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26.01 / 02:33

markets COST Tether security wellness guidelines Tariff rate populism has held India’s power sector back for too long: Policy reforms need to succeed

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India’s government issued policy guidelines last week to boost the financial prudence of loss-making power distribution utilities. The National Electricity Policy (NEP) of 2026 has measures aimed at closing avenues for errant regulators and utilities under state governments to skirt consumer tariff revisions in line with their cost of power supply.

26.01 / 01:35

COST Booking Strategy Metro Interviews IRFC explores some Swiss franc swap to cut dollar risk

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: Indian Railway Finance Corp (IRFC) is reworking its foreign-currency borrowing mix, exploring a plan to swap part of its dollar-denominated loans into Swiss francs to limit foreign exchange losses and lower funding costs amid a free fall in the rupee against the greenback. The move reflects how the government's rail financier, which has nearly $8 billion in overseas exposure, is responding to currency volatility even as it reshapes its business beyond funding the Indian Railways.

26.01 / 01:35

COST Provident Platform Software Enterprise Research reports Indian IT’s mega deals spike on AI push, but there’s not much to celebrate yet

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India’s top offshoring firms just reported a prolific quarter of billion-dollar contracts, but that also signalled a stark new reality for the $283-billion sector: an intensifying race among the country's largest software services providers to grab each other's share. In October-December, Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp, Tata Consultancy Services Ltd and Infosys reported three mega deals combined, the most in nine quarters, according to their earnings filings.

26.01 / 01:35

COST Citi Booking wellness Trade reports DLF hits 52-week low as Q3 pre-sales slump overshadows strong cash flows

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. DLF Ltd’s stock closed 4% lower on Friday, also sliding to a new 52-week low of ₹586.65 during trading hours. The sharp drop in the December quarter (Q3FY26) pre-sales disappointed investors.

25.01 / 11:45

markets COST UPS Trade show Videos Vijay L Bhambwani's Ticker: Bulls appear to be on the ropes

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Ticker is a weekly newsletter by Vijay L Bhambwani. Subscribe to Mint's newsletters to get them directly in your email inbox. Dear reader, Happy Republic Day! Last week, I wrote that the near-term market outlook would be determined by the banking and financial sector stocks.

25.01 / 11:45

markets COST UPS Manufacturing Food pandemic Barrett Brewed overseas, rooted in India: The rise of diaspora alcohol brands

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Toronto: On a rainy afternoon in Dublin, Bhagyalakshmi Barrett stood in the liquor aisle of Dunnes Stores, scanning a shelf full of Irish gins and British imports. One bottle carried a name she had chosen herself: Maharani Gin.

25.01 / 10:27

markets COST Booking Remark Equality rights Why the rich still get systematic investing wrong

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. A few weeks ago, a conversation with an investor left me both amused and slightly alarmed. He had a couple of crores from a property sale sitting idle in a savings account.

25.01 / 09:07

COST UPS Target FIVE security reports JSW Steel sharpens expansion roadmap, eyes 56 mtpa capacity by FY31

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. MUMBAI: JSW Steel, India’s largest steelmaker by capacity, is accelerating its expansion plans and now expects to reach around 56 million tonnes per annum (mtpa) by FY31, overshooting its earlier guidance of 50 mtpa, according to the company’s top executive. The higher target comes as the company emerges from a period of weak steel prices and margin pressure, even as it steps up efforts to secure raw materials and looks for early signs of a recovery in demand.

24.01 / 02:45

markets COST performer country reports International The week in charts: GDP projections, core industry slowdown, India-UAE energy partnership

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. From the International Monetary Fund (IMF) raising India’s FY26 GDP growth projection to 7.3%, to weak core-sector output compared with pre-covid levels, India’s new deal with the United Arab Emirates (UAE), rising US–EU tensions over Greenland, and the push for small-ticket UPI loans amid rising household debt, here's this week’s news in numbers. The IMF has lifted its projection for India’s GDP growth in FY26 to 7.3% from its October estimate of 6.6%.

24.01 / 00:05

COST Provident FIVE Align tenor Budget may allocate ₹9,800 crore as Centre's contribution for Maritime Development Fund

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The government is set to operationalise the ₹25,000 crore Maritime Development Fund (MDF) by allocating ₹9,800 crore to it in the upcoming budget. The fund aims to lower capital costs and attract long-term, low-cost investment into shipyards, coastal infrastructure, and inland waterways.

