World
Xi arrives in Delhi for BRICS and a Modi meeting, his first India visit in seven years
The visit marks a cautious diplomatic thaw, but the border dispute, trade imbalance and security mistrust still define the relationship.
Economy
World
Saudi Arabia shuts its East-West oil pipeline after a drone attack, raising a new risk for global energy flows
The pipeline is a major bypass around the Strait of Hormuz, so any prolonged disruption matters directly to oil-importing economies such as India.
Economy
India-EU trade deal moves close to the finish line as Brussels awaits top-level approval
The European Commission has advanced the agreement toward the EU Council, bringing a long-running negotiation closer to formal closure.
Economy
SEBI proposes a new way to set derivatives settlement prices on expiry days
The regulator wants closing-auction prices and VWAP to play a larger role, aiming to reduce distortion and improve settlement accuracy.
World
Modi-Pezeshkian talks put safe navigation, seafarers and India-Iran ties at the centre
The meeting links India's Iran policy with maritime security, energy routes and the practical costs of instability in West Asia.
Economy
BRICS is exploring pragmatic cross-border payments and more trade in local currencies
The emphasis is on interoperability and lower transaction costs rather than a single common BRICS currency.
Science
BRICS showcase puts 37 Indian deep-tech innovations in front of global investors and delegations
The exposition includes AI cancer screening, marine robotics, clean-energy systems and other university-linked innovations.
Economy
India's new e-commerce rules target dark patterns, sponsored listings and price transparency
The amended consumer-protection rules will take effect from January 1, 2027 and tighten disclosure obligations across online marketplaces.
India
Bankers' Books Evidence Act, 2026 will take effect on October 1 and modernise how banking records are used in court
The new law replaces the 1891 framework and standardises certification for contemporary digital banking records.
Science
India is framing critical minerals as an energy-security and national-security problem, not just a mining issue
The government is pushing domestic capability, industry-research links and global partnerships to build more resilient strategic-material supply chains.
Economy
EU drops a proposed aluminium-scrap export duty after concerns it could complicate the India trade deal
India is a major buyer of European aluminium scrap, turning an industrial-policy proposal into a test of trade-negotiation leverage.
Opinion
BRICS is bigger than ever. Its main challenge is now coherence, not expansion
The enlarged bloc represents a huge share of the world economy and population, but members disagree on how geopolitical the grouping should become.
Economy
RBI says bond sales and FX swaps are on the table to drain excess banking liquidity
A liquidity surplus above ₹10 trillion is pushing overnight rates below the repo rate, forcing the central bank to think beyond routine absorption operations.
Economy
Nearly a third of India's coal power plants are at critically low fuel stocks
High electricity demand, low hydro support and limited storage are pushing the power system back toward its coal constraint.
Economy
The rupee posts its sharpest weekly fall in four months as oil and global yields squeeze India
The currency ended around 95.55 to the dollar after a fourth straight daily decline, keeping RBI intervention and imported inflation in focus.
Economy
BRICS finance chiefs push IMF-World Bank reform and a stronger cross-border payments architecture
The statement puts representation in global financial institutions and cheaper cross-border payments at the heart of the bloc's economic agenda.
World
India and China are arranging a Modi-Xi meeting as BRICS brings the two leaders back to the same table
The planned bilateral could test how far the recent diplomatic thaw can move beyond border management into economic and political cooperation.
World
Modi and Putin meet in Delhi with trade, energy and defence at the centre of the agenda
The bilateral comes just before the BRICS summit, with oil, defence ties, nuclear cooperation and trade diversification all in play.
Economy
Punjab's rice mills are running out of room as old stocks collide with the next paddy cycle
The Centre has extended the Custom Milled Rice deadline to November 30, but procurement for the new season begins on October 1.
Economy
RBI governor tells fintechs to treat customer data as a fiduciary responsibility, not a monetisation asset
The message sharpens the regulatory debate around consent, purpose limitation and systemic responsibility in India's fast-growing fintech ecosystem.
Economy
Public-sector bank strike disrupts services as unions press for a five-day week and pending reforms
Most private banks remained open, but the nationwide strike affected branch operations across public-sector banks.
World
Iran's Pezeshkian arrives for BRICS with a Modi meeting on the agenda
The bilateral will unfold while West Asia tensions, energy security and differences over summit language put extra weight on India's balancing role.
Economy
BRICS is putting an incubator network, startup fund and supply-chain framework on the summit table
The proposals show the grouping moving beyond political signalling toward practical economic infrastructure for startups and logistics.
Technology
Visa, Mastercard and Ant are trying to standardise how payment systems identify AI agents
The three payment firms are working on a shared 'Know-Your-Agent' framework as autonomous software begins making purchases on users' behalf.
