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20.05 / 01:01

markets COST UPS War Updates The global bond rout is accelerating. Here’s what to know.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.A weekslong selloff in government bonds has intensified in recent days, threatening to drive up borrowing costs across the globe and knocking some momentum out of what had been a furious stock rally.With bond prices sliding, the yield on the 10-year U.S. Treasury note, a key benchmark for mortgage rates and other borrowing costs, reached as high as 4.687% Tuesday, its highest intraday level since January 2025.The yield on the 30-year U.S.

20.05 / 00:45

markets COST UPS Booking Airlines Research Trade Rising costs, falling margins: Five stocks to watch out for

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.For the last few years, Indian companies had a fairly predictable ally on their side: benign input costs. Crude prices stayed manageable, freight rates cooled after the pandemic spike, and commodity inflation largely remained under control.That cushion is beginning to disappear.Crude oil prices have surged sharply in recent months amid escalating tensions in West Asia, pushing India’s wholesale inflation to a 42-month high of 8.3% in April 2026. Fuel and power inflation alone jumped nearly 25%, while prices of crude petroleum, metals and manufactured products also moved up sharply.For India Inc, this creates a familiar problem.

20.05 / 00:45

markets UPS security track cover information Updates Inside India’s banks’ scramble to catch up with AI-powered hackers

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.NEW DELHI/MUMBAI: India’s largest banks are stepping up cyber defences, hiring, and insurance coverage as concerns grow that advanced AI systems could make cyberattacks faster and harder to contain, exposing gaps in preparedness and protection.The pressure has risen after a finance ministry meeting with top banking executives on 23 April focused on banks’ preparedness for AI-linked cyber threats. The meeting came weeks after Anthropic unveiled Claude Mythos, a frontier AI model the company said could identify vulnerabilities and conduct cyberattacks at unprecedented speed.Concerns around AI-enabled attacks have grown since September last year, when a cloud storage server exposed personal banking data of nearly 300,000 individuals, including loan account details linked to several large banks and non-banking finance companies.India’s largest private lender, HDFC Bank, told Mint it reviews cyber insurance annually and is now widening coverage as risks evolve.“The bank is continuously strengthening its cyber security posture, including hiring highly-skilled talent across security engineering, developer security operations, red-teaming or simulation of cyber attacks, and AI security,” said Ramesh Lakshminarayanan, group head of information technology and chief information officer at HDFC Bank.At Axis Bank, teams participate in programmes such as adversarial AI and ‘red teaming’ to simulate attacks.

20.05 / 00:45

markets Booking Williams Sustainability Trade performer recommendations Stock recommendations for 20 May from MarketSmith India

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.Stock market recap: Indian benchmark indices witnessed a highly volatile trading session on 19 May, surrendering strong morning gains to end marginally lower.The BSE Sensex fell 114.19 points, or 0.15%, to close at 75,200.85, while the Nifty 50 retreated from its intraday high of 23,782.30 to settle 31.95 points, or 0.14%, lower at 23,618.The late-session reversal was largely driven by macroeconomic concerns. The Indian rupee weakened to a fresh record low of 96.53 against the US dollar, while rating agency Icra Ltd trimmed India’s FY27 growth forecast amid elevated crude oil prices.Despite the weak close in benchmark indices, the broader market remained relatively resilient.

20.05 / 00:45

markets UPS Digital security Strategy economy reports Muthoot FinCorp is trying to sell a fintech story without behaving like a fintech

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.Muthoot FinCorp Ltd, one of India's largest gold loan non-banking finance companies (NBFCs), is seeking to raise up to ₹4,000 crore through an initial public offering, even as it attempts to convince investors that it is more than just the business it has spent decades building.Muthoot wants to be read as a diversified, technology-enabled financial services company that can grow through its branch network, app, and a wider product set.That is the tension at the heart of the company’s initial public offering (IPO) pitch. In an interview with Mint, chief executive Shaji Varghese said the company is moving “from a single-product company to a company of a social segment with multiple products".The NBFC, with 3,800 branches, ₹56,185 crore in assets under management (AUM) and over ₹1,640 crore in net profit for FY26, approved the IPO on Saturday, subject to shareholder and regulatory clearances.

20.05 / 00:45

BLOCK security Mobile wellness country cover Oil India to ramp up exploration capex to ₹10,000 cr, boost output in FY27: CMD

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.New Delhi: State-run Oil India Ltd (OIL) plans to raise its exploration and production capital expenditure by over 10% to ₹10,000 crore this fiscal year, chairman and managing director Ranjit Rath said, as the country grapples with an energy shock amid the West Asia war.The Maharatna company, which traces its origin to India’s first commercial crude oil discovery in Digboi (Assam), expects to produce about 4 million tonnes (mt) of crude oil this fiscal, compared with 3.45 mt in FY26. He added that work on the $20-billion Mozambique LNG project has resumed.

