• April 22 2025
  India Business Briefing

  End of the road for India’s BluSmart? Premium content

  Also in this newsletter: retail investors hit pause on equities, and Lalit Ahuja’s mantra

  
• April 21 2025
  Global InsightJohn Reed

  Trump threat awakens India’s ‘big bang’ spirit

  Parallels are being drawn between the US tariff war and the external shock that kick-started the Indian economy in 1991

  
• April 18 2025
  India Business Briefing

  India’s penny-wise pound-foolish tax tactics Premium content

  Also in this newsletter, could the ‘India Stack’ go global?

  
• April 18 2025
  News in-depthIndian business & finance

  India’s ‘broken’ tax system targets multinationals

  Levies threaten to undermine Narendra Modi’s pledge to ease burdens on business

  
• April 16 2025
  OutlookAndres Schipani

  The ghosts of ‘poor India’ are back on film

  Satyajit Ray’s ‘Apu Trilogy’ has found a new audience with young cinemagoers more accustomed to Bollywood bling

  
• April 16 2025
  FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen

  India’s middle-class debt crisis

  A rise in unsecured credit is hurting the country’s economic ambitions

  
• April 15 2025
  India Business Briefing

  How India can steal China’s lunch in Trump’s trade war Premium content

  Also in this newsletter: why the RBI is right to be careful about household debt

  
• April 14 2025
  The Big Read

  How India’s middle-class debt crisis is threatening growth

  A rise in unsecured credit among a consumer group that symbolises the country’s investment potential is hurting its economic ambitions

  
• April 11 2025
  India Business Briefing

  India rebuffs China’s BYD as Trump trade war creates openings Premium content

  Also in this newsletter, ecommerce companies head to small towns and RBI cuts the repo rate

  
• April 9 2025
  News in-depthApple Inc

  Apple turns to India to help ease Trump’s China tariffs

  iPhone maker is facing one of the biggest threats to its business in years

  
• April 9 2025
  UK trade

  UK and India rush to secure trade deal after Trump tariffs

  Long-delayed talks between London and New Delhi given fresh impetus by US taxes on imports

  
• April 8 2025
  India Business Briefing

  India's tech stocks take a beating Premium content

  Also in this newsletter: southern states’ anxiety about delimitation, and Harshjit Sethi’s mantra

  
• April 6 2025
  Starbucks Corp

  Starbucks slows India expansion as consumers tighten belts

  Footfall drops as economy weakens but chain still hopes to reach 1,000-store goal

  
• April 4 2025
  India Business Briefing

  For India, Donald Trump's tariffs could have been worse Premium content

  Also in this newsletter, the weight-loss drug Mounjaro makes its India debut and stock markets on ‘liberation day’

  
• April 1 2025
  India Business Briefing

  India electronics manufacturing secures $2.7bn boost Premium content

  Also in this newsletter: Viswanathan Anand’s academy is churning out chess champions, and declining stock markets have Indians buying more gold

  
• March 29 2025
  Indians shift to gold investments as local equities flounder

  Boom in gold ETFs fuels purchases of asset long loved by domestic investors as prices hit record

  
• March 24 2025
  Indian business & finance

  Prices slide as India unwinds ban on rice exports

  New Delhi seeks to boost agriculture and food sales to increase earnings

  
• March 18 2025
  India Business Briefing

  India’s $1bn bet on the creator economy Premium content

  Also in this newsletter: a surge of new millionaires, and Ajit Dayal’s mantra

  
• March 11 2025
  News in-depthIndian business & finance

  Trump forces India’s hand on tariffs

  US president’s ultimatum has pushed New Delhi towards a broader realignment on trade

  
• March 9 2025
  News in-depthIndian business & finance

  Businesses bemoan Indian ‘tax terrorism’ and red tape

  Officials vow to cut bureaucracy and fiscal burden amid fears they could hurt investment

  
• March 7 2025
  India Business Briefing

  India’s gold-backed loan glut Premium content

  Also in this newsletter: prospect of free speech curbs for social media sites, and China’s economic outlook

  
• March 4 2025
  India Business Briefing

  India's three trade deals in the offing Premium content

  Also in this newsletter: Amazon to pay damages for copyright violation and the latest economic metrics

  
• February 28 2025
  India’s GDP rebound offers comfort to Modi government

  Data shows growth rate reached 6.2% but still well below levels needed to hit PM’s long-term goals

  
• February 28 2025
  Global trade

  EU and India target trade deal this year

  Ursula von der Leyen pledges ‘full commitment’ to realising long-awaited pact under shadow of Trump tariffs

  
• February 28 2025
  India Business Briefing

  Indian economy and business: your questions answered Premium content

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