Science
India is backing patient-specific 3D-printed bone grafts as an import-substitution technology
The Technology Development Board is supporting Ceramat's effort to commercialise customised calcium-phosphate grafts made with DLP and extrusion-based 3D printing.
India
Madhya Pradesh says Dubai outreach brought ₹53,000 crore in proposals. Proposals are not investment yet
The state has reported interest across logistics, AI, green energy and other sectors, but the number describes proposed projects, not capital already committed or deployed.
World
India is pushing a BRICS digital-currency link. The hard part is interoperability, not the slogan
Reuters reports that India wants BRICS central-bank digital currencies linked for cross-border payments, but political, technical and adoption barriers remain substantial.
India
Mumbai-Goa highway delays have become a public accountability test for the highways ministry
Nitin Gadkari has publicly criticised the prolonged execution problems and promised action against contractors and officials responsible for poor work.
Economy
RBI is using FX swaps to drain rupee liquidity and make currency shorts more expensive
Sell-buy dollar swaps have pushed forward premiums higher, giving the rupee an indirect cushion even as expensive oil keeps the currency under pressure.
Economy
The AI boom is now big enough to become a financial-stability question, BIS warns
The Bank for International Settlements is looking beyond productivity gains to debt-funded investment, valuations, concentration and job disruption.
Economy
India is building an AI-agent registry for UPI. Liability is the unresolved part
Reuters reports that NPCI is developing a registry to verify AI agents that make payments on users' behalf, but rules for errors and unauthorised transactions are still unsettled.
Business
FIU has moved against 15 crypto platforms. The key issue is AML compliance, not a blanket crypto ban
The enforcement action focuses on registration and reporting obligations under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
India
DILRMP 3.0 is set to launch this evening with a GIS-enabled 'Land Stack'
The ₹565.5-crore phase is designed to integrate maps, records and digital land administration from 2026 to 2031.
Business
Indian markets are flat, but oil above $100 is changing the risk map underneath
Energy producers can benefit from higher crude even as the broader economy faces pressure through inflation, the rupee and input costs.
India
Eight railway multitracking projects worth about ₹20,800 crore will add nearly 1,200 km of capacity
Two CCEA packages span 31 districts and are aimed at easing congestion, improving freight movement and expanding rail capacity.
World
Brent is holding above $100 as tanker attacks deepen the Strait of Hormuz shock
Oil prices remain elevated as attacks and shipping disruption intensify fears around the world's most important energy chokepoint.
World
Xi's India visit may deepen the diplomatic thaw. Business ties are still constrained by mistrust
The expected BRICS visit would be Xi Jinping's first trip to India in seven years, but visas, investment screening and technology concerns still limit a full reset.
Business
The rupee has weakened to around 95.30 as expensive oil keeps pressure on India's currency
RBI-linked dollar sales may slow the slide, but the broader pressure is coming from India's oil import bill and sustained demand for dollars.
World
Brent is nearing $100 again. For India, the risk runs from inflation to the rupee
Escalating Middle East conflict has pushed crude sharply higher, reviving concerns over India’s import bill, inflation and external balance.
Business
The rupee has slipped past 95 to the dollar as oil tests the RBI’s defence
Rising crude prices and persistent dollar demand pushed the currency weaker despite recent intervention by the Reserve Bank of India.
Science
India is preparing the ground for deep-sea mining. The real prize is critical minerals
A government-industry workshop linked ocean technology with supply security for nickel, cobalt, copper and manganese.
Business
India’s 7.8% GDP print has triggered a methodology debate. MoSPI is defending the new series
The statistics ministry says the new base year and wider use of direct digital and survey data make the revised series stronger.
World
Shipping through Hormuz has fallen below recent averages as Gulf risks rise
Reduced vessel traffic through the chokepoint is an early warning signal for energy and commodity supply chains.
Business
NSE’s long-awaited IPO is moving closer, with a reported ₹1,700-1,785 price band
The proposed listing would place India’s dominant exchange among the country’s most valuable listed companies.
Business
Sponge iron prices have hit a two-year high as coal costs squeeze Indian producers
Higher imported-coal costs and domestic supply constraints are feeding into steel-making inputs.
Business
Indian markets fell as crude surged and IT stocks came under pressure
The Sensex and Nifty declined as investors reassessed inflation and growth risks from higher oil prices.
Technology
Adyen is expanding in India as global payment firms rethink the UPI market
The Dutch fintech sees long-term opportunity in cross-border commerce and India’s fast-growing digital-payments ecosystem.
