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12.12 / 00:33

COST Aviat Airlines Research stage track inclusion Indigo stock may not soar on Sensex debut, but it will curb the crash, analysts say

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Shares of InterGlobe Aviation Ltd, which runs IndiGo, are unlikely to stage a major recovery once the stock joins the Sensex on 22 December as investors await clarity on regulatory overhang, but its inclusion in the benchmark index could provide downside protection, several analysts told Mint.

12.12 / 00:33

markets COST UPS Target FIVE Southern evacuation Cargo trains to criss-cross India in new ₹1.5 trillion corridors

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Indian Railways is exploring three new freight corridors to extend the high-speed cargo network deeper into southern, eastern, and central India, building on the success of two operational lines to create a continuous nationwide logistics loop, two people aware of the development said. Detailed project reports for the three new lines have been completed and are under examination, said one of the three people quoted earlier.

11.12 / 11:29

markets COST UPS Provident Platform Updates What the IndiGo fiasco tells us: The role played by the state is being taken over by mega corporations

Under India’s new economic order, consumption has become a dependency, mediated—beyond choice—by ownership of infrastructure. Last week, at Mumbai airport, I saw IndiGo’s embattled yet intact front-line. Yet, real authority was up in some cloud that no individual seemed able to override.A generation ago, you were courted by multiple companies vying for your money.

11.12 / 03:45

COST UPS JPMorgan awards President JPMorgan hands $1,000 to employees who earn less than $80,000

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. JPMorgan Chase is giving a payment of up to $1,000 to employees whose annual pay is less than $80,000, many of whom will receive it in the form of a contribution to JPMorgan retirement plans, Chief Executive Officer Jamie Dimon said in a staff memo on Tuesday. Employees qualify for the payment if they participate in the bank’s U.S.

11.12 / 00:55

COST UPS Aviat Airlines Research reports Courts Analysts now expect IndiGo's financials to be hit worse than they thought

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. A ten-day turmoil and a compulsory flight reduction will slam the financials of IndiGo, three equity analysts said, even as the regulator stepped up scrutiny of India's largest airline. IndiGo, they said, may witness a 10% decline in full-year revenue and a 17-30% lower profitability in FY26, as it makes a halting recovery from its biggest disruption.

10.12 / 10:47

COST Progressive Sustainability Food Research show International Here’s how India’s food supply chain could respond to climate change in a way everyone will gain from

India’s food sector employs millions and is a major contributor to its economy. Food processing alone is valued at over $300 billion, reaching hundreds of millions of households daily. Globally, food and agriculture form a multi-trillion-dollar system, spanning farmland, fertilizers, cold chains and retail outlets.

10.12 / 10:47

markets COST UPS Digital Food country innovations Manish Tiwary wants to make Nestlé India faster, flexible and focused with the use of technology

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI: “Faster, more flexible and more focused." That’s what Nestlé India chairman and managing director (MD) Manish Tiwary wants the packaged foods company to become. Less than a year at the company, the former Amazon India country manager and Unilever executive plans to achieve these goals by making the company more tech-ready across operations, improving its reach in the urban and rural markets, and using micro-markets to step up innovation and premium launches.

10.12 / 09:31

markets COST UPS Ripple Strategy show RBI rate cut: Time to rethink your home loan strategy?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI : The Reserve Bank of India’s latest 25‑basis-point (bps) repo‑rate cut—the fourth in 2025, bringing the total reduction to 125bps—has brought cheer to home‑loan borrowers. The rate cuts will particularly benefit borrowers who took home loans in 2020-2022 at rates of 6-6.5%, but saw the rates rise to 9-9.5% within a year following the central bank’s cumulative repo-rate hike of 225bps between May 2022 and March 2023.

10.12 / 09:31

markets COST UPS Man reports Updates Zuckerberg's metaverse cuts shouldn’t be interpreted as a retreat from his passion project

A sense of smug satisfaction wafts across the internet whenever a report indicates Mark Zuckerberg’s metaverse vision is in trouble. So it was last week when my colleague Kurt Wagner broke the news the Meta was planning cuts of up to 30% in the Reality Labs division that handles the experimental technology.“Finally,” offered Henry Blodget, a man who made his name hyping doomed dot-com stocks. “Points for trying.

10.12 / 09:31

markets COST Aviat Airlines prevention strain IndiGo stock dips 15%: Is it time for investors to board the flight?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Shares of InterGlobe Aviation Ltd, promoter of IndiGo airlines, have dropped about 15% since 1 December, as flight cancellations jumped from roughly 200 at the start of the crisis to over 1,000 by 5 December. IndiGo cited a multitude of “unforeseen operational challenges", primarily crew shortages triggered by the new flight duty time limitation (FDTL) rules that took effect for all airlines in November.

