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The Supreme Court is now handling 46 petitions from one week of protests

The Commissioner answered by affidavit, not in person, with an unconditional apology for perceived non-compliance that also denies non-compliance. The court asked both sides for nodal counsel.

17 Oct 2026 12:32 am
The government gave two courts two different reasons for de-notifying Jantar Mantar

The Solicitor General told the Supreme Court the 9 October order was not the basis. Delhi Police told the Delhi High Court that it was.

17 Oct 2026 12:29 am
SEBI is reversing its own expiry-pricing rule ten weeks after bringing it in

The 30-minute VWAP is cruder, slower and much harder to push, which is why a retail-heavy derivatives market prefers it. It is the second market-structure deferral this month.

17 Oct 2026 12:19 am
The Pentagon wants to hold the school bombing report until after the midterms

At least 156 died, 120 of them children. The IMF now expects the Middle East, North Africa and Pakistan to contract in 2026, which is the number India should read closest.

17 Oct 2026 12:12 am
The Paramount-Warner merger was approved with a floor on how many films it must release

Thirty films a year with 20 wide releases for two years, rising to 32. Antitrust remedies usually govern price, not output, and output was the worry.

13 Oct 2026 10:49 pm
The Supreme Court found a prima facie contempt case, then lost a judge to illness

Notice went to the Home Secretary, the Delhi Police Commissioner and the DMRC chairperson. Women journalists have alleged police assault, and the bench wants a senior officer present.

13 Oct 2026 10:12 pm
India made 249 and lost, as Shai Hope chased down the second-biggest total in T20I history

West Indies got 252 for 4 in 18.3 overs after Sanju Samson's 82 off 41 had looked like enough. Hope has now twice chased a total India thought was safe.

9 Oct 2026 10:40 pm
The RBI decides at 10am tomorrow, and a hike would be the first since February 2023

25bp would take the repo rate to 5.50 percent. On a Rs 50 lakh home loan that is about Rs 800 a month, and banks will lengthen your tenure unless you ask.

6 Oct 2026 5:32 pm
India beat South Korea in recurve archery, the event Korea defines, and a 17-year-old settled it

A first ever Asian Games medal in the discipline, and it is gold. Kumkum Mohod shot two tens in a crosswind.

2 Oct 2026 11:20 am
Sensex falls 1,124 points to a six-month low, and all 30 constituents were red

Rs 7.5 lakh crore gone in one session. Nifty at 22,780 as Brent went back above 106 dollars.

28 Sep 2026 4:50 pm
Vithya Ramraj set a national record for bronze, and India are on 41 medals

Gulveer Singh's second medal, Esha Singh's third, and a kurash bronze that is only India's third ever.

28 Sep 2026 4:20 pm
Jaishankar tells the UN it is in a state of crisis, and frames the problem as fuel, food, fertiliser and finance

A reform speech India has made for twenty years, into a year that argues for it. The sharper line came a day earlier, at a press briefing.

26 Sep 2026 8:30 pm
Banks open this Sunday, because the alternative was five straight closed days

A three-day strike starts 28 September. Currency chests stay open too, which is the detail that keeps ATMs loaded.

24 Sep 2026 11:45 am
India beat England 2.5-1.5, and Gukesh won with black

Round seven of the 46th Olympiad in Samarkand. Uzbekistan extend their lead after beating China 3-1.

24 Sep 2026 11:15 am
Drishyam: The Conclusion lands on 2 October, and for the first time there is no Malayalam original

Ajay Devgn back as Vijay Salgaonkar, with Jaideep Ahlawat added. An original script means no safety net.

23 Sep 2026 6:34 pm
Hanuman Ansh is in 2026

Rs 366.45 crore worldwide against a Rs 1.8 crore budget. Two films describing the same year from opposite ends.

23 Sep 2026 6:25 pm
Golmaal 5 is dated for 8 January 2027, with Akshay Kumar joining and Sharman Joshi returning

Rohit Shetty takes an uncontested January window. A bet that the appetite for Hindi comedy was never gone, just unserved.

22 Sep 2026 8:27 am
Amit Shah opens the anti-narcotics conference, and the real agenda is synthetic drugs

Vision Document 2026-29, four pillars, 36 states and UTs. Precursor control is a diversion problem inside a legal industry.

22 Sep 2026 8:25 am
Jet fuel is up 5.46 percent and airlines are cutting flights before the festive rush

ATF at Rs 121.28 a litre after a second straight monthly hike. What it means if you are booking for Navratri and Diwali.

16 Sep 2026 2:10 am
Navratri fasting food is a full cuisine, and it has one nutritional trap

Kuttu, sabudana and samak are a developed parallel kitchen. Nine days of fried carbohydrate is not a fast.

15 Sep 2026 5:09 pm
Miley Cyrus, Anthrax and Tom Morello share a September, and India mostly streams it

178 million listeners, 8 percent paying. That gap is why touring routings still skip the market.

15 Sep 2026 5:09 pm
The nine Navratri colours for 2026, and why last year

Orange to peacock green, 11 to 19 October. The sequence shifts every year with the calendar.

15 Sep 2026 5:09 pm
Navratri 2026: mirror work returns, and the clothes finally got lighter

Gotta patti, cape dupattas and asymmetrical blouses lead a season correcting for how the clothes are actually used.

