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LNG. The ongoing war has brought maritime traffic in the Strait of Hormuz to a halt, a busy channel used to transport oil and gas to many countries, including India. The impasse has highlighted India’s dependence on gas imports, particularly from Qatar, and how that impact isspread across a range of sectors.Over the years, natural gas has progressively come to play a greater role in India’s energy mix, supplementing crude oil (in the transport sector) and coal (in the power sector).

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The court waived the mandatory 30-day "reconsideration period," usually required by the 2023 guidelines, noting that the patient's family, medical boards, and the state were in unanimous agreement. Active euthanasia involves a deliberate act to end a patient's life, such as administering a lethal injection.

Pet parenting in India is harder than it should be.” Vineet Khanna, co-founder of pet support platform Supertails, leans back in his chair and gives two examples that illustrate the lack of an ecosystem and low awareness about pets and pet parenting that make it so difficult.Two girls tele-consulted the Supertails vet, saying their newly acquired cat was making “a strange sound”. The call switched to video, but the cat, unaware of the attention, took some time before she made the mysterious sounds that had her minders worried.

TCS even though there was no IT industry to speak of. What followed was one of the great acts of industrial creation in post-independence India.The foundations of what is today a $300 billion industry were built on his clarity about the opportunity.

Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Act emphasizes "purpose limitation", which should, in theory, prevent a burger chain from harvesting our facial micro-expressions or vocal tremors without explicit consent. However, the temptation to label these as productivity tools rather than biometric profiling remains a loophole.As we chase our "IndiaAI" mission, we must decide if we want to be the world’s back-office laboratory for invasive experiments or a leader in "Sovereign AI" that respects the sanctity of the human spirit.The New Normal: The world is at an inflexion point. Artificial intelligence (AI) is set to be as massive a revolution as the Internet has been. The option to just stay away from AI will not be available to most people, as all the tech we use takes the AI route. This column series introduces AI to the non-techie in an easy and relatable way, aiming to demystify and help a user to actually put the technology to good use in everyday life.Mala Bhargava is most often described as a ‘veteran’ writer who has contributed to several publications in India since 1995. Her domain is personal tech, and she writes to simplify and demystify technology for a non-techie audience.Catch all the Business News, Market News, Breaking News Events and Latest News Updates on Live Mint.

₹13.22 crore, just 3.7% of the targeted ₹350 crore in interest subvention, according to a parliamentary written response by the Union ministry of micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs).The MSME ministry’s Lok Sabha disclosure, a written response by minister of state Shobha Karandlaje on 12 March, showed Tamil Nadu had the most MSE beneficiaries at 1,067, followed by Punjab (610) and Rajasthan (608).The scheme, which began in 2023-24 and runs until 2025-26, is set to end on 31 March.

crude oil prices briefly above $100 a barrel amid fears of shipping disruptions through the Strait of Hormuz, which carries about 20% of global oil supply. Global stocks also slid as investors worried the crisis could trigger one of the biggest oil shocks since 1990, an analysis by howindialives.com showed.In the 12 days of the conflict so far, oil prices surged about 34%, the sharpest rise among major oil-shock episodes.Prices have since eased to around $98 a barrel.

largest manufacturer of wires and cables and is a fast-growing electrical equipment company.The stock of Polycab India has been on a declining trend over the past few days. Since closing at ₹8,566 on 5 March, the price has fallen 13%.Here are some key factors that may influence the stock's future trajectory.Read on…Polycab is the largest wires and cables manufacturer in India, with a significant market share in the organized sector, giving it strong brand recognition and distribution power.The company historically has very low or near-zero debt and strong cash reserves, allowing it to fund expansion through internal accruals.

₹19,974.9 crore in two weeks, according to NSE data.The short position is close to the record high of 231,796 contracts seen on 24 February last year, when markets were roiled by proposed Trump tariffs, per data from analytical firm IndiaCharts."These are hedges taken by large funds that tend to be buyers of EMs (emerging markets) like India," said U.R. Bhat, founder of investment platform Alphaniti Fintech.

₹350 crore, its managing director and chief executive Saugata Gupta said during the December-quarter earnings call.Gupta said the company’s broader digital-first portfolio, which includes specialized and online-led brands, is also scaling rapidly and is expected to exit 2025-26 with an ARR exceeding ₹1,000 crore.Premiumization has also played a key role in its core hair oil business. Gupta said the value-added hair oils category delivered another strong quarter with market share reaching an all-time high of nearly 30%, reflecting “considerable progress towards premiumization of the mix”.Marico's group chief financial officer, Pawan Agrawal, said this shift towards higher-value products has also supported profitability.

