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11.05 / 07:13

markets COST Sustainability wellness Trade Updates SBI: The worst of margin pressure could be over after Q4’s sharp sequential drop

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.State Bank of India’s (SBI) shares have fallen nearly 10% in the past two trading sessions to around ₹980, with most of the decline coming after its March quarter (Q4FY26) results announced late Friday.The trigger: net interest income (NII) growth lagged loan growth. While interest-earning assets, mainly loans and investments, rose 14% year-on-year, NII grew just 4% as asset yields declined sharply.On advances, management clarified that external benchmark lending rate (EBLR—repo and treasury bill-linked) loans, which account for roughly 50% of total loans, were repriced lower following the RBI’s 25 basis points (bps) repo rate cut in December.The marginal cost of funds-based lending rate (MCLR) was also reduced by 5 bps, weighing on loan yields.As a result, domestic net interest margin (NIM) fell 19 bps sequentially to 2.93% in Q4FY26.On the investment side, interest income declined 3% year-on-year as the bank sold higher-yielding securities.This move likely helped offset a mark-to-market (MTM) loss of ₹4,522 crore on its bond portfolio due to hardening yields.

11.05 / 07:13

markets UPS Gap wellness show country Updates Elusive jobs: how AI will demand even greater patience of India’s unemployed youth

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.India’s unemployment debate is missing a crucial dimension: time. Time spent waiting is a loss at any age, but especially so in one’s youth. For both the individual and the country, it is a loss of prime productive years.Last year, 11.6 million Indians in their 20s were unemployed and about 6.8 million of them had been job hunting for over a year.

11.05 / 06:41

markets UPS War country cover shock International Donald Trump’s options to cool oil prices are sorely limited

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.ON MARCH 11TH the 32 members of the International Energy Agency (IEA), a club of large oil-consuming countries, agreed to sell 400m barrels of crude from their emergency reserves. The release, equivalent to one-third of the group’s combined strategic stash, is the biggest ever co-ordinated by the IEA, which was founded in 1974 after the first Arab oil embargo. Its historical significance failed to impress oil markets, which have been shaken by the Middle Eastern crisis provoked by America and Israel’s war on Iran.

11.05 / 06:41

markets UPS Citi security economy country social Xi’s China: dazzling technology, military muscle—and an economic mess

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.More than a decade into Xi Jinping’s rule, China’s military has grown more formidable, its factories dominate global manufacturing and its technology pioneers are closing the gap with Silicon Valley.Yet big parts of its economy are a mess. A colossal property bust has destroyed trillions of dollars in wealth, consumer confidence has been gutted and the job market has grown bleak.The disconnect shows how Xi has made China’s security a priority over its economy.

11.05 / 06:41

markets COST UPS Extreme security Food show Bjorn Lomborg: The world abandons hydrocarbons at the risk of worsening food insecurity

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.For years, climate campaigners have claimed that our food supply is under grave threat from climate change caused by excessive fossil fuel use. Ironically, the war in West Asia is highlighting that the much bigger food challenge for the world is not having enough access to fossil fuels.Today, half of all the calories we consume are only possible because they are produced with artificial fertilizers, overwhelmingly from natural gas.

11.05 / 06:41

markets COST Food President War shock America faces another grocery-price shock

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.AMERICANS ARE not famous for their love of vegetables. The staples of American cuisine are starchy, cheesy and heavy on meat. One vegetable, though, sneaks into everything: the tomato.

11.05 / 06:41

markets UPS IPO ETF VanEck SpaceX Trade Space stock ETFs are suddenly hot. Only 1 owns SpaceX before the IPO.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.The space race is heating up ahead of SpaceX’s initial public offering. And no, we’re not talking about competition for Elon Musk’s company from Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin, the United Launch Alliance joint venture of Boeing and Lockheed Martin, or Rocket Labs.Fund companies are gearing up to promote their space-themed exchange-traded funds.

11.05 / 04:45

COST UPS Manufacturing economy War Updates How the Iran war threatens India’s nascent credit recovery

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.In a world beset by uncertainty, a 14% plus year-on-year growth in bank credit during December 2025 to February 2026 is reason for cheer. To be sure, part of this reflects a normalization of the credit cycle which saw brief disruption in mid-2025 triggered by US President Donald Trump’s tariff announcements.

