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airlines must also provide monetary compensation when the cancellation is not communicated appropriately well in advance. However, in the case of cancellations caused by a war, airlines are not liable to provide monetary compensation.The exclusion extends beyond just ticket cancellations. Claims for trip interruption, delays, missed connections and even additional accommodation costs may be denied if it is linked to a conflict.Baggage-related claims may also be denied if the delay or loss is directly attributable to airport shutdowns or conflict conditions.

India’s corporate skyline has expanded rapidly over the past three decades. Tech campuses in Bengaluru and Hyderabad, logistics parks along the Delhi-Mumbai industrial corridor and multiple warehouse clusters on city outskirts reflect a country building the infrastructure of a modern economy. Yet, much of this expansion has been planned around connectivity, labour access and land prices.

LPG) at about 62%. Fertilizer imports account for roughly 30% of consumption.That headline number masks wide variation across nutrients.

Mint explains.India is the world’s second-largest fertilizer consumer, but domestic supply hasn’t kept pace.The country imports about 60% of its diammonium phosphate (DAP) requirement and roughly 15% of its urea and nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium (NPK)-based fertilizer demand, along with intermediates such as rock phosphate, phosphoric acid and potash.Even urea relies on natural gas as feedstock, much of which is imported. This leaves domestic production exposed to global energy markets.“Domestic availability is limited for raw materials and intermediaries such as liquefied natural gas (LNG), phosphate rock and ammonia,” said Anand Kulkarni, director at Crisil Ratings.Analysts say this dependence is unlikely to ease without a shift in technology.

Gail (India) Ltd’s shares have declined about 12% since the conflict in West Asia began, hitting 52-week low of ₹144.50 on Monday. The Strait of Hormuz blockade and QatarEnergy's suspension of operations at its LNG plant would hit Gail’s transmission and marketing businesses.As per Elara Capital, the state-owned company transported 123 million standard cubic meter (mmscmd) of natural gas in 2025, and about 30% of it came from sources that pass through or are close to the Strait and are stalled currently.The marketing segment traded volume of 105 mmscmd in 2025, and its dependency is less at 16%, thanks to diversified contracts from the US, Russia, and Australia.

Mint, “We need to see how the weather holds up and how much it impacts consumption.”India’s beer market, which sold about 440 million cases in 2025, is expected to close FY26 with 4-5% growth despite a weak first half. The industry is now looking to FY27 for a more meaningful rebound, with volumes likely to reach 455-460 million cases if favourable weather persists, said Vinod Giri, director general of the Brewers Association of India.“Despite all the early setbacks in FY26, we should end the year in positive territory, around 3-4% growth.

Mumbai: Dairy products like milk, khoya, cheese, and ghee have become the top targets of adulteration and counterfeiting in India’s FMCG sector. Counterfeiting reported a 2.5x jump to 187 reported incidents in 2025 from 2018, per the Aspa-Crisil State of Counterfeiting in India report.Most of these incidents in the FMCG sector focused on milk-based products, the report added.

BENGALURU: India’s home appliances market is drawing a surge of new entrants from design-led startups to D2C brands, each trying to rewire how Indians cook, clean and live at home.From glass air fryers and smart chimneys to app-enabled kitchen devices, a new crop of companies is targeting urban consumers who are upgrading their homes and are willing to experiment beyond established brands.The surge is mirrored in early-stage funding. EDT, the maker of glass air fryers, raised $4 million from Fireside Ventures in August 2025.Nuuk, which makes fans and vacuum cleaners, among other products, secured $2 million from Vertex Ventures and Good Capital in the same month, followed by chimney maker Beyond Appliances’ $4 million round in December.

retirement strategy. Over the past few years, she has focused on consolidating real estate holdings, increasing liquid investments through mutual funds, and creating multiple income streams, such as rental income, to ensure financial stability and healthcare security in retirement.For Ahmedabad-based Vijay Vora, a chartered accountant, 75, who is currently self-employed as a management adviser and corporate consultant, retirement income comes from a mix of rental income from real estate, interest from fixed deposits, Public Provident Fund (PPF) savings, dividends, and freelancing income.Going ahead, he wants to start systematic withdrawal plans from his mutual funds.

The Indian stock market is in a clear downtrend. We had barely taken a breather from harsh tariffs, and now we find ourselves caught up in the consequences of a war.Given our dependence on oil and gas imports and trade with West Asia, this has serious implications for India. And the markets are reflecting that.The pain is much sharper in broader markets than what indices reflect.

₹74,795.57 crore in the month through 17 March, according to National Securities Depository Ltd (NSDL) data.That works out to an average daily sale of ₹6,799.59 crore over 11 sessions of the month. If the FPI selling for the remaining eight days continues with the same intensity, March would clock ₹1.29 trillion, higher than the record ₹1.14 trillion FPI outflows seen in October 2024.The average daily FPI outflow in October 2024 was ₹5,175 crore .The record selling that month was induced by rising US bond yields, over concerns of global tariff wars following a likely Republican victory in the US presidential elections.

New Delhi: India has joined a group of developing economies in pushing for a global framework to reduce the cost of cross-border remittances, positioning the issue as a key development priority ahead of the 14th Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization scheduled in Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon, later this month.The conference will take place during 26-29 March 2026.In a revised draft ministerial declaration circulated on 17 March, India, along with Morocco, Pakistan and the African Group, called for coordinated global action to bring down remittance transaction costs, which remain significantly above the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal target of less than 3% by 2030.India is world’s largest recipient of remittances, with inflows estimated at around $135.4 billion in FY25, according to an India Brand Equity Foundation (IBEF) report. This marks a steady rise from about $129 billion in 2024 and reflects a strong increase over the past decade.

