Economics

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...

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...

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 ...

A structural crisis in India's graduate employment market has become increasingly visible: approximately 40% of graduates under the age of 25 are unemployed,...

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...

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 ...

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...

A Moody's assessment has identified India as "highly vulnerable" to a prolonged disruption of the Strait of Hormuz, specifically citing two structural weakne...

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...

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...

European rice millers' associations have formally requested a review of EU trade agreements to impose safeguard duties on rice imports, citing a "crisis" in ...

Old Mangalore Port (Mangaluru) is set to build a dedicated jetty for vessels ferrying daily essentials to the Lakshadweep island group. The project, estimate...

NSE International Exchange (NSEIX), a wholly-owned subsidiary of the National Stock Exchange (NSE) operating from GIFT City (Gujarat International Finance Te...

The Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) approved a pilot auto-settlement facility to automatically disburse unclaimed funds from inoperative EPF ac...

India's push to achieve 300 GW of installed solar capacity by 2030 and net-zero emissions by 2070 is creating land-use conflicts, since large utility-scale s...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) in New Delhi on 22 March 2026 to review India's preparedness for, a...

On March 22, 2026, the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) convened under Prime Minister Narendra Modi to review the situation arising from the ongoing West ...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a meeting of the Cabinet Committee on Security to take stock of India's exposure to the West Asia conflict — specificall...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a high-level review meeting with key Cabinet ministers to assess the availability of crude oil, gas, petroleum products,...

The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS), chaired by the Prime Minister, held a high-level review meeting to assess the implications of the ongoing West Asia ...