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RBI may raise the repo rate for the first time since 2023 as inflation stays above target Monsoon withdraws late across north India as cities brace for a short, hot October Winter session to take up three bills on data, cooperatives and urban local bodies Vegetable prices ease in metros as tomato and onion arrivals pick up GST collections rise 14.7% to ₹2.04 lakh crore in September, but imports do the heavy lifting UPI crosses another monthly record as small towns drive growth RBI may raise the repo rate for the first time since 2023 as inflation stays above target Monsoon withdraws late across north India as cities brace for a short, hot October Winter session to take up three bills on data, cooperatives and urban local bodies Vegetable prices ease in metros as tomato and onion arrivals pick up GST collections rise 14.7% to ₹2.04 lakh crore in September, but imports do the heavy lifting UPI crosses another monthly record as small towns drive growth

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UPI crosses another monthly record as small towns drive growth

Payments from tier-3 cities now outpace metros in growth, sample industry figures suggest.

Indian-language AI assistants arrive on budget phones

Jack Dorsey’s offline messaging app Bitchat blocked in India under IT Act order

Kuku FM owner turns profitable ahead of IPO as microdramas drive a six-fold jump in revenue

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India’s next growth story will be written in its small towns, not its metros

Dr. Meera Raghavan · Economist and former professor, Chennai

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Our cities were built for cars. It is time to rebuild them for people

Farah Qureshi · Urban planner, Lucknow