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Mint analysis of vehicle registration data from the Vahan dashboard shows the share of overall EV sales has risen from under 1% until 2020 to 8% in 2025. Adoption accelerated after 2021 amid a stronger policy push.Compare this with the government’s ambitious target of 30% EV penetration by 2030—it’s an unachievable goal.“Realistically, the aim looks extremely difficult to achieve; even with strong growth, crossing the 10–12% threshold by 2030 itself would be challenging under current conditions,” said Rajat Mahajan, partner and auto sector leader at Deloitte.The concern is not just about missing a numerical target.

₹22,615 crore in Indian equities after selling for three months in a row, showed NSDL data. Strengthening of the Indian rupee (improves returns in dollar terms) and reducing trade uncertainties with India-European Union deal and other trade agreements were the likely catalysts.But geopolitics could interrupt that revival.The latest new series gross domestic product (GDP) data for the December quarter (Q3FY26), using 2022-23 as the base year, showed growth at 7.8% despite tariff troubles.

Revised estimates of India’s gross domestic product (GDP) released on Friday by the statistics ministry show a slightly smaller output pie than previously estimated, but testify to the Indian economy’s resilience. The new GDP series with 2022-23 as its base year pegs growth in 2025-26 at 7.6%, higher than 7.4% estimated under the old series with base year 2011-12. The slowdown of 2024-25 also turns out far milder, with GDP expansion slowing to 7.1% from 7.2% the year before, instead of 6.5% from 9.2%.

₹590 crore siphoned from Haryana government accounts through the bank’s Chandigarh branch, allegedly by employees colluding with outsiders—is dismaying but not surprising. Bank frauds of this kind have happened before and will happen again. That alone is not what is driving the fury on social media.What is driving it is something else entirely.Most of the funds were restored or secured within about a day.

AI-native startups are now trying their luck in astrology, aiming to supplement or replace current aggregator business models with hyper-personalised algorithms with greater accuracy.Currently, market leaders in faith-tech, such as AstroTalk and InstaAstro, rely on the marketplace model, using their platforms as intermediaries between users and astrologers and charging both.However, as startups such as Melooha, AstroSage AI, Vaya, AstroSure AI, and HiAstro, among others, continue to attract modest cheque sizes, questions are likely to persist over how real their disruption will prove to be and whether they can scale meaningfully.Data from Venture Intelligence shows that among the top 10 deals between 2023 and 2025, the two largest went to AstroTalk: a $20 million round in February 2024 from Left Lane Capital, followed by a $14 million cheque in June that year from Elev8 Venture Partners and Left Lane Capital.Apart from that, most rounds have been under $5 million. HiAstro has raised $4 million from AdvantEdge Partners and others.

India’s economy is now officially smaller than previously thought. New GDP estimates released on Friday based on an updated methodology and base year have reduced the country’s nominal output by over ₹11 trillion ($133 billion), validating earlier concerns about the size of the economyThe downward revision may complicate the government’s fiscal arithmetic for FY26 and FY27, and may also delay India’s chances of becoming a $4-trillion economy, and the fourth largest economy leaving Japan behind.Over the past decade, questions were raised by researchers, economists and policymakers, including former chief economic advisor Arvind Subramanian, over the methodology used in the 2011-12 series and the size of India’s GDP.GDP data released on Friday by the statistics ministry based on the updated 2022-23 base year, showed India’s nominal GDP in 2025-26 at ₹345.47 trillion ($3.93 trillion), 3.26% smaller than the ₹357.14 trillion figure given in January based on the 2011-12 series.This downward trend (2.9-3.8%) is visible across all four years for which data based on the 2022-23 series has been released.“This has happened because 2011-12 data was likely overestimating figures as organized sector data was largely used to extrapolate figures for other sectors,” an official involved in the GDP calculation process explained, requesting anonymity.The revised GDP takes into account several steps to capture the economy better such as the integration of goods and services tax (GST), expanding the use of double deflation and using improved deflation techniques in case of single deflation, and using survey results to capture the informal economy instead of relying on proxies.P.C.

₹195.55 during Friday’s trading session. The decline reflects persistent weak growth: the company’s year-on-year revenue expansion has remained below 5% for eight consecutive quarters, and the absence of clear near-term triggers is weighing on investor sentiment.There is little immediate evidence of a sharp turnaround.

consistent domestic fund flows has transformed into a structural shift in India’s capital markets. Institutional investors now hold the balance of power in IPO pricing: reshaping exit strategies, valuation expectations and the very criteria for going public.That growing clout is prompting companies and private equity backers to recalibrate listing plans— prioritizing visible profitability, stronger unit economics and capital efficiency ahead of market debut, said Prashant Singhal, partner and India Markets leader at EY.

value investing. One key measure of profitability is Return on Equity (ROE), which shows how efficiently a company uses shareholders’ money to generate profits.In 2026, with valuations stretched in many sectors, looking for stocks with strong ROE and attractive prices can help investors target both growth and safety.We screened for companies with ROE around 20% or more and price-to-earnings ratios near 10. Here are three that stand out.

