Donald Trump on Thursday expressed strong admiration for Narendra Modi, calling him a “great man” and a “friend,” while indicating that a visit to India next year remains on the agenda.

India’s Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman confirmed that the government has initiated discussions with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and various banks regarding consolidation in the banking sector. She emphasised that before any firm decisions on merging banks are taken, a more enabling environment will need to be created to allow banks to grow.

India’s aviation growth story is hitting an unexpected snag. While Akasa Air and Air India are eager to expand their fleets, they are caught in a regulatory logjam in the United States that is delaying delivery of fully certificated planes — including aircraft that are technically complete, yet remain grounded because their seats have not received clearance.

The government is reportedly exploring a fresh wave of mergers in the public sector banking (PSB) space, aiming to create a few large global-scale lenders with assets and lending power capable of supporting India’s next phase of growth. While the aspiration is bold, a key question remains: will these consolidations truly transform the banking system—or […]

According to S. Krishnan, Secretary of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), India holds a substantially higher “headroom” for productivity growth through artificial intelligence (AI) compared with several other nations.

As equity markets face heightened volatility and global macro-cues remain uncertain, analysts continue to highlight select large-cap names from the Nifty 50 index as potential buying opportunities. The strategy centres on anchoring on quality, liquidity and structural earnings drivers while the broader market oscillates.

For investors who think beyond trading and want to invest in owning businesses rather than just stocks, the latest analysis highlights ten companies across different sectors that increase the probability of wealth creation.

The hospital and healthcare sector is encountering turbulence, but for discerning investors the current setup may offer a rare opportunity. A recent analysis identifies ten hospital-sector stocks in India that carry an estimated upside of up to 35%, despite near-term headwinds. In recent months a friction has emerged between hospitals and health-insurance players over the […]

The National Stock Exchange of India will roll out a dedicated pre-open session for the futures & options (F&O) segment beginning December 8, 2025. This 15-minute session, designed to improve price discovery and smooth the opening of derivatives trading, will be divided into three key phases.

Market analysts have spotlighted two promising trading opportunities for today — one in the real-estate sector and another in the mid-cap pharmaceutical space — both showing potential for short-term gains amid range-bound market sentiment. The realty stock is projected to deliver an upside of around 6.05%, while the pharma stock could rally nearly 6.5% based on current technical indicators and trading momentum.