Banking And Finance
India built Aadhaar, UPI. Is it time for Indian Cibil too?
India has built some of the world’s most admired digital public infrastructure. Aadhaar transformed identity verification. UPI changed how the country pays. The Account Aggregator framework is reshaping how financial…
Property deals under Rs 20 lakh? PAN may not be needed from April 1
Buying or selling a lowvalue property may soon involve less paperwork. The Income Tax Department has proposed new draft rules that would remove the need to provide a Permanent Account…
Love swiping your credit card? Here’s how to use it without falling into a debt trap
Indians are using credit cards more than ever. The country now has , almost double the number from four years ago. In December 2025 alone, people spent Rs 2.05 lakh…
Taken a home loan? Here’s what happens if you miss 3 EMIs
A missed often starts with a simple reminder message. Many borrowers assume they can catch up the next month and everything will return to normal. But if the delay continues…
Market
Escalating conflict in West Asia threatens 2.6 mb/d of India’s crude oil imports
The escalating conflict between Iran and the US, which is now spreading across West Asia, is fuelling fears of a blockade of the world’s most critical energy choke point —…
Oil and gas majors and traders suspend shipments via Hormuz as US attacks Iran, sources say
Some oil majors and top trading houses have suspended crude oil, fuel and liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipments via the Strait of Hormuz as the US and Israel attack Iran…
Bitcoin falls below $65,000: What’s driving the latest crypto crash?
Bitcoin prices dropped below $65,000 on Saturday as the market reacted sharply to reports that Israel and the United States had launched military attacks against Iran on Saturday. The sudden…
Silver rate today: Can silver price in India touch ₹3 lakh as Israel attacks Iran today
Gold and silver prices on the Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX) surged sharply on Friday, supported by heightened safe-haven demand amid escalating geopolitical tensions in the Middle East. Following…
Market
Meta rakes it in, yet still borrows billions for AI
Meta Platforms looks like a money-printing machine. So why has it been loading up on billions of dollars in debt to pay for its new data centers? It turns out…
WhatsApp tells Supreme Court it will comply with CCI directions on user consent by 16 March
WhatsApp told the Supreme Court on Monday that it will fully comply with the Competition Commission of India’s (CCI) directions relating to user consent for sharing data with parent company…
HAL addresses LCA Tejas ‘accident’, works with Air Force for resolution – Here’s what the PSU said
Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) addressed reports on Monday, 23 February, and clarified that there was no crash of the LCA Tejas, only a minor technical incident, the state-owned firm informed…
Hillhouse Investment acquires minority stake in Singapore-based Quest Global
MUMBAI: Hillhouse Investment has acquired a minority stake in Quest Global, an engineering services company in Singapore, in a mix of primary and secondary share purchases, the companies said in…
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