Economics

A major research report — the Azim Premji University's State of Working India 2026 — finds that while India's youth workforce is becoming significantly more ...

The International Energy Agency (IEA) released a report stressing the urgent need to reduce the demand for critical minerals and prioritise sustainable, dive...

Israel conducted an air raid on March 18, 2026 targeting treatment facilities at Asaluyeh, the onshore processing hub for the South Pars gas field — the worl...

A Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce has warned that the enhanced U.S. tariff regime is likely to have a "significant impact" on India's trade and ...

Following the abrupt resignation of Part-Time Chairman Atanu Chakraborty from HDFC Bank — citing ethics concerns — the RBI issued a formal statement reassuri...

Crude oil prices surged over 4% following attacks on Iran's South Pars gas field and Qatar's Ras Laffan LNG hub, raising fears of a wider energy supply shock...

RNFI Services Limited (operating through its fintech platform Relipay) announced a nationwide rollout of UPI QR-based cardless cash withdrawal services in pa...

The U.S. Treasury issued a broad authorization allowing Venezuela's state oil company, Petróleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA), to sell Venezuelan crude directly...

India is leading a proposal at the World Trade Organization (WTO) to reduce the cost of cross-border remittances, which currently average 6.18% globally — mo...

The ongoing West Asia war has created a severe disruption to global LNG (liquefied natural gas) supply chains, with analysts warning of a potential "doomsday...

At the "From the Volga to the Ganges" Russian-Indian Forum organised by the National Stock Exchange (NSE), senior Russian official Sergey Glazyev — State Sec...

Tamil Nadu has become India's top textile-exporting state for FY 2024-25, recording shipments worth $7.997 billion — surpassing Gujarat ($5.646 billion) and ...

Atanu Chakraborty resigned as Part-Time Non-Executive Chairman and Independent Director of HDFC Bank with immediate effect, citing that "certain happenings a...

SEBI issued a settlement order resolving applications filed by noticees (parties who had received regulatory notices) in connection with securities market vi...

The Lok Sabha cleared the Demands for Grants for various ministries in respect of Union Budget 2026-27, with Speaker Om Birla applying the guillotine to pass...

The United States national debt crossed a record $39 trillion in mid-March 2026, with analysts attributing part of the acceleration to military expenditures ...

The Union Cabinet, chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, approved the Bharat Audyogik Vikas Yojna (BHAVYA) with a total outlay of ₹33,660 crore to develop...

Iran launched five ballistic missiles at Qatar; four were intercepted by air defences, but one struck Ras Laffan Industrial City — the world's largest LNG pr...

The US Federal Reserve voted to hold its benchmark federal funds rate unchanged at 3.5%–3.75% for the second consecutive meeting, citing "uncertain" implicat...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi held a telephonic conversation with Kuwait's Crown Prince Sheikh Sabah Al-Khaled Al-Hamad Al-Mubarak Al-Sabah amid the escalatin...