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25.03 / 15:59

markets Updates Trump to name Mark Zuckerberg, Larry Ellison and Jensen Huang to Tech Panel

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25.03 / 15:59

markets War Updates Is the US repeating the mistakes that led to forever wars?

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25.03 / 14:55

markets Updates Rocketlane raises $60mn Series C round, led by US-based PE firm Insight Partners

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25.03 / 12:15

markets Citi Death show Inside information reports The price of a day’s work: Inside India’s smouldering industrial death traps

₹950 a day during the peak season. He even helped his relatives and their friends—five people in all—enter the business, getting them work in the Anandapur facility a decade ago. Shaow eventually moved to take up work with another employer in 2024, but they stayed on.On 26 January, a massive fire on the premises gutted a unit owned by Pushpanjali Decorators and the adjacent one, owned by food chain Wow! Momo, killing at least 25 people, among them Shaow’s relatives and their friends.A preliminary investigation found serious lapses at the godown, which had been functioning without a fire clearance certificate.

25.03 / 12:15

markets Aware Action social testing Updates No-buy days and cart pauses: How Gen Z is reshaping money habits

₹1 lakh.”Santosh Joseph, founder of Germinate Investment Services, added: "People earlier were told what to do, but never the why. Now social media sells the benefits through these tips."But accessibility comes with risks.“The biggest issue is oversimplification,” Anooshka warned. “Wealth creation is complex, but social media often reduces it to quick tips.”There’s also the problem of context—what works for one person may not work for another.

25.03 / 10:39

markets Updates The world is panicked over oil. Canada sees opportunity.

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25.03 / 10:33

markets COST Progressive Manufacturing security economy shock Ficci director general: India must act now to create a resilient energy ecosystem for the future

India’s energy story is inseparable from its growth trajectory. As one of the world’s fastest-growing major economies, its energy demand is rising rapidly. India is now the world’s third-largest energy consumer, and peak electricity demand is projected to reach 345–365 gigawatts (GW) by 2030.

25.03 / 10:19

markets Updates The company where driving the wrong car to work can get you a ticket

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25.03 / 09:59

markets Death Trade performer reports Updates Why SBI Life is winning the valuation game vs HDFC, ICICI Prudential

SBI Life remains the cheapest among peers. Based on Motilal Oswal Financial Services’ FY26 estimates, SBI Life trades at a Price/VNB of 27x, compared with 30x for HDFC Life and 29x for ICICI Prudential.SBI Life’s valuation advantage is supported by stronger operating performance in 9MFY26.Its annualized premium equivalent (APE)—a proxy for topline or revenue in life insurance—is calculated by adding regular premiums and one-tenth of single premiums.

25.03 / 09:59

markets Gap economy Sustainability show reports inequality India’s economic rise has been impressive but growth could stall if we let deep disparities persist

India stands at a crossroads as one of the fastest-growing large economies in the world, yet it also has among the highest levels of inequality, with little movement seen in recent years. On paper, India’s growth story remains strong even as global conditions are uncertain. According to the latest national accounts with a revised base year of 2022-23, India’s real gross domestic product (GDP) grew by 7.2% in 2023-24 and 7.1% in 2024-25.

25.03 / 09:59

UPS Provident Highways Justice Courts rights Updates NHAI faces ₹29k-cr hit as SC upholds extra compensation for highway landowners

₹29,000-crore liability for unsettled cases.A bench of Chief Justice of India Surya Kant and Justice Ujjal Bhuyan reaffirmed that landowners whose land was acquired for highway projects between 1997 and 2015 are entitled to extra compensation, known as solatium, and interest, even for past acquisitions.The apex court maintained that financial implications of the judgment, estimated at around ₹29,000-crore by the NHAI—cannot be a ground to deny fair compensation to landowners.“The grant of solatium and interest cannot be made contingent upon the magnitude of the financial burden. The Constitutional guarantee of just compensation cannot be diluted on that basis.

25.03 / 09:59

UPS RAI Updates Interviews International India’s youngest infrastructure financier looks beyond debt

Mint.A second fund, still on the drawing board, is a blended finance fund of similar size, Rai said in an interview at the Mumbai headquarters of Nabfid, which was founded in 2021. The company was initially set up as a development finance institution to support long-term projects.“We are (also)likely to launch an alternative investment fund, mainly for the equity side, in the next six months,” Rai said.Nabfid’s new subsidiary will be like a holding company, under which there will be multiple alternative investment funds (AIF).

25.03 / 09:59

markets Aware Department Updates Alert for tenants: March is your last window to deduct TDS on rent

pays ₹60,000 rent every month for her apartment in Bengaluru. She keeps rent receipts, has a rent agreement, pays via bank transfer, and has shared his landlord’s PAN with her employer to claim HRA.

25.03 / 08:55

UPS FIVE Career Food Experts reports Relationships 73% of Canadians say ‘many’ stay in relationships for finances: survey

marriage or in common law relationships for financial reasons.”In addition, 80 per cent of Canadians say life is more affordable in a relationship versus being single.Nearly one in four (23 per cent) of surveyed Canadians also said they like the idea of a “five-year renewable relationship contract” instead of getting married.The survey states that four in 10 Canadians (40 per cent) say marriage is “mainly about practicalities for those planning or already have children.”This view is higher among Canadians who identify as male (at 45 per cent) versus female (36 per cent).In addition, 83 per cent believe that couples often stay together for the sake of their children.Clay Jarvis, a financial expert at NerdWallet Canada, said marriage is a “major financial decision” that should encourage couples to evaluate their financial situations.“I think if the conversation is about determining whether to have kids because you can afford them now, I think that’s because your reality now is what you’re basing all of your decisions on,” he said.