On 7 January, Mint made a case for reforming India’s highly inefficient regime of fertilizer production, pricing and distribution, and for switching over from product subsidization to income support for farmers. This imperative has since been sprung centre-stage by a war in West Asia that has disrupted our imports of urea and its feedstock gas, both of which form large shares of domestic usage and have seen global prices flare up.

Mint, Audi India's top executives said that the company has exhausted its current resource allocation for the EV business and is in discussions with its headquarters for the next phase, echoing earlier comments from Skoda and Volkswagen India leadership, and leaving the Wolfsburg-based Volkswagen Group among the few major foreign carmakers without a clear EV roadmap for the country.This is in contrast with other foreign luxury car makers like Mercedes and BMW and mass-market players like Renault, Honda, Hyundai, VinFast and Suzuki that have announced their EV plans for India and committed to scale their sales over the next few years.“We are not selling an electric car because we have been selling it for the last 3-4 years. The quota that was allocated to us, the cars that we were selling got over,” Balbir Singh Dhillon, brand director at Audi India, told Mint ahead of its latest car launch in the national capital.“We are in the process of defining what next model that we bring in, at what point in time, at what price point,” Dhillon said, adding that the company would publicly announce its plans soon and remains optimistic about the opportunity in the country's EV market.Dhillon's comments echo statements from the brand head of Skoda as well as the Volkswagen Group head in India over the past two months.

investors, and capital typically recedes from emerging markets as investors scramble for safety.First Global founder Devina Mehra noted that private credit concerns have emerged amid a broader global environment already tilting risk-off. The current stress underscores the inherent risks of investing in illiquid instruments, where exits can become challenging during periods of uncertainty, she said.Since the US-Iran conflict erupted, the benchmark Nifty 50 is down more than 6%.

The Adani Group’s acquisition of Jaiprakash Associates Ltd (JAL) out of insolvency is set to significantly scale up its real estate ambitions in north India, giving it access to a vast land bank and a pipeline of stalled housing projects in the National Capital Region (NCR), where it has had limited exposure so far.The National Company Law Tribunal’s (NCLT’s) approval of Adani Enterprises Ltd’s (AEL’s) ₹15,000-crore-plus resolution plan for JAL hands the group a ready-made real estate platform spanning 3,985 acres across Noida, the Yamuna Expressway and Greater Noida, at a time when land scarcity and surging prices have intensified competition among developers.The Ahmedabad-based ports-to-power conglomerate’s portfolio will now include prime land parcels, large, partly developed projects such as Jaypee Greens in Greater Noida and the Jaypee International Sports City near the upcoming Noida International Airport in Jewar, along with thousands of undelivered apartments across multiple projects.JAL’s assets also comprise five hotels and resorts across locations such as Greater Noida, Agra and Mussoorie, in addition to commercial and industrial properties.Beyond real estate, the acquisition gives Adani access to JAL’s cement capacity of 6.5 million tonnes in Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, along with limestone mines and other raw material linkages, strengthening the group’s broader infrastructure and construction play.“This transaction will give Adani access to a ready-made portfolio of good quality land and projects in Noida, a market that has performed extremely well in recent years,” said Santhosh Kumar, vice-chairman, Anarock Property Consultants, adding that Adani will create a huge future customer base if it executes

Strait of Hormuz. Of these, six are carrying LPG, four are transporting crude oil, and one vessel is transporting liquefied natural gas (LNG). West Asia and the Strait of Hormuz are key for India's energy security, with about 90% of India's LPG imports and 50% of India's crude imports dependent on this region."The talks have been positive so far.

green hydrogen annually by 2030 under the National Green Hydrogen Mission.Reliance did not disclose the quantity of green ammonia that would be supplied as part of this deal with Samsung C&T. However, while announcing the deal on Monday, it hinted in a press release that this was the first of a series of such deals that it plans to strike in the coming days.The Korean company is the holding company of the leading chaebol and is engaged in materials trading and construction, among other things.Reliance did not respond to Mint’s query on the quantum of the supply.This is the second large export agreement struck by an Indian manufacturer of green hydrogen.

The podcast market revenue is estimated to grow from $969 million in 2024 to $4.5 billion by 2030, according to a Deloitte report released on Tuesday, marking India’s move from a niche audio category to a video-first podcast powerhouse.As far as specific genres go, following 2023 and 2024, podcast consumption has rebounded, with renewed interest in favour of select genres, Deloitte’s media and entertainment predictions report showed. The report cites a 2024 consumer study that found 12% of Indians actively engaged with podcasts.“The trend of video podcasts has evolved in the past six months or so, and there is now traction for two-hour plus conversations versus 15-20 minute content pieces earlier.

semiconductor maker also established a global coalition of companies, Nemotron. It includes the likes of Perplexity and Cursor to build large language models (LLMs) that will act as a reference point for enterprises globally.

Best stocks to buy today (all buy trades are rates of equity and sell rates are based on F&O)Federal Bank Ltd: Buy above ₹266 | Stop ₹250 | Target ₹289 (multiday)Aurobindo Pharma Ltd: Buy above ₹1,298 | Stop ₹1,245 | Target ₹1,410 (multiday)Vardhman Textiles Ltd: Buy above ₹555 | Stop ₹525 | Target ₹610 (multiday)On 17 March 2026, Indian equity markets closed on a positive note with midcap and smallcap indices advancing steadily. The Nifty Midcap Index rose by 1%, while the Smallcap Index added 0.65%, reflecting broad-based buying interest.