Economics
Trade, fiscal policy, banking, agriculture and economic indicators
Securities and Exchange Board of India (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations, 2026
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) notified the SEBI (Issue of Capital and Disclosure Requirements) (Amendment) Regulations, 2026 in March 202...
World could face worst energy crisis in decades, IEA chief warns
IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol issued an urgent warning that the world is facing the worst energy crisis in decades, with global oil supplies reduced by ...
Nirmala Sitharaman to introduce Corporate Laws (Amendment) Bill in Lok Sabha
The Corporate Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2026, was introduced in the Lok Sabha during the second phase of the ongoing Budget Session by Finance Minister Nirmala ...
DGCA releases summer flights schedule for Indian domestic carriers; in effect from March 29
The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) released the summer flight schedule for Indian domestic carriers, effective March 29 to October 24, 2026. Th...
SoftBank plans massive U.S. power plant for AI data centres
SoftBank Group announced plans to build a $33.3 billion gas-fired power plant at the US Department of Energy's Portsmouth site in Piketon, Ohio, to power AI ...
Two co-founders of CoinDCX crypto exchange held on charges of fraud
Co-founders of CoinDCX — India's largest cryptocurrency exchange — Sumit Gupta and Neeraj Khandelwal were arrested by Thane police following an FIR registere...
Asian shares decline as hopes dim for resolution in Iran
Asian stock markets fell sharply on March 23 following Trump's 48-hour ultimatum to Iran over the Strait of Hormuz: South Korea's KOSPI plunged 6.5%, Japan's...
Global economy faces major threat amid worsening energy crisis: IEA chief
IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol stated that the West Asia conflict has triggered a global energy crisis worse than the twin oil shocks of the 1970s and th...
DGTR recommends anti-dumping duty on rayon yarn imports from China
India's Directorate General of Trade Remedies (DGTR) has recommended imposing anti-dumping duties ranging from $386 to $1,071 per metric tonne on imports of ...
Graduate and unemployed: India’s middle-class rulebook for career & success no longer works
A structural crisis in India's graduate employment market has become increasingly visible: approximately 40% of graduates under the age of 25 are unemployed,...
Fertiliser imports at risk ahead of sowing season, 26% sourced from current hotspot West Asia: CareEdge Report
A CareEdge Ratings report flagged that approximately 26.2% of India's fertiliser imports originate from West Asia, a region currently affected by ongoing geo...
How the West Asian conflict upended global monetary policy
The US-Iran war in West Asia has disrupted the monetary policy trajectories of major central banks globally, forcing a pause in the rate-cutting cycles that ...
'Need to give diplomacy a chance': Congress MP Manish Tewari over supply chain disruptions amid West Asia conflict
As the US-Iran conflict continues with no sign of de-escalation, supply chain disruptions from the closure of the Strait of Hormuz are spreading beyond crude...
India’s limited oil buffers, reliance on subsidies heighten risks from Middle East conflict, Moody’s warns
A Moody's assessment has identified India as "highly vulnerable" to a prolonged disruption of the Strait of Hormuz, specifically citing two structural weakne...
‘Outlook has grown more daunting’: Moody’s warns on Asia-Pacific growth, sees slowdown to 4% in 2026 amid heightened Middle East risks
Moody's Ratings has warned that the outlook for Asia-Pacific economies has "grown more daunting," projecting a regional growth slowdown to approximately 4% i...
Sitharaman to move Finance Bill 2026 and Corporate Laws Amendment Bill in Lok Sabha today
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman moved the Finance Bill, 2026 for consideration and passage in the Lok Sabha during the second phase of the Budget Session...
Facing a ‘crisis’, EU millers seek safeguard duties on rice
European rice millers' associations have formally requested a review of EU trade agreements to impose safeguard duties on rice imports, citing a "crisis" in ...
A reserved berth for Lakshadweep
Old Mangalore Port (Mangaluru) is set to build a dedicated jetty for vessels ferrying daily essentials to the Lakshadweep island group. The project, estimate...
NSEIX opens doors to U.S. stocks for Indian investors
NSE International Exchange (NSEIX), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) operating from GIFT City (Gujarat International Finance Te...
EPFO reaches out to subscribers with unclaimed balance
The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) approved a pilot auto-settlement facility to automatically disburse unclaimed funds from inoperative EPF ac...