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08.12 / 08:01

markets UPS Provident Target Gap Strategy India Inc sees growing interest for private credit as market expands

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. MUMBAI: India’s private-credit market is in the midst of its busiest phase yet, with a wave of domestic and global investment firms rushing in as companies seek faster, more flexible capital than traditional lenders can provide. Over the past 12 to 18 months, firms from DMI Alternatives and Ascertis Credit to Motilal Oswal Alternates, ASK Group, True North, Edelweiss, Multiples Alternate Asset Management, Prabhudas Lilladhar and Vivriti Asset Management have launched new funds, while heavyweights such as Blackstone Group and Bandhan AMC are setting up dedicated platforms.

08.12 / 08:01

COST UPS Booking love country beautiful travelers This couple had a New Year holiday in Oman just for ₹2 lakh. Here's how

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI : An international New Year holiday often sounds expensive, but Oman proves otherwise. With its turquoise wadis, cliffside beaches, and dramatic mountains, the country looks luxurious yet is actually one of the easiest and most affordable international trips for Indians today.

08.12 / 07:25

markets COST UPS Experts Department Destinations Grape shortage threatens India’s wine industry as prices surge following unseasonal rain in Maharashtra

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: Wine prices in India are set to rise by 25-30% from levels in January after Maharashtra’s grape crop suffered its worst damage in recent years, sharply increasing input costs and reducing production.

08.12 / 02:05

markets Maxim Align Bill Trade Updates Mint Quick Edit | India’s customs regime should be rejigged to sharpen our export edge

It would be music to many ears that India’s government is planning to overhaul its customs regime. The goal will not just be to ease compliance, but also bring down rates wherever they are higher than optimal, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman said on Saturday at the HT Leadership Summit 2025.

08.12 / 02:05

markets UPS Target Sustainability show performer recommendations Three stocks to buy today: Ankush Bajaj's top recommendations for 8 December

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Stock market recap: A 25-basis-point rate cut by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the central bank's proposal for a ₹1.45 trillion liquidity infusion through bond purchases and dollar-rupee swaps boosted domestic market sentiment, helping the benchmarks end with decent gains on Friday, 5 December. Extending gains to the second consecutive session, the Sensex ended the day with a healthy gain of 447 points, or 0.52%, at 85,712.37, while the Nifty 50 settled at 26,186.45, up 153 points, or 0.59%.

08.12 / 02:05

markets UPS Aviat Airlines Boeing travelers IndiGo held aviation to ransom: This should cue a structural overhaul of the sector

It is apparent that IndiGo has used its dominance of India’s air travel market to blackmail the authorities into giving it relief—albeit temporary—from compliance with tighter rules on night landings and how long and late into the wee hours pilots and crew can be put to work. In the process, it has penalized the vast majority of air travellers.With the airline’s market share above 60%, its bulk cancellation of flights left passengers stranded and let rival operators fleece fliers with steep fares until the government stepped in to cap fares.This has exposed a regulator powerless to enforce its fiat in the face of determined resistance by a dominant player. This cannot be allowed to stand.

08.12 / 01:23

markets UPS Action Sustainability trends Stocks to buy: Raja Venkatraman's top picks for 8 December

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Stock market recap: A 25-basis-point rate cut by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and the central bank's proposal for a ₹1.45 lakh crore liquidity infusion through bond purchases and dollar-rupee swaps boosted domestic market sentiment, helping the benchmarks end with decent gains on Friday, 5 December. Extending gains to the second consecutive session, the Sensex ended the day with a healthy gain of 447 points, or 0.52%, at 85,712.37, while the Nifty 50 settled at 26,186.45, up 153 points, or 0.59%.

08.12 / 01:23

markets COST UPS PwC Omnicom IPG performer Creative Churn: Indian advertising agencies dread layoffs as AI upends industry globally

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Artificial intelligence (AI) is causing an upheaval in the global advertising industry, and the ripples of layoffs and cost cuts are being felt in India as well. AI tools now enable clients to develop content, and they are outsourcing less and less work to advertising agencies.

08.12 / 01:23

markets Provident Platform Software Healthcare reports patient Health-tech shines as India’s $283-billion IT sector battles slowing demand

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Health-tech providers have emerged as the only bright spot in India's $283-billion IT sector, with companies such as Sagility, Inventurus Knowledge Solutions (IKS) and Indegene recording steady growth despite a sluggish demand environment. Tier-1 information technology (IT) services providers, mid-caps, engineering research and development (ER&D) firms and health-tech companies reported an average sequential growth of 1.6%, 2.7%, 2.89%, and 4.2%, respectively, during the July-September quarter.

