Economy / Market Snapshot – November 2025

General News

• Bihar Legislative Assembly elections concluded with a historic highest ever voter turnout of 66.91%.
• NDA bags 202 in record win, BJP emerges as single largest party, wins 89 seats of the 101 it contested.
• Nitish Kumar takes oath as Bihar CM for record 10th time, 21 MLAs take oath as ministers.
• Government holds all-party meet ahead of Parliament Winter Session, 14 bills on cards.
• EC launches second phase of Special Intensive Revision across 9 States and 3 UTs.
• Samvidhan Diwas: President releases digital version of Constitution in 9 languages.
• Rajnath Singh holds talks with defence ministers of New Zealand, South Korea, and Vietnam.
• Navy Chief Tripathi, top US commanders hold Indo-Pacific-focused talks.
• US clears sale of $93-million worth Javelin missiles; Excalibur artillery rounds to India.
• Jitendra Singh launches first indigenous Pilot trainer Aircraft ‘Hansa-3 NG“.
• Indian delegation visits Israeli defence firms to boost cooperation, promote Atmanirbhar Bharat.
• India-US diplomats hold talks to strengthen strategic partnership.
• Sky-high action as Tejas and Suryakiran light up Dubai Airshow 2025 with stunning aerial power.
• India records highest-ever defence production of ₹1.54 lakh crore in 2024-25.
• Jaishankar meets Vladimir Putin in Moscow as India-Russia prepare for key annual summit.
• India, Germany reaffirm commitment to boost defence and military cooperation.
• Jaishankar meets Afghan Trade Minister Azizi to review cooperation.
• President Murmu embarks on first-ever state visit to Angola and Botswana to strengthen India-Africa ties.
• PM Modi proposes six new initiatives at G20 Leaders’ Summit in Johannesburg.
• Jaishankar holds talks with global counterparts at G7 Foreign Ministers’ meet.
• PM Modi inaugurates new Chhattisgarh Assembly Building, unveils statue of Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
• India launches heaviest military communication satellite CMS-03 from Sriharikota.
• Justice Surya Kant takes oath as 53rd Chief Justice of India.
• Supreme Court orders removal of stray dogs from schools, hospitals, other public institutions.
• UIDAI unveils Aadhaar Vision 2032 framework to strengthen future-proof digital identity.
• Union Health Ministry sets three Guinness World Records under women’s health campaign.
• Powerful car blast near Red Fort in Delhi kills 15 people and injures several others; 7 arrests made so far.
• Kerala declared free from extreme poverty, first State to do so.
• Khangchendzonga National Park rated “Good” by IUCN, only Indian site with positive status.
• UIDAI deactivates 20 million Aadhaar numbers of deceased individuals.
• IIT Delhi leads Indian Universities in QS World Rankings 2026; India features 54 institutions.
• Lucknow added to Creative Cities list of UNESCO for rich and diverse culinary heritage.
• US approves first military sale to Taiwan since Donald Trump’s return.
• US, Saudi Arabia sign agreements on civil nuclear energy, sale of cutting-edge US F-35 warplanes.
• President Trump announces permanent pause on migration from all Third World Countries.
• Zohran Mamdani elected mayor of New York on winning night for Democrats.
• Former US House speaker Pelosi announces retirement after nearly 40 years.
• Sergio Gor sworn in as US Ambassador to India.
• BBC apologises to Trump over misleading edit in Panorama episode.
• UN approves the Trump administration’s plan for the future of Gaza.
• Ukraine signs deal with France to buy 100 Rafale jets, drones and air-defence systems.
• World leaders approve COP30 Climate Agreement, urge accelerated global action.
• U.S., China held maritime security talks in Hawaii.
• South Korea hosts China’s Xi Jinping for first time since 2014.
• Taiwan announces special budget of $40 billion for arms purchases to bolster defence.
• Torkham border between Afghanistan, Pakistan reopened.
• Pakistan’s President signs 27th Amendment into law; bill grants lifetime immunity to current Army Chief.
• Ousted Bangladesh PM Sheikh Hasina sentenced to death for student crackdown that killed 1,400.
• Former President Jair Bolsonaro taken into preventive custody in Brasilia.
• Thailand suspends US-brokered peace agreement with Cambodia after border landmine blast.
• 6.6 magnitude quake hits Indonesia’s Sumatra island amid floods, landslides.
• Cyclone Ditwah brings worst flooding in decades to Sri Lanka, killing hundreds.
• India wins first-ever ICC Women’s ODI World Cup, defeats South Africa by 52 runs.
• ICC names Mandhana, Rodrigues, and Deepti in Women’s World Cup Team of the Tournament.
• India clinch 5 match T20I series against Australia 2-1.
• India win cricket’s first blind women’s T20 World Cup.
• ICC announces schedule for ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2026; India vs Pakistan on Feb15 in Colombo.
• WPL Auction 2026: Deepti Sharma stuns as top signing at ₹3.20 crore.
• Du Plessis opts out of IPL 2026 for Pakistan Super League.
• Legends honoured, history unveiled as Indian Hockey celebrated 100 glorious years.
• Lakshya Sen wins Australian Open title with dominant win over Japan’s Yushi Tanaka.
• Rohan Bopanna announces retirement from professional tennis spanning over two decades.
• Los Angeles 28 unveils detailed Olympic competition schedule including medal events.

