India

India's central bank rejected Tata Sons' bid to avoid public company status, forcing the conglomerate to list within three years of its 2022 NBFC classification.

India's central bank rejected the 2.01 trillion rupee conglomerate's bid to avoid going public, ending a multi-year regulatory standoff over compliance with a September 2025 deadline.

SEBI facilitated three issuers in raising ₹1,025 crore in tokenized corporate bonds settled on a depository ledger using central bank digital currency, establishing an operational framework for regulated RWA tokenization.

Three issuers raised capital through the program, with settlement on the RBI's wholesale CBDC.

Governor Malhotra argues foreign currency deposits will generate net interest income, not costs, but the RBI must drain ₹5 trillion to offset rupee liquidity surge.

South African insurer reported 22% profit decline but record new business volumes of R496 billion and doubled client cash flows signal underlying momentum.

Probes of JPMorgan and Jane Street reveal a tightening regulatory stance in India's $5 trillion market, with retail options protection emerging as the enforcement priority.

Individual investors in India recorded $9.6 billion in losses from equity futures and options trading in the year ending March 2026, marking a fifth straight year of negative returns.

Indian high-frequency trading firm raises capital via 10.5 percent debentures to fund AI infrastructure and retail expansion after CRISIL A+ credit upgrade.

Forex inflows push banking system cash to all-time high, compressing overnight rates and forcing central bank into reverse repo operations

The RBI's overseas deposit facility has crossed $100 billion in inflows, with Indian banks now running a global campaign to attract an additional $50 billion from wealthy nationals abroad.

The NSE processed $4.1 billion in trades during Monday's index event, with 29 percent of stocks hitting circuit breakers, raising questions about the system's capacity.

Sashidhar Jagdishan will leave India's largest private lender when his term ends Oct. 26, ending weeks of speculation and opening the door to an internal or external replacement.

Nepal requested specialized technical assistance from neighboring countries following a disaster that killed at least 626 people and left more than 2,400 missing.

The centuries-old handwoven craft, once Kashmir's leading export, faces steep decline as low wages and long hours push younger generations toward other work

India's regulator approved Reliance's digital subsidiary to raise $4 billion through a share sale, valuing the company above $100 billion and positioning it as one of the country's largest public offerings.

The resources conglomerate plans a Rs 10 billion issue to refinance debt as companies lock in borrowing costs ahead of expected RBI tightening.

SEBI impounded ₹3.7 crore from a Mauritius-based JPMorgan entity and a local broker for allegedly placing and canceling large orders to profit from options positions during the new closing auction window.

Newly appointed BJP officials made their X profiles inaccessible hours after being announced, removing years of posts that had drawn controversy.

BSE mainboard listings gauge rose 16 percent this year as investor subscription and price premiums signal sustained demand for new public offerings.

The Reserve Bank of India shut its FCNR(B) swap facility ahead of schedule, pushing the rupee to 95.61 per dollar and lifting the 10-year bond yield to 6.81 percent.

Google has told suppliers all Pixel phones, watches and earbuds will be made outside China starting this year, with Vietnam absorbing flagship development work.

The RBI moved its diaspora-deposit hedging deadline to Aug. 31 after inflows topped $52 billion, lifting shorter-duration bond yields as banks lost a zero-cost hedge.

India's central bank moves the FCNR(B) deadline to Aug. 31 from Sept. 30 after inflows across three channels hit $56.846 billion in just over two months.

Refiners face production targets under six-month review after Hormuz disruption exposed a structural dependence on imported LPG covering 90 percent of national supply.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi led national celebrations in New Delhi on Aug. 15, including a 21-gun salute and an address from the historic Red Fort ramparts.

Inbound shipments climbed $5.38 billion from June, outpacing export growth and pushing the goods trade gap past the $30.20 billion economist consensus.

Indian garment workers earn as little as Rs 250 per hour wearing head-mounted cameras, generating first-person footage that companies sell to humanoid robot developers.

The U.S. lender enters a joint venture with Jio Financial Services, acquiring an initial 26.5 percent interest expandable to nearly half of its non-bank lending arm.

The Indian electric mobility firm raised $63 million in equity and $30 million in debt, targeting 200,000 vehicles and a public listing.

Indian retail investors lost 916.85 billion rupees ($9.6 billion) in equity futures and options in the fiscal year ending March 2026, down 18 percent from the prior year.

BSE's average free-float market cap of Rs 1,40,879 crore dwarfs Wipro's Rs 55,930 crore, triggering a $741M inflow to the exchange operator from index-tracking funds.

Five Indian artists use traditional materials to reflect on memory, migration and belonging at the 61st International Art Exhibition.

New Delhi is considering restrictions on sugarcane diversion for ethanol production, a move officials say could add roughly 3 million metric tons to domestic sugar supplies.

The Reserve Bank of India held its benchmark rate for a fourth straight review as energy costs and a consumer inflation gap of 3-plus percentage points signal growing pressure beneath the headline numbers.

A cyber breach at Tata Electronics handed Beijing a ready-made argument for keeping global manufacturers inside China's supply chains.

The dairy producer secured ₹482 crore in pre-IPO funding from Singapore's Temasek, shifting its public offering to October amid weak post-listing performance by recent issues.

India's benchmark index gave back a portion of Monday's closing auction gains on the mechanism's second day of operation.

India's central bank executed one of its largest direct interventions in months Friday, selling $7 billion to stabilize the rupee against a surging U.S. dollar.

Three-day FTA discussions may create disinflationary forces that alter central bank policy space and duration risk calculations

An Indian appeals tribunal's dismissal of Vedanta's challenge to Adani's Jaiprakash bid underscores strengthening legal certainty in emerging markets, potentially tightening corporate credit spreads and attracting foreign capital flows into the region.

India's central bank directs state oil refiners to use a special credit facility for dollar purchases, leading to significant rupee gains and recalibrating market expectations for Indian assets.