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Thursday, August 14, 2025
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Topic: Investors

After Facebook and Silver Lake, General Atlantic too is looking to invest in Reliance Jio

The string of investments from technology giants and private equity firms will go toward slashing debt at Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries.

Deadly Delhi riots have foreign investors rethinking about India’s attractiveness

Street protests & violence have raised concerns about whether investors may need to further temper expectations for Asia’s third-largest economy.

India’s ‘animal spirits’ were hushed in August as consumer demand remained elusive

The Bloomberg indicator comes ahead of RBI’s monetary policy decision next week & strengthens case for more measures to bolster growth.

PM Modi pitches India as ‘the only investment destination’, calls tax cut ‘revolutionary’

Urging investors to bring their businesses to India, PM Modi said if there was any gap anywhere, he will personally act as a bridge.

Don’t bet on India’s new mega banks but on their rivals, investors told

Consolidation comes with many challenges and investors are advised to look for value outside the 10 banks being merged, analysts say.

Facts or hope? Trump’s chaotic tweets often leave US investors clueless

There are new rules for US investors – don’t bet against the tweet or off-the-cuff remark from the president of the world’s largest economy.

World’s biggest banks sink to record lows as China pain spreads

Analysts predict that more of China’s roughly 4,000 small lenders will run into trouble and that bigger banks will be asked to play a role in shoring them up.

Modi govt’s flip-flop on foreign bond sale leaves traders on tenterhooks

Bonds dropped Thursday after an official told reporters that the Modi govt hasn’t decided on the offshore bond sale yet.

Indian investors brace for pain on poor growth, US trade concessions loss

Growth cooled to 5.8% in the January quarter and the US announced it would end duty-free exports by India – a double whammy.

India needs a minister of investment, not just finance

India needs to open doors to US & Japanese capital, marshal & allocate every scrap of funds prudently to break free from the lower-middle-income trap.

On Camera

Asim Munir wants to be guardian of the Middle East. He’s fated to fail at home

Countering insurgency needs the Pakistan Army to demonstrate a political will that ties leaders at the centre with those in the borderlands. But it may not have the imagination.

Slashing GST on waste can unlock Rs 1.8 lakh crore, high tax hurting circular economy goals—CSE

Centre for Science and Environment in new report makes case for rationalising GST on waste material, saying most informal operators can’t afford high tax & it also hinders recycling.

India, US troops to undertake joint military exercise next month, first after Op Sindoor

21st edition of annual joint military exercise will be held from 1 to 16 September, aimed at sharing military tech, operational best practices & disaster relief coordination methods.

Modi’s ready to risk it all for farmers. Farm reform can answer Trump with new Green Revolution

Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.