Sunitha Natti

The RBI pulled off a Dhurandhar move, complete with part-2 The Revenge, to stabilise a weakening rupee, reduce artificial demand for dollars, prevent speculativ

The season's first RBI monetary policy began with a status quo. On Wednesday, the six-member Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) kept rates unchanged, as widely expected, but sounded cautious about what lies ahead.

India's growth outlook for FY27 is being downgraded by multiple agencies as the conflict drives higher energy prices, widens external risks, and weighs on consumption, investment, and inflation.

US President Donald Trump's 'little excursion' to the Middle East has landed the world in its biggest energy crisis in history.

Fuel price hikes seem inevitable, war or not. And also not entirely because elections are over, but due to one key statistic hiding in plain sight.

On Wednesday, the Indian rupee plunged to a historic low of 96.96, dangeroulsy skirting the 97-level against the dollar.

On Friday, the central bank kept benchmark repo rate unchanged at 5.25%, but raised FY27 inflation projections to 5.1% -- 50 bps higher than 4.6% projected in A

Read this exciting story from The New Indian Express Chennai June 07, 2026 issue. WHEN one door closes, you open another. That's what India just did. On Friday, it unleashed a pro-growth charm offensive aimed at Foreign Institutional Investors (FIIs) and NRIs to bring home the bacon, aka, dollars.

Read this exciting story from The Morning Standard July 19, 2026 issue. FOR months, trade representatives from India and the US have been reiterating that the deal was near the finish line with the ‘final 1% hurdle’ remaining. However, there has been no consensus so far, though we are days away from the July 24 deadline, when the universal 10% US tariffs are set to expire.

As post-Independence India turns 80, we may as well adopt the Olympic motto — Citius, Altius, Fortius, Communiter or faster, higher, stronger and together — to pull the economy by its bootstraps. The Asian tiger aspires to be the world's third largest economy, but the growth miracle is missing. It's not that we need supernatural powers to turn water into wine or lead into gold, but we must get the right sectoral mix to create jobs and increase incomes. The task is neither simple nor easy given the prevailing geopolitical tensions, volatile energy prices, supply-chain disruptions, tariff wars and above all with China and the US up to their necks for global dominance.