World
A Taiwan conflict would be a global economic shock, not only a regional security crisis
A senior US representative in Taipei warned of catastrophic consequences as tensions remain high across the Taiwan Strait.
Business
Steel prices are rising again. Coking coal and imports explain why
Post-monsoon demand is colliding with costlier coking coal even as rising imports limit how far domestic mills can push prices.
Business
Nifty’s closing auction is creating a new kind of expiry-day volatility
India’s new closing-auction mechanism is meant to improve price discovery, but derivatives expiry is exposing a volatility problem.
India
Vadodara’s ₹35,000-crore package links tribal rail, highways and floating solar
Beyond the completed freight corridor, the package combines rail capacity, tribal connectivity, highways, housing, water and a 110 MW floating-solar project.
India
India’s Dedicated Freight Corridor is finally complete. Here is what changes
Three final Western DFC sections connect the freight network directly to JNPT, completing a two-decade infrastructure project with major implications for logistics and trade.
Technology
Fintech is moving from payments to agentic AI, tokenisation and quantum
Global Fintech Fest 2026 puts emerging technologies at the centre of the next phase of digital finance, with inclusion and trust as the policy test.
India
Kharif sowing has crossed 1,086 lakh hectares, but rice acreage is lower
India’s latest sowing data show broad crop coverage holding up, even as rice acreage remains below last year’s level.
Business
₹37,500 crore coal-gasification push draws seven bids. The trade-off matters
The scheme is designed to turn domestic coal into products such as syngas, urea and synthetic gas while reducing selected import dependencies.
India
FCI’s new MoU puts technology and accountability at the centre of foodgrain management
The FY 2026–27 agreement is a reminder that food security depends not only on procurement, but also on storage, movement, data and institutional performance.
India
PM-SETU clears ₹735.70 crore for industry-led ITI transformation
The latest approvals take cumulative sanctioned investment to ₹2,171 crore across nine ITI clusters, with industry participation built into the model.
Business
RBI is defending the rupee again as oil pressure returns
State-run banks were seen selling dollars as the rupee weakened, highlighting how oil and capital flows feed into exchange-rate management.
Business
Indian banks have a hidden FX risk in overseas deposits
Large foreign-currency deposits have strengthened funding, but interest payments can still create exchange-rate exposure if banks leave them unhedged.
World
China’s export surge is reshaping the trade picture
August exports rose 25% year on year and imports 28.2%, giving policymakers another signal about Chinese demand, industrial strength and global imbalances.
World
Houthi attacks on Saudi energy facilities put oil security back on India’s radar
Attacks across Saudi cities injured dozens and disrupted energy facilities, adding another layer of risk to already elevated crude prices.
Business
The US now supplies more than half of India’s LPG imports
The shift from less than 10% to over 50% in six months shows how the Hormuz crisis is rapidly rewiring India’s energy-supply geography.
World
UAE is building trade routes that can bypass Hormuz
East-coast port capacity and alternative energy routes are becoming strategic assets as the Strait’s vulnerability becomes an economic problem for Asia.
World
Ahead of BRICS, India-China trade frictions are back in focus
New Delhi is expected to raise restrictions affecting high-technology imports and Indian investment as interdependence collides with strategic distrust.
Science
ISRO says it is not being privatised. The private space economy still has to grow
Chairman V Narayanan’s clarification separates ISRO’s public research role from the policy of expanding private participation in commercial space activity.
Business
India’s next EV challenge is freight, not just cars
NITI Aayog’s new PACT platform and Zero Emission Truck Marketplace are designed to solve a difficult problem: making clean trucking commercially scalable.
Business
RBI pulled more than ₹6 lakh crore from banks in a day. Here is what a VRRR does
A record liquidity surplus has turned an obscure monetary-policy tool into a useful real-time lesson on how the RBI manages money-market conditions.
India
Why the Western Zonal Council matters for India’s federal system
The 28th Western Zonal Council meeting offers a useful window into how Centre-State coordination works beyond Parliament and the courts.
Business
DGFT has opened Certificate of Origin systems to business software. Why that matters for trade
The Open API can reduce duplicate data entry for exporters and is a useful case study in digital public administration and trade facilitation.
India
Defence procurement worth ₹1.10 lakh crore puts indigenisation back at the centre
About 98% of the proposals cleared in principle are expected to be sourced from Indian industry, linking military modernisation with defence manufacturing policy.
India
Allahabad High Court’s NSA ruling is a lesson in preventive detention and constitutional limits
The court quashed a student activist’s detention and ordered compensation, putting executive accountability and the right to peaceful dissent back in focus.
Business
India grew 7.8%. The argument is now about how that growth is measured
A strong headline number has opened a deeper debate over deflators, the new GDP series, jobs and whether official growth is matching what households and businesses actually feel.