11.05 / 04:13

Career Strategy awards students travelers Sporting mountaineering Monday Motivation: ‘Strategy is only as strong as its execution’

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.Problem-solving captured Sanjay Sudhakaran’s imagination during his student years. It’s what drove him towards pursuing a degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Mumbai, where he could use logic and creativity to build something worthwhile. An important learning that has stayed with him from those days is the importance of perseverance.“Projects rarely worked on the first attempt.

11.05 / 04:13

markets Action President Department Updates The US tied his bank to Iran proxies. Now he’s Trump’s choice to run Iraq.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.A little-known Iraqi tycoon named Ali Al Zaidi has emerged as the likely next prime minister of Iraq with the backing of President Trump, who has invited the businessman to Washington and said the U.S. “is with him all the way.”The White House endorsement has come with a demand that Zaidi exclude Iranian-backed militias from Iraq’s next government and curtail Tehran’s influence in Baghdad.He has faced similar U.S. pressure before: Zaidi owns a bank that the Treasury banned from dollar transactions in 2024 over suspicions it was doing business with a militia leader linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, current and former U.S.

11.05 / 01:25

markets Target trends Trade War show recommendations Stocks to trade: Raja Venkatraman recommends three stocks for 11 May

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.The Nifty finally showed signs of strength, generating the confidence that had been missing over the past few weeks. After identifying key support and resistance zones, Friday's strong upward move suggests momentum could build further in the sessions ahead.On 8 May 2026, the broader market picture remained mixed.

11.05 / 01:25

UPS students Universities country Schools Colleges The only thing harder than getting into college is getting off the wait list

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.The University of California, Berkeley had almost 6,500 students on its wait list last year. It ended up admitting none of them.The only thing harder than getting into college, it seems, is getting off the wait list. At some schools, the wait list is far more selective than the college’s overall acceptance rate.

11.05 / 01:25

markets UPS IPO Provident Strategy stage reports India's largest container port JNPA engages investment banks for planned IPO

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.The government is exploring an initial public offering for the country's largest container port, managed by the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority, and has engaged state-backed investment banks to initiate the regulatory processes for the share sale, two people aware of the matter told Mint.The process remains in the earliest stages, with no valuation discussions yet and no timeline set, the people said, who asked not to be identified because the talks are private. The focus is on preparing JNPA for the compliance and reporting standards required of a publicly listed organization—this is something that is needed before pricing or deal structuring can commence."The process is in the preliminary stages and involves multiple layers of departmental approvals," said one of the people, who asked not to be identified because the discussions are private.

11.05 / 01:25

markets Platform Strategy trends show cover reports BigBasket’s quick-commerce rethink: profit trumps scale

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.For BigBasket co-founder Vipul Parekh, profitability matters more than market share, even as competition intensifies in quick commerce.“It is very easy to have market share and never make money,” he told Mint in an interview. The Tata group-backed company is willing to “surrender market share” if required to improve profitability, he said, adding: “It is not important to be in the top three, four or five.

11.05 / 01:25

Trade President War country Updates Relationships Iran war hangs over China summit

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.WASHINGTON—As the heads of the world’s two superpowers meet in Beijing this week, President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping will have another nation looming over their summit: Iran.The long anticipated meeting has already been delayed once due to the U.S. and Israel’s war against Iran, which has led to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

11.05 / 01:25

markets UPS security Trade track cover recommendations Cash, with caveats: Is Sebi about to nudge the door open for agri-commodities?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.Farm goods that have long remained shut out of cash settlements may be in for a pivotal shift, potentially deepening derivatives trading in India's vital commodities sector. A regulatory panel formed by the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has greenlit cash settlements up to fixed thresholds in select agriculture commodities, two people aware of the discussions said, balancing the need to deepen the sector while minimizing the risks.Currently, physical delivery is mandatory for all farm derivatives, meaning traders must hand over or take receipt of the physical goods once the futures or options contract expires.

11.05 / 01:25

markets Aviat CEO DNA Inside reports Updates Logjam seen as Noel Tata votes against Venu Srinivasan, Vijay Singh at a Tata Trust affiliate

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.Tata Trusts chairman Noel Tata has opposed the reappointment of vice-chairmen Venu Srinivasan and Vijay Singh at Tata Education and Development Trust (TEDT), deepening divisions within the philanthropic entities that control the group.With the latest development, at least one expert predicted that the schisms at the controlling trusts, which own nearly two-thirds of Tata Sons, the holding company of the Tata Group, show no signs of ending. Most decisions of the trusts require unanimous endorsement of the trustees.TEDT now has three trustees left: Noel, Mehli Mistry, a confidante of the late Ratan Tata, and Jehangir Nariman Mistry, a lawyer with Mulla & Mulla and Craigie Blunt & Caroe.

