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18.12 / 12:59

markets COST Provident FIVE Manufacturing reports testing India proposes perpetual licensing and uniform testing for medical devices

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI: The Centre plans to scrap expiry-based licences for medical devices and introduce perpetual approvals alongside uniform lab testing rules, according to two officials and a draft notification reviewed by Mint.

18.12 / 12:59

markets COST Provident security wellness Headlines Mutual fund expenses under Sebi’s new rules: A guide for investors

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. MUMBAI: The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on Wednesday introduced a series of regulations for mutual funds, with changes to expense structures likely to have the most direct impact on investors. Here’s a closer look at what these rules entail and how they could affect the cost of investing in mutual funds.

18.12 / 09:39

markets COST FIVE Sustainability Experts show social Breaking gently with taboo and tradition: Menstrual cups find acceptance in India

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India, the country with the most number of women in the world, is making a sure, even if slow, shift towards menstrual cups (m-cups), makers of such cups and a recent study has shown. Primarily driven by cost savings in hygiene and ease of use, the increasing adoption of m-cups has an unintended outcome: a small dent in the staggering quantum of waste that India generates every year.

18.12 / 08:59

markets Waters Boxing pandemic performer PVR Inox to get Dhurandhar boost in Q3; content consistency is key

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Multiplex chain PVR Inox Ltd is set to close the curtains on the December quarter (Q3FY26) on a decent note. Multi-starrer Bollywood movie Dhurandhar has seen impressive box office collections worth over ₹400 crore so far.

18.12 / 08:03

markets COST UPS Citi Bill Trade reports This retail company turned ₹1 lakh in 2013 into ₹3.3 crore today—and its growth story isn't over yet

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. More than a decade ago, this was a small, largely overlooked retail chain with a limited footprint. Its stores were concentrated in smaller towns, markets where a large share of India's population lives and spends, but organized retail penetration remained low.

18.12 / 07:37

markets Citi economy Sustainability Food community social To solve today’s crises, economics must move beyond masculine ideas of output growth

India’s economic growth is not producing enough jobs for its youth. AI will not solve the problem. We need systemic solutions.

18.12 / 07:37

markets Metro Healthcare reports testing gatherings Updates House of Diagnostics kicks off $30-40 million funding round amid gathering tailwinds

Medical diagnostic chain House of Diagnostics (HOD) has begun the process of raising $30-40 million in a largely primary funding round, two people familiar with the matter said, as the medical diagnostic and healthcare services space heats up.“The company has been working closely with EY India to do the round,” one of the people said. If the round goes through as planned, it will likely be the company’s first external funding.

18.12 / 07:37

markets MET Digital security Bill Trade Don’t dismiss stablecoins as useless—they tell us something that fiat money cannot

The Reserve Bank of India’s deputy governor T. Rabi Sankar recently responded to a question at a Mint conference on whether stablecoins have a role in the financial system by saying they serve no purpose that fiat money cannot serve. We respectfully disagree.

18.12 / 02:47

UPS Racing Strategy Pool Trade Experts country SIF race accelerates, but talent shortage holds back mutual funds

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Mutual funds, whose plans to launch specialized investment funds (SIFs) are progressing slowly due to a shortage of skilled managers, are hiring expertise for running long-short strategies from alternative investment funds (AIFs), showed a Mint analysis. Suraj Nanda, the fund manager for equity and hybrid SIF at Tata Mutual Fund, was earlier running a long-short AIF at ICICI Prudential AMC.

18.12 / 02:03

markets Digital Platform film Celebrity show stars Cinema about cinema: Bollywood discovers its most bankable subject— itself

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. A barometer check of India's obsession with its movie stars can be had on weekends outside an unmistakable bungalow in Juhu, central Mumbai. Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan, when he's in town and can, steps on to a raised platform at the gates of his home, Jalsa, Sunday evenings to wave at a thronging crowd of fans.

18.12 / 02:03

markets Williams Action Sustainability Trade recommendations Commentary Stock recommendations for 18 December from MarketSmith India

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Stock market recap: Indian stock market benchmarks – the Sensex and the Nifty 50 – ended in losses for the third consecutive session on Wednesday, 17 December, on persisting concerns over the rupee's weakness, foreign capital outflows and a delay in the India-US trade deal. The Sensex closed with a loss of 120 points, or 0.14%, at 84,559.65, while the Nifty 50 ended at 25,818.55, down 42 points, or 0.16%.

18.12 / 02:03

markets UPS BLOCK Mobile Universities Updates Mint Quick Edit | Can fully foreign-owned insurers help India achieve universal coverage by 2047?

