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President Trump’s 50% tariff threat on Indian exports in mid-2025 sent shockwaves through Indian’s power elite. Policy-makers, business leaders and economists say it is a wake-up call: India must act decisively—or risk...

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Sucheta Dalal 19 Aug 2025
One step forward, two steps back—that’s how depositor protection feels at the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) under its 26th governor, Sanjay Malhotra. While financial inclusion is a government objective, millions of depositors...

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Sucheta Dalal 14 Aug 2025
After a decade of studious indifference to financial recklessness, defaults and allegations of financial jugglery, the Anil Ambani group is finally in the enforcement directorate's (ED) crosshairs. Early August saw the ED summon top...

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Sucheta Dalal 08 Aug 2025
In India, market scandals often arrive in rapid succession, each new controversy burying the previous one. So, even as Jane Street, a US-based trading powerhouse faced regulatory heat for alleged manipulation and Viceroy Research launched...

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Sucheta Dalal 01 Aug 2025
Two important developments rocked domestic markets and captured the attention of global investors and regulators: the Securities and Exchange Board of India’s (SEBI’s) dramatic crackdown on Jane Street, a US-based proprietary...

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Sucheta Dalal 25 Jul 2025
Ever since Vedanta listed in London, Anil Agarwal has carefully crafted an image of a self-made, resilient and socially-conscious leader who clawed his way up from scrap metal trading to helm a global mining empire. It is a seductive story...

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Sucheta Dalal 16 Jul 2025
On 3rd July, India’s capital markets regulator, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), did something sensational. In the most stringent action ever, against a foreign trading firm, it barred Jane Street, the formidable...

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Sucheta Dalal 11 Jul 2025
A modest Rs25 lakh penalty imposed on the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) last week triggered a small storm on social media. Why should BSE walk away with a token fine of a serious violation...

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Sucheta Dalal 04 Jul 2025
Vijay Mallya is a perfect example of the government scoring a self-goal in its attempt to showcase the power of its newly minted Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) of 2016. The flamboyant ‘King of Good Times’, who bought...

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Sucheta Dalal 27 Jun 2025
India’s aviation sector is, once again, battling fierce headwinds and, this time, the centre of the storm is Air India. If you have been reading news reports over the past week, it is no longer about the one horrific crash of Air...

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Sucheta Dalal 20 Jun 2025
India has just overtaken Japan to become the world’s fourth-largest economy, with nominal gross domestic product (GDP) clocking in at US$4.19trn (trillion). Yet, behind this headline triumph lies a serious contradiction. Nearly 65%...

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Sucheta Dalal 13 Jun 2025
Despite multiple warnings and committee recommendations, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) continues to evade the core issue: issuing clear, enforceable directions to banks on resolving the continued harassment of customers over...

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Sucheta Dalal 06 Jun 2025