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Sunday, February 22, 2026
TopicCorporate bonds

Topic: Corporate bonds

Budget 2026: Push for India’s bond market needs the foundations fixed first

Renuka Sane -
Corporate bonds are priced as a spread over the risk-free rate. In India, the reference risk-free rate is unreliable as large institutions are mandated to buy and hold government bonds.

Credit ratings of Indian companies are getting downgraded like never before

Anurag Joshi -
For every upgrade of rupee debt of Indian firms since 1 April there have been about 11 downgrades, leaving this quarter set to be worst on record if sustained.

Why Indian companies are struggling to raise funds when they need them the most

Divya Patil -
India’s situation is contrary to global markets where junk bond sales are thriving after monetary authorities said they would buy such securities directly.

Bond traders have challenge spotting India’s hidden, growing debt

Subhadip Sircar -
There are growing expectations that the government will do an accounting sleight of hand to keep its deficit in check.

RBI will go slow on raising rates, says investor who foresaw liquidity crisis

Subhadip Sircar -
Suyash Choudhary of IDFC says RBI will risk financial stability and seriously hurt growth if it adds to the two rate increases since June.

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Opinion

Nick Jonas wearing a mangalsutra is validation for many Indians. He’s our favourite jiju

Stela Dey -
Nick Jonas is not trying to modernise the mangalsutra, but his gesture shows that choices can be equal. If commitment must be flaunted, it need not be gendered.

Patel’s 1950 letter to Nehru: Find no legal power to deal with Press or men like Syama Prasad

Everyone’s ‘damaged’ in modern dating. Love will soon be called a mental illness

Economy

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

Vrinda Tulsian -
On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

Defence

Suspected brake failure leads to Tejas accident after landing, airframe likely to be written off

Snehesh Alex Philip -
The IAF, so far, remains mum on this accident which has led to grounding of the fleet for safety checks.

National Interest

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

Shekhar Gupta -
India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.

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