Business News

• Government approves ₹25,060-crore export promotion mission to aid Indian exporters.
• Cabinet approves new royalty rates for critical minerals graphite, caesium, rubidium and zirconium.
• Govt approves 17 projects under electronics component PLI scheme worth ₹7,172 crore.
• PM Modi releases ₹18,000 crore to nearly 9 crore farmers across country.
• Finance Ministry approves ₹8,300 crore for coastal highway project in Odisha.
• Central government implements four new labour codes, rationalising 29 existing labour laws.
• Cabinet clears ₹7,280 crore rare earth magnet manufacturing scheme.
• World Bank approves $776 million for Punjab, Maharashtra to boost education and farmer incomes.
• PM Modi launches ₹1 lakh crore Research Development and Innovation Fund.
• Amit Shah launches digital apps for urban co-op banks, sets target of one UCB per town.
• Piyush Goyal meets Israeli PM Netanyahu as India-Israel FTA talks gain momentum.
• India, Bahrain enable real-time cross-border payments through NPCI-BENEFIT partnership.
• NSDL unveils new digital platform for foreign investors in India.
• RBI, European Central Bank agree to start realisation phase for UPI–TIPS link.
• MTR Foods owner – Orkla India, Lenskart, Tata Motors, Groww, Pine Labs , Physicswallah among others to make their stock market debut.
• Kotak Mahindra Bank announces 5:1 stock split, first since 2010.
• Mahindra & Mahindra, Manulife join hands for ₹7,200 crore life insurance venture.
• India, Israel sign Terms of Reference to initiate negotiations for Free Trade Agreement.
• US Senate passes Bipartisan Bill to end historic 40-day government shutdown.
• Afghanistan boosts trade with Iran, Central Asia to reduce dependence on Pakistan.
• UAE makes Digital Dirham official legal tender.
• Saudi Arabia, Iraq allocate full term crude volumes to Indian refiners in December.
• Chevron, Phillips 66, Total win India’s first US LPG import tender.
• India signs one-year deal to import 2.2 million tonnes of LPG from the US.
• Abu Dhabi hosts oil summit as OPEC+ halts production hikes planned for first quarter of 2026.
• Karnataka unveils KEO, billed as India’s most affordable AI-ready personal computer.
• TCS secures $1 billion investment from TPG to accelerate AI data center business HyperVault.
• PM Modi inaugurates Indian space startup Skyroot’s Infinity Campus, unveils Vikram-I rocket.
• BEL, France’s Safran ink pact to manufacture HAMMER precision-guided air-to-ground weapon in India.
• Paras Defence signs MRI magnet manufacturing pact with Inter-University Accelerator Centre (IUAC).
• HAL inks $1-billion deal with GE Aerospace for 113 jet engines to power Tejas fighters.
• Air India gets clearance for China flight operations.
• Qatar Airways sells entire Cathay Pacific stake for $897 million.
• Tampering with mobile IMEI non-bailable offence, attracts 3-yr imprisonment, ₹50 lakh penalty: DoT.
• Digital Personal Data Protection Act notified after two years, RTI Act amended.
• Vodafone Idea gets huge breather as SC permits full reassessment of AGR dues up to FY17.
• Maharashtra inks pact with Elon Musk’s Starlink to bring satellite internet to remote areas.
• AWS Open AI strike record $38 billion deal to build worlds largest AI infrastructure network.
• NVIDIA, Qualcomm Ventures join India Deep Tech Alliance.
• Reliance Industries inks MoU with Andhra Pradesh govt to set up 1 GW AI data centre.
• Adani Group to invest ₹1 trillion in Andhra, partners with Google for AI hub in Visakhapatnam.
• Google announces $40 billion investment in Texas to develop AI infra.
• India’s first single-use bioprocess scale-up facility inaugurated in Hyderabad.
• Adani Group announces foray into battery energy storage with India’s largest BESS project.
• Adani Group unveils massive ₹63,000 crore investment plan for Assam’s energy sector.
• UK unveils critical minerals strategy to cut reliance on foreign supply.
• Afghanistan offers idle mining sites to India; Assocham urges caution on geological challenges.
• China to suspend some rare earth curbs, probes on US chip companies.
• Japan to invest $300 million in Pakistan’s copper mine amid supply crunch.
• Tesla shareholders approve massive $1 trillion pay package for Elon Musk.
• Meta Platforms announce addition of 5 new Indian languages for creators.
• Messaging Apps like WhatsApp to work only with active SIM; DoT tightens cyber norms.
• China bans foreign AI chips from state-funded data centres.
• Pine Labs secures all three payment licences from the RBI.
• PayU gets RBI approval to operate as online, offline and cross-border payment aggregator.
• Paytm arm PPSL gets RBI approval to operate as payment aggregator.
• PhonePe partners with OpenAI to integrate AI features across its platform.
• Amazon takes low-cost e-commerce service Amazon Bazaar global.
• magicpin, Rapido partner to challenge Zomato-Swiggy’s food delivery duopoly.

