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21.02 / 03:25

markets Strategy Sustainability Enterprise reports Updates International UPL to list a second company housing its crop protection business

UPL Ltd plans to spin off and list its crop protection business as an independent entity, as part of a strategy to create the world's second-largest agrochemical firm. The Mumbai-headquartered company announced on Friday a three-step restructuring plan to consolidate its domestic and international pesticide units into a single global entity.This restructuring was undertaken in 2022 when the country’s largest agro-chemicals firm brought in private equity giants into three of its businesses.Under the three-step process, UPL Ltd will first merge its India crop protection subsidiary, UPL Sustainable Agri Solutions, with its parent.

21.02 / 03:25

COST Target security Strategy Analysis Food reports Climate Change and You: The true cost of ethanol blending

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Climate Change & You is a fortnightly newsletter written by Bibek Bhattacharya and Sayantan Bera. Subscribe to Mint’s newsletters to get them directly in your inbox. Dear reader, If you own a petrol vehicle, you must be aware by now that the fuel you use is a blend.

21.02 / 03:25

markets UPS Waves Boxing gatherings Updates Relationships The seatbelt sign is on as AI gathers speed

game-changing. Yet even the acceleration will reach a point we can’t predict as AI begins to build itself. It’s not surprising that underneath the excitement lies a frisson of anxiety as humans are forced to re-evaluate their own place in the modern world.

21.02 / 03:25

markets Digital Platform security Enterprise Trade reports These three AI stocks are down big from their 52-week highs. Are they worth a bet?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Nifty IT index has fallen sharply this month as AI disruption fears have hit investor confidence, erasing significant market value from tech majors. Broad sell-offs have been linked to developments in AI tools that could automate traditional IT services, triggering volatility across IT and tech-related stocks.

21.02 / 03:25

Trade President show country Department Courts International In charts: What tariff strike down could mean for US revenues and Indian exports

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. In what could prove to be a major relief for nearly every country in the world, the US Supreme Court has struck down a significant portion of US President Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariffs, opening the door for companies to seek refunds for over $100 billion in additional duties paid since the announcement of reciprocal tariffs on 2 April 2025.For India, this could mean that nearly 60% of the export basket, which was set to face 18% tariffs upon the conclusion of the interim trade deal with the US, reverts to the pre-Liberation Day rate of around 2.5%.

21.02 / 03:25

Provident Manufacturing Platform security Enterprise performer country Why Blackstone’s $1.2 billion bet on Neysa matters for India’s AI future

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. At the India AI Summit, a less discussed but foundational piece of the AI stack broke into the headlines. Mumbai-based AI infrastructure startup Neysa announced a $1.2 billion capital raise led by alternative asset manager Blackstone, among the largest funding rounds in the country’s AI infrastructure sector.

21.02 / 00:49

Digital Manufacturing Pride show country reports The week in charts: Slow export growth, AI summit, renewed CPI basket

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. From India’s uneven export growth despite a sharp rise in shipments to several countries to the country hosting the first artificial intelligence (AI) summit, new Consumer Price Index (CPI) basket resetting the inflation measurement, merchants reporting higher sales due to the digital payment system, and a gauge of national pride sentiment—here’s a compilation of this week’s news in numbers. India’s exports rose 0.6% year-on-year to $36.6 billion in January 2026, the latest trade figures released on Monday showed.

21.02 / 00:49

markets Booking Research Nikkei trends performer reports Pulse of the Street: Oil jitters cap gains; markets end the week flat

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India’s benchmark indices ended a turbulent week with modest gains on Friday, but sharp swings driven by global cues and a spike in crude oil prices kept investors on the edge. The Nifty 50 closed at 25,571.25, while the BSE Sensex settled at 82,814.70, both rising around 0.4% on Friday.

20.02 / 23:39

markets Software Enterprise Research Healthcare IBM rights ‘Pursuing three-year plan for India as top growth market for IBM’

New Delhi: Global tech giant IBM is sharply focusing on increasing its role in the Indian technology ecosystem, with a targeted three-year plan to offer generative AI-based services and integration especially for public services.In an interview with Mint, Ana Paula Assis, the company’s chairperson for Asia-Pacific, Middle-East and Africa, said IBM views India’s enterprise and public-sector use cases as large business opportunities.“The public sector is one of the biggest opportunities for deployment of AI. There’s no denying that AI is a transformational technology, but enterprises are so far not spending extensively on AI because they are still waiting and watching the technology.

20.02 / 17:03

Provident Manufacturing economy trends Trade track Updates India updates merchandise trade indices base year to FY23; new series may alter real export growth readings

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The ministry of commerce and industry has overhauled its merchandise trade indices, shifting the base year to FY2022-23 from FY2012-13. The move aims to revamp the tracking of price and volume trends, providing a more accurate snapshot of an economy driven by high-tech manufacturing and engineering.

20.02 / 15:51

markets UPS Updates Peak XV raises $1.3 billion to invest in India, APAC, other regions

₹62,000-76,000 crore, with Peak XV’s initial investment valued at roughly ₹17,300 crore in 2018, clocking a return of around 75x. Similarly, ahead of a planned public listing, Peak XV Partners sold part of its stake in Pine Labs through secondary transactions at a valuation of about $5 billion, clocking returns of up to roughly 39x.The company also has a strong exit pipeline, with firms like Razorpay, Turtlemint and Zetwerk expected to go public this year."Peak XV is a global fund with Indian ethos and it is solving for global opportunities, which is what makes them unique," said Kashyap Chanchani, co-founder and managing director, Rainmaker Group, a homegrown investment bank.On several VC funds being able to raise India-focused funds in the last 24 months, Chanchani said, "With newer themes emerging, the India opportunity is becoming bigger.

