India’s banking system is entering 2026 on its strongest footing yet.

Moody’s keeps a stable outlook, backed by strong GDP growth (6.4% in FY27), resilient asset quality, and robust capital buffers.

Loan growth is set to rise to 11–13% in FY27, NPLs to stay low at 2–2.5%, and NIMs may improve as deposit costs cool.

Banks remain well‑capitalised with liquidity staying stable despite deposit competition. #Economy

First Double Super Over Match in T20WC played between South Africa and Afghanistan.
#Sports #DYK

Madhya Pradesh cabinet decided to make Unmarried Daughters, along with Widows & Divorced Women, eligible for Family Pension. #Policy

This is not just freebies, this is a very sinister move to destroy social fabric.

The govt is literally incentivising women to not marry and divorce husbands.

So called hindutva govt is destroying concept of marriage and reducing birth rates.

IOC and HPCL start buying Venezuelan #oil 🇮🇳🛢️🇻🇪

India's Critical Energy Transition Minerals (CETM) supply chain vulnerability, captured in one graph. #nationalsecurity

Union Minister Hardeep Singh Puri comes clean on his connections with Epstein -

Congress leader Supriya Shrinate raised in an email - 'who introduced Hardeep Puri, I presume to Epstein...' These facts are known in the public domain. Three million emails have been released. I was in New York for 8 years, from May 2009, when I joined as India's Ambassador to the UN. In 2017, I became Minister. There are references to possibly three or four meetings in 8 years... I decided to tell Yuva Neta, Rahul Gandhi, and in the note to him, I told him that after I retired as India's Ambassador to the UN, a few months later, I was invited to join the International Peace Institute. I was not part of the IPI per se...As part of the delegation of the IPI or the ICM, I met Mr Epstein on a few occasions. The ICM was dealing with international issues, and Mr Epstein was not part of it.

https://x.com/i/status/2021541564456288582

After Tiger Global ruling, Income Tax dept sends notices to foreign VCs, PE funds

This can’t happen without approvals from the top. Message is clear- Govt is forcing a soft exit of foreign capital. And trying to maximize tax gains as they leave.

#Policy https://share.google/kfX9pB1DI0kxB07FY

JUST IN - U.S. is concerned about China's expanding presence in South Asia and is planning to offer Bangladesh’s next government U.S. and allied defense systems as alternatives to Chinese hardware, Washington's ambassador to Dhaka told Reuters 🇺🇸🤝🇧🇩 #Geopolitics

🇷🇺🇮🇳🇺🇸 India has not informed Russia of any plans to reduce its oil purchases, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said.

No one except Trump has claimed that India is refusing to buy Russian oil, Sergey Lavrov said.

There are no grounds to believe that agreements between Moscow and New Delhi are at any risk, the Russian foreign minister stressed.

#Oil #Geopolitics

"Our forces and energy security have been sold out” : Rahul Gandhi in Lok Sabha

Bengaluru: GPS mapping+drone imagery+digitised records exposing ₹370 crore in property tax evasion across 10,000 properties

Scale this tech-led verification and enforcement. Urban finances can improve despite state govt hardly devolving funds #Policy #Reforms #Drones #Tech

IISc researchers have now uncovered the missing physics behind GaN gate behaviour & engineered a new gate stack that dramatically reduces leakage and raises threshold voltage. This can make GaN devices safer & more robust for high-power applications.

#Research
https://iisc.ac.in/events/redefining-gan-power-devices-for-adoption-in-evs-and-data-centres/

India's trade surplus with US may cross USD 90 billion within a year after India-US deal: SBI Report #Trade

https://t.co/aaIRQuUqbY

DMRC to expend total length of Magenta Line to 89 KMs making it the longest corridor in the Delhi Metro network. The Line will run from Botanical Garden to Inderlok

#Metro #Infra

Italian daily Corriere della Sera reports AI171 Ahmedabad plane crash was not triggered by a mechanical failure but by deliberate action. US experts assisting in the probe have described the findings as “a breakthrough”.

Won't be surprised if DGCA publishes the same report one day. Anything to protect the corporations. 🙂 #Aviation

Special arrangements by Delhi Metro for India's ICC T20 World Cup 2026 Match

Delhi Metro is extending Train services late into the night to facilitate the spectators attending the T20 cricket match on 12th February 2026 at Arun Jaitley Stadium.

#Metro #Sports

Odisha to Convert all State Highways into Four-lane roads.

#Infra

Researchers find 2,000-year-old Tamil-Brahmi inscriptions on the tombs of Egyptian kings #History #Archaeology

https://t.co/6yf1TGPJCr