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01.02 / 12:37

markets COST FIVE Manufacturing security Analysis Trade Budget bloodbath: Market breadth hits 5-year low as STT hike triggers widespread rout

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. MUMBAI : Market breadth has hit at least a five-year low during Sunday’s budget session, with four out of every five BSE 500 stocks retreating. This marks the most widespread sell-off on a budget day since 2021, erasing gains across every sector except pharma and textiles.

01.02 / 10:15

markets COST Trade President show reports Budget 2026 report card on exports, textiles, and startups

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget for 2026–27 on Sunday, against the backdrop of renewed geo-economic disruptions affecting India. With these pressures likely to spill into the coming financial year, the Budget offers a window into how the government plans to respond to a set of pressing challenges.

01.02 / 08:25

markets COST UPS show International Budget 2026: MGNREGS, affordable housing, tourism—what the charts reveal

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman presented the Union Budget for 2026-27 on Sunday, 1 February, against the backdrop of renewed geo-economic disruptions affecting India. With these pressures likely to spill into the coming financial year, the Budget offers a window into how the government plans to respond to a set of pressing challenges.

31.01 / 03:33

markets COST security Align Sustainability Food country Mint Explainer | Why India wants farmers to shift crops—without touching MSP or procurement

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India’s food grain procurement system, long centred on rice and wheat, has expanded far beyond its original food-security mandate, creating a costly surplus even as the country remains heavily dependent on imports of edible oils and pulses. Successive governments have relied on public procurement to stabilize prices, support farmer incomes and ensure reliable supplies for the public distribution system (PDS).

31.01 / 01:49

markets COST UPS Trade show Features International Five dividend stocks to watch for the next 3 years

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Finding comfort in the stock market is not easy right now. Prices have risen faster than dividends, and yields have declined across much of the market.

31.01 / 01:23

COST UPS Manufacturing Action Research Trade recommendations China-plus-one remains relevant; India’s competitiveness will go up as reforms build up: CEA

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI : Despite Indian exports attracting higher tariffs in the US market than Chinese shipments, the China-plus-one strategy remains relevant for multinational firms, chief economic adviser V. Anantha Nageswaran said in an interview.

31.01 / 00:21

COST UPS Manufacturing Sustainability Trade Experts innovations Budget may reset industrial policy to lift India’s manufacturing game

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI : India’s next budget is expected to mark a reset in the government’s philosophy towards supporting manufacturing—from offering incentives and protection to fixing the everyday frictions that stop firms from growing, innovating and competing globally, according to two people familiar with the discussions in the government.

30.01 / 14:33

markets COST UPS Progressive Sustainability Trade show Pulse of the Street: Markets snap three-week slide on budget hopes, earnings boost

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India's benchmark stock indices snapped a three-week losing streak, as optimism around the Union budget, selective earnings beats and progress on the India-European Union (EU) free trade agreement lifted investor risk appetite, analysts said. The BSE Sensex closed the week 0.9% higher at 82,269.78 on Friday, while the Nifty50 advanced 1.1% to 25,320.65.

30.01 / 11:13

COST UPS CEO reports International Amazon in talks to invest up to $50 billion in OpenAI

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Amazon.com is in talks to invest up to $50 billion in OpenAI, according to people familiar with the matter, in what would be a giant bet on the hot AI startup. The ChatGPT maker is seeking up to $100 billion in new capital from investors, a round that could value it at as much as $830 billion, The Wall Street Journal previously reported.

30.01 / 08:33

markets COST UPS Citi Platform Racing testing Why China is pulling ahead in the robotaxi race

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. A Journey in one of Pony.ai’s robotaxis is, in some respects, a familiar experience for anyone who has ridden in a cab in China. For one thing, the horn honks just as often.

30.01 / 08:03

markets COST Citi FIVE security Trade International Sebi, IFSCA in talks with EU watchdog to unlock clearing house re-recognition

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. MUMBAI: India’s market regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) and Gift City regulator International Financial Services Centres Authority (IFSCA) are aiming to sign information-sharing agreements with Europe’s securities watchdog within the next 60 days, a step that could allow five Indian clearing houses to seek re-recognition by the European Union, two people aware of the discussions told Mint. The move follows the European Union’s financial markets regulator European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) signing an agreement with the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on 27 January on information sharing.

