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India’s fashion and apparel industry is projected at $350 billion by 2030, as it is growing at over 10% annually, faster than almost any other manufacturing sector. This momentum looks unstoppable, but it is also becoming a climate liability that could get in the way of our decarbonization goals.The arithmetic is unforgiving. Globally, fashion accounts for 10% of annual carbon emissions, more than all international flights and maritime shipping combined.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Earlier this year, financial advisors across the country opened emails from the CIO at the Securities and Exchange Commission. Written in a professional tone and bearing the regulator’s official seal, the electronic missives asked advisors to confirm their “best email address" for secure communications going forward.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Even a small, inadvertent oversight in declaring foreign assets can trigger intense scrutiny and label honest taxpayers as holders of ‘black money’, causing financial and mental stress. A Mumbai-based professional learned this the hard way after receiving a penalty order from the tax department, which accused him of concealing foreign assets and imposed a ₹40 lakh penalty under the Black Money Act (BMA).

Real estate firms have long preferred traditional advertising and marketing messages—choosing billboards over Instagram ads and sticking to celebrity endorsements and the promise of an exotic, often foreign, lifestyle. The House of Abhinandan Lodha (HoABL) is attempting to break the mould in two ways. First, it is attempting to create a brand around plots of land, rather than already built properties.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI : New Delhi: Inox Clean Energy Ltd has signed an agreement to acquire Macquarie Group’s renewable energy platform Vibrant Energy, in a transaction valued at an enterprise value of $600 million and an equity value of $200 million, according to two people aware of the development. The deal was announced by Inox Clean, a part of the INOXGFL Group, on Sunday.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India's only agri derivatives exchange National Commodity and Derivatives Exchange Ltd (NCDEX) is evaluating technical proposals from reputed global vendors—including its existing vendor LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group), US-based Nasdaq, London-headquartered Aquis and India's largest software exporter Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS)—for its equity and equity derivatives platform slated for launch in the next fiscal year, according to a person aware of the development.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) and the Association of Mutual Funds in India (Amfi) are in talks to make the Specialized Investment Fund (SIF) exam easier and more relevant, said three people aware of the discussions. The discussions are centred around easing the National Institute of Securities Markets’ NISM XIII (derivatives) exam, which is mandatory for obtaining a license to distribute SIFs.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) is likely to rationalise margins on equity derivatives on non-expiry days to encourage big traders to place longer-term bets rather than focus solely on the expiration day, two people aware of the development told Mint. This move could deepen the derivatives markets, where most of the trading by large, high-frequency and proprietary traders as well as individual investors takes place on weekly option contracts' expiry.

motives to steer you toward outcomes favouring a company or third party without transparency, and that crosses into outright manipulation. Chatbots can change attitudes and behaviour subtly, so user awareness of when humour masks a nudge is important for preserving autonomy.Platforms do design chatbots to build persuasive power through warmth and wit that promote engagement and influence at scale.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. If you’re keeping up with the news about the Indian IPO market, you would be aware of Aequs Ltd. The aerospace manufacturing company hit the primary market with its IPO last week, and what an IPO it’s turning out to be.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. MUMBAI : Institutional Investor Advisory Services India Ltd (IiAS) has faulted IndiGo’s promoter and managing director (M), Rahul Bhatia, for not leading from the front when the airline is facing its most challenging operational episode, even as the influential proxy advisory firm has sought a review of the current board structure, which allows Bhatia to nominate half of the board.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: Indian shrimp exporters are increasingly shifting focus toward value-addition as global demand trends evolve and competition intensifies. With traditional frozen raw shrimp markets facing price pressure and stricter quality norms, exporters are broadening their product portfolios to include ready-to-cook (RTC) and ready-to-eat (RTE) shrimp offerings.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. In life insurance, value is proven not in brochures or marketing campaigns, but at the moment a family files a claim. It’s here—where operational efficiency, regulation and human empathy intersect—that the industry’s promise is truly tested.

A week before Australia’s social media ban for under-16s kicks in, Meta has started pushing underage Australians off its Instagram, Facebook and Threads platforms.The ban, which comes into effect on 10 December, is aimed at shielding children from harmful content. Social media being what it is, the rest of the world is watching what many consider a doomed experiment. Age-faking has been a common practice for the underage to gain access to platforms and many under-16s are aware of VPN and other hacks to get around digital walls.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Mumbai: Udaan has initiated a process to sell a minority stake in its non-banking financial entity as the business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce platform looks to monetize assets while navigating a broader restructuring exercise, said three people aware of the matter. “The company is in early talks with advisory firm DC Advisory to help with the process, and the deal structures are still being decided," one of the people cited above said on the condition of anonymity.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. MUMBAI : Sophisticated, high-risk investments are no longer confined to the rich in metropolitan cities.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Traditional in-ear and over-ear headphones are built to create an immersive bubble, but in many contexts, immersion is a liability. It makes us unsafe on the street and anti-social in the office.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI : Problems in renewal of visas for Chinese technicians have slowed the pace of buildout of India’s lithium-ion battery manufacturing factories for electric vehicles and energy storage, according to two people aware of the matter. The issues are happening despite bilateral relations between India and China having eased in the past few months.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: The ministry of heavy industries has identified ports, steel, cement and logistics as sectors to generate demand for electric trucks (e-trucks) under the PM E-Drive scheme after turning up empty-handed in the first half of the scheme, according to two officials aware of the development. The ₹500 crore, two-year scheme for e-trucks is set to end in fiscal year 2026 (FY26).

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Mumbai: A sessions court here on Saturday dismissed former Maharashtra minister Dhananjay Munde's appeal against an interim order of a magistrate, directing him to pay maintenance to a woman, who claims to be his first wife. The appeal by Munde, an NCP legislator, was dismissed by additional sessions judge Shaikh Akbar Shaikh Jafar. The detailed order was not available yet. The Nationalist Congress Party leader had claimed in his appeal that he was never married to Karuna Munde, the applicant. The magistrate did not apply his mind and passed an arbitrary order, he had argued. The Bandra magistrate court on February 4 had partly allowed Karuna Munde's plea and directed Dhananjay Munde to pay Rs 1,25,000 per month to her and Rs 75,000 per month to their daughter as interim maintenance. The magistrate had also refused to accept the former state minister's contention that he was not married to the woman.