India could be approaching a decade of unusually strong investment and economic expansion, according to Prem Watsa, the founder and chairman of Fairfax Financial Holdings. Watsa, often described as the “Warren Buffett of Canada,” has expressed optimism that India could experience an investment boom comparable in scale to China’s rise over previous decades. His view reflects confidence in India’s …
The Indian rupee came under renewed pressure on Monday as a sharp rise in crude oil prices collided with growing geopolitical uncertainty, pushing the currency to its weakest level in more than a week. The rupee settled at ₹95.9825 against the US dollar on September 28, down around 0.2% on the day, after spending much of the session close to the psychologically important ₹96 per dollar level. Dol…
Indian equities began the new trading week on a firmer note on September 21, 2026, offering investors some relief after one of the market's longest stretches of weekly declines in recent years. The rebound, however, needs to be viewed in context. The Nifty 50 and Sensex were still recovering from a six-week losing streak, crude oil remained above $100 a barrel, foreign investors had been withdraw…
India’s quick-commerce battle has entered a new phase, and Amazon is no longer treating rapid delivery as a side experiment. The company is putting substantial money and infrastructure behind Amazon Now, its ultra-fast delivery service, as it attempts to establish a meaningful position in a market already shaped by Blinkit, Zepto and Swiggy Instamart, with Flipkart Minutes and other players expan…
A food order on Zomato has traditionally given customers a relatively simple choice at checkout: pay online or pay in cash when the delivery arrives. That distinction is now becoming more expensive. In September 2026, Zomato began introducing an additional charge for customers who choose cash on delivery, with the fee appearing separately in the bill as a “Pay on Delivery Fee.” Reports from custo…
India is preparing to make an important decision about one of its most widely used export-support mechanisms. The government is expected to extend the Remission of Duties and Taxes on Exported Products, or RoDTEP, scheme for another five years after its current extension expires on September 30, 2026. According to a government trade source cited by Reuters on September 16, the Commerce Ministry h…
The Indian rupee has once again moved close to a psychologically important level against the US dollar, and the latest weakness is not being driven by one isolated event. It is the result of several forces operating at the same time: elevated crude oil prices, stronger demand for dollars from Indian importers, rising US Treasury yields, expectations of tighter US monetary policy, global geopoliti…
India's Unified Payments Interface has become so deeply embedded in everyday life that paying through a QR code often feels less like a financial transaction and more like a routine gesture. A customer buys groceries, pays a restaurant bill, books a service, transfers money to a family member or settles an online purchase, and the payment happens within seconds. For millions of Indians, the most …