23.01 / 10:49

markets COST UPS Digital Booking Strategy Interviews PNB Housing bets on emerging markets to boost margins as banks corner high-end loans

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. PNB Housing Finance is targeting higher-than-industry growth in the affordable and emerging-market segments to support its margins amid stiff competition from banks in the prime segment, newly appointed managing director and CEO Ajai Kumar Shukla told Mint in an interview. The lender also plans to scale up its loans against property and commercial loans portfolios to bolster margins, he added.

23.01 / 09:11

COST Aviat trends Trade reports International IndiGo to traverse near-term pain after a turbulent Q3

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. InterGlobe Aviation Ltd (IndiGo) reported a steep 78% year-on-year fall in net profit to ₹550 crore for the December quarter (Q3FY26), hit hard by severe operational disruption in early December that led to large-scale flight cancellations. As a result, net profit for the nine months ended December (9MFY26) has slumped 97%, weighed down by forex losses and a sharp rise in other cost items in the first half of the year.

23.01 / 07:37

markets COST Strategy economy show Commentary APL Apollo impresses in Q3, but the stock looks expensive

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The stock of APL Apollo Tubes Ltd rose around 4% on Friday, hitting a new 52-week high of ₹2,070.60. The Street cheered its December quarter (Q3FY26) earnings and upbeat management commentary which signaled better earnings growth visibility.

23.01 / 07:37

markets COST Action Gap social information Can AI replace a human adviser to prepare a financial plan for you?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Can AI prepare a financial plan for you? Technically, yes. Feed your financial details into a tool like ChatGPT and the algorithm can generate a seemingly neat, actionable plan in seconds.

23.01 / 03:45

markets COST FIVE Digital Manufacturing economy reports The next market leaders? Six growth stocks to watch in 2026

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Markets rarely announce their next market leaders in advance. They emerge slowly, through numbers that improve quietly, through balance sheets that strengthen year after year, and through businesses that begin to matter a little more to the economy than they once did.

23.01 / 01:57

COST Provident Manufacturing country Department Interviews Trump administration taps data centres for backup power ahead of snowstorm

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Energy Department is ordering U.S. grid operators to make backup electricity generation from facilities such as data centers available in case of power outages caused by the weekend’s winter storm, its latest extraordinary step to address electricity shortages and high prices.

23.01 / 01:09

markets COST Waves Citizens Continental country innovations Chinese AI is a risk for Europe. So is shunning it

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. ON JANUARY 20TH 2025 DeepSeek was an obscure hedge-fund-turned-tech-startup from Hangzhou. Within a week it had become the byword for a new wave of Chinese innovation, after launching an artificial-intelligence model as capable as Silicon Valley’s bleeding edge but much cheaper to build and run.

22.01 / 10:03

COST security President War Relationships Mint Explainer | How Trump’s Greenland gambit put Nato on the brink

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. US President Donald Trump’s speech at Davos was meant to be a bellwether for the trans-Atlantic relationship, particularly Nato, with his handling of Greenland closely watched. After the speech, it appears Nato has survived, but barely.

22.01 / 08:45

markets COST Target CEO Nov Commentary Eternal dilemma: Is Blinkit’s Q3 profit a turning point or a one-quarter wonder?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Eternal Ltd’s December quarter (Q3FY26) results were encouraging on many counts. Adjusted Ebitda (before employee stock options and after lease rentals) soared by 63% sequentially to ₹364 crore, mainly led by quick commerce business Blinkit, which clocked a small profit of ₹4 crore versus a loss of ₹156 crore in Q2.

22.01 / 08:45

COST UPS Booking Research reports Banks want to revive an old ally as margins shrink and asset quality holds

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. MUMBAI: India’s banks are cautiously reopening the tap on unsecured lending, driven by margin pressure from policy rate cuts and as risks look largely under control. The shift follows a period of restrained growth following a regulatory clampdown in November 2023, when tighter rules forced lenders to rein in fast-growing personal loans and credit cards.

22.01 / 08:45

markets COST BLOCK Research trends electronic Headlines Will rare-earth pivot extend Nalco’s rally, or end it?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Nalco recently grabbed headlines for its entry into critical minerals and rare-earth elements (REEs). Chairman and managing director Brijendra Pratap Singh mentioned on 19 January that the company is open to exploring the domestic critical minerals industry, and that due diligence on auctions for REEs, and chromite and magnesium blocks is underway.

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