Grade-A office spaces are seeing faster absorption buoyed by favourable demand-supply dynamics, thus pushing vacancies lower. All-India (aggregate of top-seven cities) vacancy levels in the December quarter (Q3FY26) declined further to 12.3% from 12.7% in Q2 and 13.9% in Q3FY25, showed Propstack data compiled by Kotak Institutional Equities.Global capability centres (GCCs) and flexible-space operators continue to dominate demand.

In Dave Eggers’ 2021 novel The Every, a giant search engine company acquires an e-commerce behemoth. Delaney Wells, the lead character, plans a vigilante action against the company by getting a job with it. Her college thesis, written with a view to charm her way into the company, argued that it was immaterial that it was a monopoly if consumers were fine with it.

Slow capital expenditure by the government in Q3 amid elusive private capex, a high credit-deposit ratio, the rupee continuing to underperform among EM peers even as foreign portfolio investors have turned net buyers in equities, and manufacturing activity cooling, here are five signals from the economy this month.After maintaining a high level of capital expenditure in the first half of the current financial year, benefitting from a low base, the Centre fell short in the third quarter of the financial year.This, economists said, proved to be a drag on the Indian economy, which is expected to see a slower growth of 7.4% in Q3 compared to 8.2% in the previous quarter. The Centre’s capex declined 23.4% year-on-year in Q3 compared to a growth of 30.7% in the previous quarter.To be sure, the decline has come against the backdrop of high capex during the same quarter last year, following a delayed spending due to Lok Sabha elections.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. CIE Automotive India Ltd’s shares are up about 7% since its December quarter (Q4CY25) results last week, as growth momentum continued to gather pace. Consolidated revenue increased by 13% year-on-year, clocking the best growth in many quarters, to ₹2,393 crore on the back of a good show from the India business and a favourable exchange rate in Europe.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Mass-market television shows that cater to families and universal audiences are topping OTT viewership charts, proving that streaming has now entered what experts refer to as a period of ‘massification’ with the medium no longer restricted to urban, upmarket audiences. According to media consulting firm Ormax, the list of top 10 most-watched OTT properties in India for the week ended 8 February included titles originally made for TV such as Naagin season seven on JioHotstar (4.5 million views), Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah on YouTube and SonyLIV (3.8 million views) and Pati Brahmachari on the YouTube channel of Dangal TV (3.1 million views).

₹17,000 crore a month in 2024. At the same time, stoppage ratios remain high, often exceeding 50% during volatile periods. This suggests that while more investors are entering the system, many struggle to stay the course.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India Inc.’s December quarter (Q3FY26) earnings surprised positively on some counts. For instance, on an aggregate basis, the Nifty 500 index companies delivered strong double-digit profit-after-tax growth of 19% in Q3 (adjusted for extraordinary items), the highest in eight quarters, showed an analysis by Motilal Oswal Financial Services.

India is currently running two payment systems in parallel. On one side is its gleaming showcase, UPI, with 21.7 billion transactions in January 2026 worth ₹28.33 trillion in value. On the other side is the system of physical cash.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Hours before the US Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump's tariffs on Friday, a section of foreign institutional investors (FIIs) in India flipped their bearish bets to bullish ones, even as proprietary traders sharply raised their bullish bets. The two moves, combined, may signal anticipation of a ruling which has the potential to trigger a stock market rally on Monday.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Nifty 50 could touch fresh highs over the next 12-18 months as valuations hover below long-term averages and foreign selling shows signs of easing, said Nikhil Ranka, chief investment officer (CIO)-equity alternatives at Nuvama Asset Management. However, he cautioned that India’s information technology (IT) companies are staring at an earnings cut, likely to begin in fiscal 2027-2028, amid concerns that artificial intelligence (AI) will compress billings and revenue growth.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The primary market has struggled to find its footing in 2026. Benchmark indices are down about 2.6% year-to-date, volatility remains elevated, and investors are wary amid global uncertainties and tighter domestic liquidity.

brands online, ahead of Google.This is where the good part ends.Social media is notorious for harming people’s mental health, driving online harassment, disrupting sleep, creating anxiety and accelerating digital addiction. According to Pew research, 48% of American teens say social media harms people their age. India's Economic Survey 2025-26 has flagged the rapid rise of digital addiction and screen-related mental health challenges.