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30.01 / 08:03

UPS Southern Freeport-McMoran Trade reports Copper prices hit a record high. Why a blowup could be coming soon.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The price of copper spiked and then suddenly dropped Thursday, in a wild day for the metal. The most active copper continuous contract climbed 11% to an all-time high of $6.58 a pound in morning trading.

30.01 / 05:37

markets Target Aviat Airlines Boeing President country IndiGo, Air India, Akasa to add 240 aircraft in two years

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Hyderabad: India's top airlines IndiGo, Air India and Akasa Air may together add 240 aircraft in the next two years, expanding their fleet size by a combined 30%. Currently, the three carriers have a combined strength of 804, a number which may swell to 1,044 by the end of 2027.

30.01 / 01:35

Digital Apple Tesla love Experts Xiaomi testing I test drove a Chinese EV. Now I don’t want to buy American cars anymore.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. My dearest Xiaomi SU7 Max, It’s been about a month since we were last together. Now, every time I climb back into my Ford Mustang Mach-E, I can’t stop thinking about you—your long range, your modular interior, your absurdly large infotainment screen.

30.01 / 01:35

UPS Puzzle Tesla wellness love reports Mint Quick Edit | Tesla’s bet on robots should push us to crack an AI puzzle in India’s Economic Survey

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Is Tesla about to shift its business focus from electric vehicles (EVs) to humanoid robots? Hit by Chinese rivals like BYD, the EV maker reported its first-ever annual drop in revenue, down 3% to $94.8 billion in 2025. Its chief Elon Musk has said it will quit rolling out its pricey S and X models.

29.01 / 11:05

Gap show country shock Relationships Profiles Destinations In chart: Economic Survey 2025-26 highlights India’s power gap

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India has shown strong resilience and absorptive capacity in the face of repeated global shocks, noted the Economic Survey 2025-26, presented in Parliament on Thursday.

29.01 / 01:37

markets FIVE Hyundai Trade country reports Department From Mexico City to Pretoria, India's car exports are running into turbulence

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI : Just a month after Mexico doubled tariffs on car imports, South Africa is considering the option, in a one-two punch that threatens Indian automobile exports of over $2 billion. The latest move, if it takes effect, will hurt India's largest carmaker Maruti Suzuki India Ltd, and Hyundai Motor India Ltd—For Maruti, South Africa is the largest export market, while for Hyundai, it is among the top five.

29.01 / 01:37

Target Aware Mobile Research country reports travelers Niti Aayog plans to advocate 90% EV share in private vehicles by 2047

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI: The federal policy think tank Niti Aayog may advocate raising the share of electric vehicles in India’s privately owned cars and two-wheelers to 90% by 2047 from nearly 6% now as part of the nation’s energy transition, according to three people aware of the development.

28.01 / 03:13

markets Provident FIVE security Mobile Trade innovations Rajiv Memani: Why we can expect the India-EU trade agreement to yield win-win outcomes

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government deserve applause for concluding a landmark trade deal with the European Union (EU). The agreement negotiated over the last six months reflects maturity and avoids red lines for both sides while focusing on their complementarities.

28.01 / 01:07

markets UPS Digital security Trade President country Europe got tough with Trump, but it needs the US as much as ever

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. European capitals closed ranks to push back against President Trump’s bid to control Greenland, but the Continent’s dependence on the U.S. for security, exports and technology means decoupling from its ally isn’t an option.

28.01 / 01:07

UPS Provident ETF Yellow Trade President What is driving gold’s relentless rally?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. BAD NEWS is good news for the price of gold. These days good news is good news, too.

27.01 / 11:11

markets UPS Trade President War country travelers Stung by Trump, America’s top trading partners cozy up to China

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. U.S. trading partners, feeling burned by an unpredictable and transactional White House, are reassessing China in a drive to lessen their longstanding reliance on America.

27.01 / 11:11

Provident Research information reports Investigations Scandals Rapid buildup of Chinese military fuels corruption scandals

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. HONG KONG—Decades of spending increases have helped China build one of the world’s most substantial militaries, stirring fears that it could seize Taiwan or provoke a clash over territorial disputes with neighbors such as Japan or the Philippines. But the chief victim of the buildup of China’s military so far has been its own elite, as Chinese leader Xi Jinping has purged a swath of top generals accused of corruption and disloyalty.

27.01 / 11:11

markets UPS CEO Remark Trade President country Rahul Jacob: Great power rivalry between the US and China is putting the developing world at risk

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. More than three decades ago, the legendary Warren Buffett returned a call to a fact-checker, explaining what he meant when he used the term “elephant-bumping affairs." Buffett was gently deriding talkathons such as the World Economic Forum (WEF) and CEO summits hosted by business magazines. I was then working for Fortune magazine in New York and was the fact-checker Buffett called.

27.01 / 01:49

Trade President War show country Relationships Europe is aiming to sign a long-awaited free-trade deal with India

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NARENDRA MODI’S guests of honour at Indian Republic Day on January 26th will not just be there to witness the pomp and parades. India’s prime minister has invited the European Union’s two top officials, Ursula von der Leyen, president of the European Commission, and António Costa, president of the European Council, which represents the EU’s member states.

27.01 / 01:13

markets UPS Provident Gap War US sanctions effect: Iraq gains lost ground as oil exporter to India, fast closing gap with Russia

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: Rebalancing its oil import basket of the last three-four years, India is slowly yet surely moving away from the Russia Federation and turning back to its traditional crude oil suppliers in West Asia. In doing so, Iraq, the no.

26.01 / 10:09

Target security Strategy show Investigations International China’s top general accused of giving nuclear secrets to US

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. China’s senior-most general is accused of leaking information about the country’s nuclear-weapons program to the U.S. and accepting bribes for official acts, including the promotion of an officer to defense minister, said people familiar with a high-level briefing on the allegations.

26.01 / 09:49

UPS Target economy track country electronic Energy mix: Renewables are rising in India while thermal power expansion plans are on a slow track

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Almost everywhere on the planet, the great surge of coal power that fuelled two centuries of industrialization is receding. In rich countries, consumption peaked two decades ago and has since fallen by about half.

26.01 / 09:31

markets COST Action Trade country International Iran is selling more oil but making less money

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Iran exported more oil in 2025 than it had done in years, smuggling crude in defiance of sanctions, mainly to China. At the same time, the regime’s profits from the commodity collapsed.

26.01 / 01:35

Strategy Trade Mint Quick Edit | Republic Day calls for reflection: This year, let’s focus on how we engage the world

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. This Republic Day, we should reflect on India’s embrace of the world.

25.01 / 08:29

UPS Target Research Simulation Experts Universities Battlefield China trains AI-controlled weapons with learning from Hawks, Coyotes

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Engineers studying drone combat at one of China’s top military-linked universities needed a way to simulate clashes between drone swarms in real time. They turned to nature for inspiration.

25.01 / 07:33

markets Manufacturing Immunic Experts Virus strain Vaccines Regulator nixes Indian Immunologicals plan for 6-in-1 vaccine over China polio strain

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: India’s drug regulator has signalled zero-tolerance for polio-related risk, turning down a proposal by National Dairy Development Board's (NDDB) subsidiary Indian Immunologicals Ltd (IIL) to start human trials of its ‘six-in-one’ paediatric vaccine over concerns it could undermine the country’s polio-free status, according to two government officials and documents reviewed by Mint.

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