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Nifty Midcap 100 Down 4.59%, Smallcap 100 Off 3.66% in Five Sessions; 50% of Smallcap Stocks Below Peak Prices as Oil Shock Compounds Six-Month...

India's midcap and smallcap segments entered the penultimate fortnight of FY2025-26 carrying the weight of two distinct but now converging forces: a valuation normalisation that had been gradually compressing...

Jio IPO Blocked by Missing Government Gazette Notification; PhonePe SEBI-Cleared at $15 Billion; Zepto Among 2026’s Most Scrutinised Listings

India's most anticipated IPO pipeline is advancing unevenly. The two largest listings expected this year — Jio Platforms and PhonePe — are at opposite...

India Adds Two Unicorns in Early 2026; Near-Threshold Startups Face Tighter Funding Standards Before Reaching $1 Billion Mark

India's startup ecosystem produced its first new unicorns of 2026 within the initial weeks of the calendar year, continuing a cautious but steady flow...

India Startup Funding Falls 39% by Deal Count in 2025 to $10.5 Billion; 28 Unicorns Report Profit as Ecosystem Shifts From Growth to Earnings

In the four years since India's startup ecosystem reached the peak of its funding frenzy in 2021, the shift in what investors reward has...

Sarvam AI Releases India’s First From-Scratch 105B LLM Under Open Licence; Krutrim Targets ₹10,000 Crore Infrastructure Spend as India AI Summit Draws $250 Billion...

In the space of four weeks in February 2026, two of India's most prominent generative AI startups — Sarvam AI and Krutrim — made...

India’s Retail Inflation Rises to 3.21% in February; New CPI Basket Flags Silver Price Surge as Savers Face Shrinking Real Returns on Savings Accounts

India's retail inflation accelerated to 3.21 per cent in February 2026, according to data released by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation on...

RBI Holds Repo Rate at 5.25% After 125 bps Cumulative Cuts; Home Loan Rates Stabilise as April MPC Meeting Approaches

India's monetary policy rate cycle has entered a holding pattern. The Reserve Bank of India's Monetary Policy Committee, having reduced the repo rate by...

RBI’s New Credit Card Directions Restrict Charges on Total Outstanding Amount; Interest Rates Remain as High as 42–48% Per Annum

The Reserve Bank of India has issued a comprehensive new regulatory framework governing credit and debit card operations, replacing the earlier 2022 Master Direction...

RBI’s Digital Rupee Reaches 7 Million Users Across 19 Banks; Offline Payments Launched, but Full-Scale Rollout Remains Gradual

India's central bank digital currency, the Digital Rupee or e₹, moved beyond a limited closed-user experiment in 2025 to become what RBI Governor Sanjay...

FD Rates Fall to Six-Year Lows After RBI’s Cumulative 100 bps Cuts; Mutual Funds and Deposits Offer Contrasting Trade-offs as Inflation Holds at 3.21%

India's fixed deposit landscape has been fundamentally repriced over the past twelve months. The Reserve Bank of India's Monetary Policy Committee, which cut the...

With Nine Days to March 31 Deadline, Taxpayers Under Old Regime Must Act; New Regime’s ₹12 Lakh Zero-Tax Threshold Changes the Calculus

For individual taxpayers in India, March 31, 2026, marks the hard close of Financial Year 2025-26 — the final date by which investments and...

EU Carbon Tax on Indian Exports Takes Effect; India’s Domestic Carbon Market Enters Compliance Phase as Companies Navigate Mandatory ESG Regime

Two of the most consequential regulatory events in India's corporate sustainability landscape took effect simultaneously in early 2026: the European Union's Carbon Border Adjustment...

India’s E-Commerce Sector Faces Multi-Front Regulatory Push; Comprehensive Policy Remains Unfinished After Six Years

India's e-commerce industry — projected by multiple estimates to cross $150 billion in gross merchandise value by the end of calendar 2026 — is...

Manufacturing Accelerates to Fastest Pace in Three Years as Electronics Exports Hit $31 Billion; Services Sector Retains Economic Leadership

India's manufacturing sector posted its strongest growth in at least three years in the second quarter of FY2025-26, even as official data and the...

Tata Sons Defers Chandrasekaran’s Third Term; Jio IPO Faces Regulatory Delay; Adani Posts Record EBITDA

Three of India's largest conglomerates — Tata, Reliance, and Adani — are navigating significant leadership and strategic transitions simultaneously, with each development carrying distinct...

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