Issue of 2nd Feb-8th Feb 2026
LEAD ARTICLE
Wealth Creators 2015-2025: Part 6 – Top-301-Top-400
Welcome to the sixth part of our Wealth Creators (WC) series, where we continue to track and analyse companies that have compounded shareholder wealth consistently over the long term. In the earlier instalments, we built a structured framework to understand how sustained wealth creation unfolds in equity markets. Part-1 introduced the top... Read More
Sher Singh Yadav and
Pratibha Kamath
CROSSHAIRS
Budget 2026 sends out a strong signal that India finally recognises how we are losing the global tourism race, despite extraordinary cultural diversity, wealth of historical monuments and scenic beauty. Not only are we not attracting foreign tourists, Indians themselves are flocking to...
BUSINESS
In the Union Budget of 2026-27, special assistance to states for capital investment has been boosted by 28.5% to ₹1.85 lakh crore. Nearly 50% of capital expenditure (capex) will be directed towards roads and railways, with initiatives aimed at lowering logistics costs under the Viksit Bharat...
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MARKET
India’s equity markets are witnessing a structural decoupling as domestic liquidity increasingly insulates the bourse from a cooling of foreign appetite. Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) have significantly retreated from the primary market during the first 10 months of FY25-26, with...
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STOCKS
OneSource Specialty Pharma (OneSource) is focused on manufacturing biologics, complex injectables and oral soft-gelatin capsules. It aims to become one of India’s top-5 pure-play contract development and manufacturing organisation (CDMO) companies, leveraging growing global demand for...
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Craftsman Automation Ltd (CAL) is a versatile engineering company that caters to automotive and industrial original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). With a strong presence in various segments, the automotive sector contributes 73% of CAL’s total revenue. CAL is the largest player involved in...
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Jindal Drilling & Industries Ltd (JDIL), a part of the DP Jindal group, has been a key player in offshore drilling (80% revenue, as of FY23-24) and related services, since 1989. With over three decades of experience, JDIL has forged strong relationships with India's major upstream companies....
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Vardhman Special Steel Ltd (VSSL), which been in the steel business since 1973, is currently among India’s leading steel bar producers for automotive applications and offers specialised products that include steel bars & rods, bright bars of various categories of special and alloy steels. It...
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Lemon Tree Hotels (Lemon Tree) has established itself as India's largest hotel chain in the mid-market and economy segments, operating a total of132 (43 owned and 89 third-party ownership) with approximately 11,770 rooms across the country, as of December 2025. Its brand portfolio spans...
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ASK Automotive (ASK) is the largest manufacturer of brake-shoe and advance braking systems (ABS) for two-wheeler (2W) original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in India, holding approximately 50% of the market share in FY22-23, in terms of production volume. Over time, it has expanded into...
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MUTUAL FUNDS
The best three and the worst three mutual fund schemes over the past three years ranked by their quarterly rolling returns. Premium members get access to a more refined list of top schemes by logging into Moneylife Advisory.  ...
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CONSUMER ISSUES
It began, as many turning points do, with a strangely honest confession. Aditya Agarwal, one of Facebook’s earliest engineers and a former chief technology officer (CTO) of Dropbox, posted on X that he had spent a weekend writing code with Claude, an artificial intelligence (AI) model. His...
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