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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The year has started badly for Vladimir Putin. As of Sunday, the war in Ukraine has lasted as long as the Great Patriotic War, as Moscow refers to the Soviet involvement in World War II: 1,418 days.

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Stock markets recap: Frontline indices, the Sensex and the Nifty 50, ended in negative territory for the fifth consecutive session on Friday, 9 January, as renewed concerns over US tariffs, caution ahead of the Q2 results season, and relentless foreign capital outflow continued to pressurise market sentiment. The Sensex crashed 605 points, or 0.72%, to end at 83,576.24, while the Nifty 50 declined 194 points, or 0.75%, to close at 25,683.30.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. President Donald Trump on Friday called for credit-card companies to cap the interest rates they charge customers, as the president leans harder into addressing consumers’ affordability concerns. “Effective January 20, 2026, I, as President of the United States, am calling for a one year cap on Credit Card Interest Rates of 10%," he said in a Truth Social post.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. MUMBAI : With equity markets hovering near record highs, many investors are choosing to wait, hoping for a correction before committing fresh money. The instinct is understandable: buying at lower levels should, in theory, boost long-term returns.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: A deluge of solar power and rules binding electricity distributors to purchase it are prompting distress sales on India's electricity exchanges, trade data showed. Discoms sitting on excess power often sell it on exchanges at a loss, as the alternative would be to receive nothing, given the weak demand during solar hours.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Investors are finally showing love to companies outside of the tech sector. Growing economic optimism, along with a more cautious view of the artificial-intelligence build-out, is prompting a major “rotation trade" on Wall Street, with investors selling technology stocks and buying up the shares of most every other type of business.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. On Wednesday, the same day that the National Statistics Office published its first advance estimate of GDP for 2025-26, the government announced that India’s long-overdue census will kick off on 1 April 2026. The coincidence is apt, even if unintended.

The prices of various items such as footwear, clothing, consumer durables (such as air-conditioners and TV sets) and automobiles (cars, two-wheelers, etc) have fallen post-GST rationalization. Our calculations suggest that inflation in India’s GST-basket (weight of 17%) decelerated to 2.1% year-on-year in October 2025 and further to 1.8% in November from a stable 3% in the previous 14 months.

₹6,000 crore through certificates of deposit (CDs) at a rate of 6%, a rare move by India’s largest lender, amid tight liquidity and mounting pressure on banks to mobilize deposits, five fixed-income traders told Mint.SBI’s presence in the CD market has raised eyebrows, traders said, as it signals growing difficulty among banks in raising deposits to fund rising credit demand.The funds were raised through CDs maturing in March 2026. Union Bank of India also raised ₹200 crore via May maturity paper at 6.45%, while Small Industries Development Bank of India raised ₹4,500 crore through one-year paper at 6.95%.Certificates of deposit are low-risk fixed-income instruments where investors deposit money for a specified period at a fixed interest rate—typically higher than savings accounts—in exchange for not withdrawing funds until maturity.SBI’s three-year CD issuance at 6% is around 90 basis points higher than the interest rate it offers on bulk deposits of 46–179 days, which stand at 5.1% for the public and 5.6% for senior citizens.“State Bank of India tapping the CD market, that’s rare, isn’t it? I think they came, so it kind of underscores the point that supply is quite robust in the shorter end and credit off-take is well but deposits are a challenge,” said Killol Pandya, fixed income head at JM Financial Asset Management.While the amount is not large relative to SBI’s balance sheet, the act of raising short-term funds itself is unusual, Pandya added.Emails sent to SBI and Union Bank of India did not receive responses until press time.SBI last raised funds through CDs in November 2024, when it borrowed ₹1,650 crore.

Data from the Federation of Automobile Dealers Association (Fada) data released on Tuesday showed EV penetration grew for two consecutive months after a dip in October, leading to fears that New Delhi’s move to cut tax on ICE vehicles could hurt EV penetration in the long run, as the fossil-fuelled ones were already much cheaper in the price-sensitive Indian market.“Electric vehicle sales are here to stay. There was softening in the last few months, but penetration levels have grown in 2025.

