Kwality Wall’s financials may leave investors cold
Low profit margins and a capital intensive operating business are some of the key hurdles it needs to overcome in its post-demerger avatar
If US regulators won’t hold auditors to account, will the courts?
Trio of cases provides rulings on how responsible accountants are for spotting fraud and errors
OPINION | Finance Commission paves the way for sustainable urbanisation
The 16th Finance Commission allocates historic grants to urban local governments, enabling smaller cities and towns to plan, develop infrastructure, and urbanise sustainably with state support
OPINION | Evaluating India’s generative AI copyright framework and the DPIIT proposal
DPIIT proposes a mandatory blanket AI training licence with revenue-based royalties, raising concerns over fairness, rate-setting, compliance burdens, and unresolved personality rights implications
After a dull Q3, will battery makers rev up their show ahead?
Buoyancy in auto sector has helped offset pain from lower exports and elevated lead prices
How the new CPI series will influence India’s bond markets
With inflation trending near the RBI’s target, monetary policy will likely remain on an extended pause keeping rates lower for longer
Chart of the Day | What is triggering the sharp growth in loans against gold jewellery?
Data shows a notable jump in the segment -- both on a year-on-year and financial year basis
OPINION | When stock markets grow, do bank deposits shrink? New evidence says it depends
Analysis of data from 122 countries shows that more sophisticated the financial system and greater the institutional strength, bank deposits and financial markets can grow together
US markets and the economy are heading into uncharted territory
The Fed might cut rates despite a healthy economy and a weakening dollar
OPINION | Private Equity in Indian Healthcare: A case for regulatory safeguards
Private equity is growing fast in Indian healthcare. Experience from the US shows it can raise costs and debt. India must regulate investment to protect patients and care quality
Software isn’t dead, but its cozy business model might be
Companies must rethink their charging policy to reflect tasks completed rather than number of users
OPINION | RSS at 100: Mohan Bhagwat’s dharmic vision from AI to agriculture
Sanghnomics: At an RSS centenary outreach in Mumbai, Mohan Bhagwat advocated decentralisation, rural enterprise, dharmic wealth principles, technological adaptation, and environmental responsibility amid shifting geopolitics
Is the dollar under pressure from trade fragmentation, renminbi’s gradual rise?
However, exchange-rate weakness alone does not determine reserve status; institutional depth, capital mobility and geopolitical alignment matter more
Periodic Labour Force Survey: Men leave the farms, women shoulder the burden
Services now employ more men than agriculture. But three in five women still work on farms—and over a third don't get paid
For whom the bells toll In the market
Leveraged traders find themselves on a sticky wicket as regulatory moves and strong hands trimming leveraged positions leave them more exposed
Chart of the Day: How IT services are losing ground in global technology spends
The wallet share of IT services in worldwide IT spending is moderating
Can India seize the AI moment at the global summit?
As New Delhi hosts the India AI Impact Summit 2026 amid market jitters and global churn, the real test lies in turning rhetoric into regulation, innovation into inclusion, and ambition into actionable leadership
OPINION | Regulating Hate Speech: Navigating the constitutional boundaries of free expression
The fate of Karnataka Assembly’s contested Bill on regulating hate speech hangs in balance. Any law curbing speech has to meet the constitutional test which lays out conditions under which it can be done. So far, jurisprudence has tilted in favour of using existing laws to curb unacceptable forms of expression
OPINION | Life in the Age of Subscriptions: We don’t buy, we just auto-renew
What started as convenience has turned into a permanent monthly tax on entertainment, software, and simply existing online. From streaming sports to cloud storage, modern digital life is less about choice and more about recurring payments
Mohamed El-Erian: This time really could be different on jobs
Three catalysts are driving an intensifying divergence between a cooling US labour market and strong GDP growth
OPINION | Digital Colonialism: The new East India Company in AI
From the East India Company to AI giants, the structure feels familiar. India supplies talent and data while the platforms, ownership, and profits increasingly live elsewhere
The Eastern Window: From critic to partner? BNP's win tests India's ability to turn the page in Dhaka
The rise of BNP and end of the Yunus-led caretaker government is a good opportunity to improve India-Bangladesh relations. But there are several hurdles including resistance from the pro-Pakistan Jamaat e Islami, which is extremely critical of India
Beyond the BNP Landslide: The women voters who drew the line against extremism in Bangladesh
In an election that was as much about the future as it was about the ghosts of the past, Bangladesh has handed the BNP a decisive victory while elevating Jamaat-e-Islami to a powerful opposition
OPINION | Legacy systems might survive AI, but old strategies will not
Artificial intelligence will not merely modernise legacy systems. It will reorder economic advantage and geopolitical power. For India, the real danger is not slow adoption, but assuming disruption will arrive on our terms By
OPINION | Munich, the return of civilisational dogma and India’s new reality
Marco Rubio’s speech at the Munich Security Conference reflected the MAGA doctrine, which frames issues through the prism of Western civilisation. India’s response should be to strengthen cooperation where interests converge; preserve autonomy where they diverge
