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24.04 / 09:25

markets UPS Provident NVIDIA Research Videos Updates Bots in the real world: World AI models could deliver the humanoid robots seen in sci-fi movies

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.With everyone’s attention fixed on powerful chatbots like ChatGPT and Claude, it’s been easy to overlook the growth of another field of artificial intelligence: world models. These systems can grasp three-dimensional space and physics, providing the foundation for everything from robots to smart glasses to self-driving cars—and a capability that today's chatbots lack.

24.04 / 09:25

markets Aware Strategy trends show cover reports Ralph Lauren, Lanvin double down on India luxury market growth amid global slowdown

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.BENGALURU: Even as global luxury demand shows signs of cooling, international brands are accelerating their India playbooks, betting the country’s still-nascent but fast-evolving luxury market will deliver long-term growth.Ralph Lauren India and the Lanvin Group are sharpening their strategies to deepen their presence, expand retail footprints, and localize offerings in India as revenue growth slows in more mature markets. Both companies are adopting starkly different approaches in India.Shubhi Sinha, brand head at Ralph Lauren India, said the company will continue expanding its physical presence while tapping demand beyond top metros.“We have about eight stores currently and plan to expand.

24.04 / 09:25

markets Career trends track cover reports Updates Infosys and peers disappoint. Is FY27 IT revenue revival hope a pie-in-the-sky?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.After HCL Technologies, Infosys also let down the Street with weaker-than-anticipated FY27 revenue growth guidance, reinforcing concerns about a slowing IT cycle.The stock fell over 5% on Friday, sliding to a new 52-week low of ₹1,167.80. Revenue guidance from large IT firms tends to set the tone for investor expectations for the sector.Geo-political conflicts and AI-led deflation are likely dampeners to growth in FY27, reflected in Infosys’s underwhelming revenue guidance of 1.5%-3.5% CC (1.25–3.25% in organic CC).

24.04 / 07:01

Aviat Airlines War travelers Traffic International Destinations West Asia war sends international operations of Indian carriers into tailspin, Air India Express worst affected

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.India’s international air travel fell to a four-year low in March as the West Asia conflict disrupted key routes, with Air India Express emerging as the worst-hit among local carriers.The low-cost carrier of Air India, which has a heavy exposure to the region, recorded the steepest decline. Its departures plunged 68% to 1,263 in March from 3,928 a year ago.

24.04 / 04:01

markets UPS President War Cycling Updates Market correction made mid- and small-caps attractive, says Edelweiss MF's Bhattacharya

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.With equity markets roiled by the West Asia war and sharp swings in mid- and small-caps, investors are grappling with how to position portfolios.In an interaction with Mint, Trideep Bhattacharya, president and chief investment officer-equities, Edelweiss Mutual Fund, with average assets under management of ₹1.65 trillion in the March quarter, shares why he remains cautiously optimistic and how investors should navigate the current phase. Edited excerpts:Where do you see markets heading from here, given the recent volatility?We are incrementally positive on markets, particularly from a near-term perspective.

24.04 / 02:53

COST UPS Digital Gap Software show reports India’s open-code approach faces an AI stress test as new tools like Anthropic's Mythos expose hidden flaws

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.Over the past decade, India’s digital economy has increasingly relied on open-source software to power its core digital infrastructure and governance systems. From banking to government platforms, the code behind payments and public services is shared, modular and visible.While this approach delivers scale, lower costs and reduced vendor lock-in, new AI systems developed by Anthropic, OpenAI and others are exposing its soft underbelly. Old unpatched gaps are showing up in widely used open-source software.

24.04 / 02:09

UPS wellness President War reports Arsenal Iran war complicates contingency plans to defend Taiwan, some US officials say

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.WASHINGTON—The U.S. has burned through so many munitions in Iran that some administration officials increasingly assess that America couldn’t fully execute contingency plans to defend Taiwan from a Chinese invasion if it occurred in the near term, U.S. officials said.The U.S.

24.04 / 02:09

markets Provident Progressive JPMorgan testing strain Updates Oracle’s deluge of AI debt pushes Wall Street to the limit

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.Oracle’s $300 billion megadeal with OpenAI is testing the limits of Wall Street’s appetite for debt tied to America’s data-center boom.Banks including JPMorgan Chase struggled for months to spread the risk of billions of dollars in loans they made to build data centers leased to Oracle in Texas and Wisconsin, people familiar with the matter said. Many financial institutions that would ordinarily buy those loans face restrictions on how much exposure they can have to a single counterparty, and the sheer size of these debt packages pushed them to the limit with Oracle.