25.03 / 07:41

markets UPS Adobe Software Research reports HCLTech eyes software biz reboot in AI era

HCLTech, India's third largest IT services firm after Tata Consultancy Services Ltd and Infosys Ltd, will reorganize its software products arm HCLSoftware into three core sub-groups: Xperience, Data and Operations, each with its own head and a specialized sales team, according to at least three people familiar with the matter.HCLSoftware had ended FY25 with a revenue of $1.43 billion, comprising a little more than a tenth of the company’s $13.84 billion topline last year. The software business grew 3.3% on a yearly basis last fiscal and the company aspires to triple this growth by FY27.According to the three people in the know, the Xperience division will include software focusing on app interfaces and marketing functions, while the Data sub-group will handle data analytics and data management software.

25.03 / 07:41

markets FIVE Google Strategy wellness show performer Devina Mehra: Are you driving your investment portfolio by looking at the rearview mirror?

You know what will happen if you drive looking at the road that is already behind you? Ignoring both the dangers and opportunities ahead? That is what I thought of when I saw that inflows into Indian gold exchange traded funds (ETFs) exceeded flows into equity funds in January 2026.For context, in March and April 2025, gold inflows were hugging the zero line even as equity mutual fund flows were at pretty much the same level as in January—around ₹24,000-25,000 crore. Now the dollar price of gold is down 20-25% from its January peak. But this is not a column about gold.

25.03 / 07:41

markets President War shock Updates Iran war’s aftermath: Are US stock markets shaking off their ‘Trump Always Chickens Out’ phase?

Investors have grown accustomed to the idea that US President Donald Trump-induced shocks rarely last long, because, as the popular TACO acronym tells us, ‘Trump Always Chickens Out.’ But the American president’s decision to join Israel in starting a war with Iran has opened a geopolitical and macroeconomic Pandora’s box that may make a tidy walk-back impossible. Under the surface, financial markets are starting to take note.The ‘TACO regime’ in American stocks—under which every selloff was a buying opportunity—may be over. That thesis will now get a test after Trump postponed threatened strikes against Iranian energy infrastructure and power plants for five days, pending the outcome of what he said were talks with Iran to end the war.

25.03 / 07:41

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It has been almost six decades since American writer Joan Didion wrote a devastating critique of the hippie counterculture movement after months of reporting in San Francisco. She painted a picture of a community morally adrift and in the thrall of LSD.

25.03 / 07:41

markets Platform Intuit voice recommendations Updates Meesho bets on AI voice assistant ‘Vaani’ to boost small-town shopping

Mint in an interview.“It’s not either-or, it’s both,” Kumar said, referring to the company’s approach of building for emerging AI-driven discovery channels while continuing to strengthen its core in-app shopping experience.On Wednesday, Meesho rolled out a conversational voice assistant, “Vaani” (Hindi for voice), aimed at making online shopping more intuitive for users who prefer conversational, offline-style interactions.The move reflects a broader shift in how the company is thinking about growth – not just in terms of adding new users, but also in how quickly those users become comfortable shopping online.“For us, this goes beyond accessibility. There’s an opportunity to reimagine the shopping experience itself," Kumar said."Such AI-led tools could act as an early enabler, especially for users in tier-II and tier-III markets who may need assistance with language, price comparison and navigation, helping expand the overall addressable market for e-commerce,” said Ankur Bisen, senior partner at The Knowledge Company, a consultant.However, he said that adoption is still at an exploratory stage, with even tech-savvy users continuing to discover use cases.The push comes at a time when e-commerce growth is becoming harder to sustain.

25.03 / 06:51

markets COST CEO Platform Entertainment Updates International How Indian entertainment firms are using AI to close tech gap with global rivals

JioStar and Pocket FM have recently expanded their AI capabilities, focusing on streamlining story development, production workflows, and localisation, while improving content discovery and retention.Pocket FM said the focus is on building a differentiated, technology-led entertainment ecosystem rooted in strong storytelling and deep consumer insight."Over the past couple of years, we have strengthened our AI-powered recommendation systems to improve content discovery and retention, while also deploying our in-house AI Creator Suite to streamline story development, production workflows, and localisation,” said Prateek Dixit, co-founder - product, tech and AI, Pocket FM.The company has recently strengthened its AI leadership with the appointment of Vasu Sharma as head of AI, whose mandate includes advancing narrative intelligence, long-context reasoning, and scalable localisation capabilities, while ensuring that AI systems remain creator-first and ethically governed, Dixit said.“These investments enable us to accelerate content production, enhance personalisation, optimise cost structures, and scale global IP more efficiently, all while preserving the primacy of human creativity,” Dixit added.For long, Indian media companies focused on content while global players focused on product, data, and technology infrastructure alongside content, said Vijay Subramaniam, founder and group CEO of Collective Artists Network.“Our latest product is a cinema-native production technology platform, that brings together generative systems, LoRA (low rank adaptation)-driven character architecture, controlled shot pipelines, 3D/VFX integration, lip-sync, upscaling, quality control, and delivery into a single production environment,”

25.03 / 06:51

markets UPS Waters LGBT security cover aquatics Mint Explainer: Why is India betting big on Trout, Mahseer and cold-water fisheries?

Mint explains what cold-water fisheries are, why they matter, and what challenges remain.Cold-water fisheries refer to aquatic systems with low temperatures and high dissolved oxygen, making them ideal for species such as Trout and Mahseer.In India, this segment is concentrated in the Himalayan belt, parts of the Northeast, and select peninsular highlands. It spans Jammu & Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, and parts of the Western Ghats and Northeast, covering over 5.33 lakh sq.