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War-struck rupee: If the oil shock persists, India will need to widen its crisis response toolkit

New Delhi, March 13 -- "'It depends' is almost always the right answer to any big question," said Linus Torvalds, the software genius behind the Linux operating system's kernel. As the Indian rupee co... Read More


Mint Quick Edit | Will the IEA's oil release of 400 million barrels relieve the world of its oil shock?

New Delhi, March 13 -- The 32 member countries of the International Energy Agency (IEA) are expected to release a collective 400 million barrels of oil from their strategic reserves in a bid to cool m... Read More


Maximize FDI without worrying about the colour of money but act to minimize security threats too

New Delhi, March 12 -- It is welcome that India is liberalizing inward investment from countries that share a land border with India. Investments up to 10% of a company's paid-up capital that involve ... Read More


Mint Quick Edit | A Reliance-backed refinery in Texas? Good news for India-US economic relations

New Delhi, March 12 -- Springing a surprise, US President Donald Trump on Wednesday announced a plan for what he called America's first new refinery in half-a-century, backed by investment from India'... Read More


Why Indian kitchens need to quit gas and go electric: In war or peace, it'll serve us better

New Delhi, March 11 -- The war in West Asia that has blocked supplies of crude oil, liquefied natural gas (LNG) and refinery products from the Gulf serves India a reality check on the soundness of rel... Read More


Mint Quick Edit | Mutual fund investor interest in equities revived last month: Will the Gulf war hurt it?

New Delhi, March 11 -- February data from the Association of Mutual Funds in India signals a rise in equity appetite. Funds investing in them saw an 8% bump-up in inflows from January to Rs.25,977 cro... Read More


As oil soars and stocks slide, investors in India should focus on equity yields over capital gains

New Delhi, March 10 -- After nine days of denial, the hard reality of an oil shock seems to have hit home. In the second week of joint US-Israel attacks on Iran, crude oil prices have leapt into three... Read More


Mint Quick Edit | China's latest retail inflation number may be a relief but deflation still haunts its economy

New Delhi, March 10 -- China is just managing to keep retail deflation at bay. Official data for February released on Monday showed that its consumer price index rose 1.3% from a year earlier. In Janu... Read More


Deploy municipal bonds to give urban India the makeover it needs-Here's how to attract investors

New Delhi, March 9 -- Urbanization and economic development. One mirrors the other. Urban India accounts for over 63% of GDP, with this share expected to rise to 75% by 2030, and more than 600 million... Read More


Mint Quick Edit | End of Iran's regime? Why prediction markets generate both information and anxiety

New Delhi, March 9 -- Global prediction markets have evoked much interest after the Iran war broke out. On Polymarket, a platform for stablecoin bets on various outcomes, "Will the Iranian regime fall... Read More