INDIA
India eyes partnership with France's Safran to power next-gen Tejas Mk2 jets
The move, after Operation Sindoor, is aimed at broadening India’s options to enable faster indigenous production of fighter jets for the Indian Air Force. US-based GE Aerospace is supplying engines for IAF’s Tejas MK-1 fighter jets to HAL, but delays in delivery have affected IAF’s upgradation timeline.
BUDGET
Modi’s big middle class outreach, tax changes to put more money in pocket: 5 political takeaways from Union Budget
The big political message from Mr Modi for India’s middle class in 2025 is: We care for you and you now have more money in your pockets to spend.
INDIA
When Atal Bihari Vajpayee considered dissolving BJP: Story of how a young party found its footing
Not many know that Vajpayee once considered disbanding BJP, the very party he helped build.
INDIA
BJP reverses Lok Sabha dip, Brand Modi shines again: Five poll takeaways for national politics
BJP’s record third straight win in Haryana and its emergence as the largest national party in Jammu and Kashmir has significant implications for politics.
INDIA
4G rollout, improvement in quality of services will make BSNL profitable: Jyotiraditya Scindia
For BSNL to see profit rolling in, there should be, a) good execution and b) improved quality of service and better customer satisfaction ratings, Scindia said.
INDIA
Telecom minister Scindia defends tariff hikes, says telcos deserve return on capex
Telecom minister Jyotiraditya Scindia iterated that India continues to have the lowest tariffs in the world and the companies have invested Rs 4.26 lakh crore over the last three years. Scindia also spoke about the Made-in-India 4G Stack which could emerge as an alternative to China
BUSINESS
MC Interview | For telcos to make capex, they must generate returns: Jyotiraditya Scindia on tariff hikes
Union Communication Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia says that Indian mobile tariffs remain the lowest in the world, outlines the government's plans for the telecom sector and how India's 4G Stack can be an alternative to Chinese tech globally in an exclusive interview to Moneycontrol.
BUSINESS
India's telecom tech stack to provide an alternative option to the world: Jyotiraditya Scindia
The home-grown tech option could be launched by the middle of next year, the telecom minister said
INDIA
Govt won't interfere in Vodafone Idea's affairs, says telecom minister Scindia
On competition in the Indian telecom market, Scindia said the country has four operators, which is a "decent amount compared to global markets. We are comfortably placed in terms of structure."
INDIA
India’s 4G stack can provide an alternative to Chinese tech globally: Jyotiraditya Scindia
Jyotiraditya Scindia reiterated the need to be ‘Aatmanirbhar’, and said that India’s Indigenous 4G stack could be an alternative to Chinese technology.
BUSINESS
Budget signals first major political shift by Modi government after the elections
The framing of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s budget is the first major public indication of a political shift.
TRENDS
‘Large corporations, business leaders must have an athlete’s mindset’, says Abhinav Bindra
India’s first individual gold medallist at the Olympics, Abhinav Bindra, speaks to Moneycontrol on similarities between sports and business, achieving peak performance, mental health and India’s medal chances at the Paris Olympics.
LOK-SABHA-ELECTION
Can one Lok Sabha constituency elect 2 MPs? This also happened in India
Almost over one-fifth of Lok Sabha seats elected 2 MPs each- one from the general category and one from the Scheduled Castes or Scheduled Tribes – in the first two Indian elections. One seat even had three MPs, until the multi-seat constituencies were abolished in 1961.
BUDGET
Confident Modi chooses prudence ahead of polls in no-surprise budget
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s budget frames budget around women, farmers, poor and youth, says roadmap for developed India in full budget after elections
INDIA
How Modi’s Ram Temple changes post-Partition consensus on secularism
Under Modi, the focus on temples has been wide-ranging — with a deep focus on infrastructure, development and domestic tourism as much as it is on cultural nationalism
ASSEMBLY-ELECTION
BJP juggernaut and national politics: Seven takeaways for 2024 elections
The 3-1 verdict between BJP and Congress set the stage for the road to the national polls in 2024. State and national contests often differ but several key indicators stand out from the results, which also have significant implications for Congress and opposition I.N.D.I.A alliance
ASSEMBLY-ELECTION
Exit polls: Five takeaways for national politics on road to 2024
A look at what the poll of exit polls – which shows a possible 2-2 draw between Congress and BJP -- in key Hindi heartland states and Telangana mean for national politics
BUSINESS
G20 Summit: Five charts that show how India got half a billion people into the banking system
In eight years, India opened over 462 million new bank accounts for the poor. That’s more than the entire population of the United States, France and UK put together. By any yardstick, this is an astonishing number for anyone interested in global financial inclusion
INDIA
Narendra Modi and the Democratisation of G20: 3 key takeaways from Moneycontrol’s PM interview
Several key things stand out from PM Narendra Modi’s latest interview with Moneycontrol’s Rahul Joshi, Santosh Menon, Karthik Subbaraman and Javed Sayed where the prime minister laid out his plans ahead of the global summit.
BUSINESS
Four reasons why Ashoka University researcher’s claims about electoral manipulation in 2019 polls are misleading
The research paper’s claims don’t factor in the emphatic nature of BJP’s 2019 win that broke many normal rules of politics, can’t explain BJP performance in non-BJP ruled states, doesn’t factor in the BJP’s superior campaign, nor does it offer any evidence from the grassroots on systemic fraud
POLITICS
Northeast Polls And BJP: Five Key Takeaways
Outside of the local political dynamics of Agartala, Kohima, and Shillong, the results of the latest assembly elections indicate that the processes that drove this wider reframing of the regional political chessboard over the last eight years by Modi’s new BJP have deepened and taken greater root
INDIA
Why Meghalaya, Nagaland, Tripura elections matter for national politics
The BJP won 14 of 25 Lok Sabha seats in the North East in 2019, emerging as the single largest party in the wider region
