India’s summer heat started early in 2026, and March already gave a warning of what the next few months could look like. The India Meteorological Department said in late February that the country should expect a hotter-than-normal summer, with more heatwave days between March and May. That forecast was not empty. By March 11–13, IMD … Read more
Chickenpox cases are rising faster this summer in Tamil Nadu, and the numbers are already above last year’s pace. From January to March 2026, the state reported 1,320 cases, with Chennai alone accounting for 476. Madurai followed with 96 cases and Tirupathur with 50. Reports also said the state had recorded only around 1,000 cases … Read more
Indian families usually prepare for summer by thinking about heat, dehydration, and electricity bills. That is incomplete thinking. Summer also brings a predictable rise in water-borne and food-borne disease risk, especially diarrhoea, typhoid, jaundice linked to hepatitis A, and seasonal infections like chickenpox. In Mysuru district this week, health authorities launched a prevention drive specifically … Read more
Rajasthan’s supplementary exam issue for Classes 9 and 11 is not some minor administrative delay. It is a timing problem built into the academic calendar itself. Government school teachers have objected because annual results were declared on March 25, 2026, the new academic session begins on April 1, 2026, but supplementary exams are still listed … Read more
Indian retail investors usually do not lose money because they lacked information. They lose because they react badly to volatility. On March 30, 2026, the Nifty 50 fell about 1.2% and the Sensex about 1.28%, with both benchmarks down roughly 10.5% for March, their worst monthly performance since March 2020. Foreign investors also pulled out … Read more
This matters because it is not just another company saying it likes AI. On March 30, 2026, The Economic Times reported that Bajaj Finserv plans to launch a private equity fund dedicated only to AI investments while also making direct investments in early-stage AI startups from its own balance sheet. Sanjiv Bajaj said the group … Read more
When a UPI payment fails after your bank account is debited, the first thing to understand is this: a failed transaction is not automatically a lost transaction. RBI defines a failed transaction as one that was not fully completed for reasons not attributable to the customer, such as communication failure, time-out, or the beneficiary not … Read more
UPI is huge, but scale does not erase failure. Official government data released in March 2026 said UPI handled about 21.7 billion transactions worth ₹28.33 lakh crore in January 2026. That size is exactly why failed payments matter so much now. Even a small failure rate creates a large number of broken transactions, delayed refunds, … Read more
For years, menopause in India was treated like a private inconvenience rather than a real health phase. Women were expected to manage hot flashes, sleep issues, mood shifts, body changes, and brain fog quietly, while everyone around them pretended nothing important was happening. That silence is getting harder to maintain now, not because India suddenly … Read more
India’s beauty boom is not just about people buying more lipstick and serum. That is the shallow version of the story. The real shift is that beauty in India is turning into a bigger consumer category powered by digital discovery, premiumisation, younger buyers, and a more confident local brand ecosystem. The market data backs that … Read more