🕒 Updated: Oct 13, 2025 • 12:30 PM IST
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Global
🇺🇸–🇨🇳 Trade tensions resurface at IMF–World Bank meetings
⚠️ Fresh tariff threats and sharper rhetoric have unsettled global markets, creating new concerns for growth and trade stability.
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India
📈 IPO pipeline swells with multi-billion-dollar listings
💰 October is shaping up to be a blockbuster month for IPOs, with major companies entering the market and strong investor appetite.
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Macro
🌦️ Growth holds up, but “cracks” begin to show
📉 Analysts warn of slowing momentum as high interest rates and global uncertainties test economic resilience.
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Energy
🛢️ ONGC plans cost cuts amid lower crude prices
💼 India’s oil giant is preparing for $60 crude scenarios and targeting ₹5,000 crore in cost savings by FY27 to protect margins.
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Manufacturing
🏭 Auto supplier to invest big in India expansion
🇫🇷 A global auto components maker will invest $300 million to set up 5 new plants and a tech hub in India.
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Trade
📱 India’s iPhone exports hit record highs
🚀 iPhone shipments from India reach over $10 billion in the first half of FY25, marking a 75% surge year-on-year.
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Jobs
🤖 “Silent layoffs” rise in Indian tech firms
🧑💻 Instead of formal dismissals, companies are quietly cutting roles through internal reshuffling and reduced communication.
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Outlook
🌟 India to drive one-fifth of global GDP growth
💪 Strong domestic demand and resilient policy measures are expected to keep India a top contributor to global growth in the coming years.