₹12 lakh, increasing disposable incomes at the hand of consumers.On the monetary policy front, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has delivered a massive 125 basis points (bps) reduction in interest rates over the past 12 months, which is expected to boost liquidity in the market through higher spending in rate-sensitive segments, such as banking, real estate and consumer durables.“Policy measures implemented during the year, including tax and interest rate reductions, are beginning to yield positive results, which are expected to translate into stronger earnings growth for domestic economy-oriented sectors in 2026,” Yogesh Patil, chief investment officer, equity, LIC Mutual Fund Asset Management (LIC MF), told Mint. The strength of India’s macroeconomic fundamentals, coupled with the expected benefits of recent policy moves, has made this optimism the near-consensus view on the Street.“We expect festive demand momentum in Q3 results to bring calm to the market as we enter 2026.

India’s metal sector is becoming increasingly important as the country sharpens its focuses on infrastructure, power, manufacturing, and clean energy. Metals such as zinc and copper are essential inputs across construction, electrification, renewables, and industrial production.Hindustan Zinc and Hindustan Copper stand out among the top metal stocks in India, though their businesses operate on very different scales and cycles.Today we compare these two metal stocks by examining their operations, financial performance, and risks to help your understand how each fits into India’s metal ecosystem.Hindustan Zinc, a subsidiary of the Vedanta Group, is the world’s largest integrated producer of zinc and also ranks among the top five silver producers globally.Over the years, the company has built a large-scale and cost-efficient mining and smelting ecosystem in India.

₹8,790 crore in FY25. Based on an average exchange rate of ₹84.57 to a dollar during the period, the company recorded $1.04 billion revenue.However, JSW MG Motor India’s losses nearly doubled to ₹1,096 crore in FY25 from ₹586 crore in FY24, filings show, as the company slipped back into operating losses after posting its first-ever operating profit in FY24.JSW MG Motor, a joint venture finalised in 2024 between the JSW Group and China’s SAIC Motor, has emerged as one of the fastest carmakers to enter the $1-billion revenue club, achieving the milestone in nearly half the time its European peer Renault took to reach in India.

food sector, aggressive local pricing, and evolving consumer preferences appear to be weighing on footfalls across the category.While the merger does little to directly revive demand, it meaningfully improves operational efficiency. Post-transaction, Devyani will become the sole operator of KFC and Pizza Hut in India, in addition to acquiring Sapphire’s Sri Lanka operations.

The year just gone by saw a rapid rotation as the winners from 2024 often slipped, and laggards staged a comeback. Will we see another flip in 2026? Will last year’s outperformers become this year’s laggards or vice versa?While past performance is no guarantee of future results, a cycle of mean reversion shows that even rotation is selective, driven by valuations and fundamentals.Also read: Pulse of the Street: Markets glide into 2026 as metals, autos lead the chargeMomentum was hard to sustain among the blue-chip stocks. Nearly six in every ten stocks delivered weaker returns in 2025 compared with 2024.

In December 2025, several salaried taxpayers received emails and SMS alerts from the income tax department flagging discrepancies in deductions and exemptions claimed in their income tax returns (ITR).The alerts said certain claims did not match employer-reported salary data or other system records and needed revision.Most of the flagged cases involved returns where exemptions or deductions were claimed in the ITR but did not reflect in Form 16, said Nemin Shah, director at EQX Business Consultancy.If an employer deducted tax assuming fewer deductions, but the employee later claimed a larger set of exemptions directly in the return, it resulted in a refund of excess TDS. “Seeking a big refund results in the system likely taking notice and flagging it,” said Shah.This is where the annual investment declaration and proof-submission window with employers becomes critical.Every year, in January or February, employers ask employees to submit proof of investments and expenses declared at the start of the financial year.

artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure and electronics to solar power equipment, medical devices and defence systems.China’s dominance in the silver market does not stem from mining strength but from its overwhelming control over refining. According to the London Bullion Market Association’s (LBMA) list of accredited refiners for global over-the-counter trading, China hosts 27 silver refineries, followed by Japan with 13.

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