11.05 / 01:25

markets COST UPS Enterprise electronic reports No price relief for tech firms, but Centre extends contract timelines

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.NEW DELHI: India’s electronics companies are getting more time, but not price revisions, to execute government procurement contracts as geopolitical conflicts and supply-chain disruptions raise costs for suppliers of smartphones, tablets and laptops.In a 29 April notice, the department of expenditure in the finance ministry said global economic and supply-chain disruptions triggered by the Iran conflict and preceding geopolitical tensions qualify as force majeure, allowing companies executing government contracts to seek delivery extensions of up to four months without penalty.The move offers some relief to companies such as Acer, Lava and Samsung India, which had sought price revisions for ongoing contracts amid rising component and logistics costs but have so far failed to secure them. Instead, the Centre has allowed extensions of “not less than two months and not more than four months.”The order said the Centre “recognizes delays in delivery in completion of contractual obligations on account of force majeure event for which the supplier, consultant, service provider and contractor is not at fault.

11.05 / 01:25

markets Booking Williams Sustainability trends Trade recommendations Stock recommendations for 11 May from MarketSmith India

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.Stock market recap: The benchmark Nifty 50 had a volatile and weak trading session on Friday, 8 May, opening with a sharp gap-down at 24,233.65 and closing 146.15 points lower, or 0.60%, at 24,180.50, slipping below the key 24,200 mark.Sentiment remained under pressure amid escalating geopolitical tensions between the US and Iran, which heightened global risk aversion and pushed Brent crude oil prices higher. The surge in crude also weighed on the Indian rupee, which weakened to 94.48 against the dollar, stoking concerns over sustained foreign institutional investor (FII) outflows.Heavy profit-booking in banking and oil heavyweights such as State Bank of India and HDFC Bank further dragged the index lower, while modest gains in defensives like IT were not enough to offset the broader market weakness.Buy: eClerx Services Ltd (current price: ₹1,668)Action Construction Equipment Ltd (current price: ₹947)Nifty 50 performance on 8 MayThe Nifty 50 witnessed a weak and volatile trading session, opening on a negative note at 24,233.65 amid cautious global cues.

11.05 / 01:25

markets UPS FIVE Aviat Strategy country Rolls-Royce bets big on India—from jet engines to nuclear reactors via a BP playbook

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.MUMBAI: Aerospace and defence major Rolls-Royce Plc is borrowing from the India playbook of British energy giant BP Plc as it pursues billions of dollars worth of opportunities across defence, civil aviation and nuclear energy in the country.To lead that push, Rolls-Royce has turned to Sashi Mukundan, the former head of BP’s India business, who spent 24 years building the energy company’s partnerships in the country across gas, fuel retail and mobility ventures.The man who recruited him: Rolls-Royce chief executive Tufan Erginbilgic, who himself spent two decades at BP, including five years leading its downstream business.“Tufan was also with BP before. He’s seen how BP built the relationship in India,” Mukundan, now executive vice president Transformation India at Rolls-Royce, told Mint.

11.05 / 01:25

COST UPS Analysis Election Food reports Headlines India inflation likely rose to 3.8% in April as food prices hardened: Mint poll

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.India’s retail inflation likely rose to 3.8% in April from 3.4% in March, moving closer to the Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) medium-term target of 4% as food prices firmed up across key categories and favourable base effects continued to fade, according to the median estimate of 20 economists polled by Mint. Official data is due on 12 May.Economists expect Consumer Price Index (CPI) inflation for April to print between 3.5% and 4.2%, with all respondents anticipating further firming under the revised CPI series with 2024 as the base year.India’s retail inflation had risen to 3.4% in March from 3.21% in February, driven by higher food and energy prices amid tensions in West Asia.“CPI inflation is expected to rise in April 2026 from March, largely on account of hardening food and beverages inflation led by edible oils, vegetables, and readymade food segments,” said Aditi Nayar, chief economist at ratings agency Icra Ltd.Economists at Societe Generale said simultaneous increases in vegetable and edible oil prices tend to broaden food inflation pressures, raising the risk of spillovers into headline inflation.