Trading halts: Exchanges pay fines, traders pay the price
Trading halts cost Indian exchanges crores in penalties, yet the traders who actually lost money remain empty-handed
Lopsided IIP Growth: Five sectors drive gains, half of manufacturing languishes
September's industrial production data reveals a troubling paradox: while consumer durables and automobiles surge on festive demand, the broader manufacturing base is shrinking, with staples contracting and robust growth concentrated in just five of 23 sectors
Chart of the Day | UPI moves the masses, RTGS moves the money
India’s payments data for the first half of 2025 shows two very different digital stories.
OPINION | From PayNow to PayNext: How India’s UPI can power ASEAN’s digital economy future
India’s digital-payments transformation is one of the most successful initiatives of the past decade. ASEAN’s digital economy is booming, but cross-border payments remain fragmented and expensive. India’s experience offers both a blueprint and a partnership model
OPINION | Justice Surya Kant’s tenure begins amid reform imperatives
Justice Surya Kant, brings decades of distinguished service, marked by landmark rulings on free speech, privacy, and human rights, and faces crucial judicial reform challenges ahead. He takes oath as the next CJI on November 24
OPINION | BJP goes all out for Bihar election, with Modi leading from the front
Modi travelled to Bihar at least once every month since February to launch central projects. During some months, he visited Bihar more than once. Other BJP heavyweights too are pulling out all stops
OPINION | Balancing State power and market freedom in India
Every nation must shield its economic pillars when systemic stability is at risk. The true measure of governance lies in how the state protects markets without absolving them — and preserves both order and ethics in the process.
Will Trump push south-east Asia towards China?
For years, Washington viewed its relationship with the region as a way to limit Beijing’s influence, but tariffs now strain the partnership
Bihar Elections: Beyond caste, youth and women voters hold the key
As Bihar heads to polls in November, traditional caste equations are being disrupted by two powerful forces: empowered women and unemployed youth demanding change
Will Trump's sanctions on Russian oil trigger inflation?
A surge in non-Russian oil sources could result in a spike in oil prices, is the fear. But a look at the physical and financial market points to enough reasons why that may not happen
OPINION | India in Infrared: Why we must lead the thermal frontier in space
Thermal imaging reveals hidden energy patterns, enhancing safety, resilience, and economic growth. As India advances in space technology, mastering this invisible spectrum strengthens its global leadership and sovereignty
Chart of the Day: Winter schedule indicates further market share gains for IndiGo
IndiGo’s market share in the domestic market increased in the last one year
Municipal bonds join the repo club — a quiet reform with big consequences
The finance ministry’s move to make municipal debt repo-eligible could finally give India’s urban bond market the liquidity it always lacked
SBI Card got customers to swipe more in Q2, but its historic mojo isn’t back yet
Retail spends growth was healthy but nowhere close to historic high levels.
OPINION | L’affaire Tata: Much ado about an evolutionary thing
Ratan Tata’s simultaneous chairmanship of Tata Sons and Tata Trusts offered coherence and continuity. The so-called cracks in the Trusts’ structure are signs of evolution, an enduring institution adapting to new norms of accountability and self-governance
OPINION | What is the real issue ‘My Lords’?
Despite explicit court orders, Bar Council resolutions, and even petitions seeking to ban such colonial honorifics, their persistence raises a deeper question: is this merely a colonial relic that refuses to fade, or an institutional compulsion the judiciary itself continues to uphold?
Why India and Russia still understand each other: The long affair
Across wars, sanctions and shifting world orders, the India–Russia relationship has survived, out of shared instincts for sovereignty. It remains one of the world’s most quietly enduring partnerships, neither flamboyant nor fragile.
OPINION | India’s road to reaching its net zero goals
At COP30 in Brazil in November, India will submit its next set of Nationally Determined Contributions. We need to continue understanding trade-offs and shape development priorities that are not only low-carbon but also resilient and equitable
Silicon Valley called — the 1990s are back
How today’s artificial intelligence boom is both different from, and similar to, what came before
ChatGPT Atlas Shrugged: Why Google Chrome retains its shine – for now
Sam Altman's ChatGPT Atlas was supposed to revolutionise browsing and threaten Google's dominance, but the reality of subscription fatigue, trust issues, and Chrome's entrenched market position quickly brought investors back to earth
India's Economic Boom: A look beyond the GDP numbers at the structural challenges ahead
If growth is strong, if companies are investing and the government is also spending, then a demand resurgence should be seen and it should also show up in product prices. Why then is core inflation (which is demand side) so low? Why is urban demand relatively weak? Is there a challenge from cheap Chinese imports?
OPINION | Who owns India’s cloud, and other existential questions for a digital democracy
India risks digital colonisation as foreign firms control its data and infrastructure. To ensure true sovereignty, it must build indigenous tech, enforce data laws, and capture value from its digital economy
OPINION | The Great Silver Rush: What triggered India’s silver squeeze
Silver’s October squeeze stemmed from finance outpacing physical supply. Synchronizing capital with deliverable futures, not slowing it, can stabilize ETFs, spot markets, and investor exposure to short-term dislocations
Chart of the Day: Is the options clampdown justified?
New NSE data revealing that only 1.8% of investors trade exclusively in derivatives raises uncomfortable questions about whether SEBI's sweeping options regulations were a solution in search of a problem
