Capital doesn’t just fund economic activity; it shapes national identity. A nation trained for 70 years to survive on scarcity cannot wake up one morning and behave like it was bred for scale and global dominance
India has built infrastructure at scale; Budget 2026 must now ensure reliable execution, stronger transmission networks, and system readiness so public investment delivers consistent outcomes for citizens and industry
Large sized firms are better poised to weather the risks arising from high competition, weak order flows and long working capital cycles
New policies, liberalised investment, and private participation are reshaping India’s space sector, even as legal gaps, execution risks, and regional competition test its long-term resilience
Beyond the headlines, the RBI's Financial Stability Report issues a dual alert: caution against global AI euphoria and a red flag on India's sentiment-driven small-cap rally
As private sector optimism hits a multi-year low, the clearest call from the latest PMI data is for the Union Budget to make a decisive move to restore business confidence and rekindle investment appetite
Credit growth has improved across banks but deposits are another story
El Nino conditions can pose growth challenges for agrochemicals industry for the second consecutive year
Strong capital, low NPAs and rising profits mask a quieter shift in how Indian banks fund growth and earn returns
Control has shifted to whoever owns the app, the user data, and the payment relationship. In the coming decade, the industry will be divided between platforms that command consumer relationships and those that rent them
India's push for early AI education raises concerns about overloading children with complex concepts, potentially distracting from basic literacy and critical thinking skills development
Average monthly gross inflows into systematic investment plans more than doubled in the current fiscal when compared to FY23. Is it great news, or a case where the crowd provides permanence and professionals harvest the yield?
Oil-rich Venezuela has been a springboard for Beijing’s geopolitical and economic interests in Latin America
As widespread protests challenge Tehran's regime, the resulting instability risks escalating into regional conflict and drawing in world powers, exposing the fragility of the current world order
Indore’s recent tragedy of sewerage-contaminated drinking water killing residents exposes the deadly gap between India’s clean-city awards and its ground-level sanitation failures
The US action in Venezuela was the opening salvo of a stark new global strategy—one that treats alliances as transactions and sovereignty as conditional
The recent U.S. move in Venezuela was less about its vast, heavy oil reserves and more about securing a far more valuable prize next door: Guyana’s light, sweet crude
In India, government provides subsidy to manufacturers for selling fertilisers below the production cost
India’s budget increasingly relies on RBI dividend transfers, but with global conditions shifting, fiscal planners must prepare for uncertain future payouts and invest wisely
India has been clear about its position on strategic autonomy. The question is whether Washington can accept a partner that does not follow instructions but whose interests nonetheless align on the issues that matter most
The Grand Buddha at Ling Shan is a bronze statue of Buddha as Amitabha, which is considered one of the largest Buddha statues of its kind anywhere in the world.
The AI mania could wane and drag down the economies of the two superpowers, but the rest of the world is well positioned to pick up the slack
India’s climate future hinges on adaptation, not just mitigation. By investing in resilient infrastructure, supply chains, and technologies, India can turn climate risks into economic opportunities
A central fault line in the coming years will be whether MFN and consensus survive in their current form. There is credible reason to believe that a significant group of WTO members—including most major trading powers—may settle for their dilution
REITs have delivered stellar returns of about 40-50 per cent from healthy assets in the office property market
