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17.02 / 00:57

COST UPS Target Digital Booking Interviews IIFL Finance won't go all-out on gold loans next fiscal

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Mumbai: IIFL Finance Ltd will be conservative in expanding its gold loan book in the next financial year starting 1 April, as founder Nirmal Jain flagged risks to its largest growth driver from evolving regulations after a sharp surge in the prices of the precious metal. “...this risk is real and gold prices can be volatile.

17.02 / 00:57

Digital track reports testing medicines Pharmaceuticals India moves to bolster global trust in medicines with real-time tracking

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: In a move to enhance transparency and curb corruption in India’s pharmaceutical regulatory process, the Union government is working on a plan to overhaul drug sampling and testing procedures, according to two officials and documents reviewed by Mint.

17.02 / 00:57

UPS Digital Platform security country social Amazon lauds new labour codes, says to scale up India e-commerce exports

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI : Welcoming India’s new labour codes that have brought gig and platform workers under a formal social security framework, Amazon.com Inc. chief global affairs and legal officer David A.

17.02 / 00:57

markets UPS Target trends Trade recommendations Pharmaceuticals Stocks to buy: Raja Venkatraman's recommends three stocks for 17 February

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Stock market update: Post the sharp decline, the absence of global markets brought back some cheer. The trends remain tentative as they try to defend the lower levels.

16.02 / 16:11

UPS security Food Inside audience information Courts Quick commerce showcase to global audience trips on logistics issues

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI : Swiggy and IPO-bound Zepto's delivery operations inside the national capital's Bharat Mandapam on the inaugural day of the India AI Impact Summit were meant to showcase India's quick commerce prowess before a global audience. Instead, deliveries faltered and orders got cancelled through the chaotic day, with delivery executives as well as security personnel clueless on the hazy entry policies.

16.02 / 14:39

COST Progressive security wellness electronic reports testing One year, 12 startups: India AI Mission faces its first real test

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI: India’s AI Impact Summit 2026 is emerging as an early gauge of whether the country’s state-backed artificial intelligence (AI) startups can demonstrate meaningful progress in a rapidly shifting global AI landscape, as companies backed under the government’s India AI Mission prepare to showcase their models this week.

16.02 / 11:03

markets UPS Strategy President Experts Cycling Why asset allocation, not prediction, drives long-term returns

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. In a world defined by volatility and uncertainty, building disciplined, well-balanced portfolios is key to compounding wealth. At the Mint Money Festival 2026, investment and personal finance experts shared practical insights on managing money and investing wisely.

16.02 / 11:03

Digital Gap Mobile voice testing recommendations Features AI diffusion across India’s farms will hinge on earning the trust of farmers as much as infrastructure

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Last week, Amul launched Sarlaben, an AI-powered digital assistant for dairy farmers in Gujarat. It will benefit over 3.6 million milk producers, most of them women, across more than 18,500 villages.

16.02 / 08:41

Gap Trade President Universities War social Decline of the American empire? Why educational self-injury may turn out to be worse than financial

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Even as US President Donald Trump imposes his will at home and abroad, there is talk about various stages of imperial decline and how the American Empire is now at one of its last few—fifth out of seven by one estimate. Empires as commonly understood were based on force and political control.

16.02 / 08:39

markets UPS Provident Bill show reports Info Edge’s AI problem isn’t visible yet, but investors are already worried

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Shares of Info Edge (India) Ltd are down about 15% over the past month, broadly mirroring the decline in the Nifty IT index. Investors appear concerned about potential collateral damage to recruitment business revenues from the rapid rise of artificial intelligence (AI).

16.02 / 08:39

markets FIVE Research voice social information Relationships Your toughest investment opponent is yourself: Bajaj Finserv MF's Ganesh Mohan

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. It was a counterintuitive message that Ganesh Mohan, managing director of Bajaj Finserv Mutual Fund, delivered to a hall of eager investors at the Mint Money Festival 2026. Speaking on 14 February at the NSE Atrium in Mumbai, Mohan focused not on markets or products, but on a relationship that often damages both confidence and capital – the one between investors and their own minds.

