The Securities and Exchange Board of India successfully stopped a remote code execution attack on its SMARTs portal on October 26. Officials confirmed no personal data was stolen, though the incident highlights the rising frequency of cy...
The IBBI has introduced new rules allowing banks and creditors to resolve individual housing projects separately, rather than bankrupting the entire developer. This change aims to protect over 100,000 homebuyers and speed up construction...
The Nifty 50 index rose 1.9% in October 2026, driven by a sharp recovery in IT stocks and the high-profile listing of Jio Platforms. However, the broader market faced significant selling pressure, with small and mid-cap indices ending th...
Promoter entity Sagility B V sold a 12% stake in Sagility on October 30 for ₹2,395 crore. While institutional buyers acquired a portion of the shares, the stock fell 5.78% as the market digested the massive supply. Investors are now obse...
In October, foreign portfolio investors pulled ₹38,513 crore from secondary Indian equities but invested ₹12,902 crore into primary market offerings, hitting a 15-month high. Domestic institutional investors provided a vital buffer again...
The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India has released a guidance note to standardize audits for multi-state cooperative societies. Aligned with the new Multi-State Co-operative Societies (Auditor's Report) Order, 2026, the move sh...
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India has released draft guidelines making service providers directly accountable for the performance of all AI systems. This move requires mandatory risk classification and board-level oversight, whic...
The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology is finalizing appointments for the Data Protection Board of India to comply with a recent court directive. This regulatory body will oversee data privacy and enforce penalties. Inves...
The Central Consumer Protection Authority has imposed a penalty of Rs 10 lakh on Just Dial for allowing the listing of ammonium nitrate, an explosive material, on its platform. Regulators identified significant gaps in vendor verificatio...
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) will relax KYC rules for foreign portfolio investors starting December 1, 2026, to reduce compliance friction. In a separate action, the regulator has imposed a ₹1 crore penalty on Centra...
Starting December 1, 2026, SEBI will extend the KYC review period for Foreign Portfolio Investors (FPIs) to as long as eight years for low-risk entities. This change simplifies operations and reduces administrative paperwork for global i...