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Why FM Nirmala Sitharaman must listen to investors on capital gains tax

Long-term capital gains on equity are taxed at 12.5 % and short-term at 15 % provided the transactions are done through stock exchanges on which securities transaction taxes are paid.

ThePrint Quiz, 8 February, 2026: Nasdaq

On its founding day, take this ThePrint quiz on Nasdaq to test your knowledge of the American stock exchange.

SEBI does not need unlimited powers – here’s what’s wrong with the Securities Markets Code

If passed as a law, the Securities Markets Code Bill will determine how Indian companies raise capital, how secure investors feel when they trade, and—most importantly—how independent and accountable SEBI remains.

Boom to bust: Haunted by Ketan Parekh saga, 117-yr-old Calcutta Stock Exchange’s future lies in limbo

CSE, one of India’s oldest bourses, is edging towards a voluntary exit. It could never recover from market manipulation scam that caused a payment crisis at exchange back in 2001. 

Dabba trading, online betting case: Luxury cars, Rs 3 crore cash, jewels tumble out in ED’s Mumbai raids

Dabba trading apps—such as VMoney, VM Trading, Standard Trades Ltd, IBull Capital, LotusBook, 11Starss, GameBetLeague—are currently under ED investigation.

Supreme Court directs SEBI to refund Rs 3 billion to NSE, say lawyers

SEBI had ordered NSE to deposit nearly Rs 11 bn, including interest, in investor fund and barred it from raising money from securities market directly or indirectly for 6 months.

India is prime ground for impact investments. Four factors are driving this growth

Samridhi fund, social stock exchange, Atal innovation mission--the Indian government's policy initiatives are further facilitating an investing landscape in India.

Too much reliance on Reliance – the not-so-healthy secret of India’s stock market rally

Reliance Industries has seen its market value nearly double to more than $200 billion this year after a major push into digital and e-commerce ventures.

Karvy crisis shows SEBI must clean up or clear out dodgy stock brokers

Now that SEBI has started the clean-up, it must take its broom to the dark crevices. Even the conduct of bigger intermediaries needs closer supervision.

No relief for investors after RBI is seen curtailing its support for the bond market

RBI may buy Rs 1.7 trillion of debt in the year starting April 1, compared with an estimated record Rs 3 trillion spent on such purchases this fiscal period.

On Camera

Srinagar’s cinemas may have gone dark. Kashmir’s love for films never did

It seemed like J&K's battered past had taken a backseat, even if it was for the four days of the international film festival.

Global funds sour on India stocks as some cut allocation to zero

Weak corporate earnings and the lack of an AI investment theme are prompting global investors to cut India exposure.

‘Society as battlefield’: NATO cites Indian military paper on cognitive warfare. What it says

In a seminal work, former military officers Lt. Gen. D.S. Hooda & Lt. Col. Pavithran Rajan put forth a framework to approach cognitive warfare, called Socio-Technical-Cognitive Battlespace.

The real BRICS story is what China, Russia want & India wishes

India, China and Russia share more contradictions than congruence. Each has a different worldview, as also a different adversary. The rude fact is that BRICS is the most irrelevant of all such groupings.