₹1,250.10 apiece on 2 February. However, the stock is still about 6% down in the past two weeks since the West Asia conflict began.

Mint in an earlier interaction. LG Electronics, the largest consumer electronics brand in India, makes around 28% of its annual revenues in the January-March quarter.Awry predictions, then, can lead to a production-demand mismatch.

lactose intolerant, the regulator may allow complex carbohydrates such as polysaccharides and oligosaccharides instead of refined sugars.India records roughly 25 million births annually, making infant nutrition standards a significant public health lever. Data from a National Family Health survey show the share of overweight children has increased to 3.4% from 2.1% five years earlier.The Economic Survey 2025-26 warned that the number of obese children in India could rise to 83 million by 2035 from 33 million in 2020.

West Asia conflict has evolved in public perception—from a regional crisis, to a global disruption, and now to a household concern.Data suggests that search interest has gradually moved from general curiosity about the war to practical concerns about energy and cooking alternatives.Here’s a look at how India is exploring the unfolding situation through search trends.While the impact of conflict in West Asia wasn’t immediate for common Indians, it is now being felt in Indian kitchens. Despite the government’s assurances, images of long queues to get LPG cylinders are emerging from many parts of the country.In the virtual world, the panic is evident in Google searches, with interest in terms like LPG shortage, LPG prices, induction cooktop, and induction stove surging dramatically over the past few days.In the case of induction stoves and cooktops, the trend is not restricted to just Google searches.

NEW DELHI: India’s steadily rising mobile phone exports, which generated $11 billion in revenue in the first six months of the current fiscal, are expected to take a multi-billion-dollar hit as a result of a prolonged impact of the Iran war on consumption, imports and freight transit in the Gulf region.Executives, analysts and brokerage firms estimate a loss of $2 billion-3 billion on India’s electronics exports, largely because electronics manufacturing services (EMS) companies export a sizeable quantity of mobile phones to the Gulf area—a key trade and consumption hub.Mobile phones are among the top five most-impacted commodities as a result of the Gulf nations and the West Asia region being directly affected in Israel and the US’s war on Iran, analysts Suvodeep Rakshit and Swarupjit Palit at brokerage firm Kotak Institutional Equities wrote in a note to investors on 6 March.The analysts cited India’s commerce ministry data to say that mobile phone exports to the Gulf and West Asia rose to $3.1 billion in FY25, accounting for 12% of the country’s net electronics exports. This entire chunk may be affected and EMS companies that rely significantly on mobile phone manufacturing may be substantially hit, at least in the current quarter and next.If the conflict continues, the entire $3 billion in export value may be wiped off in the next fiscal year, the Kotak analysts said.

private equity firms adopt a more cautious approach amid geopolitical tensions and tighter exit conditions. Private equity and venture capital firms raised a record $23.2 billion across 123 India-focused funds in 2025, underscoring sustained investor appetite.The firm has already begun deploying capital from the new fund, writing cheques in the range of $15–25 million, and is actively scouting deals in financial services, healthcare, manufacturing and consumer sectors, the people added.Emails sent to OIJIF on Thursday remained unanswered till press time.Established in 2011, the firm has invested over $330 million across 19 companies through its first two funds.

trading. In this case, the individual will be the broker.Providing funding to clients using prop books is a way of earning money for some brokers who were not able to capture retail clients, added the second person.

“‘It depends’ is almost always the right answer to any big question,” said Linus Torvalds, the software genius behind the Linux operating system’s kernel. As the Indian rupee continues to weaken, one of today’s big questions is this: What policy options does India have? The right answer is that it depends—on how long the war continues. More specifically, on how long the Strait of Hormuz remains shut to oil tankers.

Multi-asset allocation funds have emerged as the new favourite among mutual fund investors. Multi-asset funds received the highest inflows of ₹8,476 crore in February, per Association of Mutual Funds in India (Amfi) data.In an interview with Mint, Deepak Shenoy, chief executive officer (CEO) of Capitalmind AMC, explains how these funds work, who they are suitable for and whether investors risk chasing yet another market fad. Edited excerptsMulti-asset funds were created for a certain type of investor.

government bond eased from Tuesday as the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) purchased government securities to inject liquidity. The 10-year yield ended Thursday at 6.66%.