30.01 / 04:39

COST economy Align Discover Universities social testing The background and importance of ‘delayed gratification’, the signature phrase in the Economic Survey 2025-26

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI : The marshmallow test, a social experiment at Stanford University in the 1960s and 1970s, made a comeback Thursday halfway across the world in New Delhi—in the Economic Survey penned by chief economic adviser Venkatramanan Anantha Nageswaran and team. The test, credited to American psychologist Walter Mischel, was simple.

30.01 / 04:39

markets COST Provident Manufacturing economy Sustainability Trade Economic Survey: Can India sustain a high pace of growth in a highly uncertain world?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The world has not experienced such high uncertainty as today since World War II ended 80 years ago. Can India sustain the high economic growth that it has maintained since the pandemic under such conditions—or even strengthen its growth potential? This is the central theme of the Economic Survey 2025-26 released on Thursday.

30.01 / 03:01

COST UPS Gap Analysis economy Trade Economic Survey: The shift India’s economy must make for resilience against forces it can’t control

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. This year’s Economic Survey has been published under the shadow of a geo-economic upheaval. Although it strikes an optimistic note on India’s economy, it offers a realistic assessment of the global risks we face.

30.01 / 01:35

COST UPS Booking Trade recommendations Editorial Where will the Karur Vysya Bank share price be in the next three years?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The stock of Karur Vysya Bank has given good returns to investors in the last one year. The shares, which ended traded at ₹185 on 27 January 2025, currently trade at ₹293.3 on 27 January 2026, giving returns of 58%.

30.01 / 01:35

markets COST UPS Volkswagen Analysis Trade Experts India-EU FTA: Tailwind or trouble for India’s auto sector?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The India-EU trade deal has failed to excite the Street, despite its brilliant optics as the “mother of all deals". Since the trade agreement was officially locked in on 27 January, the Nifty 50 has remained largely flat.

29.01 / 14:19

COST Cooper Gap Analysis Enterprise show information Small businesses still turn to friends, moneylenders for loans, says Economic Survey

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Small enterprises continue to rely heavily on informal sources such as friends and moneylenders for small-ticket loans, primarily borrowings below ₹50,000, highlighting persistent gaps in access to formal credit, the Economic Survey tabled in Parliament on Thursday showed. The survey, citing analysis of data from the Annual Survey of Unincorporated Sector Enterprises (ASUSE) 2023-24, points to a sharp divergence in financing patterns by loan size for micro and unincorporated enterprises.

29.01 / 11:23

COST Analysis trends Experts International Economic Survey: Can profits continue to be India Inc's primary source of funds?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Economic Survey for FY25-26, tabled in Parliament on Thursday, said India’s commercial sector is increasingly tapping alternative financing to offset a moderation in bank credit. Faster monetary policy transmission has made market-based instruments a viable alternative for large corporations, it said, adding that rising profitability has allowed firms to leverage internal resources for expansion, collectively reducing their traditional reliance on bank lending.

29.01 / 10:17

COST UPS Digital Manufacturing performer reports Piramal Pharma points to early recovery signs after seeing red in Q3

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Piramal Pharma Ltd is starting to see early signs of a recovery in its contract manufacturing business, with order inflows picking up on the back of improved biopharma funding and increased dealmaking activity in the US offering some relief even as the company looks at a muted FY26. “We are seeing early signs of recovery.

29.01 / 10:05

COST UPS Manufacturing Hyundai Trade Maruti margins look weak on paper, but per-car profitability holds up

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Maruti Suzuki India Ltd stock has slipped from its 52-week high of ₹17,370 seen earlier this month and fell a further ~3% on Thursday. In the December quarter (Q3FY26), normalized operating margin (adjusted for the one-time labour code impact of ₹594 crore) declined 70 basis points year-on-year to 12.4%.

29.01 / 04:05

COST UPS Manufacturing Sustainability country patient CEA Nageswaran: How India can sustain its pace of economic growth amid dramatic structural breaks and regime shifts

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Economic Survey for 2025-26, being released on 29 January, comes at an extraordinary time for the world. Global politics is in flux.

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