15 Sep 2026 5:09 pm
Lenskart lifts its AjnaLens stake to 9 percent, one small cheque at a time

Rs 18.5 crore invested so far. An option on AR eyewear rather than a bet on it.

15 Sep 2026 5:09 pm
UniqYou raises Rs 15.8 crore seed with two Myntra founders on the cap table

An AI fashion platform for women shoppers, valued at about Rs 64 crore post-money.

15 Sep 2026 5:09 pm
A well-run summit is not the same thing as leadership

India convened BRICS impressively. It did not set its agenda, and the two are being conflated.

15 Sep 2026 12:27 am
Mirzapur: The Movie holds to Rs 184.70 crore net by day ten

A strong second weekend, and proof the streaming-to-theatre jump can work when the audience was already there.

15 Sep 2026 12:27 am
Sixteen releases in thirty days, and platforms have stopped avoiding each other

Kareena Kapoor's Daayra, Alia Bhatt's Don't Be Shy and The Paradise lead a month with no gaps.

15 Sep 2026 12:27 am
SEMICON India opens Wednesday, and only one of its six focus areas is a fab

Design, equipment, materials, packaging, R&D and talent. The widening is the point.

15 Sep 2026 12:27 am
Indian chip startups have raised 1.4 billion dollars, half of it since 2025

The curve matters more than the total. Karnataka leads on tape-outs, which is the honest measure.

15 Sep 2026 12:27 am
Markets reopen after Ganesh Chaturthi into a worse energy picture than they left

Crude above 100 dollars with its bypass route now shut, the rupee past 95, and yields firming.

15 Sep 2026 12:27 am
Five mainboard IPOs open in one week as companies stop waiting for a better market

Hero Motors, SS Retail, Jindal Supreme and Sonaselection join the NSE issue.

15 Sep 2026 12:27 am
Last Seen and The Paper land in a week Indian viewers already had four titles to choose from

The real competition for a streaming premiere is the back catalogue a subscriber already pays for.

11 Sep 2026 11:03 pm
Mirzapur: The Movie crosses Rs 200 crore worldwide in its first week

The streaming-to-theatre jump worked, and every service with a three-season show is now watching.

11 Sep 2026 11:03 pm
Fall 2: Deadpoint strands its cast 5,000 feet up, in a year owned by two giants

The Spierig Brothers thriller opens while Spider-Man and The Odyssey carry 2026 between them.

11 Sep 2026 11:03 pm
178 million Indians stream music. Only 8 percent pay for it.

The paid base is growing 37 percent a year, from a very small number.

11 Sep 2026 11:03 pm
Manika Plastech opens, Steamhouse closes, and the Sensex claws back 622 points

Two small issues in the market, and a word of caution about what the grey market premium actually tells you.

11 Sep 2026 11:03 pm
NSE sets IPO price band at Rs 1,700-1,785, issue opens September 17

The exchange that hosts almost all Indian equity trading is coming to the market itself.

11 Sep 2026 11:03 pm
Haiwaan puts Akshay Kumar and Saif Ali Khan on the same screen

The film released on September 11, into a week already crowded with streaming premieres.

11 Sep 2026 11:03 pm
Chumbak lands on Netflix as three Hindi titles crowd a single streaming week

Ghamasaan and Ali Baba Aur 40 Bhoot follow on September 11, on two other platforms.

11 Sep 2026 12:02 am
Xflow ties up with HSBC as Sarvam

A day of Indian startup news weighted towards infrastructure: payments, voice AI, lending and security.

11 Sep 2026 12:02 am
UPI gets tap-and-pay, and NPCI starts building a registry for AI payment agents

One change removes a few seconds from checkout. The other decides how software is allowed to spend your money.

11 Sep 2026 12:02 am
Rupee slips to 95.47 as the 10-year yield firms to 6.978

A falling currency and a rising bond yield are the same story told twice.

11 Sep 2026 12:02 am
Brent tops 100 dollars as Houthis seize Red Sea port and US-Iran war enters seventh month

Pressure at both ends of the route that carries the world's seaborne energy, and India is on the wrong side of it.

11 Sep 2026 12:02 am
Supreme Court asks CBSE to consider relief for Class 6 on three-language policy

A bench led by CJI Surya Kant asked the Solicitor General to examine an accommodation for the current batch.

11 Sep 2026 12:02 am
The RBI is right to hold. That will not stay comfortable.

Rates cannot make crude cheaper. But if oil stays above 100 dollars, supply-side stops being a description and becomes an excuse.

10 Sep 2026 6:20 pm
What actually makes long-distance relationships work

The couples who manage it are not the ones who talk the most.

9 Sep 2026 10:33 pm
Why friendship gets harder in your thirties

The structures that used to produce friends quietly disappear, and nothing replaces them automatically.

9 Sep 2026 10:33 pm
The money conversation most couples put off too long

Financial incompatibility is rarely about income. It is about assumptions nobody stated.

9 Sep 2026 10:33 pm
How to tell a real Ayurveda retreat from a spa with a menu

Wellness tourism is growing fast, and the label is doing a lot of unearned work.

9 Sep 2026 10:33 pm