20.02 / 14:13

markets Citi IPO Provident Universities Updates International XED appoints money maker Evermore to address liquidity for a year after GIFT City listing

XED Executive Development, set to be the first company to list on the GIFT City exchanges after its upcoming IPO, has appointed a market maker for one year to address low liquidity on the exchanges.“We have appointed Evermore as our market maker and 5% of the issue has been set aside for market-making purposes,” Piyush Agarwal, chief executive officer of XED Executive Development, toldMint.XED, which provides leadership and management development programmes to senior professionals in over 25 countries, plans to raise $12 million through a dollar-based offering. It will be listed on the NSE International Exchange and the India International Exchange – in GIFT City – in the first week of March.As the first company to list on these exchanges, XED may initially face liquidity challenges.

20.02 / 10:09

markets UPS Target Sustainability Trade reports International Navin Fluorine rally rides on strong outlook, but valuations look stretched

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Navin Fluorine International Ltd’s stock has delivered almost 60% returns over the last one year. On 10 February, the shares hit an all-time high of ₹6,965 apiece and are now trading around 7% lower.

20.02 / 09:47

markets Digital Strategy Software Sustainability country Updates Germany's talent deficit pushes Siemens to make India a key global capability hub, says board member Judith Wiese

Judith Wiese, board member and chief people and sustainability officer at Siemens AG, cautioned that Germany will lose 15-20% of its workforce over the next decade due to demographics. And this is why India is “central” to Siemens' strategy of a capability hub.In an exclusive interaction with Mint, Wiese assuaged fears of AI-led layoffs, marked out workplace shifts since the pandemic and spoke on how data centres do guzzle energy, but that challenge needs to be dealt with responsibly.Some things have stayed since covid, particularly hybrid work. In India and China, more employees prefer working from the office.

20.02 / 09:47

markets COST Platform Food Research innovations testing Swiggy’s Snacc shutdown lays bare the brutal economics of ultra-fast food delivery

Bengaluru: Swiggy’s decision to shut down its standalone 10-minute food-delivery app Snacc underscores the steep financial hurdles of ultra-fast food fulfillment, a format that remains difficult to scale even with simplified operations. Industry executives told Mint that the move highlights the persistent struggle to build a viable business model in a space where multiple platforms are still racing to find a solution.“Speed alone does not make food delivery work.

20.02 / 07:43

markets Digital Mobile social inclusion information inequality AI in India: Is it a prosperity engine or mobility killer?

History is not a catalogue of inventions. It is a record of how societies adapt—or fail to adapt—to them.Every major technological revolution has followed a similar arc. First comes the breakthrough.

20.02 / 07:43

markets Target Booking security Enterprise Southern show Why Brigade Enterprises’ pivot to small spaces needs to make a big impact

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Brigade Enterprises Ltd, a southern India-focused realty developer, has hit a rough patch. The stock has declined 28% over the past year, far steeper than the Nifty Realty index’s 4% fall.

20.02 / 07:43

UPS Provident Sustainability Deloitte country reports Mint Explainer | How India's data centre boom could strain its power infrastructure by 2030

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI: As India plans to set up 10 gigawatts (GW) of data centre capacity by 2030, demand for electricity is expected to surge. Mint explains how this will impact India’s power sector.

20.02 / 07:43

trends show social information reports volunteers donates How India gives: Faith leads India’s household donations, shows report

₹54,000 crore, far exceeding the ₹28,000 crore spent by companies under mandatory corporate social responsibility (CSR) norms annually.However, most of these contributions remain informal in nature.Titled ‘How India Gives 2025-26’, the report is based on telephonic surveys conducted between April and June 2025, and has a sample size of 7,225 households across 20 states.Donations to destitutes are the second biggest category at 42%. The lowest share of giving was towards friends, family and relatives at 9%.Around 68% of those surveyed reported giving in some form, indicating that everyday giving is widespread.Men (71%) were more likely to donate than women (64%), whereas households in urban areas (70%) were slightly ahead of rural households (66%) in charitable donations.

20.02 / 06:47

UPS Target Food wellness show Headlines New inflation data could send a ‘pause’ signal to the Fed

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge is expected to show prices rose faster in December, reinforcing policymakers’ increasing caution on cutting interest rates. The consensus call among economists surveyed by FactSet is that core personal consumption expenditures, which don’t include volatile food or energy prices, rose 0.37% in December from the prior month and 3.0% from a year earlier, up from 2.8% in November.

20.02 / 05:51

UPS FIVE President reports A confident Kim embarks on new era of defiance at North Korea conclave

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. SEOUL—North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un kicked off his country’s most important political event in half a decade with confidence, gearing up for an era of military expansion and defiance as a self-declared nuclear power. The 9th Party Congress, where North Korea’s leadership sets out its foreign policy and economic and military goals for the next five years, opened Thursday with a celebratory atmosphere.