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Daily analysis of Indian market events grounded in real corporate filings. Every claim is backed by what companies actually said in their annual reports and quarterly results.


Deep Dive 25 September 2026

IRDAI Wants Credit-Life Commissions Cut From 28% to 2% — Filings Show One Lender Books 12% of Its Pre-Tax Profit There

The market sold insurers and PB Fintech on IRDAI's distribution paper. But the draft's harshest cuts target loan-attached cover, and filings show Capri Global, CreditAccess Grameen and Fusion Finance built real profit on exactly that.

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Deep Dive 18 September 2026

Delhi Wants Digital Gold Backed by Real Metal — Filings Show One Jeweller Holds More Customer Gold Money Than Its Entire Net Worth

The finance ministry wants every digital gold unit backed by verified physical metal under RBI-SEBI oversight. Filings show the larger unregulated pool of retail gold prepayments sits on listed jewellers balance sheets: Thangamayil holds Rs 1,421 crore of customer scheme advances against Rs 1,416 crore of net worth.

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Deep Dive 17 September 2026

NSE's IPO Hands Four PSU Sellers a One-Time Profit Jolt — For New India Assurance, It's Bigger Than All of FY26

NSE's ₹22,569 cr IPO is a pure OFS. The RHP shows SBI, BoB, GIC Re and New India sold shares costing ₹0.32–5.26. Filings show how much Q2 FY27 profit that one-off will distort.

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Deep Dive 16 September 2026

UPI Finally Gets a Price Tag — But Only Above ₹2,000. One Bank's Own Filings Put Its Average Merchant Ticket at ₹193

NPCI's 0.4% UPI MDR starts at ₹2,000 from 15 Oct. Filings from Fino, Zaggle, CCAvenue, Paytm, MobiKwik and NPST show why average ticket size, not volume, decides who gets paid.

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Impact Analysis 15 September 2026

US Locks In 100%-Plus Solar Duties on India — Filings Show the Companies Named in the Ruling Barely Ship There Anymore

US finalised a 123% anti-dumping duty on Indian solar. Filings show Premier and Adani barely export to the US; the real risk sits in Waaree's and Vikram's order books.

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Deep Dive 14 September 2026

RBI Closes Tata Sons' Exit From Listing — Filings Show Two Group Companies Value the Same Tata Sons Share 2.3x Apart

RBI rejected Tata Sons' bid to stay unlisted. Filings show Tata Power and Tata Motors PV carry the same Tata Sons share 2.3x apart, and why EPS won't jump.

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Deep Dive 11 September 2026

India's New E-Commerce Rules Put "Sponsored" Under the Spotlight — Filings Show Ads Are the Quiet Profit Engine at Listed Platforms

The amended Consumer Protection (E-Commerce) Rules, effective Jan 2027, target sponsored listings, search manipulation, fake discounts and dark patterns. Filings show ads are the highest-margin line at Meesho, Swiggy, Blinkit and Nykaa — and none break it out.

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Deep Dive 10 September 2026

The UK Just Accepted India's Carbon Price. The Filings Say the Real CBAM Trade Is Electrodes, Not Exports

The UK added India's CCTS to its CBAM relief list. Filings from HEG, Graphite India, Vardhman Special Steels, Jindal Stainless, Hindalco and Tata Steel show the bigger effect is Europe's forced shift to electric arc furnaces.

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Deep Dive 9 September 2026

Copper's Record High Meets a New Entrant Wave — the Filings Show Which Cable Makers Are Actually Insulated

Copper at a record high plus UltraTech Ultravolt entry hit cable stocks as a group. Filings show retail house-wire players eat the cost while institutional and EHV books have contractual pass-through — and one supplier wins either way.

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Deep Dive 8 September 2026

Petrol Dethroned in August Auto Sales — Five Stocks Quietly Winning the Fuel-Mix Revolution

Alternative fuels overtook petrol in India's record August auto sales. From CNG gas distributors posting record volumes to battery cell manufacturers ramping up, here are the companies whose filings show they're ready for the shift.

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Sector Insight 7 September 2026

India Emerges as Europe's Diesel Lifeline — Six Refinery Stocks With Filing-Backed Tailwinds

As Russian and US diesel flows to Europe falter amid the Middle East conflict, Indian refiners are running above capacity and routing product to deficit markets. Here are six stocks positioned to benefit.

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Deep Dive 2 September 2026

Sun Pharma Signed an MFN Drug Deal With the US — Here's Who Else Gets Hit, and Who Quietly Wins

Sun Pharma agreed to Most Favoured Nation pricing in the US to delay tariffs. We dig into filings to find which Indian pharma companies face margin pressure — and which CDMOs stand to gain.

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Policy Impact 1 September 2026

India-US Trade Deal Enters Final Stretch — 6 Stocks Already Feeling the Impact

As Commerce Ministry meets exporters ahead of Goyal-Greer talks, company filings reveal which stocks have been hurt by tariffs and stand to gain from a deal.

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Deep Dive 31 August 2026

US Eyes 7.5% China Tariff Cut — Six Indian Exporters Whose Filing-Backed Advantage Could Vanish

The US is considering slashing China tariffs to 7.5% ahead of the September 24 Xi-Trump summit. India locked in an 18% rate in its own trade deal. We dug through filings to find the companies that explicitly cite their tariff edge over China — and now face the biggest risk.

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Impact Analysis 27 August 2026

H-1B Crackdown and Visa Pause: Which Indian IT Stocks Are Actually Exposed?

The US announced tighter H-1B rules and paused immigrant visas, tanking IT stocks. But filings reveal a sharp divide: large-caps have quietly insulated themselves while smaller companies face real margin pain.

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