Month: March 2026

Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) Tuhin Kanta Pandey. File | Photo Credit: PTI The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) is pushing banks and…

For representative purposes | Photo Credit: Getty Images What is the meaning and origin of the expression ‘to barge in on’? (S. Jambunathan, Coorg) When you ‘barge in on someone’,…

Image used for representational purposes. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Oil prices rose sharply on Monday (March 2, 2026) as U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran and retaliatory strikes against…

The 2026-27 Union budget announced a ‘Coconut Promotion Scheme’ with the primary aim of improving productivity by rejuvenating old, non-productive gardens with high yielding coconut varieties and establishing new plantations…

Artificial intelligence (AI) models like ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini often give the impression that there’s a mind at work within the machine. These days they “think” in response to queries,…

Arsenal’s Jurrien Timber, third left, scores during the Premier League soccer match between Chelsea Arsenal in London Sunday, March 1, 2026 | Photo Credit: ALASTAIR GRANT Arsenal kept their Premier…

Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan Yadav releases a gharial into the Kuno river in the Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh. | Photo Credit: PTI Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Mohan…

Previously in this column, we discussed the importance of rebalancing of goal-based portfolios. In this article, we lay out two scenarios that require rebalancing and briefly recap the rules for…

Interception attempts are made by Israel as missiles are launched from Iran, following Israeli and U.S. strikes on Iran, in Jerusalem March 1, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters Israeli strikes…

Protesters gesture, as Hezbollah supporters rally in solidarity with Iran, after U.S. and Israeli strikes killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in Beirut, Lebanon, on March 1, 2026. |…