KKR announced definitive agreements on 6 August 2026 to acquire Medicover India, the Indian hospital operations of Swedish healthcare and diagnostic services provider Medicover AB. The transaction is...
The Andhra Pradesh government has set an investment target of up to ₹9.5 lakh crore for the Visakhapatnam Economic Region (VER). The plan covers eight districts and spans...
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced on 5 August 2026 that it will resume issuing fresh licences for Urban Cooperative Banks (UCBs) after a pause of more...
The Government of India operationalised rules for inventory-based cross-border e-commerce exports on 5 August 2026 through the Directorate General of Foreign Trade (DGFT) under the Ministry of Commerce...
The Ministry of Coal auctioned six coal blocks on 4 August 2026 under the 15th round and a supplementary phase of the 13th round of commercial coal mine...
The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) held its bi-monthly meeting from 3 August 2026 to 5 August 2026. On 5 August 2026, RBI Governor...
The Union Ministry of Finance proposed amendments to the Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007, on 3 August 2026 to reintroduce Merchant Discount Rate on select digital payment...
India’s installed power generation capacity is projected to reach 874 GW by 2031-32. As of 30 June 2026, the total installed capacity stood at 548,858 MW, or about...
L&T Energy Hydrocarbon Offshore secured an ultra-mega offshore contract from ADNOC Offshore on 4 August 2026. The contract value is over ₹15,000 crore and covers engineering, procurement, construction,...
India achieved near-universal banking coverage of inhabited villages by 3 August 2026, with 99.92% of inhabited villages served by a banking outlet within a 5-km radius. The coverage...
OPEC+ approved a production increase of 188,000 barrels per day for September 2026 during a virtual meeting on 2 August 2026. The decision involved seven core members: Saudi...
The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) has amended the rules on transfer of shares and ownership changes in insurers under the IRDAI (Registration, Capital Structure,...
