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Will the Budget 2026's tax gambit result in an AI infrastructure boom?

New Delhi, Feb. 8 -- India's 21-year tax holiday for foreign cloud providers, announced by Union finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman in her latest budget, has fuelled optimism across the technology se... Read More


16th Finance Commission: What states asked for, and what they got, explained in 6 charts

New Delhi, Feb. 4 -- A key subtext of Budget 2026 is the evolving fiscal compact between the Centre and the states-an arrangement recalibrated every five years by the Finance Commission. FY27 marks th... Read More


Four years under Tata, Air India still in recovery mode. How does it stack up against IndiGo?

New Delhi, Jan. 28 -- On 27 January 2022, the government sold its beleaguered airline Air India to the Tata Group. Four years later, the airline is in better shape, on a path of consolidation, growth,... Read More


What powers India's Rs.80 trillion mutual fund AUMs despite market jitters

New Delhi, Jan. 27 -- In the last 18 months, the Indian equity market has moved in a narrow range. It has never really broken away from its September 2024 highs, nor has it crumbled under the weight o... Read More


Batters make big run-rate gains in the WPL | Number Theory

India, Jan. 24 -- One of the features of the men's Indian Premier League (IPL) in the past three seasons has been a rapid pick-up in the scoring rate. It was shaped by taking greater risks in the firs... Read More


Why India's war chest is under threat from a silent FDI drain

New Delhi, Jan. 22 -- India had $686 billion of foreign exchange (forex) reserves at the start of 2026. This number is often trotted out as evidence of the Indian economy's external invulnerability. I... Read More


Sanctioned oil trade is booming in the shadows, to India's and China's benefit

New Delhi, Jan. 20 -- With the US's recent invasion of Venezuela, and sanction and tariff threats on trade with Iran, the so-called global 'shadow fleet' of oil tankers is in focus again. Used to tra... Read More


An oil super glut is coming-and India may benefit from it

New Delhi, Jan. 11 -- The US's action in Venezuela could have a major impact on the global oil market. Venezuela holds some of the world's largest proven oil reserves, but years of international sanct... Read More


How United and Chelsea bungled in player transfers | Number Theory

India, Jan. 10 -- Coach sackings are routine in the cutthroat world of club football. Still, the sackings of Enzo Maresca by Chelsea and Ruben Amorim by Manchester United in the first week of 2026 was... Read More


Silver's quiet rise: How India, EVs, and ETFs are reshaping its safe-haven role

New Delhi, Jan. 5 -- Silver has always been a symbol of purity and prosperity in India. Traditionally, silver items such as coins, utensils, decorative articles, statues and idols are gifted on specia... Read More