Vatsal Shah

EQUITIES FOR EARNING
COMMODITIES FOR SAVING
CURRENCY FOR SPENDING

[Israel Force @IsraelSpoofX]

🚨 BREAKING:

🇺🇸 Trump: "We will freeze Iran's bank accounts worldwide."

🇮🇷 Tehran: "We converted all our reserves into Bitcoin and real gold years ago.
Your paper money holds no value here."

That was a powerful and stinging reply.

[Footballzone @Footballxone]

The man stayed to support his wife's country….this is real love ❤️

[RedboxGlobal India @REDBOXINDIA]

PM MODI TO FLAG OFF INDIA’S FIRST HYDROGEN‑POWERED TRAIN IN HARYANA ON JULY 17

[RedboxGlobal India @REDBOXINDIA]

JIO FINANCIAL SERVICES Q1 NET PROFIT JUMPS 156% TO ₹830 CRORE, TOTAL INCOME SURGES 141%

[India Plus @india_plus_]

🚨 LPG cylinders can now be ordered through Swiggy Instamart as HPCL launches on demand doorstep delivery in a pilot rollout.

Follow @india_plus_

[India Plus @india_plus_]

🚨 India is evaluating regulated private sector access to the thorium supply chain by opening monazite exploration.

India holds the world's largest known thorium reserves

The country holds about 8.5 lakh tonnes of thorium and 1.19 crore tonnes of monazite reserves.

[Indian Tech & Infra @IndianTechGuide]

🚨 India's trade with China hit a record high in H1 2026.

Merchandise Imports -

Jan-Jun 2025: $65.2 billion
Jan-Jun 2026: $79.41 billion

Merchandise Exports -

Jan–Jun 2025: $8.97 billion
Jan–Jun 2026: $12.31 billion

[RedboxGlobal India @REDBOXINDIA]

CRISIL WARNS INDIA’S NON‑SOVEREIGN DEBT COULD RISE TO 150% OF GDP BY 2047

[Indian Tech & Infra @IndianTechGuide]

🚨 Tata Group proposes to invest over $1 billion to establish a major shipbuilding facility in Kerala.

[India Plus @india_plus_]

"India not having a parmanent seat on the security council, despite being the most populous country on Earth is absurd"

- Elon Musk

[India Plus @india_plus_]

🚨 Naveen Jindal Group is evaluating 18 GW of nuclear power projects across 9 states.

[The Analyzer (News Updates🗞️) @Indian_Analyzer]

🚨 BIG! Govt tightens ISRO exit rules after scientist exodus

Centre has tightened Resignation rules after around 120 ISRO scientists QUIT over the past year, many of them associated with Gaganyaan and other flagship missions.

The changes:

— Resignations from Group A scientists on critical missions may no longer be accepted routinely
— Final approval will now rest with the Department of Space headquarters
— The move follows concerns that the resignations have "severely" affected projects of national importance

The new policy aims to prevent disruption to India's most critical space programmes.

[Jack Prandelli @jackprandelli]

The entire oil and gas industry in 3 words.

Upstream finds and produces it.
Midstream moves and stores it.
Downstream refines and sells it.

Every headline this month, Hormuz, refineries, tankers, storage, fits into 1 of these 3 buckets.

Save this for the next time someone asks what you actually cover.

[Beats in Brief 🗞️ @beatsinbrief]

🚨 JUST IN: 🇮🇳 India waives import duty on machinery used for lithium-ion battery cell manufacturing until March 2029, expanding duty-free equipment to 85 categories to boost domestic production.

[Bharat Tech & Infra @BharatTechIND]

🚨 Japan's Mitsubishi Chemical Explores Semiconductor Investment in West Bengal, Reviews Durgapur and Panagarh for Chip Manufacturing Project.

[The Analyzer (News Updates🗞️) @Indian_Analyzer]

🚨 FRESH SETBACK FOR URANIUM MINING

Meghalaya has once again said "NO" to any exploration🤯

It holds India’s third-largest discovered uranium reserves.

[Normal Guy @Normal_2610]

As the world's second-largest container shipping company, Maersk moves roughly one in every five ocean containers across the planet and operates in more than 130 countries with around 100,000 employees.

When a company of this scale shifts its supply chain architecture, Yu Just have to feel India Importance. 1 in 5 ocean containers moved by Maersk globally

[Normal Guy @Normal_2610]

Every year millions of Indians pay life insurance premiums thinking they are protecting their families

That money, because policies run 20 to 40 years, gets invested in long dated government bonds, which is how the government funds roads, railways, hospitals, and defense. Life insurers collectively hold about 25% of all central government dated securities, roughly Rs 28 lakh crore.

This share stayed stable even as total government debt grew 40% in three years. Insurers kept buying at the same pace government kept borrowing. No other buyer class is this reliable.

LIC alone holds 19% of all central government dated securities, more than RBI itself at 12.3%. Its March 2025 filing shows 63% of its non-linked policyholder money sits in sovereign bonds.

Total assets are Rs 54.5 lakh crore, roughly $570 billion. IRDAI tags it as Domestic Systemically Important Insurer because its distress would directly hurt government ability to borrow. Banks get this level of policy attention routinely.

Insurance holds nearly as much government debt but gets framed as a household protection topic, not a sovereign finance topic.

Life insurance penetration in India dropped from 3.2% of GDP at its 2022 peak to 2.7% in FY25, falling three years in a row. Three regulatory changes between 2023 and 2024 hit at once.

Commission structures for agents were changed, high value policies got new taxes, and product repricing was made mandatory. Each was defensible on its own. Together they slowed new premium collection.

Less premium means less money flowing into government bonds. Government borrows Rs 14.82 lakh crore per year. Its most patient buyer is shrinking.

Plus there are others Reasons too :) I didn't know LIC hold this much ....

[Gold Telegraph ⚡ @GoldTelegraph_]

BREAKING NEWS

INDIA'S RESTRICTIONS ON SILVER IMPORTS ​HAVE CREATED SHORTAGES IN THE WORLD'S BIGGEST MARKET

Well…

[Megh Updates 🚨™ @MeghUpdates]

🚨 BIG! India is steadily REDUCING its DEPENDENCE on the US dollar by expanding trade in national currencies with KEY partners like Russia, UAE, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, Maldives and Japan.

🇷🇺 Russia: Rupee-Ruble trade
🇦🇪 UAE: Rupee-Dirham settlement
🇮🇩 Indonesia: Rupee-Rupiah trade
🇱🇰 Sri Lanka: Rupee-based SRVA trade
🇲🇻 Maldives: Local Currency Settlement System
🇯🇵 Japan: Direct Yen-Rupee settlement under discussion

Since 2022, the RBI has approved 156 Special Rupee Vostro Accounts (SRVAs) across 30 countries 🔥