ECONOMY & NATION


Moneylife Digital Team 12 April 2026
Diplomatic efforts to resolve the escalating conflict involving the United States (US), Iran and Israel suffered a significant setback on 12 April 2026, as high-level negotiations held in Islamabad concluded after approximately 21 hours without producing a ceasefire agreement. U.S. Vice...

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There are two types of bear markets. The first is a shallow one. A sharp fall initially, but then the subsequent selloffs are less intensive. Everything gets resolved in four to five months. For almost a decade, India and the rest of the world have got used to this kind of a bear market. The...

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Barely 18 months after Ratan Tata’s death, the philanthropic entities that control two-thirds of India’s biggest business empire are once again in turmoil. On 4th April, Venu Srinivasan, chairman emeritus of TVS Motor and vice-chairman of multiple Tata charities, resigned from the Bai Hirabai...

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Moneylife Digital Team 10 April 2026
Rising caustic soda prices, driven by the West Asia conflict, are squeezing India's aluminium-makers. Domestic caustic soda prices climbed 15%-20% year-on-year (y-o-y) in March 2026, according to Crisil Intelligence. The chemical accounts for 4%-5% of aluminium production costs, with...

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Moneylife Digital Team 10 April 2026
The Union government is considering bringing user-generated fact-checking tools such as X’s 'community notes' under regulatory oversight through proposed amendments to the Information Technology (IT) Rules, a move that could allow authorities to seek removal of content that challenges or adds...

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Moneylife Digital Team 10 April 2026
Justice Yashwant Varma from the Allahabad High Court has resigned from his post, bringing an abrupt end to ongoing impeachment proceedings against him in the Parliament following allegations linked to the recovery of burnt cash from his official residence last year.   The resignation,...

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Moneylife Digital Team 10 April 2026
In a significant relief for homebuyers, the national consumer disputes redressal commission (NCDRC) has lifted the corporate veil between Ansal Hi-Tech Township Ltd (AHTTL) and its parent Ansal Properties and Infrastructure Ltd (APIL), holding them jointly liable to satisfy long-pending refund...

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Arna Chatterjee (Bar  and   Bench) 10 April 2026
The Allahabad High Court recently cautioned that authorities passing orders in a dictatorial manner could undermine the autonomy of the press.   A Bench comprising of Justice Vivek Saran and Justice Ajit Kumar made the observation while hearing a petition filed by Amar Ujala Limited, the...

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Moneylife Digital Team 10 April 2026
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has proposed a series of sweeping safeguards to curb rising frauds in digital payments, including introducing delays in high-value transactions, additional authentication layers for vulnerable users and a 'kill switch' to block accounts in emergencies. The

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Bar  and   Bench 10 April 2026
The Bombay High Court on April 8 set aside demands of over ₹1,100 crore raised by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) against Reliance Industries Ltd for alleged delay in completing construction of its convention-cum-commercial complex in Mumbai suburbs (Reliance...

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Bar  and   Bench 09 April 2026
The Bombay High Court at Goa has quashed the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) notification for the conduct of a byelection at Ponda to fill the legislative assembly seat left vacant following the demise of Congress MLA Ravi Naik on October 15, 2025 (Pritam Harmalkar v. Election Commission...

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Moneylife Digital Team 09 April 2026
Updated at 4pm on 10 April 2026 to include a statement from Shapoorji Pallonji Mistry   Momentum for a possible listing of Tata Sons seems to be building, even though Tata Trusts chairman Noel Tata had directed the holding company’s leadership to explore ways to keep it private. A senior...

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Moneylife Digital Team 09 April 2026
Nepal has entered a phase of rapid political and administrative transformation following the appointment of Rastriya Swatantra Party (RSP)'s Balendra Shah, who, as the new prime minister (PM), has launched an aggressive reform agenda within days of taking office, targeting governance,...

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Moneylife Digital Team 09 April 2026
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) proposed a significant overhaul of governance norms for banks, releasing draft amendment directions that seek to shift board functioning from a rule-based framework to a principle-driven approach. RBI has underlined that bank boards must ensure that adequate time...

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KBS Sidhu 09 April 2026
The Mistake That Should Have Been Made   In our previous dispatch, we established that The New York Times does not know what NATO stands for. We shall not linger on that point — except to observe, in passing, that if a mistake was to be made at all, the Times might have done better to make a...

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Moneylife Digital Team 08 April 2026
The commission for air quality management (CAQM) has imposed environmental compensation of around ₹61.85 crore on six thermal power plants located within 300km of Delhi for failing to comply with mandatory biomass co-firing norms aimed at curbing air pollution.   In a statement, the Union...

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Moneylife Digital Team 08 April 2026
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Wednesday says it has not found any material governance or conduct-related concerns at HDFC Bank, offering reassurance to investors following the recent resignation of its chairman and volatility in the lender’s stock.   Responding to queries after the monetary...

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Moneylife Digital Team 08 April 2026
A total of 16 non-banking finance companies (NBFCs) have voluntarily surrendered their certificates of registration (CoR) to the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). At the same time, RBI has cancelled the registration of 54 other NBFCs, with as many as 52 based in New Delhi and one each from West...

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Moneylife Digital Team 08 April 2026
The Mumbai zonal office of the directorate of enforcement (ED) has provisionally attached assets worth about ₹16.95 crore in connection with a ₹122 crore embezzlement case linked to New India Cooperative Bank Ltd (NICBL), intensifying its crackdown on financial fraud.   The attachment...

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Moneylife Digital Team 08 April 2026
The Mumbai zonal office of the directorate of enforcement (ED) has provisionally attached assets worth about ₹16.95 crore in connection with a ₹122 crore embezzlement case linked to New India Cooperative Bank Ltd (NICBL), intensifying its crackdown on financial fraud.   The attachment...

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