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The Reserve Bank of India has extended the supersession of the Board of Directors of Abhyudaya Co-operative Bank until November 24, 2025, prolonging central bank oversight of the lender. Satya Prakash Pathak will continue as Administrator as the RBI seeks to strengthen governance and address material concerns over the bank’s operations.
Global markets enter the week with investors balancing a shifting artificial intelligence landscape, renewed geopolitical risk, and the prospect of policy-sensitive moves in energy and trade. Nvidia’s leadership transition and Anthropic’s expected IPO are sharpening attention on AI valuations, while talks involving the United States, China, the Middle East and Europe could sway risk appetite across equities, commodities and currencies.
New Zealand fast bowler Matt Henry said his six-wicket burst against India was built on early movement and disciplined execution, but cautioned against drawing sweeping conclusions from a single spell. He stressed that India remain a world-class batting unit capable of responding strongly once conditions settle and the contest evolves.
India head coach Gautam Gambhir has voiced clear concern over his side’s recurring batting collapses after they were bundled out for 90-odd in conditions he believes may closely resemble those at the World Cup. His remarks underline the urgency for India to address top-order instability and middle-order vulnerability before the tournament begins.
Canara Bank and other lenders have accepted a Rs 522-crore one-time settlement from Supreme Housing and Hospitality, paving the way for the company to close debts of nearly Rs 700 crore. The deal is expected to deliver about 75% recovery to the lending consortium and covers both fund-based and non-fund exposures tied to corporate guarantees issued to subsidiary entities.
External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar said India’s border with China has become “more alive,” underscoring a sharper operational focus on the frontier amid continuing strategic competition. He said India’s ability to deploy troops along the border has improved markedly, reflecting sustained investment in roads, bridges, tunnels and other military-enabling infrastructure.
India’s batting faltered again as New Zealand bowled them out for 209 in the fifth ODI, tightening their grip on the match and putting the series scoreline in danger of being levelled. Despite India holding a 2-1 lead coming into the contest, New Zealand’s bowlers repeatedly hit the right lengths and denied the home side any sustained momentum.
State Bank of India is investigating a suspected cyberattack after customer information linked to 3,897 records surfaced on the dark web, prompting an internal effort to contain the breach and identify the vulnerability. The bank says root cause analysis is still under way as it works to determine the scope of exposure, including names, contact details and loan-related records.
‘Wildwood’ arrives with the visual promise of a richly imagined forest tale, but the film steadily loses momentum as its screenplay settles into languor and its editing fails to impose urgency. What begins as an alluring atmospheric journey ultimately feels underpowered, with the movie’s strongest asset—its world-building—left stranded by narrative slackness.
Anthropic PBC is preparing for a public listing with ambitions that could make it one of the most closely watched technology offerings in years, as investors weigh whether its valuation can rival the scale of SpaceX’s private-market fundraising. Unlike SpaceX’s largely private, negotiated financing model, Anthropic’s traditional IPO structure would give public-market buyers a more direct role in determining price and demand. That shift could make the company’s debut a sharper test of market appetite for artificial intelligence assets.
Frammer AI has launched a live sports platform aimed at turning match footage into social-ready clips in under 30 seconds, with Astro Malaysia named as its first customer. The move positions the startup in a fast-growing market where broadcasters and rights holders are under pressure to publish highlights faster, personalise content at scale and capture audience attention across digital channels.
Jammu and Kashmir Bank has opened a major recruitment drive for 1,356 posts, including probationary officers and banking associates, in one of the region’s largest hiring exercises in recent years. The announcement has triggered immediate demands from aspirants and PDP MLA Waheed Para for an increase in the upper age limit from 30 to 40 years, with calls to keep merit at the centre of the selection process.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to use the ASEAN-India Summit to deepen strategic and bilateral engagement with Southeast Asian partners even as negotiations over the bloc-wide trade pact remain unresolved. With consensus on the review of the goods trade agreement still elusive, New Delhi is increasingly leaning on country-specific economic ties to sustain momentum in the relationship.