Q2 Results

• SBI Q2 Profit up 6.4% at ₹21,504 crore, NII rises 3.3%
• Bank of Baroda Q2 Net profit falls 8% at ₹4,809 crore; asset quality improves.
• Tata Motors PV Q2 Net profit rises multi-fold to ₹76,170 crore on one-time gain.
• Tata Motors CV posts ₹867 crore loss in Q2, revenue rise 6% to ₹18,585 crore.
• Mahindra & Mahindra Q2 Net profit rises 18% to ₹4,521 crore on strong SUV sales.
• LIC Q2 profit rises 31% to ₹10,098 crore, premium income grows 5.5% to ₹1,26,930 crore.
• Bharti Airtel Q2 Cons profit soars 89% YoY to ₹6,792 crore, revenue rises 26%; ARPU at ₹256.
• Adani Ports Q2 Profit rises 27% to ₹3,109 crore, revenue jumps 30%.
• Adani Enterprises Q2 net profit rises 84% on one-time gain, to raise up to ₹25,000 crore via rights issue.
• Sun Pharma Q2 net profit rises 3% to ₹3,118 crore, revenue rises 9% to ₹13,264.22 crore.
• SpiceJet Q2 Cons loss widens to ₹621 crore YoY, revenue falls 13% to ₹915 crore.
• HAL Q2 profit rises 10% YoY to ₹1,669 crore, revenue from operations rose 11% YoY to ₹6,628.61 crore.
• Ola Electric Q2 net loss narrows to ₹418 crore YoY, revenue drops 43%.