India - A growth pole attracting major investor interest from Davos to Shanghai, shines bright
The Consul General highlighted India's stable policy environment, predictable and reform-oriented investment climate which have ensured India's emergence as the world's fastest growing major economy in recent times.
OPINION | Why hospitality needs a budget sensitive to its unique features
The sector is both people-driven and capital-intensive. Support for patient capital and skilling programs through fiscal incentives will provide India an economic boost
OPINION | Budget 2026: Closing the tax gaps in India’s AIF framework
AIFs have emerged as a preferred platform for more sophisticated investors. To encourage the trend, the budget should bring about neutrality in tax treatment between different categories of AIFs
OPINION | Budget 2026 and India’s accelerated climate and sustainability agenda
Budget 2026 is expected to boost clean-tech, renewables, storage, sustainable finance, critical minerals, and social governance reforms, strengthening India Inc.’s resilience and supporting inclusive, low-carbon growth
Lessons for business in Trumpian uncertainty
Ignoring the upside can be as dangerous as discounting the downside
OPINION | RSS and the Indian Constitution: Separating fact from fiction
RSSFACTS: Examining the RSS’s engagement with India’s constitutional democracy through historical evidence, public statements, and its role during the Emergency, countering long-standing narratives rooted in political prejudice
OPINION | Union Budget 2026 could be a defining moment for India’s GCC ecosystem
As Union Budget 2026 approaches, India’s GCC sector seeks tax certainty, regulatory simplification, and targeted incentives to sustain growth, enhance competitiveness, and reinforce global leadership amid rising headwinds
India’s climate report card signals structural policy challenges
India's dramatic plunge in the 2026 global Climate Performance Index suggests a worrying structural reversal from its vantage position on climate action
Affordable urban housing holds key to continued rapid economic growth
As urban India prepares to contribute three-quarters of the national GDP, a NITI Aayog report reveals a critical shortage of 60 million liveable homes and prescribes a four-part remedy of land reform, density incentives, innovative finance, and rental housing to sustain growth
Acquisition moves of Sun, Zydus point to Indian pharma’s shift from generics to biopharma
A potential Sun Pharma-Organon deal is the clearest signal yet of Indian pharma's urgent, multi-pronged strategy to escape the low-margin generics trap by acquiring a foothold in high-value biosimilars and specialty therapeutics
Q3 FY26 scorecard so far – Opportunity or value trap?
Q3 revenue growth threw up a positive surprise across most sectors while margins were sluggish
Budget 2026 — Can India build the financial backbone for its climate ambitions?
As global climate politics is fractured, India’s next Budget must move beyond capacity creation to fixing the missing pieces of its energy transition
Budget Snapshot: Are divestment targets set only to be missed?
Divestment targets hardly seem relevant when reliance has reduced.
OPINION | Capital outlay might exceed Rs 13 trillion in FY2027 Budget
The increase in central public investment, mainly in roads, railways and defence, has seen a sharp increase over the last few years. This trend is expected to continue
OPINION | Here’s how Budget 2026 can power M&A activity
IT Act 2025 will soon be operationalised. Finance minister should consider a few tweaks to power M&A activity, and consider the full implication of changes in capital gains regime
OPINION | Union Budget 2026 can complete India’s income-tax simplification agenda
While the Income-tax Act, 2025 marks a major reform, lingering ambiguities and compliance burdens remain. Budget 2026 offers a crucial opportunity to clarify provisions, reduce litigation, and strengthen tax certainty
OPINION | Can a year in the private sector make India’s bureaucracy sharper?
Emerging markets are a better gauge of investors’ mood than gold
US moves on Greenland may have boosted traditional havens such as precious metals but the developing world is on a roll
The great Greenland climbdown
After a rambling speech, Trump announced he would not be imposing tariffs on his allies
OPINION | Why early-stage investors must rethink risk in deep-tech ventures
As innovation shifts from software to science-driven ventures, investors must rethink risk, prioritising technical uncertainty, IP-led moats, and team capability to back deep tech shaping future industries
Startup Street | Will SC’s Tiger Global judgment curb Indian startups' animal spirits?
A landmark Supreme Court verdict rejecting treaty protection for a major fund's exit has sent shockwaves through India's investment ecosystem, forcing a fundamental rethink of offshore structures and tax risk
Budget Snapshot: Optimism masks the struggling affordable housing story
The need of the hour is to correct the divergent trend between rising luxury home sales and a struggling mass housing segment
‘Sell America’ is back in the market: Global confidence in US wavers
From Greenland to the Fed, Trump's actions trigger a global "Sell America" panic, forcing Wall Street to confront the cost of political instability.
India is making its mark in clinical trials amid changing global landscape
Clinical trial activity has increased in India
Tariffed and Tokyoed: The Indian rupee's perfect storm
India’s GDP growth is expected to be healthy in FY27 but the rupee may not reflect it