The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment used the 45th India International Trade Fair to spotlight artisan-made products and underline the role of inclusive livelihoods in India’s development agenda. The display positioned craft-based enterprise not merely as cultural preservation, but as a policy instrument for economic participation, market access, and social mobility.
Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd. remains a closely watched name in India’s market as investors weigh its stock history against shifting crude prices, dividend expectations and the government’s broader fiscal priorities. The company’s share performance continues to reflect the tension between upstream earnings strength and policy-linked constraints that shape valuation in the state-owned energy space.
Wall Street’s latest bout of volatility is rewarding nimble traders while punishing those caught on the wrong side of sharp swings in stocks and bonds. Even as markets remain fragile, billions continue to flow into index funds and speculative assets, underscoring investors’ enduring appetite for both diversification and risk.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday paid tribute to India’s first Prime Minister, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, on his birth anniversary, marking a moment of formal remembrance in the nation’s political calendar. The gesture underscores the continuing institutional practice of acknowledging foundational figures of the Republic, even amid sharp contemporary political competition.
India’s competition regulator has cleared Rasmalai Limited’s proposed acquisition of certain shareholding in Yatharth Hospital and Trauma Care Services Limited, removing a key regulatory hurdle for the transaction. The approval signals that the deal does not raise competition concerns significant enough to warrant intervention under the current review framework.
Blackstone is in discussions to make a significant investment in IIFL Finance, underscoring a sharp rise in global appetite for India’s non-bank lenders. The move comes amid a wave of foreign capital into financial services, as investors seek exposure to a credit market expanding beyond traditional banks and into underserved segments.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to use the ASEAN-India Summit to deepen strategic and bilateral engagement with Southeast Asian partners even as negotiations over the bloc-wide trade pact remain unresolved. With consensus on the broader agreement still elusive, New Delhi is increasingly leaning on country-specific trade and investment channels to sustain momentum in economic ties.
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology has asked home-services platforms, including Pronto, Snabbit and Urban Company, to explain how they collect and use worker and customer data for physical AI training, according to people familiar with the matter. The review underscores growing regulatory attention on startups deploying AI in labour-intensive services, where data practices, consent and model training are increasingly under scrutiny.
The National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC) has presented a dividend of ₹47.76 crore for FY 2025-26, underscoring a year of robust financial performance and renewed policy relevance for India’s MSME ecosystem. Chairman-cum-Managing Director Subhransu Sekhar Acharya said the corporation posted revenue of ₹3,767 crore and Profit After Tax of ₹159 crore, while Union ministers praised NSIC’s role in supporting small businesses and government initiatives.
The Nifty’s technical backdrop has improved materially after a sharp rebound from the vicinity of its 200-week moving average, restoring confidence among traders and investors. But the index is now approaching a heavy overhead resistance zone, and the next move will likely determine whether the recovery extends into a broader breakout or stalls into consolidation.
India’s production-linked incentive schemes have attracted ₹2.40 lakh crore in investment and generated ₹22.66 lakh crore in production, according to a NITI Aayog assessment prepared with the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad. The review points to strong manufacturing gains across targeted sectors, while also flagging persistent gaps in job creation, domestic value addition and export intensity.
Indian Bank has set a lending target of Rs 100 crore for electric vehicle charging infrastructure in FY27 as it rolls out IND Green Charge, a financing scheme aimed at public, captive and fleet charging stations. The initiative is designed to expand access to credit for EV infrastructure developers while supporting entrepreneurship and India’s broader shift toward sustainable mobility.
Microsoft’s prolonged Outlook disruption continued to ripple through Indian workplaces on Thursday, leaving employees unable to access email, calendars and related productivity tools at the start of the business day. The outage has underscored how deeply enterprise operations in India now depend on cloud-based communication systems, with startups and larger firms alike scrambling for workarounds. For professionals such as Kriti, a Gurugram-based marketing executive, the outage meant a sudden halt to routine work before the day had properly begun. The incident has also revived concerns about business continuity, vendor concentration risk and the operational fragility that can emerge when a single platform underpins critical corporate functions.
