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Ashish Chauhan: The man who steadied India’s financial markets

Chauhan, an IIT Bombay and IIM Calcutta alumni, who was recently conferred the Forbes magazine’s Editor’s Choice Lifetime Award, steered the National Stock Exchange (NSE), which he helms amid the recent meltdown, urging investors to stay focused on long-term wealth creation, while highlighting India’s strong macroeconomic buffers.

Piggybacking on Armenia and West deals, India’s arms exports rocket upwards

India has emerged as among the 25 largest exporters of arms in thew world by selling some USD 4.11 billion or Rs 38,424 crore worth of defence equipment in 2025-26, with much of it going to Armenia which imported about USD 2 billion worth of Akash-1S Surface-to-Air Missile systems, Pinaka Multi-Barrel Rocket Launchers and Swathi weapon-locating radars and ATAGS howitzers.