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India Got Faster Growth From the Same Investment Rate
A new column says India's capital productivity has declined. MoSPI's new GDP series says each point of growth cost less capital in FY2025-26. The 8 percent goal still needs a higher investment rate.
October 17, 2026
Geopolitics
Why the End of Automatic Work Permit Renewals Falls Mostly on Indian Women
A rule that sounded like paperwork now decides whether H-4 spouses can keep working. DHS expects 20,000 to 33,000 permits to lapse, and the latest USCIS breakdown shows the pool is about 93 percent India-born.
October 17, 2026
Business
Axis Bank's 38 Percent Profit Jump Is Mostly Lower Provisions, Not Higher Earnings
Axis Bank's profit rose Rs 1,913 crore in a year. Its provisions fell Rs 1,853 crore. The lender grew loans 23 percent and its operating profit just 6.
October 17, 2026
Markets
Why ICICI Bank's Profit Rose 20 Percent While HDFC Bank's Rose 4.7 Percent
A treasury drop explains why HDFC Bank looks so slow, and dollar deposits explain why ICICI Bank looks so fast. Take both out and a real gap remains, with a thinner margin on the faster bank.
October 17, 2026
Markets
India's $58 Billion Payments Surplus Is Built on NRI Deposits It Must Repay
India's balance of payments is US$58.0 billion in surplus for April to August 2026. Net NRI deposits of US$119.2 billion did the work, while the current account deficit widened and portfolio investors sold.
October 16, 2026
Markets
Indonesia Is Only 0.43% of the Index, Yet Stocks Fell 10.6%
Jakarta had its worst day since 1998 after MSCI proposed to downgrade Indonesia, a market now only 0.43% of the index. The warning is about free float and trust in prices, which is exactly what sets India's own weight.
October 16, 2026
Business & Markets
Business
India Got Faster Growth From the Same Investment Rate
A new column says India's capital productivity has declined. MoSPI's new GDP series says each point of growth cost less capital in FY2025-26. The 8 percent goal still needs a higher investment rate.
October 17, 2026
Business
Axis Bank's 38 Percent Profit Jump Is Mostly Lower Provisions, Not Higher Earnings
Axis Bank's profit rose Rs 1,913 crore in a year. Its provisions fell Rs 1,853 crore. The lender grew loans 23 percent and its operating profit just 6.
October 17, 2026
Business
Hyundai's $15.5 Billion India Pledge Names a Use for Just $700 Million of It
Hyundai Motor Group says it will put $15.5 billion into India by 2032. Only about 4.5 percent of that has a stated use. The rest is a seven-year envelope.
October 15, 2026
Technology & Science
Technology
The Supreme Court Wants Children Online, and India's Data Rule Will Need Their Parents' ID
The Supreme Court declared children's internet access a fundamental right and warned that age checks on every user invite surveillance. It left the consent design to the Union. The DPDP Rules already wrote one, and it runs on the parent's identity and age.
October 17, 2026
Technology
Starlink's Real Rival in India Is Jio's Home Broadband, Not Its Cheap Mobile Data
Mobile data costs Rs 7.51 a gigabyte, a price no dish can match. The exposure is home broadband, where wireless lines now add subscribers as fast as every wired line combined.
October 11, 2026
Technology
India Lost Its Cheapest Phones to the AI Memory Boom, and Almost Nothing Else
India's smartphone market fell 11.1% in Q2 2026. Strip out phones under US$100 and the rest of the market did not shrink at all. AI data centres are repricing one band of buyers, not everyone.
October 6, 2026
Health, Culture & Geopolitics
Health
WHO Bars Obesity Drugs for Children Under 10 as Cheaper Versions Reach India
WHO's new guideline rules out obesity drugs and surgery for children aged 0 to 9, on thin evidence. In India, generic semaglutide at Rs 1,300 to Rs 4,200 a month has removed much of the price barrier, leaving guidance as the main one.
October 8, 2026
Health
Two Large Listed Hospital Chains Raised Bills Slower Than Parliament's Inflation Figure
A parliamentary panel wants foreign hospital capital curbed and prices capped, citing medical inflation of 10 to 13 percent. Two large listed chains report bill growth of 5 and 8 percent, and Apollo credits case mix.
October 5, 2026
Health
Serum Institute's HPV Vaccine Cleared WHO While India Vaccinates With Gardasil
WHO prequalified Cervavac on 25 September 2026, the sixth HPV vaccine to clear the gate. India's own free programme, launched in February, runs on Merck's Gardasil.
October 5, 2026