The Union Cabinet has approved a five-year extension of the Credit Guarantee Fund for Micro Units and the Stand-Up India scheme, a move aimed at widening access to formal finance for first-time entrepreneurs and small businesses. The package includes ₹5,000 crore for micro units and ₹4,111 crore to support Stand-Up India, alongside approval for an 8.5 km extension of the Noida-Greater Noida Metro corridor.
India’s Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises has carried the momentum of Special Campaign 6.0 beyond its office premises, broadening a cleanliness and efficiency drive that has become a recurring feature of central government administration. The initiative reflects a wider push to institutionalize workplace hygiene, record management, and public-facing service discipline across the ministry’s ecosystem.
The Prime Minister has expressed deep sorrow over the deaths caused by a tragic accident in Assam's Golaghat district, underscoring the human toll of the incident and the government's immediate concern. The message of condolence comes as local authorities continue to assess the scale of the tragedy and coordinate response efforts.
India’s agricultural economy is entering a phase in which digital tools alone will not determine competitiveness. Organisations that can map regulatory obligations, build robust compliance systems and retain skilled people will be better placed to scale sustainably in a sector shaped by policy scrutiny, supply-chain complexity and rising quality expectations. The message is especially relevant as agribusinesses, processors and input suppliers seek growth across a market that remains vital to inflation, rural incomes and fiscal stability.
Indian lenders that leaned heavily on the government’s microloan guarantee scheme are seeking an extension of the facility, according to people familiar with the matter, as they prepare for continued stress in small-ticket lending. IDFC First Bank and several small finance banks, including AU Small Finance Bank, Jana Small Finance Bank and Suryoday Small Finance Bank, have already set aside the guarantee fee for the current fiscal year, anticipating that the window may reopen soon.
The government has constituted a High Level Committee on Banking for Viksit Bharat, naming former Central Vigilance Commissioner Suresh N Patel as chair to examine reforms across the financial system. The panel brings together senior regulatory and banking veterans, including RBI Deputy Governor Shirish Chandra Murmu, former Indian Bank chief Padmaja Chunduru and former RBI Deputy Governor N S Vishwanathan, signalling a broad review of banking priorities tied to India’s long-term development agenda.
A new policy framing around a national farmers’ health capital index is drawing attention to a long-ignored constraint on India’s agricultural growth: the physical health of farmers as a productive economic asset. The argument, aligned with Food and Agriculture Organization thinking, is that unless policy measures human health shocks as a direct drag on total factor productivity, farm output and rural resilience will remain structurally limited.
Black Doves returns for a second season with a leaner, more controlled rhythm, while still leaning into the series’ signature mix of violence, espionage and dark comedy. Keira Knightley and Ben Whishaw remain the show’s emotional anchors, and the quieter passages give the thriller more weight than its more chaotic set pieces.
India head coach Gautam Gambhir has voiced concern over his side’s repeated batting collapses after a low-scoring outing left the team bundled out for 90-odd. He said the conditions closely mirror what India may face at the World Cup, making the failure a timely warning rather than an isolated bad day.
IIFL Finance’s board is set to consider separate investment proposals from Blackstone and Advent International for a capital infusion of nearly Rs 5,000 crore, in a move that could reshape the lender’s ownership and growth trajectory. The company is also evaluating a potential transaction linked to Fairfax’s stake sale, adding another layer of strategic complexity to the fundraising process.
Nearly half of Indian households now use online shopping or digital payments for at least one purchase, underscoring the steady mainstreaming of digital commerce across the country. But the report also shows a sharp divide: 54.4% of households still rely on traditional payment methods, while adoption is strongest in consumables and services and rises with higher monthly spending.
Satya Micro Capital is preparing to sell its housing finance subsidiary for an estimated ₹150 crore to ₹200 crore as the microfinance lender seeks to relieve mounting liquidity pressure and shore up its balance sheet. The company has shortlisted three potential buyers and expects to conclude the transaction within a month, according to people familiar with the matter.