Can India’s insurance sector help mobilize more long-term capital? How much of a difference will the Centre’s proposal of raising its foreign direct investment (FDI) cap to 100% from 74% make? The sector was opened up to foreign insurers via joint ventures (JVs) in 2000, but state-run LIC’s dominance remains mostly intact. After the FDI cap was lifted to 74% in 2021, a few foreign insurers raised their stakes in JVs and we saw one new entry.Full ownership would mean no local partner can block key plans, so those stakes might rise further.

18.12 / 02:03

markets COST security wellness country reports Updates India’s market for corporate bonds has been a laggard: Heed Niti Aayog’s call for reforms

India’s capital markets have grown by leaps and bounds since 1991, when economic liberalization began. Be it in terms of participation or infrastructure, they now compare with the best in the world. But this boom has been all but stolen by the equity market.When it comes to the market for debt, especially corporate bonds, ours lags woefully behind those of not just advanced countries, but many of our peers as well.

17.12 / 18:15

markets UPS Trade medicines Headlines Pharmaceuticals India–Oman CEPA set to be signed as New Delhi steps up Gulf trade push

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: As the India-Oman free trade agreement (FTA) is set to be signed on Thursday during Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Muscat, the deal is being positioned as a key pillar of India’s expanding economic and strategic engagement with the Gulf, even as its immediate trade upside remains measured by the size of Oman’s market. The Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) will be the final stop of the Prime Minister’s three-nation tour, which included Jordan and Ethiopia.

17.12 / 14:45

markets Manufacturing CEO country Updates Interviews International I Squared-backed Polaris eyes going public, plans international expansion

Mint in an interview that the company, which currently holds nearly 10% market share in the Indian smart metering space, aims to double its share in the next three to five years.Khaitan did not give a timeline for its public listing plans, but emphasized that the company is well-capitalized for expansion. “We are certainly looking at hitting the public markets.

17.12 / 12:01

markets COST Manufacturing Strategy performer testing rights Adani comes for wind turbines, testing Suzlon’s hard-won calm

aid it wants to deploy around 30GW of wind capacity by 2030, or a third of the country’s 100GW target by then. Until recently, Adani’s turbine manufacturing was widely assumed to be a captive exercise, designed primarily to feed the group’s own rapidly expanding power needs. The Opera Energy order has punctured that assumption.

17.12 / 10:13

UPS security information reports rights Updates Japan’s MUFG to invest up to $5 billion in Shriram Finance for 20% stake in major India bet

Mint’s requests for a comment.Amid media reports, Shriram Finance informed the exchanges late Tuesday that its board is scheduled to meet on Friday to consider a proposal to raise funds through a rights issue, preferential allotment, qualified institutional placement, or any other permissible mode. The transaction is expected to be carried out through a fresh issue of equity shares and/or other eligible securities, the company had said in the regulatory filing.The development comes on the back of a larger trend by global strategic players looking to enter India with large buyout deals.

17.12 / 10:13

Provident Manufacturing security NVIDIA Immunic AMD electronic Nvidia tie-up gives Netweb a unique advantage, but it isn't immune to risks

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The stock of high-end computing solutions provider Netweb Technologies India has soared 80% in the past six months. In September the company bagged two orders for servers and artificial intelligence (AI) systems worth ₹2,184 crore.

17.12 / 10:13

markets UPS Provident security Trade show F&O trading keeps its grip on retail investors despite Sebi intervention

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. MUMBAI : It has been over a year since the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) intervened to promote discipline in the country’s booming derivatives market, yet retail investors continue to wade into high-risk futures and options (F&O) trading.

17.12 / 07:39

markets Provident Gap Align Bill innovations International Mint Explainer: Why the insurance bill 2025 marks the industry's biggest reform in decades

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Sabka Bima Sabki Raksha (Amendment of Insurance Laws) Bill, 2025, introduced in the Lok Sabha on 16 December, represents the most significant reform of India’s insurance sector in decades. The bill seeks to amends three core laws—the Insurance Act, 1938; the LIC Act, 1956; and the IRDAI Act, 1999—to liberalise foreign investment, strengthen regulation, introduce new intermediaries, and accelerate insurance penetration in line with the government’s goal of ‘insurance for all by 2047’.

17.12 / 07:13

COST UPS Manufacturing Mobile wellness Cycling stage Punjab plans EV sops in new industrial policy as states compete for investments

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI: The electric vehicles (EV) sector is expected to take centre stage in Punjab, as the state lines up an expanded package of incentives to attract fresh investments under the new industrial policy that is likely to be launched in January.

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