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Rupee fall exacts a quiet toll on FPIs' India investments
The steady slide of the rupee against the dollar has significantly hit the dollar returns of foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) in India, despite the local currency being among global currencies least affected by a stronger greenback.
Slow sales cloud $500-bn goal for local electronics
India's cooling consumer electronics market has put a question mark on its lofty aim to achieve annual revenue of $500 billion from electronics manufacturing.
India Inc.'s QIP parade to stretch out into new year
Taste for stocks, easing liquidity to help companies shore up more from market
NFRA inches ahead of ICAI on regulatory turf
The National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) has secured an edge over the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) in regulating the audit and accounting profession, with the Solicitor General of India backing the former's powers in some respects.
Intel's Grim Lesson for Boeing: Sometimes Mr. Fix-It Is Too Late
One day, fickle investors are applauding business-school alumni for paying big dividends and slashing costs. The next, they're demanding that engineers take over to make up for lost innovation.
Crypto Has an Ally in the White House. What's Ahead for Digital Currencies in 2025
Crypto die-hards are anticipating a golden age for digital assets under President-elect Donald Trump.
Beijing Pushes to Use China-Made Chips in Its Electric Vehicles
Not long ago, almost all the chips in Chinese cars relied on manufacturing by foreign firms
The uphill battle against poverty
As we look ahead to 2025, the international community's aspiration to end poverty warrants closer attention.
A Triple Fiscal Crisis Periling Climate Action
Many developing economies are facing unsustainable debt, with 41.5% of budget revenues spent on debt service. The debt crisis is compounded by climate change and environmental degradation. Climate-related disasters and deforestation are undermining economic development and contributing to the 'climate debt' and 'nature debt'.
When Russia fights the wrong enemy
Like Czar Nicholas II, Russian President Vladimir Putin has misidentified his primary foe.
Culture, memory and ravages of war
The ravages of war are never confined to the battlefield.
Will Stability Rise From Middle East Rubble?
Given the conflicts in Gaza and Lebanon, and the direct military exchanges between Israel and Iran, it seems hard to imagine any promising prospect for the Middle East in the coming year.
China's Economy Has Not Peaked
What happens to the world economy and global geopolitics in 2025 will depend significantly on China, the world's largest exporter and second-largest consumer market.
Asean's second renaissance is now
Next year heralds a pivotal chapter for the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean), with Malaysia assuming the chair.
Will the Guardrails of US Democracy Hold?
America's democratic institutions withstood, if only barely, Donald Trump's first presidency, but will they do so again?
An economic requiem for the Biden administration
The New York Times famously prepares obituaries for notable individuals well in advance of their death.
Will the second Trump boom go bust?
What could Donald Trump's victory in the US presidential election mean for the American and global economies?
We need energy for AI, and AI for energy
In 1903, Mark Twain wrote that \"It takes a thousand men to invent a telegraph, or a steam engine, or a phonograph, or a photograph, or a telephone or any other important thing.\"
AI has not yet destroyed democracy
With almost half the world's population going to the polls, 2024 was dubbed a super election year, leading many experts to warn of a coming flood of political disinformation.
The world needs a pro-human AI agenda
Let's get real about AI.
Welcome to the AI near-future
A malevolent superintelligence will not be taking over the planet any time soon. But how the AI revolution plays out will depend on a series of races between the technology and human institutions. AI will remove humans from many combat roles, but it will also mean that any human in combat will be killed with extreme efficiency.
Sebi introduces MF Lite framework
Index and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to schemes sponsored by private equity funds will be eligible to be covered under the MF Lite framework on meeting certain conditions as the market regulator aims to simplify the operations of passively managed mutual funds.
RIL's acquisitions: $13 bn spent in 5 yrs
Billionaire Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has spent $13 billion on acquisitions in the past five years across new energy, telecom, retail and media business to script a pivot away from core oil and petrochemicals business to clean energy and consumer-facing verticals.
Interest on PPF, NSC unchanged
The government on Tuesday left the interest rates unchanged on various small savings schemes, including Public Provident Fund (PPF) and National Savings Certificate (NSC), for the fourth straight quarter beginning 1 January 2023 and ending 31 March 2025.
Rupee declines to record closing low
The rupee declined to a record closing low for the sixth consecutive session on Tuesday, weighed down by a decline in most Asian currencies alongside expectations that it is headed for more losses in 2025.
NaBFID invests ₹745 cr in NDR InvIT
The National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development (NaBFID) has invested ₹745 crore in long-term bonds issued by NDR InvIT, the company said on Tuesday.
Kirloskar cos to challenge Sebi
Four Kirloskar companies on Tuesday said they are preparing to legally challenge a letter by markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) asking them to disclose the deed of family settlement that was signed by members of the Kirloskar family on 11 September 2009.
IFC, others to take stake in FEPL
Fair trade regulator Competition Commission of India (CCI) on Tuesday cleared the World Bank's IFC, Asian Development Bank (ADB) and German government's DEG proposal to acquire a stake in Fourth Partner Energy Ltd (FEPL).
Gold heads for biggest gain since 2010 in mixed year for metals
Gold is heading for its biggest gain in 14 years, with a 27% advance fueled by US monetary easing, sustained geopolitical risks and a wave of purchases by central banks.
Thermal coal imports up 9% this year
Imports of thermal coal, used for power generation, have increased by about 9% in the April-November of the ongoing fiscal year to 45 million tonnes, on higher procurement made by those power plants that operate solely on imported coal.