08.12 / 01:23

markets film Anthem Pride song recommendations Updates Can controversy on Vande Mataram finally end?

India? Symbols of national pride and struggle shouldn’t be seen from a religious prism as they transcend such limited boundaries.The uninitiated should know that Vande Mataram is not just a film song. Bengali author Bankim Chandra Chatterjee penned it in 1875. Later he included the song in his famous novel “Anand Math”.

08.12 / 01:23

UPS Google Enterprise Research Healthcare country Interviews Top Indian companies join red-hot sovereign cloud race

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI : Larsen & Toubro Ltd. aims to establish a sovereign cloud as part of its initiative to build data centres in the country, becoming the third homegrown company after Tata Consultancy Services Ltd and Bharti Airtel Ltd.

08.12 / 01:23

markets Manufacturing Healthcare performer track reports Pharmaceuticals Creador acquires 7% stake in pharma company La Renon

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Mumbai: Kuala Lumpur-based private equity firm Creador has acquired a 7% stake in La Renon Healthcare from the promoter and existing investor Peak XV Partners for an undisclosed sum, the companies said in a statement on Monday. Creador’s purchase of shares from Peak XV comes about a decade after the venture capital firm first invested in the company.

08.12 / 01:23

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07.12 / 15:21

UPS Google Analysis students show reports Transformer by Mint: AI’s impacts on Sensex to Saregama

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. BENGALURU: As automation seeps further into workflows across industries, India’s largest IT services companies are feeling the pressure, not just on revenue, but also in their standing among the country’s corporate elite. Simply put, four of India’s largest IT services firms—Tata Consultancy Services Ltd, Infosys Ltd, HCL Technologies Ltd, and Tech Mahindra Ltd—once held a “villa" in the BSE Sensex.

07.12 / 14:15

markets UPS Platform Mobile wellness reports travelers Venture capital hunts for India’s next big consumer AI champion

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The recent success of several consumer tech companies in public markets has prompted Indian venture capital funds to back the next wave—startups using artificial intelligence (AI) to build products. Several companies have picked up early-stage cheques this year.

07.12 / 14:15

markets UPS Manufacturing Bill innovations testing patient India plans toolkit to help diagnostics startups commercialize their products

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: India is moving to reduce its heavy reliance on imported diagnostic technology by fast-tracking commercialization of homegrown solutions.

07.12 / 12:35

markets UPS Action Sustainability Trade show Videos Vijay L Bhambwani's Ticker: Santa Claus rally ahead?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Ticker is a weekly newsletter by Vijay L Bhambwani. Subscribe to Mint's newsletters to get them directly in your email inbox. Dear reader, Last week, I wrote that bulls appeared to have an upper hand, read here.

07.12 / 12:35

markets COST Entertainment Southern film Experts audience Kantara to Pushpa: Why only big southern spectacles click up north

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Several dubbed south Indian films have struck a popular chord with Hindi-speaking audiences and found box-office success in the past. Yet, makers of recent mid-budget Tamil, Telugu, or Malayalam movies such as The Girlfriend and Kaantha have refrained from aggressive distribution and marketing push in north India.

07.12 / 12:35

markets Citi Provident ETF Platform Trade International Rupee at record low: Don’t ignore international investing for hedging currency risk

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. With the rupee slipping to a record low of ₹90 against the dollar, the need to hedge your investment portfolio against currency depreciation is back in focus. This matters even more today, as Indians spend increasingly in foreign currency — on overseas vacations, education and other big-ticket needs.

07.12 / 12:35

Platform economy Pool Basketball audience cricket Sporting Mint Explainer: Can Dream11’s watch-party pivot change how India watches sports?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Dream11, the fantasy gaming giant with 250 million users, is rewriting its playbook. It now looks to recast itself as a sports entertainment platform, betting on India’s rising ‘watch-party’ culture, where fans stream matches, interact and hang out online.

07.12 / 10:05

Citi Art Dreams Death wellness Celebrity blues Celebrating M.F. Husain’s legacy: The Lawh Wa Qalam in Doha opens to public

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Three years before his death in 2011, celebrated artist Maqbool Fida Husain penned the following lines on the margins of a sketch, “May I present for the kind glance of Her Highness a concept of ART COMPLEX, my dream to educate and entertain. Being a painter’s museum, colours’ play in architectural concept has to be predominant." Addressed to his patron, Sheikha Moza bint Nasser, chairperson of the Qatar Foundation, the drawing depicted Husain’s vision of a museum dedicated to his two passions: art and cinema.

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