The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is deploying a multi-pronged strategy to strengthen the country’s foreign exchange reserves, ease domestic liquidity and shield the rupee from mounting global uncertainties, signalling a shift from reactive intervention to pre-emptive reserve building. The central bank’s latest package of measures to attract foreign currency inflows comes at a time […]
The era of “move fast and break things” in AI didn’t just slow down—it was handed a 90-minute eviction notice by Washington. When the US government retroactively pulled Anthropic’s most powerful consumer AI models, Mythos 5 and Fable 5, from the global market via an export control law, it sent a shockwave that India cannot […]
Every industrial revolution has been defined by a breakthrough technology. Steam power mechanised production in the eighteenth century, electricity transformed manufacturing in the nineteenth, while computers and the internet ushered in the digital economy. Today, the world stands at the threshold of another transformation—one driven not by a single invention but by the urgent need […]
The easing of tensions in West Asia following the recent US-Iran peace understanding marks a significant turning point for the Indian economy, which had weathered the conflict with remarkable resilience. The changing geopolitical landscape is expected to support stronger economic growth, lower inflation, healthier government finances and greater external stability, reversing earlier fears that the […]
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced a series of measures to liberalize the Foreign Currency Non-Resident (Bank), or FCNR(B), deposit framework earlier this month. Beneath the technicalities lies one of the central bank’s most significant macroeconomic interventions since the special FCNR(B) swap scheme that helped stabilize the rupee during the 2013 currency crisis. By […]
E-commerce HomeGoods giant Wayfair recently established its new Global Capability Centre (GCC) in Bengaluru, marking a major expansion of its global technology and operations footprint. Partnering with management consulting firm Zinnov, the Boston-headquartered online retailer built the centre to tap into India’s e-commerce talent ecosystem. The centre focuses on high-ownership technical teams that directly enhance […]
India hosts one of the world’s largest telecommunications networks, with over 1.17 billion telecom subscribers, more than 800 million broadband users, and an estimated 770,000 telecom towers supporting digital connectivity across urban and rural regions. As digital services become increasingly integrated into everyday life, the exposure of this vast infrastructure network to climate hazards is […]
India’s energy story has always been shaped by one difficult reality: the country consumes far more energy than it produces. Despite being one of the world’s fastest-growing major economies, India still relies heavily on imports for oil, gas, fertilisers, and several industrial feedstocks. Every global crisis — whether the Russia-Ukraine war, disruptions in the Red […]
After inflation averaged around 2% in 2025-26, or half of the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) 4% target, consumer price inflation is now steadily inching upward. Retail inflation rose to 3.48% in April 2026, the highest level in 13 months, while food inflation climbed to 4.01%, signalling that price pressures are broadening across categories. The […]
Over the past five years, the global economy has been battered by an extraordinary sequence of shocks – pandemic disruptions, inflation surges, aggressive monetary tightening, tariff tensions, and now the Middle East conflict. Yet amid this turbulence, India has emerged as one of the most resilient major economies. This resilience is neither accidental nor temporary; […]