20.05 / 00:45

UPS Enterprise trends Trade reports Department guidelines Centre firms up new land-transfer norms to help public asset monetization

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.NEW DELHI: Standardized valuation, identification of surplus land and norms for the transfer, exchange, lease and commercial sale of land are among the key features of a new framework that the Centre has put in place to unlock public land assets under the second phase of the ₹16.7 trillion National Monetisation Pipeline (NMP 2.0), two government officials said.The Department of Expenditure has issued consolidated guidelines governing the transfer and alienation of Central government land to speed up the monetization, redevelopment and transfer of such assets, replacing the fragmented and decades-old rules followed separately by ministries and departments to support infrastructure creation and mobilize non-tax revenue, they said.Government entities, including the railways, defence establishments, ports and state-run companies hold vast tracts of land across the country, including 2.35 lakh acres of surplus land with loss-making central public sector enterprises.

20.05 / 00:45

UPS Provident Digital Gap security Mobile reports India’s satellite-to-phone plan faces industry divide over telecom-led model

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.High up in the mountains or deep in the jungles, your smartphone may still stay connected, thanks to direct-to-device (D2D) satellite technology making its way to India. However, the technology has opened up divisions, as telecom operators, satellite service providers and broadband firms spar over customer control, spectrum, and launch timelines.The department of telecommunications (DoT) has proposed a 'wholesale' model for satellite communications like D2D, which is currently under the telecom regulator's consultation process.

20.05 / 00:45

markets COST Manufacturing security wellness Trade reports Carmakers push for cheaper high-ethanol fuels, tax breaks for flex-fuel vehicles

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.New Delhi: India’s automakers have told the government that consumers are unlikely to adopt flex-fuel vehicles unless high-ethanol fuels such as E85 and E100 are priced significantly below petrol, according to two people aware of discussions between the petroleum ministry, oil marketing companies, and auto lobby group Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (Siam).The industry has sought lower retail pricing for high-ethanol fuels along with tax benefits as the government accelerates work on a roadmap for higher ethanol blending amid rising energy security concerns.In Brazil, where most vehicles can run on E85 or E100 fuels, high-ethanol blends are priced lower than the standard E27, according to the country’s national agency of petroleum, natural gas, and biofuels.

20.05 / 00:45

markets UPS Booking wellness Universities track reports TVS Venu’s Jana SFB bet expands financial services push

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.Mumbai: The TVS Venu Group has been expanding its financial services operations across multiple segments, including insurance and asset management, and their latest plan to acquire a 10% stake in Jana Small Finance Bank (SFB) marks a strategic extension into banking, giving access to the mass affluent and small-business segments.On Monday, the Chennai-based conglomerate said it will acquire a 9.9% stake in the bank through a combination of primary issuance of warrants and a secondary purchase. This includes acquisition of a 5.64% stake by TVS Venu for ₹317 crore and 4.9% by TVS Motor Company for ₹193 crore.Bengaluru-based Jana SFB has over 12 million customers, and advances and deposits of over ₹35,000 crore each as of 31 March 2026.

20.05 / 00:45

markets Analysis Sustainability trends Trade performer reports Earnings pops prove short-lived amid volatile markets

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.India’s earnings season is sending a clear message to investors: Quarterly earnings beats alone are no longer enough to keep stocks flying.While several companies managed to reverse pre-result declines after reporting stronger revenue and profit growth, most of these gains faded quickly as investors shifted their focus to future guidance, valuation comfort, and earnings sustainability amid volatile market conditions.A Mint analysis of 866 BSE-listed companies that have declared their earnings so far shows that among stocks that declined ahead of results, only a limited set managed to stage a meaningful recovery after their March-quarter earnings announcements. Only companies where relevant information was available were considered.Of the 866 companies analysed, 46.4%, or 402 stocks, declined before their Q4FY26 results.

20.05 / 00:45

markets Target Sustainability trends Trade show recommendations Raja Venkatraman recommends three stocks for 20 May

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.Stock market recap: India's benchmark equity indices ended little changed on Tuesday as gains in information technology (IT) stocks, aided by a stronger dollar, were offset by weakness in banking shares, while investors awaited greater clarity on the prospects of a US-Iran deal.The Nifty 50 fell 0.14% to close at 23,618, while the BSE Sensex slipped 0.15% to 75,200.85.Nine of the 16 major sectors advanced. Broader markets outperformed, with the small-cap index rising 1.2% and the mid-cap index gaining 0.9%.Best stocks to buy today (All Buy trades are rates of Equity & Sell rates are based on F&O)GSFC: Buy above ₹179, stop ₹168 target ₹198(Multiday)VBL: Buy above ₹518, stop ₹490 target ₹570 (Multiday)POWERGRID: Buy above ₹301, stop ₹285 target ₹337 (Multiday)Indian equities extended their decline on 19 May, as continued selling in metal, oil-linked, PSU bank and realty stocks weighed on sentiment, while persistent rupee weakness added to market pressure.The Sensex fell 160.73 points, or 0.21%, to close at 75,237.99, while the Nifty declined 46.10 points, or 0.19%, to settle at 23,643.50.Market breadth remained weak, with 2,381 shares dclining against 1,631 advances, signalling broad-based pressure across sectors.The Nifty Metal index dropped nearly 2%, while PSU Bank, Realty and Oil & Gas indices also ended sharply lower.