Global private capital is accelerating its bet on India’s non-bank lenders as Blackstone negotiates a significant investment in IIFL Finance, underscoring the sector’s growing appeal. With credit demand rising and foreign investment in India’s financial sector topping $20 billion since 2025, NBFCs are emerging as a key gateway to underserved borrowers and fast-growing consumer markets.
Jio Financial Services is back in focus as investors revisit its share price history, market positioning, and the broader implications for India’s financial sector. The stock’s performance continues to be watched closely for signals on how the market is pricing the company’s long-term growth prospects, parentage, and capital allocation strategy. As a relatively new listed financial entity, Jio Financial Services remains a key reference point for investors tracking large-cap consumer finance and digital financial services in India.
India’s Supreme Court is under sustained pressure from a mounting docket, but simply expanding the bench will not solve the structural problem. The deeper reform, analysts argue, is to sort the court’s work so that routine appeals, constitutional questions, and urgent public law matters are handled through a more rational judicial architecture.
Hindalco Industries’ share price is back in focus as investors reassess the aluminium major’s long-term stock performance against the backdrop of commodity cycles, capital spending, and broader macroeconomic shifts. The stock’s history reflects the market’s changing view of metals, manufacturing demand, and the company’s ability to convert scale into earnings resilience. For market participants, Hindalco remains a proxy not only for India’s industrial growth story but also for global aluminium pricing, input costs, and the health of downstream demand. Its share price trajectory continues to be shaped by earnings visibility, balance-sheet discipline, and the direction of the wider fiscal and industrial policy environment.
The International Monetary Fund has said India must generate higher-quality jobs and accelerate productivity growth to sustain its expansion and translate headline growth into broad-based gains. The warning comes even as the Fund, in its October World Economic Outlook, raised India’s medium-term potential growth estimate to 6.8% from 6.5%, underscoring both the economy’s resilience and the scale of the reform challenge.
At 23, Shadaj Iyer is emerging as an unusual young standard-bearer for the Agra gharana, one of Hindustani music’s most demanding and least frequently heard vocal traditions. Born into a Kanchipuram family that later settled in Ahmedabad, he is drawing attention for choosing a path that prizes weight, discipline and stylistic fidelity over easier commercial visibility.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is expected to use the ASEAN-India Summit to deepen strategic and bilateral engagement with Southeast Asian partners even as negotiations over the bloc-wide trade pact remain unresolved. The approach reflects New Delhi’s effort to preserve momentum in regional diplomacy while pursuing narrower, country-specific trade gains amid persistent differences on market access and rules.
India has emerged as the world’s most economically resilient major economy for the 2026-30 period, according to an ASSOCHAM assessment that assigns the country a score of 71. The ranking underscores the strength of India’s growth outlook, household savings and investment momentum, while also warning that fiscal consolidation remains a critical policy challenge.
A disruption in Exchange Online rippled across Microsoft 365 and into external businesses on Tuesday, underscoring how deeply modern workplaces depend on a handful of shared cloud systems. The incident, which affected email and collaboration services used by millions, has renewed scrutiny of concentration risk in enterprise software and the operational resilience of the cloud economy.
The United States has assured India that any prospective trade arrangement would preserve a comparative tariff advantage for Indian exporters over competitors, marking a significant breakthrough in long-running negotiations. The assurance addresses a core demand from New Delhi, which has said it would not move ahead with a deal unless India is not placed at a disadvantage relative to other trading partners.
India’s markets regulator has eased Know Your Client requirements for overseas investors, allowing non-resident Indians, Overseas Citizens of India and foreign nationals from FATF-compliant jurisdictions to complete onboarding remotely. The move is designed to reduce friction in cross-border investing and make it easier for intermediaries to rely on existing records and video-based verification where needed.
The National Small Industries Corporation (NSIC) has presented a dividend of ₹47.76 crore for FY 2025-26, underscoring a year of robust financial performance and renewed policy relevance for India’s MSME ecosystem. Chairman-cum-Managing Director Subhransu Sekhar Acharya said the corporation posted revenue of ₹3,767 crore and Profit After Tax of ₹159 crore, while Union ministers praised NSIC’s role in enabling small businesses and advancing government priorities.
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