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markets Provident Progressive Align Interface audience innovations Drivers of brand desire amongst new-age consumers in India

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. When times are brimming with hope, options and changing consumer expectations, the only way for brands to stay relevant is by becoming consumer-focused and dipping into the innermost desires of customers. Desire is an emotional force deeply rooted in the human psyche; the same vigour drives discoveries and inventions and fuels breakthroughs.

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markets Target Ripple security Strategy Trade Experts Derivatives decline: Where did F&O volumes disappear?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. With trading volumes in futures and options (F&O) shrinking dramatically, a pressing question emerges: where did these volumes go? Some experts speculate the volumes might have shifted to small-cap stocks in the cash market. To protect investors and rein in speculative trading, India’s markets regulator took decisive measures targeting the derivatives segment (F&O), including reducing weekly option products that dominated trading volumes.

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markets FIVE Action trends Trade Experts recommendations Stocks to buy: Two stock recommendations from MarketSmith India for 30 December

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Nifty50, the benchmark index of the Indian stock market, took support around its 50-week moving average (WMA), currently placed around 23,570, and formed a small green candle on the weekly timeframe chart. It gained around 1% over the last week.

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markets UPS Citi Digital Aware Sustainability Metro Platinum Guild rides double-digit surge as Young India seeks more than ‘Just Gold’

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India’s fascination with gold is legendary, but platinum is quickly carving out its own space, especially among young consumers who want jewellery to mean more than a mere “store of value." High awareness and consideration levels, sustained double-digit growth, and expanding reach into tier-2 and tier-3 towns underscore just how potent platinum’s appeal has become. Sujala Martis, consumer marketing director at Platinum Guild India (PGI), discusses the evolving consumer mindset, marketing strategies for the rare and emotive metal, and the next wave of growth.

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markets Citi Manufacturing performer reports Colleges The Year of the Snake to bring a balance in job market

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Mumbai: The Chinese zodiac says 2025 will be the Year of the Snake--associated with flexibility, growth and change.

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UPS Strategy Enterprise Research exclusive reports rights Building right organizational strategy a big challenge in AI adoption: TCS CTO

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Building the right organizational strategy by getting all teams together and modifying the role of human employees is the biggest roadblock to adoption of artificial intelligence by businesses, Harrick Vin, global chief technology officer at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), said in an exclusive interview with Mint.

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UPS Citi Sustainability Dreams film beautiful Ad review: When a fan became a beacon of haope

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. In a tiny village tucked away from the buzz of modern cities, a young boy holds on to a dream sparked by his father’s simple yet profound words: “Pehle pankha, phir bijli" (First a fan, then electricity). Armed with this unwavering belief, he sets out to prove that the fan his father once promised can bring light to their home and hope to their village.

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markets Action security Sustainability Experts guidelines Investigations Businesses need to brace for tougher regulatory landscape in 2025

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Corporations must brace for heightened regulatory scrutiny in 2025 with various regulators preparing to enforce stricter oversight and actions.

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markets Booking Progressive Align Highways track reports India’s railway and road expansion boom: 3 stocks to watch

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India’s rail and road expansion isn’t just paving highways—it’s building economic expressways. Think of a developing nation as a moving train or a speeding car.

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markets Platform Diversity show audience social pop From Dadar to Delhi: How AI-powered storytelling is reshaping Indian advertising

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. A light breeze drifted through a small creative agency in Mumbai’s Dadar district one summer morning. The design team, huddled around their laptops, felt the pressure mounting: a major client had just announced a nationwide campaign rollout, with deadlines looming.

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markets Coca-Cola Waters Aware PepsiCo rights International 25x in returns, ₹25 lakh for every ₹1 lakh: Can Varun Beverages do it again?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Have you ever heard the classic investing story, “Had you held on to this IPO stock, you'd have made 25% CAGR today?" It’s one we’ve all come across. But then, life happens, we sell somewhere in between, and miss out on the big gains.

