Finance Minister Says]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ruchi Bhatia]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2025 11:13:48 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Jane Street Blindsides Regulator in Fight Over India Trades]]></title>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Ruchi Bhatia]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Thu, 04 Sep 2025 07:25:39 GMT</pubDate>
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