24.04 / 02:09

markets UPS economy War shock Updates Mint Quick Edit | Oil above $100 makes the job of India’s monetary policymakers hard to envy

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.Oil has sprung back above $100 per barrel amid sharp volatility that is likely to make the task of policymakers trickier. High oil prices are threatening to let inflationary pressures loose, but growth prospects have also come under a cloud.

24.04 / 01:25

markets Target Action trends Trade track recommendations Stocks to trade: Raja Venkatraman recommends 3 stocks for 24 April

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.Indian equity markets remained under pressure on 23 April, as rising crude oil prices, continued foreign fund outflows and weak Asian cues weighed on investor sentiment.The Sensex fell 852 points to 77,664, while the Nifty slipped 205 points to close at 24,173. Market breadth stayed negative, with most sectoral indices ending in the red.Despite intermittent rebounds, the broader trend remains fragile.

24.04 / 01:25

markets Trade stage track cover reports Colleges Sebi panel weighs risks as MCX pitches weekly bullion index options

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.The Multi Commodity Exchange of India (MCX) has proposed launching weekly index options for its bullion derivative index, the MCX Bulldex, according to two people familiar with the matter. The proposal is currently in the early stages of discussion within a regulatory committee, they added."The matter is being discussed in the commodity derivatives advisory committee (CDAC) of Sebi (Securities and Exchange Board of India) but no decision has been taken yet.

24.04 / 01:25

markets President Inside reports gatherings Updates Relationships Inside the Navy Secretary’s last-ditch bid to save his job

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.John Phelan sat in the lobby of the West Wing for more than an hour Wednesday night, waiting to see if his longtime friend and neighbor, President Trump, would save his job. He would leave disappointed.That afternoon, Phelan, the Navy secretary, had received a phone call from his boss, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, asking for his resignation.

24.04 / 01:25

markets Trade President show country cover An Iranian ship tried to slip the blockade. A US destroyer chased it down.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.The Iranian-flagged oil tanker Dorena slipped past a U.S. Navy cordon and was headed out into the Indian Ocean when it switched off its location signal and went dark.The ship, whose movements were tracked by shipping-intelligence firm Kpler, is one of hundreds of sanctions-evading ghost-fleet vessels playing a game of cat-and-mouse as the U.S. tries to lock down Iran’s oil trade and pressure the country to agree to President Trump’s terms for peace.This time, the U.S.

24.04 / 01:25

markets economy wellness President War Updates Dollar moves are being driven by geopolitics, not data. What comes next.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.With the dollar’s early war premium largely faded, the trajectory of the conflict in Iran is now a bigger driver than underlying economic data.The U.S. dollar index—a gauge measuring the dollar’s value against its key rivals—rose 2.41% in March, when uncertainty about the war was at its peak.

24.04 / 00:47

markets Provident FIVE Digital Platform Enterprise Research From Aavas Financiers to Wakefit: Four small-cap stocks recently bought by mutual funds

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.When mutual funds start accumulating a stock, especially in the small-cap space, it's not by accident.Fund managers spend weeks, sometimes months, doing the kind of due diligence most retail investors simply don't have the time or resources for.So when fresh shareholding data shows a fund quietly building a position in a small-cap name, it's worth paying attention.Here we look at four such small-cap companies.These stocks are filtered using Equitymaster’s stock screener: Smallcap Stocks Recently Bought by Mutual Funds in India.In the most recent March 2026 quarter, mutual funds increased their stake by 7.5%, taking the overall shareholding to 17.24%.This buying comes on top of three consecutive quarters of buying, where mutual funds had increased their holding from 8.44%.Aavas Financiers operates in the affordable financing segment. It offers housing loans and MSME loans backed by property and loans against property (LAP) to segments in the middle and lower income salaried and self-employed borrowers in India's rural and semi-urban regions.Unlike its peers, Aavas uses an in-house sourcing model (98.9% direct) rather than relying on agents.