Business
India wants every new government solar and wind project to come with storage
The next phase of India's renewable build-out is not just about adding solar panels and turbines. It is about making clean power available when the sun is down and the wind is weak.
Business
RBI has more dollar firepower. It is already using it to steer the rupee
The rupee has gained despite expensive oil and weak Asian currencies, as the central bank repeatedly sells dollars after special schemes brought in more than $136 billion.
Technology
UPI could have reached deeper into Asia. India stopped the Alipay+ link
A proposed cross-border payments connection ran into the hardest question in digital infrastructure: how much convenience is worth giving up control over financial data?
Science
India has put its first imaging satellite into geosynchronous orbit
EOS-05 is designed to watch large areas for longer, changing how India can monitor weather, disasters, agriculture and the ground below.
Business
India wants 100 GW of nuclear power. That creates a uranium problem
An elevenfold expansion in nuclear capacity will require far more than reactors. India is now widening fuel relationships from Australia to Uzbekistan.
Business
NSE is closer to an IPO after years under the shadow of co-location cases
The exchange that sits at the centre of Indian markets has spent years trying to list itself. A Supreme Court development removes another major regulatory obstacle.
World
Only a handful of commodity ships crossed Hormuz. India should care
Traffic through the world's most important oil chokepoint remains far below normal, pushing Brent above $96 and turning a distant conflict into a direct risk for India's import bill and inflation.
Technology
India wants its official systems to run on one clock
New Legal Metrology rules make IST the common reference for legal, administrative and commercial systems. The change takes effect after 180 days.
Technology
IT hiring is coming back. The mix of jobs has changed
Active demand in IT services has reached about 57,000 roles, an 18-month high. Nearly 60% of the openings are for mid-senior and senior talent.
Business
India grew 7.8%. August factories tell a more cautious story
The June-quarter GDP print beat expectations. A day later, manufacturing PMI fell to 52.8, its weakest expansion in five years. Both signals matter.
Business
VinFast pauses local manufacturing plans for three EVs in India
Supplier work on the VF3, VF6 and VF7 localisation programmes has been suspended while the Vietnamese carmaker reassesses costs.
Business
Unacademy sold for $206 million. In 2021, it was worth $3.44 billion
upGrad has acquired the edtech company in an all-stock deal. The price captures how sharply India’s pandemic-era edtech boom was repriced.
Opinion
Perspective: oil chokepoints and AI optimism are pulling markets in opposite directions
Hormuz disruption keeps inflation risk elevated while Nvidia’s outlook continues to support the technology trade.
Business
India’s forex reserves climb to a record $729.33 billion
RBI data shows reserves rose for an eighth straight week, supported by strong capital inflows and recent measures to attract foreign currency.
India
India’s industrial output growth slows to 6.7% in July
Official data showed manufacturing stayed strong, while mining contracted and overall growth cooled from June’s revised pace.
Business
Japan spent a record $96.5 billion in a month to support the yen
Finance Ministry data shows the scale of Tokyo’s intervention as the currency struggled near four-decade lows.
Culture
‘Toxic’ crosses ₹190 crore worldwide after its second day
The Yash-starrer opened strongly but saw a sharp second-day drop, according to entertainment trade coverage.
Science
Aditya-L1 spots possible early warning signals before major solar flares
ISRO says short-lived brightenings seen in ultraviolet and X-ray observations may help improve space-weather forecasting.
Science
NASA’s Roman Space Telescope is set for an August 30 launch
The next-generation observatory will study dark energy, exoplanets and infrared astrophysics from a wide-field view of the universe.
Business
S&P keeps China at A+ and expects growth above 4%
The stable outlook reflects expectations of stronger fiscal support, even as weak domestic demand and property stress remain risks.
World
Iran rejects new US sanctions as mediators focus on reopening the Strait of Hormuz
The six-month conflict has pushed diplomacy toward one of the world’s most important oil transit routes, where shipping remains well below normal.
Technology
US judge rules Pentagon’s Anthropic blacklisting unlawful
The ruling found unlawful retaliation and due-process failures in the Pentagon’s treatment of the AI company.
Technology
More than 100 companies call for a defensive surge against AI-driven cyberattacks
OpenAI, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon and others warned that AI-enabled hacking could become far more widespread in the coming months.
Sports
India’s WTC path is now unforgiving: six wins may be needed from seven Tests
The Colombo draw reduced India’s margin for error before away Tests in New Zealand and a five-match home series against Australia.
Opinion
Perspective: why RBI communication is becoming a market issue
Recent signals on liquidity and rates have not always pointed in the same direction, increasing the burden on investors to infer policy intent.