Issue of 30th Jun-6th Jul 2025
LEAD ARTICLE
Industrial Policy Is Back Again. Can India Get it Right?
First, it was shadow banning of exports of rare earths which panicked Indian electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers. Now comes a Chinese halt on specialised fertilisers. A German tunnel-boring machine bound for India is reportedly stuck in China, awaiting export clearance. What next? India, the drug manufacturing giant, imports 80% of key starter... Read More
CROSSHAIRS
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 when the National Stock Exchange (NSE) has faced a...
BUSINESS
India’s industrial output in May rose just 1.2%, its weakest pace in nine months and sharply lower than the 6.3% expansion a year earlier. Manufacturing, comprising 78% of the index, grew 2.6%, down from 5.1% in May 2024. Mining shrank 0.1%, electricity output slowed to 5.1% and primary goods...
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MARKET
Indian equity benchmarks ended slightly higher on Friday, capping a volatile session, as investors remained cautious ahead of the looming deadline for fresh US tariffs under president Donald Trump’s trade proposals. The BSE Sensex closed 189 points higher at 83,438.11, up 0.23%, while the NSE...
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STOCKS
Genus Power (Genus) has two business divisions: metering division and engineering construction & contracts division, offering solutions to the power sector. Genus, as a dominant player in the Indian electricity metering industry, is in the position to capitalise on the sector’s growth...
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Interarch Building Solutions (Interarch) is one of India’s leading players, currently ranked second in terms of capacity and revenue in the pre-engineered buildings (PEB) industry, offering comprehensive, end-to-end solutions for a wide range of structures—be it industrial plants, warehouses,...
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The stock of Camlin Fine Sciences (Camlin), a Mumbai-based specialty chemicals company, has been a laggard for a long time. From a high of around Rs220 in July 2021, the stock crashed by almost 60% by October 2024. Since then, it has been on a spectacular rally, rising above Rs330 in July 2025....
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Techno Electric & Engineering Company (Techno) is power-infrastructure company that specialises in engineering-procurement-construction (EPC) services, asset ownership and operations & maintenance (O&M) services, in power generation and transmission & distribution (T&D) sectors. Its client base...
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Krsnaa Diagnostics is a fast-growing diagnostic service-provider in India, operating across 18 states and Union Territories with a strong presence in radiology, pathology, and tele-radiology. Its infrastructure includes 180 CT (computed tomography)/MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) centres, 117...
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IPO REVIEW
Crizac is a business-to-business (B2B) education platform connecting agents with global higher education institutions, offering international student recruitment solutions primarily to institutions in UK, Canada, Republic of Ireland, Australia and New Zealand (ANZ). Its core strength lies in...
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CONSUMER ISSUES
Many of us receive phone calls from unknown numbers, only to realise it is a scammer pretending to be a bank official, a digital wallet company, or an e-commerce platform. What has changed in recent years is how convincing these calls have become. The language used is smooth, polished and...
MUTUAL FUNDS
The best three and the worst three mutual fund schemes over the past three years ranked by their quarterly rolling returns. Premium members get access to a more refined list of top schemes by logging into Moneylife Advisory.  ...
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