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The Markets Ride On Macro Bliss
In the markets, equity benchmark indices ended higher for the fourth straight trading session
India’s Techies Missed The AI Train, Its Banks Must Board The Blockchain Bus
Between 2020 and 2024, the world's top banks have invested $100 billion in blockchain companies to offer better services. While global finance reinvents itself with modern tools, India’s lenders can’t afford to stay on the sidelines.
GST Overhaul Aims to Lift Spending, Cushion Trade Shocks
In The Core Report's Special Edition, Govindraj Ethiraj speaks to Prashanth Agarwal, Partner, PwC and Rohit Jain, Deputy Managing Partner at Economic Laws Practice (ELP), to discuss what Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s new GST plan could mean for businesses, consumers, and the Indian economy. Experts also highlight achievements in tax uniformity, digitalisation, rising compliance, revenue growth, and the unfinished agenda.
How A Combo Tax Package Is Keeping The Markets Happy
The Diwali gift as the prime minister called it in his Independence Day speech last Friday is seen as the largest tax overhaul since 2017
No Quick Fix: Industry Says Tariff Relief Will Take Time
In this week's The Core Report: The Weekend Edition, Govindraj Ethiraj speaks to Rahul Mehta, head of the Clothing Manufacturers Association of India and Ajay Srivastava, founder of the Global Trade Research Institute, about how India can respond to shifting US tariffs. Both stress that Plan B lies in diversifying exports to new markets, negotiating trade agreements, cautiously using incentives, and pushing long-term reforms—while warning that quick fixes or heavy subsidies are unrealistic.
India Can Rise Against The Economic Blockade
Indian businesses pivot to new markets amid Trump’s tariff unpredictability, while government support is expected for small, affected firms.
Markets Set To Benefit From Positive Cues
The long weekend saw Standard & Poor's upgrade India's rating to BBB from BBB minus, an upgrade that came after 18 years
India Must Turn Trump’s Tariff Crisis Into Opportunity To Push Local Industry
Sometimes, crisis works to produce solutions that were thought impossible earlier. Let Trump tariffs be one such crisis.
Trump Has Reset India and the World for at Least the Next 15 Years
Insights on how India can use a moment of global turbulence to drive structural change
Will India Join The Global Stock Rally Party?
The MSCI All Country World Index of shares climbed for a second day and reached 950.13, an all-time high
DGCA’s Pilot Training Overhaul May Not Solve India’s Pilot Crunch
India’s aviation regulator is considering a shake-up in how the country trains its future pilots — and the move is already stirring turbulence in the industry.
