India’s leading discount brokerage firm Zerodha is set to launch a fixed deposit (FD) investment feature on its Coin app, marking a significant expansion of its low-risk investment offerings. The rollout, expected within the next two weeks, will allow users to invest in fixed deposits directly through the Coin platform without requiring a savings account…
India’s equity capital markets are witnessing an unprecedented boom, with initial public offerings (IPOs) raising capital at a staggering pace of nearly $200 million per hour. This surge, driven largely by domestic retail investors, mutual funds, and insurance companies, marks a structural shift in India’s financial ecosystem—one that is reducing dependence on foreign institutional investors…
Tata Motors’ strategic demerger into two distinct listed entities—Tata Motors Passenger Vehicles Ltd (TMPV) and Tata Motors Commercial Vehicles Ltd (TMLCV)—has officially taken effect from October 1, 2025. Shareholders holding Tata Motors shares as of the record date, October 14, 2025, have received one equity share of TMLCV for every one share held in Tata…
India and the European Union (EU) are entering a decisive phase in their long-pending Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations, with the 15th round of discussions scheduled to begin on November 3, 2025, in New Delhi. The visit by EU trade negotiators follows Commerce Minister Piyush Goyal’s recent trip to Brussels, where he met with top…
India’s public sector banks (PSBs) are poised for a significant boost in foreign capital inflows, with estimates suggesting up to $4 billion in passive investments if the government raises the foreign institutional investment (FII) cap from the current 20% to 49%. According to a report by Nuvama Institutional Equities, this potential policy shift could trigger…
India’s booming equity market, which has witnessed record-breaking retail participation and robust capital formation over the past two years, now faces a critical test: can regulators safeguard investor trust amid rising attacks from foreign short sellers? The recent wave of aggressive reports from overseas activist research firms targeting Indian conglomerates has sparked concerns over market…
Union Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal’s high-stakes visit to Brussels on October 27–28, 2025, marks a pivotal moment in the ongoing negotiations for the India-European Union Free Trade Agreement (FTA). With the self-imposed deadline to finalize the deal by the end of 2025 fast approaching, Goyal’s meetings with European Commission Executive Vice-President and Trade…
In a candid internal meeting that has sparked widespread industry attention, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella invoked a decades-old frustration once voiced by company co-founder Bill Gates—software fragmentation. Nadella’s remarks came as Microsoft announced a sweeping overhaul of GitHub, its developer platform, to better compete with emerging AI coding tools like Cursor and Claude Code. The…
Global connected technologies leader HARMAN, a wholly owned subsidiary of Samsung Electronics, has unveiled a strategic investment plan worth ₹345 crore to expand its automotive electronics manufacturing facility in Chakan, Pune. The announcement, made on October 27, 2025, marks a significant milestone in HARMAN’s commitment to India’s growing automotive and mobility ecosystem. The investment includes…
In a significant regulatory development aimed at enhancing risk sensitivity and capital efficiency in India’s financial system, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued the Draft Non-Banking Financial Company – Scale Based Regulation (NBFC-SBR) Amendment Directions, 2025. The proposed amendments focus on refining the risk weight framework for infrastructure exposures of NBFCs, aligning them…
