A week of sweeping political shifts, regulatory resets and sharp market moves has kept India’s news cycle in overdrive. In Bihar, the 2025 Assembly elections produced a mandate of historic proportions, with the NDA - powered by Nitish Kumar - storming towards near-total dominance and pushing the Mahagathbandhan to the margins. Tejashwi Yadav’s high-voltage campaign once again failed to translate into electoral gains, underscoring a widening gap between ground reality and opposition messaging.

At the policy front, the government notified long-awaited DPDP rules, kicking off an 18-month roadmap for India’s revamped data protection regime.

Markets, meanwhile, delivered their strongest weekly gain in five months, led by defence and IT stocks, even as global and crypto cues turned volatile.

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