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14.01 / 05:43

markets COST UPS Gap show country reports Import squeeze, not demand boom, drives India’s steel export shift

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India turned a net exporter of finished steel during April–December 2025 after a sharp fall in imports following government curbs, according to a Ministry of Steel report reviewed by Mint. The decline in imports narrowed the gap between inbound and outbound shipments, allowing the country to swing into a net exporter position after years when cheap steel inflows had raised concerns over the profitability of domestic producers.

14.01 / 04:05

COST UPS Manufacturing gatherings International Ajit Ranade: India’s budget should sort out GST’s input tax credit system to perk up private investment

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India faces a paradox today. Its GDP growth is among the fastest in the world, public capital expenditure has surged and corporate balance sheets are healthier than they have been in years.

14.01 / 04:05

markets COST security Highways Trade 2020 reports India’s InvIT market is expected to boom—Where are the retail investors?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. More than a decade ago, India’s market regulator introduced infrastructure investment trusts, or InvITs, to channel public capital into infrastructure, and further eased rules in the past two years. Still, valuation and liquidity concerns keep these instruments overwhelmingly private. Only six of India’s 29 registered InvITs are publicly listed, according to data from the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi).

14.01 / 00:15

COST UPS Target Manufacturing Gap security electronic With an eye on China, India plans mandatory localization for battery energy storage systems (BESS)

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Centre is considering a proposal to require wind and solar farms supplying power to the grid, along with standalone energy storage systems, to install battery storage systems featuring a minimum level of domestic components, three people familiar with the discussions said.

13.01 / 15:23

markets COST President Justice Department Courts Investigations The Fed isn’t out of the woods yet. A bigger test is coming.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. In his second term, President Donald Trump has attacked Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and his underlying institution with little impact on the markets. That may soon change as investors digest the administration’s criminal investigation into Powell for allegedly lying to Congress.

13.01 / 12:19

COST UPS Manufacturing security Research wellness International The missing middle: Inside India’s slow, costly push to build a battery supply chain

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Bengaluru: About three years ago, on a regular sunny August day in Hyderabad, Altmin, the battery materials company, set out to make cathodes, a critical component in lithium-ion batteries, in India for the very first time. The pilot plant, established within the white walls of the Indian government’s International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI) in 2023, has scaled up to produce 250kg a day of the critical mineral that constitutes a significant percentage of a battery cell’s chemistry today.

13.01 / 07:35

markets COST Target Manufacturing economy Sustainability Trade Ficci VP: Here are four budget imperatives for India to build a future-ready economy

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Amid slowing growth, rising geo-economic fragmentation and tightening financial conditions, the global economic landscape is increasingly complex. India is a rare bright spot.

13.01 / 04:15

COST UPS economy Election President Universities show In pivot on affordability, Trump unveils barrage of proposals to address costs

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. On Monday, President Trump surprised Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren with a phone call after she criticized him during a speech on affordability.

13.01 / 04:15

markets COST Manufacturing Enterprise Trade performer electronic FIIs end four-month sell-off: Consumer durables stocks back in favour

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Foreign institutional investors (FIIs) reversed the four-month selling streak in December, turning net buyers of Indian consumer durable stocks with purchases worth $438 million. “This reversal may mark the beginning of a more substantial reallocation of global funds towards Indian domestic themes," said Vipul Bhowar, senior director and head of equities, Waterfield Advisors.

13.01 / 01:39

COST UPS security Experts recommendations Commissions trump advice in India’s booming wealth management business

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India’s wealth management sector is sticking to lucrative commissions over more transparent advisory fees, even a decade after the regulator pushed for a shift. Industry executives say higher compliance costs and investor reluctance to pay out of pocket have also stalled the transition.

13.01 / 01:39

markets COST economy President Justice Investigations The Fed-Trump feud: What you need to know

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Justice Department’s investigation of Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell represents an escalation of an unprecedented White House campaign to shape what happens at the central bank. The investigation is centered on testimony Powell gave to Congress last summer, when he defended the Fed’s expensive efforts to renovate its headquarters in Washington.

