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Tuesday, March 31, 2026
TopicBuybacks

Topic: Buybacks

America is still debating a share buyback tax while India has made it a reality

India’s practice of taxing markets started at least 15 years ago, a measure politicians in the US and Europe are agitating over.

Public sector firms join tech giants to keep share buyback alive

Rush to return excess cash to investors is driven by tax efficiency of buybacks over dividends, declining share values & a slowing global economy.

On Camera

Why shielding consumers from rising fuel prices can backfire

IOC, BPCL, and HPCL have lost about Rs 20,000 crore due to the fuel price freeze. These losses will accumulate on balance sheets, raise borrowing costs, and circle back to the govt as contingent liabilities.

A communist state’s capitalist expedition. How Kerala CM Pinarayi came to embrace private enterprise

Despite its new avatar, Kerala’s culture remains rooted in socialistic principles. Yet there is growing acceptance to ‘privatisation with participation', observers say.

India developing lethal autonomous weapon systems, database of citizens’ crime risk—House Panel report

Report on impact of AI emergence—drawing upon depositions from several ministries—confirms that the developments come in the absence of AI laws or considerations over them.

Gulf war exposed India’s fragilities. It’s time for navel-gazing, in the national interest

It’s easy to understand why the government can’t speak the hard truth. When this war ends, as all wars do, India’s interests will lie with both the winner and the loser.