In an event-heavy week, stock investors will track ongoing quarterly earnings, the US Federal Reserve's interest rate decision, and macroeconomic data for market direction, analysts said. Moreover, progress in India-US trade negotiations will remain a key focus for investors, an expert said.
Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the plight of the protesting farmers and the government's priorities.
Earlier, such entities were only permitted to invest their rupee surplus balance in accounts in central government securities, including treasury bills. "It has now been decided to also permit investment of these balances in non-convertible debentures/bonds and commercial papers issued by an Indian company," the RBI said.
Uttam Ghosh is appalled by Bollywood performer Kangana Ranaut's inane remarks on India's struggle for freedom from British rule during which scores of Indians went to the gallow and millions went to prison.
Uttam Ghosh offers his take on why writer Aakar Patel -- who is also chairman of the Amnesty International India board -- is being prevented from traveling abroad.
India's high cost of capital due to relatively shallow corporate bond markets, limited institutional investor depth, sovereign risk premia, and regulatory restrictions on capital flows, is a constraint on private investment and long-run growth, the Economic Survey, authored by Chief Economic Advisor (CEA) V Anantha Nageswaran, said.
Uttam Ghosh offers his take on democracy in the Modi era and the prime minister's Rs 200 billion dream.
Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Health Minister Harsh Vardhan's statement that India is better prepared in 2021 to handle COVID-19.
Quarterly earnings, macroeconomic data announcements and global trends will drive the Indian stock markets in a holiday-shortened week, analysts said. Stock markets would remain closed on Wednesday for the Guru Nanak Gurpurab holiday.
Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi's sudden decision to repeal the three farm laws.
Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the exit polls against the backdrop of increasing crude oil prices.
The European Union's (EU's) offer to slash tariffs on 97.5 per cent of Indian chemical exports to zero is set to give India's pharmaceutical and medical device firms preferential access to the European markets.
A neutral monetary policy stance, heavy government borrowing, and issuers adjusting to a higher-for-longer yield environment have set the stage for a largely stable corporate bond market in 2026.
Retail inflation rose to a three-month high of 1.33 per cent in December 2025 mainly due to higher prices of kitchen essentials, including vegetables and protein-rich items.
Uttam Ghosh will always remember August 7, 2021, the day an Indian athlete won an Olympic Gold Medal.
The government should refrain from raising income tax surcharge on the super-rich and reintroducing wealth tax in the upcoming 2026-27 Budget, as the move could prompt persons in high-income brackets to leave the country for low-tax jurisdictions, according to tax experts.
Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the COVID-19 devastation of India.
Uttam Ghosh offers his take on election promises.
Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the government notice to Twitter to suspend Cartoonist Manjul's account.
Ashok Gehlot, widely seen as the Congress's ruling family's nominee for the Congress president's post, bunged a spanner in the works when his MLA supporters submitted their resignations on Sunday night to assembly Speaker C P Joshi.
Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the Lakhimpur Kheri tragedy.
The rupee slumped 5 per cent in 2025 as persistent capital outflows from foreign investors, alongside heightened dollar demand from importers, making it one of the worst-performing Asian currencies.
Banks are depending more heavily on the market for certificates of deposit (CDs), whose worth climbed to a record Rs 5.75 trillion in the fortnight to January 15, owing to deposit tightness in the system.
As the rupee remains under pressure due to several headwinds and the uncertainty around the India-US trade deal, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has been stepping in only to calm volatility, not to stop the fall.
Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Mohan Bhagwat's views.
Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi's interview where he denied any anti-incumbency against the BJP.
Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the Lakhimpur Kheri tragedy.
After a gap of more than three years, the central government has agreed to resume the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) works in West Bengal with immediate effect, but subject to mandatory adherence to stringent conditions. These include a prohibition on any work valued at more than 20 lakh, compulsory 100 per cent electronic know-your-customer (eKYC) verification of all workers, and mandatory pre-estimation field visits for all works before they are undertaken.
Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the government's startling assertion that no Indian perished during the second COVID-19 wave because of a lack of oxygen supplies.
The DPDP rules, which have come into effect, require companies to implement a data protection and consent management system by November 2026.
Uttam Ghosh pays tribute to the God of Soccer who passed into the ages on Wednesday.
Uttam Ghosh wonders how Joe Biden -- who was known to have a sure pair of hands when it came to foreign policy -- could have made such a tragic error of judgement.
The loss of input tax credit (ITC) following the rationalisation of the goods and services tax (GST) on individual life and health insurance from 18 per cent to nil is may weigh on the profits of life insurers in the third quarter (Q3) of 2025-26 (FY26).
Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the Bharat Bandh and the economic concerns that led trade organisations to call for the industrial action.
Uttam Ghosh offers his take on Jyotiraditya Scindia's decision to dump the Congress on Tuesday and join the BJP on Wednesday.
Over 50 per cent, or 660 stocks, from the BSE 1000 index recorded negative returns during CY25.
Uttam Ghosh wonders when Prime Minister Narendra Damodardas Modi's promise of Acche Din will become a reality.
Will the National Monetisation Pipeline revive the economy, which is in deep crisis, wonders Uttam Ghosh.
Uttam Ghosh offers his take on the speculation about who's really in charge of the BCCI -- Dada or Dad's putra?
Banking sector has witnessed healthy growth in advances in the third quarter of financial year 2026 (Q3FY26) against the same period last year, as the full impact of goods and service tax (GST) rate cuts drove growth. Most of the lenders saw their credit growth outpace the deposit growth in the quarter.