10.12 / 08:33

COST UPS Highways guidelines Traffic Mint Explainer | Why new norms for service roads are set to push up India’s highway project costs

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India’s highway projects are set to become more expensive after the government mandated that service roads and slip roads must be built to the same standards as the main carriageways. The new guidelines—notified by the ministry of road transport and highways (MoRTH)—require developers to repair, strengthen or fully construct service roads before work begins on the main highways.

10.12 / 01:21

COST UPS Platform Research wellness reports Courts Cash-rich legal tech faces huge task: Making data machine-ready

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Legal tech is flooded with capital, but even as money pours in, structural roadblocks persist. The sector faces the unglamorous task of making legal data machine-readable through annotation and labelling—before the automation promise can truly be realised.

10.12 / 00:31

markets COST security Experts testing International As NephroPlus expands abroad, scale turns into its toughest test yet

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. MUMBAI : Nephrocare Health Services, better known as NephroPlus, is pitching itself as a global dialysis disruptor on the back of what chairman and managing director Vikram Vuppala touts as a low-cost, high-efficiency operating model. Built at India’s price point and refined through scale, the company now plans to replicate this template in higher-priced international markets.

10.12 / 00:15

COST UPS Citi Fighting trends show reports Inside India's wealth-management paradox: More clients, less profit, how managers are dealing with it

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Strained net income margins has pushed Indian wealth management firms to accelerate expansion even as rising operating costs, dropping fees, hard-as-nails competition, and frequent regulatory changes erode profitability across the sector. Competition has intensified in the wealth management space with the surge of affluent people in the country—India has 870,000 dollarmillionaire households, up 90% from 460,000 lakh in 2021, according to the Mercedes-Benz Hurun India Wealth Report 2025.

09.12 / 15:05

COST Manufacturing economy pandemic Trade country What to expect from India’s customs reforms

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: Indian businesses and the country’s trading partners alike have flagged the need for a simpler customs duty framework. The global supply-chain disruptions and US tariffs have further amplified the need to review the regime.

09.12 / 11:35

markets COST UPS Digital Research song reports Automation puts IT-backed digital marketing units under strain

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. MUMBAI: Automation tools are rapidly reshaping the economics of digital marketing and creative services. Tasks that once required teams of designers, website builders and editors are now being completed in minutes, cutting both billing cycles and the need for large production teams at some of the world’s biggest IT and advertising-linked firms.

09.12 / 09:33

COST UPS Platform President social Schools Courts Everyone knows social media is hurting children: When will policymakers act in their defence?

Creators of social media platforms have relentlessly pursued child customers and have ignored the technology’s harmful effects. Or so argue tech whistleblowers and at least some members of US Congress.

09.12 / 09:33

COST Digital Progressive Gap reports Department prevention Mint Explainer: Why CAG plans to audit government departments in real time

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), the national auditor, is preparing to overhaul the way it audits government departments by moving from post-facto examination of accounts to real-time audits of public spending, project execution and service delivery. The shift marks one of the most significant changes to India’s audit architecture in decades, and comes at a time when governments are executing larger, technology-driven programmes that require closer and more continuous oversight.

09.12 / 09:33

COST UPS Platform Entertainment Experts show Videos Ad fatigue crisis hits Indian streaming services: Repetitive, low-cost ads drive viewers away

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Advertising on video-streaming services in India is increasingly resulting in viewer fatigue as these platforms try to supplement plateauing paid subscription revenue with ad money. Users are bombarded with the same long and unskippable ads, often with glitches, that make the viewing experience tedious and disrupt the flow of the show.

09.12 / 03:37

COST security Software track cover Are you adequately insured? Why most families don’t have enough cover until it’s too late

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. A term insurance plan offers more than a sense of security, it creates a financial cushion that protects your family in case of your absence. With the recent goods and services tax (GST) rate overhaul making term insurance products 18% cheaper, many people focus on simply "having" a policy.

09.12 / 03:37

markets COST Trade band cover rights Updates Customs reform: How a standard rate of 5% import duty could sharpen India’s export edge

We welcome finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s announcement at this year’s HT Leadership Summit that her next reform would be of India’s customs duty regime. This is vital to boost competitiveness and trade diversification amid today’s tariff turmoil, with the US walling itself apart.It would be best not to limit the exercise to easing procedures and revising customs duty rates.

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