ECONOMY & NATION


The cloud hanging over the Indian stock market has lifted, for now. India’s trade deals with the US and the European Union (EU) have reduced one of the biggest risks embedded in Indian equities over the past year. Amid tariff and geopolitical uncertainty, foreign investors pulled out heavily in...

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Moneylife Digital Team 13 February 2026
The Mumbai zonal office of the directorate of enforcement (ED) has provisionally attached immovable properties worth ₹132.85 crore in connection with the ₹1,438 crore bank fraud case involving Ushdev International Ltd (UIL).   The attached assets include plots of land and office units located...

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Moneylife Digital Team 13 February 2026
The ministry of steel signed memoranda of understanding (MoU) with 55 companies on 9th February, committing ₹11,887 crore to increase specialty steel capacity by 8.7MT (million tonnes) as part of the third round of the production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme. The agreements, signed in the...

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Moneylife Digital Team 13 February 2026
More than 5.39 crore cases are pending across the Supreme Court, high courts (HCs) and district courts in the country as of 31 December 2025, the Union ministry of law and justice informed the Lok Sabha on Friday.   Responding to an unstarred question, Arjun Ram Meghwal, minister of state...

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Moneylife Digital Team 13 February 2026
The office of the chief justice of India (CJI) received 8,360 complaints against sitting judges of the Supreme Court and High Courts over the past 10 years, the Union ministry of law and justice informed the Lok Sabha on Friday.   The disclosure was made in response to a starred question...

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Moneylife Digital Team 13 February 2026
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a penalty of ₹5 lakh on two cooperative banks for non-compliance with the directions issued by the banking regulator. The highest penalty of ₹3 lakh has been imposed on Rajasthan-based Ganganagar Kendriya Sahkari Bank Ltd.   Berhampur Cooperative Urban...

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Bar  and   Bench 12 February 2026
The Bombay High Court on Thursday took exception to Vijay Mallya trying to secure relief from court while avoiding Indian authorities by staying in United Kingdom as a fugitive (Vijay Mallya v. Union of India & Ors.).   A Bench of Chief Justice Shree Chandrashekhar and Justice Gautam Ankhad...

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Moneylife Digital Team 12 February 2026
In a significant ruling that revisits the scope of a bank’s responsibility in locker theft cases, the national consumer disputes redressal commission (NCDRC) has held the Central Bank of India liable for deficiency in service over a 2016 burglary at its Bagdogra branch, but sharply reduced the...

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SN Thyagarajan (Bar  and   Bench) 12 February 2026
The Madras High Court has directed the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) to conduct an enquiry into allegations of large-scale corruption in the projects of Neyveli Lignite Corporation India Limited (NLC), a public sector undertaking under Union Coal Ministry (Manikandan Vs Director,...

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Moneylife Digital Team 11 February 2026
A special court under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act (FEOA) at Rouse Avenue district court has declared Karan A Chanana, chairman and managing director (CMD) of Amira Pure Foods Pvt Ltd and Anita Daing, whole time director (WTD) of the...

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Moneylife Digital Team 11 February 2026
A special court under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) and the Fugitive Economic Offenders Act (FEOA) at Rouse Avenue district court has declared Karan A Chanana, chairman and managing director (CMD) of Amira Pure Foods Pvt Ltd and Anita Daing, whole time director (WTD) of the...

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Ritwik Choudhury (Bar  and   Bench) 11 February 2026
The Supreme Court on Wednesday questioned the grounds for detaining Ladakh activist Sonam Wangchuk under the National Security Act (NSA), saying that the Central government was reading “too much” into his statements.   A Bench of Justices Aravind Kumar and PB Varale made the observation while...

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Jahnavi Dhana Sri (IndiaSpend) 11 February 2026
Every summer, millions of Indians in informal work lose income they cannot afford to lose. They work slower in extreme heat, take unpaid sick days, or stop work entirely when temperatures become unbearable. They have no paid leave, no air-conditioned workplaces, and no financial...

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Ritwik Choudhury (Bar  and   Bench) 11 February 2026
A Gujarat court recently convicted journalist Ravi Nair in a criminal defamation case filed by the Adani Group and sentenced him to one year of imprisonment and a fine of ₹5,000 (Adani Enterprises Limited vs. Ravi Nair).    The Court held that a series of tweets and online articles published...

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Moneylife Digital Team 10 February 2026
The US dollar struggled to regain its footing on Tuesday, with the dollar index hovering below the 97.00 mark as fresh concerns emerged about future foreign demand for US assets after China quietly signalled caution on treasury holdings.   The dollar index (DXY), which tracks the US dollar...

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Moneylife Digital Team 10 February 2026
On 9 February 2026, US trade representative Jamieson Greer and Bangladesh commerce advisor Sheikh Bashir Uddin signed an agreement on reciprocal trade in Dhaka — a deal that cuts the headline tariff on Bangladeshi goods entering the US to 19%, down from a previous rate of 20%. It is a steep...

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Moneylife Digital Team 10 February 2026
As many as eight non-banking finance companies (NBFCs), including Tata Motors Finance Ltd and Piramal Enterprises Ltd, have voluntarily surrendered their registration certificates to Reserve Bank of India (RBI). At the same time, the central bank has cancelled the registrations of seven NBFCs....

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Moneylife Digital Team 10 February 2026
The directorate of enforcement (ED) is set to issue fresh summons to Tina Ambani, wife of Reliance Anil Dhirubhai Ambani group (ADAG) chairman Anil Ambani, after she failed to appear before the agency for questioning in a money laundering case earlier this week.   Ms Ambani was asked to...

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Moneylife Digital Team 10 February 2026
Adani Enterprises has disclosed that it has received a formal information request from the US office of foreign assets control (OFAC), the US treasury’s sanctions enforcement arm, as part of a civil investigation linked to transactions that may have involved Iran-sanctioned entities.   In a...

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Moneylife Digital Team 10 February 2026
Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has imposed a penalty of ₹15 lakh on Mumbai-based Bharat Cooperative Bank Ltd for non-compliance with certain directions issued by RBI on interest rates on deposits.   The statutory inspection of Bharat Cooperative Bank found that the lender failed to pay interest...

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