| 02 August, 2026, 06:44 AM IST |

ET Prime special series: Bigger or Better ? FY13 to FY26. Not years, but evidence: Tata Power - Part 1

This company stopped being a coal-burning utility and became India’s largest private power distribution platform and one of its biggest renewable energy businesses. It doubled in size, and increased the share of clean power from a seventh to nearly a half. So did the business actually get better, or did it only get bigger while the country’s demand for power grew around it?

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Forget crude. The war just broke the market for the one gas nobody can make

When war hits the Gulf, the world watches two prices: Crude and LNG. This time, the same missiles broke a third market almost nobody tracks. Iranian strikes on Ras Laffan knocked out roughly a third of the world's supply of a gas that is not a fuel. Nobody burns it. It cannot be made in a factory. But it cools the machines that make advanced AI chips, and sends rockets up. Then China, quietly a re-export route for Russian supplies, imposed export controls of its own. Spot prices have roughly doubled. Who gets hurt first? Why is Europe more exposed than India? And what is the one card New Delhi still holds?

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Silver now needs a gate pass, not just a toll. Will it impact demand?

Twenty-two months after making silver cheaper to import, India made it harder. Imports fell to a three-year low in May, weeks after the effective duty went back up from 6% to 15%. Why did silver matter enough to act on? And what does it mean for anyone who buys, holds, or uses the metal?

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Energy

Who did India’s ethanol boom actually benefit?

The initial promise was cheaper petrol and lower oil imports. The balance sheets of the companies in the ethanol value chain tell a different story.

8 mins readBy Prashant Mukherjee

Cryptocurrency

Is Bitcoin finally becoming digital gold equivalent?

In the last one month, Bitcoin and gold have shown a correlation of 70%, the highest in recent memory.

6 mins readBy Pravin Palande

IPO/Secondary Market

As Cult.fit prepares for IPO, questions on balance sheet health weigh

11 mins readBy Prashant Mukherjee & N Sundaresha Subramanian

Health

From gym shelves to kitchens, India's whey protein boom hits price pinch

9 mins readBy Prashant Mukherjee, Sunny Verma & Pravin Palande

Disputes

“Shortchanged ahead of IPO”, ex-Juniper CEO seeks INR365-cr compensation

5 mins readBy N Sundaresha Subramanian

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