The National Stock Exchange (NSE) building in Mumbai, India, on Wednesday, Dec. 10, 2025. Dhiraj Singh | Bloomberg | Getty Images Global volatility is threatening a pipeline of multibillion-dollar stock market listings in India, the world’s busiest IPO market. Payments app PhonePe’s move on Monday to halt its listing plans has underscored a growing strain…
TOKYO, JAPAN – FEBRUARY 05: Tourists and shoppers walk through the Tsukiji shopping area on February 5, 2026 in Tokyo, Japan. Tomohiro Ohsumi | Getty Images News | Getty Images The Bank of Japan has long stated that sustained levels of inflation will help it move ahead with policy normalization, after having ended the world’s…
A man walks past a HDFC Bank stall at the Global Fintech Fest in Mumbai, India, 06 September, 2023. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images Shares of India’s HDFC Bank slid 5% Thursday after Atanu Chakraborty, its part‑time chairman, resigned after flagging governance and ethical concerns within the institution. During an investor call on Thursday,…
Hello, I am Priyanka Salve, writing to you from Singapore. Welcome to the latest edition of Inside India — your one-stop destination for stories and developments from the world’s fastest growing large economy. This week, I unpack what’s driving the rapid surge in gold‑loan growth in the world’s second‑largest bullion market. Loans against gold are…
An employee monitors bottles as they move along the drug production line inside the packaging unit at the Lupin Ltd. pharmaceutical plant in Salcette, Goa, India, Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images The closure of the Strait of Hormuz by Iran is a military strategy with vast consequences for the global economy, not just in…
While attending college at the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Allahabad, Suras Nayak knew he wanted to leave his hometown of Hyderabad, India, and travel the world. “When I was growing up, I always had this idea somewhere behind my head that I always wanted to move abroad, but I was a little bit influenced…
This report is from this week’s “Inside India” newsletter which brings you timely, insightful news and market commentary on the emerging powerhouse. Subscribe here. The big story India rarely ties its foreign policy to a single partner or bloc. But war has a way of forcing choices. The escalating U.S.–Israel war with Iran is now compelling…
This report is from this week’s CNBC’s The China Connection newsletter, which brings you insights and analysis on what’s driving the world’s second-largest economy. You can subscribe here. The big story Instead of trumpeting China’s tech advances, Premier Li Qiang struck an uncharacteristically somber tone during a nationwide address on policy plans. I’ve heard him speak…
U.S. President Donald Trump takes a question as he speaks during a press conference at Trump National Doral Miami in Miami, Florida, U.S., March 9, 2026. Kevin Lamarque | Reuters President Donald Trump announced Tuesday that the U.S. will get its first oil refinery in 50 years, funded by investments from Indian billionaire Mukesh Ambani’s…
A drone view of an Evergreen container ship docked at the port of Umm Qasr during nighttime operations in Basra, Iraq, March 5, 2026. Mohammed Aty | Reuters BEIJING — Surging oil prices following the Iran war are expected to impact China less than in past years as the country has built large crude stockpiles…