20.05 / 00:45

economy Fallout Enterprise War track reports Department PM SVANidhi Scheme, PM Mudra Yojana may face loan repayment stress amid West Asia war

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.Policy planners expect some repayment stress to affect small-ticket loans disbursed under two flagship government schemes—PM SVANidhi Scheme and Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana—in the next few quarters as a fallout of the war in West Asia, according to three people aware of the issue.The PM SVANidhi Scheme provides working capital term loans to urban street vendors, while the Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana funds micro enterprises and small businesses. Many of the loan beneficiaries of these schemes are vulnerable to economic disruption and rising living costs.“We are expecting some stress in the PM SVANidhi Scheme portfolio as it directly caters to street vendors, who form an important part of the informal urban economy.

19.05 / 13:31

markets Citi Platform Healthcare reports testing patient How Orange Health Labs is trying to become the Zepto of blood tests

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.Bengaluru: For Bengaluru-based techie Sumukh S, blood tests used to be a transactional matter. He would compare prices across apps, check availability and book whichever lab seemed cheapest or quickest that day. That changed about two years ago, after a friend recommended Orange Health Labs.

19.05 / 11:25

markets COST Manufacturing wellness Universities War reports Zydus Wellness sees more of price-led growth as costs surge

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.Mumbai: As the domino effect of the West Asia war builds inflationary pressures across the economy, Zydus Wellness Ltd sees a larger share of its growth coming from price increases rather than higher sales volumes in the coming quarters. The consumer wellness firm said rising packaging, freight and input costs are beginning to influence pricing decisions, reflecting the broader pressure on consumer-facing businesses.“While growth is driven by volumes, there will also be a value component, as there is some level of inflation,” chief executive officer Tarun Arora told Mint in an interaction on Tuesday.

19.05 / 11:25

UPS Manufacturing Research Universities cover innovations Updates Mint Explainer | Why India’s top engineering schools are launching their own VC funds

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.BENGALURU: India’s top engineering and management institutes are no longer content with merely incubating startups. Increasingly, they also want to participate in the upside created by companies emerging from their own ecosystems.Institutions including Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Bombay, IIT Madras and Indian Institute of Science (IISc) Bengaluru are setting up venture funds to invest in campus-linked deeptech startups, as rising investor interest in sectors such as semiconductors, defence and spacetech pushes universities to play a larger role in the businesses they help build.But why are they doing this now? How are these funds structured? And what kind of startups are they backing? Mint explains.So far, IIT Bombay and IIT Madras have launched venture funds, while IISc Bengaluru is in the process of setting up one.The funds are being structured through affiliated entities, incubators and alumni-backed networks because IITs and IISc operate as Section 8 entities, or non-profit organisations.IIT Madras, through its research park, has partnered with venture firm Unicorn India Ventures to launch the IITM Unicorn Frontier Fund, a ₹600 crore vehicle with a ₹400 crore green-shoe option.

19.05 / 11:25

stage recommendations prevention Features rights Updates Headlines Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana: safe, tax-free — but is the lock-in too long?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.You are blessed with a baby girl and want to begin investing in her name. For many parents, the first option that comes to mind is the Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana (SSY).Backed by the government and offering fixed returns with tax benefits, the scheme has become one of the most popular long-term investment options for daughters.However, while the returns may look attractive, there are important restrictions around lock-in and liquidity that parents often overlook before investing.The current interest rate on SSY is 8.2%.

19.05 / 11:25

markets Strategy President consequences isolate Updates Now it’s Vladimir Putin’s turn to visit Beijing

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.There was a telling moment on the second day of Donald Trump’s visit to Beijing. America’s president was strolling with Xi Jinping through the gardens of Zhongnanhai, the Chinese leadership compound, on May 15th.

19.05 / 10:35

markets COST Booking community social gatherings Updates Remote work has its advantages, no doubt, but it’s the cons that demand serious thought

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged employees across organizations to work from home (WFH). With fewer commutes, nationwide fuel consumption would fall, making WFH seem like an instant remedy for the current fuel crunch. The critical question, however, is whether WFH is a reversible move.

19.05 / 10:35

markets Art Fighting Tesla SpaceX War Courts The art of war, Elon Musk edition: how to lose a lawsuit and still claim victory

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.Elon won.Well, technically, he didn’t. A jury on Monday sided with Sam Altman and OpenAI, and their arguments that the statute of limitations had run out for Elon Musk to bring his whole “stole-a-charity” claims against his former AI lab partner-turned-corporate rival.

19.05 / 10:35

markets COST Provident security Features Updates OpenAI wants to give users personal finance insights. It could change how they manage money.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.Coming soon to ChatGPT: help with your personal finances based on insights from your actual accounts. OpenAI says subscribers to the Pro version of its artificial-intelligence chatbot will be able to connect their financial accounts to it and get personalized guidance.OpenAI is relying on Plaid, a fintech company, to securely link users’ bank accounts to ChatGPT, according to an OpenAI announcement on Friday.