16.02 / 08:39

markets UPS Action Enterprise Gartner country International Market for apps, funding pitches to precede policy declaration at AI summit

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: India’s AI Impact Summit, which opened on Monday with a series of high-level industry dialogues, is expected to boost funding and global collaboration opportunities for the country’s private enterprises, shifting focus away from a potential policy consensus among participating nations.

16.02 / 08:39

markets Provident Cooper security Parke Headlines Beyond FDs: How to build a diversified fixed-income portfolio

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Fixed income rarely grabs headlines, though it anchors most Indian portfolios. Fixed deposits (FDs), corporate bonds and certificates of deposit (CDs) may seem dull compared to equities, but they play a critical role in stability, cash flow and capital protection.

16.02 / 06:03

markets Strategy ICE AGRO reports Interviews Post-HUL demerger, Kwality Wall's aims to become a ‘snacking’ firm

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. MUMBAI: As Kwality Wall’s (India) prepares for life after Hindustan Unilever, the ice-cream seller plans to become a year-round ‘snacking’ company, leading that change, top executives told Mint. “We are leading the shift of ice-cream, moving from a leisure snack or a leisure dessert to an everyday frozen snack.

16.02 / 06:03

markets Research wellness Vertex reports prevention Sporting Fast&Up attracts interest from VC firms for its ongoing $70 mn round

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Sports nutrition brand Fast&Up has attracted interest from venture capital firms Venturi Partners and Elev8 Venture Partners for its ongoing $70 million fundraise, two people familiar with the matter said. The proposed $70 million round highlights rising investor appetite for preventive nutrition brands as India’s wellness market scales rapidly.

16.02 / 06:03

Election country Mint Explainer | Bangladesh’s political transition and what it means for India

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Bangladesh will have a new prime minister on Tuesday, with Tarique Rahman of the Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP) set to take the oath in Dhaka. Senior foreign representatives will attend the ceremony, including Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla from India.

16.02 / 04:51

UPS Manufacturing Strategy Hyundai wellness Interviews International JSW MG Motor bets on a $400 million offensive for new products, capacity

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI : JSW MG Motor India Ltd will invest about $400 million over the next four years to nearly triple its manufacturing capacity and accelerate its electric and hybrid vehicle push, managing director and chief executive Anurag Mehrotra told Mint in an interview. The Gurugram-based carmaker—a joint venture between Mumbai-headquartered JSW Group and China’s SAIC Motor—plans to expand capacity at its Halol plant in Gujarat from around 110,000 units annually to over 300,000 units in the next 12 to 18 months.

16.02 / 02:05

markets COST Analysis stage cover rights Mint Quick Edit | Artifice of intelligence? The big questions we can’t expect Big AI tools to answer

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The confidence with which artificial intelligence (AI) can eye human jobs has taken a leap, thanks to the rise of AI agents.

16.02 / 02:05

UPS economy Food track country Updates India’s revised inflation gauge: Why we can look forward to superior policy outcomes

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India’s new consumer price index (CPI) series, released last week by the statistics ministry as part of a huge two-year long exercise to revise key macroeconomic variables, is a marked improvement over the one it has replaced. The CPI’s base year, methodology and coverage have been updated to better reflect what Indian households consume.

16.02 / 01:11

Landmark economy Remark Trade country International Manmohan Singh’s calm amid din in Parliament

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Last Thursday, when Rahul Gandhi was railing against the government, I was reminded of Manmohan Singh. Though the Lok Sabha chair scuttled Rahul’s allegations, let me elaborate on this scenario by illustrating incidents related to Singh.

16.02 / 01:11

markets security Strategy Trade Experts Equality Options data suggests more volatility this week

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. As developments in artificial intelligence (AI) unsettle shares of traditional technology firms, investors await clarity on the final contours of the India-US trade deal and the risk of a US-Iran conflict rises, options sellers have initiated trades that point to continued market volatility this week, market experts said. In the last trading session on Friday, their strategy consisted of selling more Nifty call options expiring on Tuesday, in anticipation of corrective to flat markets, which would enable them to retain the premia paid by the call buyers.

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