30.12 / 00:05

markets UPS Action economy innovations International Deregulation to be a budget priority as growth cools

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: The central government is assessing regulations across sectors to identify the ones that can be relaxed in the upcoming budget and beyond to cut red tape and help revive growth in a slowing economy, according to three people familiar with internal deliberations. Preliminary discussions are underway to identify the sectors where regulatory easing could stimulate growth, the people said on the condition of anonymity as details have not been finalized yet.

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markets Citi Target Booking Sustainability trends Trade Navigating the future: Real estate sector insights by Raja Venkatraman—30 December

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Indian real estate sector is witnessing a bullish phase, fuelled by strong demand in key cities like Bangalore, Hyderabad, and Mumbai. However, the broader market has recently undergone a correction, with the Nifty index retreating.

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markets UPS FIVE Digital performer 2020 'We can't have equity-market returns with fixed-income-like consistency'

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India has been in one of the longest bull markets, with this phase starting in March 2020, and nearing five years now, said Prashant Khemka, founder of WhiteOak Capital Management. He thinks that we have been somewhat spoiled by the returns over the past five years.

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UPS Aviat Manufacturing Action Airlines Boeing Flight path 2025: What lies ahead for Indian carriers

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: The year 2024 saw India’s aviation industry grow on the back of American aircraft manufacturer Boeing's white tail planes - those that are built without any pre-existing customer. However, the new year is likely to see slower deliveries of Boeing aircraft, leading to Indian airlines inducting fewer planes than they did in 2024.

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markets UPS Strategy economy trends show social 2025 will be a crucial year for Indian creator economy

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. 2025 will be a crucial year for Indian creator economy as the industry is expecting to see some stark trends. While some of these trends will be inspired by the current waves in western social media, the others would address the critical challenges in the Indian creator ecosystem.

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markets COST UPS Citi Sustainability trends reports India’s real estate to remain gung ho on luxury, premium housing in 2025 as affordable takes a backseat

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Come 2025, India’s real estate developers will double down on luxury and premium housing, leaving the affordable segment to catch up. Developers from across India are stacking their portfolios with premium, luxury and uber-luxury projects.Delhi NCR-based M3M India has two luxury developments lined up for next year.

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markets Digital Strategy President PAM From peanut farmer to US President: Jimmy Carter dies at 100, sets a stunning record in US history

Jimmy Carter has been one of the classic examples of Democratic politics in the US history book for decades, but one feather is now going to be added to the cap of the former US President. Carter, who served as president from 1977 to 1981, by running as a Democrat, ruled with an iron fist during his tenure. He passed away at the age of 100, the Carter Centre, an organization founded by him, has confirmed.

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markets UPS Google Action Racing rights Perplexity founder Srinivas says row over H-1B misses the point

H-1B visas that’s roiling Donald Trump’s team even before he takes office misses the point and isn’t borne out by data, said Aravind Srinivas, founder of Perplexity AI. Illegal immigration is the real issue, said the IIT graduate who’s worked at DeepMind and OpenAI, and is himself in the US on an H-1B visa.

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UPS security Enterprise Trade Justice Courts rights Key investors question PIL that led to HC stay on Religare AGM

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Mumbai: Several large investors of Religare Enterprises Ltd (REL) have criticized the public interest litigation (PIL) filed by an investor that led the Madhya Pradesh High Court to indefinitely stay the company's upcoming annual general meeting. The investors disputed the premise of the writ petition filed by the individual named Vijayant Mishra, who argued that a takeover of Religare by the Burman family will concentrate the ownership of the company in the hands of a few, which is against the interests of minority shareholders.

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Provident Aware security Deloitte Healthcare Bill Insurers may get to sell related non-insurance value added products and services but not MFs

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Auto repair from your car insurer and fire extinguishers courtesy your home insurer? Not outlandish ideas, but part of the government's plans to allow insurance companies to sell related products and services.

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