24.04 / 00:47

markets Provident Williams Action Sustainability trends recommendations Stock recommendations for 24 April from MarketSmith India

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.Stock market recap: The Indian equity benchmark indices witnessed a volatile session today, with Nifty 50 ending lower at 24,173.05, shedding 205 points (-0.84%), while Sensex dropped approximately 0.70% to close near 78,000.The market sentiment was largely dampened by escalating geopolitical tensions in the Middle East and Brent crude prices surging above $100 per barrel, heightening inflation fears for the import-dependent economy. Sectorally, Nifty Pharma (+2.36%) and Healthcare (+2.11%) were the standout outperformers, providing a defensive cushion amid the broader sell-off.Conversely, Nifty Auto (-2.35%) and PSU Bank (-2.19%) faced significant selling pressure, reflecting caution over rising input costs and credit growth.

24.04 / 00:47

markets Provident Analysis trends Trade Experts reports Is India's retail investor story losing its stickiness?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.The post-pandemic era saw the Indian retail investor evolve into a formidable market force, but is the tide finally turning? After years of relentless accumulation, an interplay of lofty valuations and geopolitical friction has triggered a pivot toward caution.From turning net sellers for the first time in six years to participation patterns becoming increasingly transient and episodic, Mint decodes the moves of these mom-and-pop investors in fiscal 2026, based on the latest data disclosures by the National Stock Exchange.The cash market segment currently shows a highly skewed, long-tailed participation pattern that challenges the narrative of a stable retail base. Data for fiscal 2026 reveals a sharp concentration of ‘transient’ activity: single-day traders alone account for 24% of the base.

24.04 / 00:47

markets UPS Aware Food Trade cover reports India’s avocado boom fuels import surge as local supply lags

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.NEW DELHI: India’s avocado demand is surging, but domestic supply is still playing catch-up, keeping the country reliant on imports even as local cultivation expands.Government data show imports have more than tripled in two years, rising to $42.27 million in FY26 (till February), from about $27 million in FY25 and $13.5 million in FY24. Domestic output, meanwhile, has increased more gradually—from about 6,000 tonnes in 2023 to around 9,000 tonnes in 2026, experts said.The mismatch highlights a widening gap: rising health-driven consumption is outpacing India’s nascent production base, forcing the market to lean on overseas suppliers even as farmers begin to scale up planting.The area under avocado cultivation has expanded over the years, with farmers in Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Sikkim and parts of Maharashtra responding to growing urban demand.

24.04 / 00:31

markets UPS IPO BLOCK trends Trade reports Open market trades top ₹1 trillion in 2026 as M&A engine slows

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.With high interest rates, valuation gaps, and global upheavals weighing on traditional mergers and acquisitions (M&A), promoters and institutional investors are turning to the secondary market, driving block and bulk deals to a multi-year high in the January-April period despite bearish sentiment.This year, until 15 April, a total of ₹1.1 trillion changed hands in open-market trades, up 25% from ₹86,810 crore a year ago, according to data from capital markets platform Prime Database.Deven R. Choksey, founder and managing director of boutique fund DRChoksey FinServ, said that investors are using block and bulk deals to realign portfolio weights or pare long‑held positions quickly in a volatile market."What we are seeing is a clear rotation of capital.

24.04 / 00:31

markets UPS Provident Digital CEO reports Updates Ageas open to more India investment, eyes top-10 life insurer spot

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.Belgium’s Ageas Insurance is prepared to invest additional capital in India to break into the country’s top 10 life insurers in the next three to four years, provided returns on equity remain favourable.“If the growth is there and the return on equity is good, we will be there with the capital,” Ageas Insurance’s global CEO Hans De Cuyper, who is in India, told Mint. “On the life (insurance) side, we have expressed the intention to become top 10.

24.04 / 00:11

Provident Digital Platform wellness track medicines Pharmaceuticals India plans digital platform to unify Centre-state drug regulation

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.India is planning a sweeping overhaul of its drug regulatory system by unifying central and state licensing, approvals, and compliance into a single digital platform, according to two government officials and documents reviewed by Mint.At the centre of the plan is a proposed interoperable Digital Drugs Regulatory System (DDRS) being developed by the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO). The regulator is preparing to invite proposals from IT services firms to build and run the platform, the documents show.The DDRS is designed to streamline complex processes—from registration and clinical trial approvals to import-export licensing and supply chain traceability—by bringing central and state regulators, laboratories, and allied agencies onto a unified, real-time digital architecture.States have been asked to review the proposed framework and provide feedback, the first person cited above said, requesting anonymity.