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Top report · Fri 9 Oct

India’s foreign-exchange reserves fell $12.952 billion in the week to October 2, to $734.606 billion, but remained above March-end levels

AI summaryReserve Bank of India data show foreign currency assets declined $10.664 billion over the week. Total reserves were still $34.645 billion higher than a year earlier; the figures are provisional.

Reserve Bank of India · Bulletin Weekly Statistical Supplement – Extract

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National conditions chiefly explain uneven implementation of post-2008 financial reforms, while policy-development choices contributed in some cases

Financial Stability Board · G20 Implementation Monitoring Review: 2026 report

Today · Report

AI summaryThe review says legal frameworks, market structure and political capacity were the main determinants across the international reforms it examined. It recommends targeted, calibrated changes to policy development as one way to improve implementation; it does not quantify the contribution of that process.

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One extreme-weather event could cost Tamil Nadu about ₹6,000 crore, with a one-in-50-year flood posing major fiscal risks

CDRI · Single extreme weather event can make TN poorer by Rs 6,000 crore, says CDRI report

Tue 13 Oct · Report

AI summaryThe assessment estimates average annual flood losses of $84.3 million for energy infrastructure and $24.5 million for roads and bridges. It also warns that recovery costs could exceed funds readily available to the state; these are modelled estimates, not observed losses from a new event.

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National Statistics Office seeks feedback on draft method for compiling expenditure-side GSDP across states and Union Territories

Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation · Press Note on Draft Guideline for Compilation Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) Estimates by Expenditure Approach with Base Year 2022-23

Fri 9 Oct · Report

AI summaryThe draft, using base year 2022–23, covers consumption, investment and other expenditure components; no State or Union Territory currently compiles private final consumption expenditure estimates. Stakeholders can comment by 28 October 2026.

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RBI working paper estimates state-level CPI-U inflation for four Covid-period months whose official figures were unavailable, using household survey and past inflation data

Reserve Bank of India · RBI WPS (DEPR): 01/2026: Data Gaps in State-Level Inflation: An Assessment for the Covid Period

Fri 9 Oct · Paper

AI summaryThe estimates cover April and May 2020 and April and May 2021, drawing on urban consumers’ inflation perceptions, three-month-ahead expectations and earlier state inflation. Aggregated estimates closely follow the all-India official CPI inflation series; the working paper is research in progress, not a release of official state figures.

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World Bank’s 2026 development report sets out an adoption, adaptation and advancement framework for developing economies to harness AI

Press Information Bureau · Union Minister Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw Launches World Bank Group’s ‘World Development Report 2026: The Promise of Artificial Intelligence’ in New Delhi

Thu 8 Oct · Report

AI summaryThe report says potential gains in productivity and service delivery depend on foundations including reliable electricity and connectivity, computing infrastructure, quality data, skills and capable institutions. A World Bank speaker said scaling also requires human and institutional elements alongside software.

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Google and Redseer estimate India’s quick-commerce market will reach ₹8.54 lakh crore by FY31, up from ₹1.15 lakh crore in FY26

IBEF · India’s quick commerce market poised for seven-fold growth to US$ 90 billion by FY31: Report

Thu 8 Oct · Report

AI summaryThe report projects more than 100 million monthly transacting users nationwide by FY31. It identifies smaller baskets, freshness concerns and consumer trust as challenges in expansion beyond metros; the analysis is based on secondary research.

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Professor Loukas Mistelis discussed Queen Mary arbitration surveys at CADRA’s online Summer School session on 11 August 2026

SCC Times blog · What two decades of Queen Mary surveys reveal about arbitration’s rise: Prof. Loukas Mistelis on AI and Asia at CADRA International Arbitration Summer School 2026

Thu 8 Oct · Report

AI summaryThe session covered survey findings on user preferences, arbitration costs and institutional arbitration, as well as trends affecting the future of international arbitration. Mistelis said 73 per cent of 2006 respondents preferred arbitration alone or alongside alternative dispute resolution.

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