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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Indian stock markets wrapped up the week largely flat as investors parsed the first batch of December-quarter earnings, finding no clear cues to take fresh positions in the week ahead. The Nifty 50 closed the week at 25,693.85 and the BSE Sensex at 83,556.87, as global volatility eroded investor confidence and triggered profit booking, capping gains through the week.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. A Karnataka high court order on 13 January has effectively “locked" a block of Aakash Educational Services Ltd's (AESL) shares allegedly linked to Byju Raveendran, creating fresh compliance and legal questions around the coaching firm’s recently concluded rights issue.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The pall of gloom around India’s outsourcing industry, a $200 billion-plus exporting powerhouse, was lifted overnight by Infosys. After the company raised its full-year sales forecast, investors took optimistic commentary from management as a sign that large client orders are coming back.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. SINGAPORE—After a year of gung-ho news about China’s gains in artificial intelligence, some elite Chinese AI researchers are coming to a more pessimistic conclusion. The country’s chances of catching up to the U.S.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. When Thalia Toha wasn’t sure how to answer her teenage daughter’s question about what just happened in Venezuela, she stumbled on the perfect explainer: a scene from a 2019 episode of “Tom Clancy’s Jack Ryan." The clip features John Krasinski as CIA analyst Jack Ryan asking a packed lecture hall: ‘What would you assume is the most major threat on the world stage?’ Audience members answered China, Russia and North Korea until Ryan explained it’s Venezuela, thanks to its oil and mineral-rich land and corrupt strongman leader who tanked the economy. That scene has gone viral and prompted many to ask whether its creators predicted the future six years before American troops captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and brought him to the U.S.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. As India’s pharmaceutical sector kicks off its earnings season for the quarter ended December on Friday, analysts expect muted margins. A key reason for this is the loss of patent exclusivity for the blood cancer drug Revlimid in the US.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Nearly two decades ago, India promised itself—and the US—that nuclear power would be its next big bet. The two countries signed a landmark deal on civilian nuclear energy in 2008, amid protests from politicians and activists alike.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. WASHINGTON—The cryptocurrency and banking industries are locked in a lobbying battle over digital tokens that yield annual payouts, a fight that threatens to derail legislation intended to bring crypto into mainstream finance. The two sides are clashing about what crypto firms call rewards, or annual payments to investors based on a percentage of their total holdings.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Washington has discovered a new scandal and it involves neither classified documents nor foreign donors. It involves marble.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. WASHINGTON—The State Department will indefinitely pause immigrant visa processing for 75 countries as part of the Trump administration’s ongoing effort to block low-income foreigners from immigrating to the U.S. The pause takes effect starting Jan.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. This year’s Henley Passport Index is out and India has some reason to cheer. The country’s passport now ranks 80th on this annual chart published by Henley & Partners, a London-based global citizenship and advisory firm, up from its 85th rank in 2025.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. For all the effort Washington made to cut China’s exports to size, it has not altered the Asian manufacturing powerhouse’s basic economic orientation, as its latest trade figures show. Official data released on Wednesday reveal a record trade surplus posted by China in 2025.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. President Trump has insisted that the U.S. needs to annex Greenland for U.S.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Most years, presidents don’t have much impact on the economy; it is just too big and complicated. This year won’t be like most years.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The White House is having its “break-the-glass" moment on affordability ahead of the November midterm elections. It has Wall Street in its sights.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Japan, the US and other countries with sovereign debt at or above total GDP need to shrink their fiscal deficits to keep their debts from growing to terrifying levels. The problem is particularly concerning when a country faces higher real interest rates, since fiscal deficits rise further when the government refinances debt.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The U.S. ouster of the Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro is forcing Beijing into a high-stakes recalculation of its ambitions in a region that looks like America’s backyard again, said people close to internal discussions in the Chinese leadership.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. We at Equitymaster are not in the business of predicting the stock market. We believe instead in being prepared for any eventuality.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. US President Donald Trump has announced fresh tariff threats, this time targeting any country doing business with Iran with a 25% tariff. For India, the immediate trade risk is limited, given its minimal imports from Iran.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Few industries anywhere in the world suffered the reputational damage that India’s airlines did in 2025. As the industry looks to reset, there is no better role model than Ryanair, the European low-cost carrier that is the most efficient and profitable airline in the world.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. MUMBAI : Investment firms including Hornbill Capital and Japan’s MUFG-backed Dragon Funds are evaluating a stake in lending startup KreditBee as part of a proposed $100–120 million fundraise ahead of the company’s planned initial public offering, three people familiar with the matter said.