13.01 / 01:39

markets COST Manufacturing Strategy Cycling electronic Relationships Four auto ancillary stocks in focus amid sector tailwinds

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India’s auto sector entered 2026 with strong momentum, building on a solid 2025. According to industry data, auto retail sales reached 28.16 million units in 2025, a 7.7% year-on-year growth.

12.01 / 11:25

COST security Sustainability Limelight Food Avenue Supermarts’ Q3 margin is the best in quarters. Will the party continue for long?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Margins stole the limelight at Avenue Supermarts Ltd on Saturday, when the retailer announced its earnings for the December quarter (Q3FY26). The company that owns and operates the DMart supermarket chain saw a 47 basis points (bps) year-on-year increase in its Q3 standalone Ebitda margin to 8.4%—a multi-quarter high.

12.01 / 11:25

COST UPS Provident NVIDIA wellness President Profiles The dark horse of AI labs

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Perhaps it is inevitable that Anthropic, an artificial-intelligence (AI) lab founded by do-gooders, attracts snark in Silicon Valley. The company, which puts its safety mission above making money, has an in-house philosopher and a chatbot with the Gallic-sounding name of Claude.

12.01 / 09:53

markets COST Provident Aware Platform security Bill Understanding retail direct gilt account and how it compares with FDs and debt funds

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. For most Indian households, debt investing begins and ends with fixed deposits. A smaller set ventures into debt mutual funds, often without a full understanding of interest rate risks.

12.01 / 09:53

markets COST economy BURST wellness reports America’s labour productivity is rising—This should imply a higher neutral rate of interest and tighter Fed policy

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The US economy seems to be in the throes of one of its biggest bursts of productivity in decades, weighing on business labour costs and hastening disinflation. If artificial intelligence (AI) is partly the reason for the gains, then it’s plausible that we’re in the early days of durable improvements to efficiency.

12.01 / 06:47

COST Career Trade President Justice Courts Investigations Trump’s investigation of Powell is also a warning to the next Fed chair

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The criminal investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell isn’t ultimately about the Fed’s headquarters, or Powell, or even interest rates. It’s about power.

12.01 / 05:17

markets COST IPO FIVE band testing Relationships Amagi’s IPO to test 2026 markets with a valuation reset and no clear peers

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. MUMBAI: Amagi Media Labs will open its ₹1,789 crore initial public offering (IPO) on 13 January, becoming one of the first companies to test public market appetite in 2026 with a business that is globally scaled—but difficult to price. The IPO comprises a ₹816 crore fresh issue and a ₹973 crore offer for sale.

12.01 / 04:59

markets COST security Align Trade Updates Mint explainer: Unpacking Sebi’s new trading rules for stock exchanges

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) is proposing a major overhaul of trading rules that could reshape how Indian markets are regulated. The focus is on simplifying long-standing regulations and shifting more day-to-day supervision to stock exchanges.

12.01 / 02:55

markets COST UPS economy Trade War Why a market economy remains India’s best bet even though the idea has taken a volley of Cold War II blows

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. It has been 34 years plus since the Cold War triumph of ‘capitalism’ over ‘communism’—or rather, of the free-market idea over the Soviet model of a centrally run economy, to put it less crudely. And as India approaches another budget, industry may want the Centre out of the way in some sectors, but is largely looking for it to lend its fiscal heft to the big wheel of output expansion.

12.01 / 01:35

markets COST economy Trade classical information Mint Quick Edit | What can Iran’s street unrest be traced to: US sanctions or its ‘oil curse’?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. As urban spaces rage with protests, Iran seems in turmoil again. Is America’s long squeeze of Iran’s economy at work? Or a classic “oil curse"? The stir was set off by an inflation flare-up caused by a crash in the Iranian rial.

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