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09.12 / 01:59

markets COST Manufacturing Trade show country electronic Rupee below 90: Why an undervalued real exchange rate is a double-edged sword

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The rupee has surpassed the 90 per dollar mark, down over 5% from the start of 2025. While the exchange rate has depreciated quite a bit this year, the most recent trigger was the 12% year-on-year contraction in exports for the month of October, driven mainly by a decline in exports to the US.

09.12 / 01:07

COST UPS Aviat Airlines Moodys reports Flight cancellations will hurt, but IndiGo has other worries too

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. MUMBAI/NEW DELHI : Record flight cancellations and a weak Indian rupee threaten to slam the financials of IndiGo in the December quarter, analysts said. Concerns are also rising that India's largest airline may struggle to hire enough pilots, potentially forcing it to reduce flights to comply with the rules.

09.12 / 01:07

markets COST economy Metro McDonald’s Food Mint Explainer | Why Indian Railways is opening its stations to big QSR chains now

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Indian Railways is preparing for one of its biggest shifts in decades: opening its 7,000-plus stations—through which 3.5 crore passengers move every day—to national quick-service restaurant (QSR) chains for the first time. A recent change in IRCTC’s catering rules has created a new category of “Premium Brand Catering Outlets," allowing large QSR chains to bid for space through e-auctions rather than rely on the traditional, small-vendor-dominated system.

08.12 / 09:59

markets COST Trade Cycling show track hospital Chalet Hotels’ stock had a silent year despite impressive business growth

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Chalet Hotels Ltd stock is down around 3% over the past year, despite clocking 121% year-on-year revenue growth for the first half of FY26. The stock’s muted show could be because Chalet was trading at premium valuations a year ago, after rallying prior to that when the market was pricing in the upbeat hospitality cycle.

08.12 / 08:01

markets COST Aviat Platform Airlines social innovations Lesson from India’s aviation market failure: The Invisible Hand is theory but regulation is a must

Last week was yet another education in how fragile markets truly are. When one private airline faltered, schedules collapsed, weddings were disrupted, families struggled, students fought to reach exam venues and businesses scrambled. A logistical nightmare became a dark reminder of something even more profound: markets, especially concentrated ones, can turn predatory in a crisis unless they’re regulated well.Let us look at the symptoms.

08.12 / 08:01

COST UPS Booking love country beautiful travelers This couple had a New Year holiday in Oman just for ₹2 lakh. Here's how

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI : An international New Year holiday often sounds expensive, but Oman proves otherwise. With its turquoise wadis, cliffside beaches, and dramatic mountains, the country looks luxurious yet is actually one of the easiest and most affordable international trips for Indians today.

08.12 / 07:25

markets COST UPS Experts Department Destinations Grape shortage threatens India’s wine industry as prices surge following unseasonal rain in Maharashtra

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: Wine prices in India are set to rise by 25-30% from levels in January after Maharashtra’s grape crop suffered its worst damage in recent years, sharply increasing input costs and reducing production.

08.12 / 06:27

COST Progressive Merck Election President Vaccines Stockmarkets do not reward firms for investing in Trump’s America

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. What do the following three companies have in common? Stellantis, owner of the Fiat, Jeep and Chrysler brands; Merck, which makes the world’s bestselling cancer drug; and Barry Callebaut, a Swiss chocolate-maker, which is particularly proud of its ruby flavour, neither sweet nor bitter. One answer: their capital-expenditure (capex) plans.

08.12 / 02:05

COST UPS Racing economy Election President Trump’s top advisers wage campaign to shift his focus to high prices

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. WASHINGTON—Just before President Trump left the White House for Thanksgiving, top aides met with him in his private dining room to discuss inflation and the economy in hopes he would calibrate his message on affordability. In another meeting last month, this time in the Oval Office, aides presented Trump with surveys from one of the president’s own pollsters detailing voters’ concerns about the cost of living.

08.12 / 02:05

markets COST UPS Provident reports Ad spend to grow more than expected in 2025 as tariffs sting less

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Advertising spending will grow more than predicted in 2025 because tariffs didn’t take as big a bite as expected and AI provided a boost, according to a new forecast from media investment group WPP Media. Global ad revenue excluding U.S.

08.12 / 01:23

markets COST UPS PwC Omnicom IPG performer Creative Churn: Indian advertising agencies dread layoffs as AI upends industry globally

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Artificial intelligence (AI) is causing an upheaval in the global advertising industry, and the ripples of layoffs and cost cuts are being felt in India as well. AI tools now enable clients to develop content, and they are outsourcing less and less work to advertising agencies.

08.12 / 01:23

markets COST UPS economy Election country rights A giant iron-ore mine could bring Guinea riches or ruin

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Underneath a ridge in the southern highlands of Guinea, a west African country of 14m people, lies one of the world’s biggest deposits of iron ore. Mining of the sprawling 3bn-tonne deposit, which would be worth some $315bn at current market prices, has been on hold for nearly 30 years.

07.12 / 14:15

markets COST UPS Platform Strategy show performer Can Bhavish Aggarwal turn Ola Electric around?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Bengaluru-based Ola Electric’s July-September earnings call on 6 November had some surprises for analysts and investors. To begin with, founder, chairman and managing director Bhavish Aggarwal slashed the company’s full-year guidance by a third to ₹3,000-3,200 crore, just three months after saying it would earn ₹4,200-4,700 crore.

07.12 / 12:35

markets COST Entertainment Southern film Experts audience Kantara to Pushpa: Why only big southern spectacles click up north

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Several dubbed south Indian films have struck a popular chord with Hindi-speaking audiences and found box-office success in the past. Yet, makers of recent mid-budget Tamil, Telugu, or Malayalam movies such as The Girlfriend and Kaantha have refrained from aggressive distribution and marketing push in north India.

07.12 / 09:53

markets COST Aviat Airlines country reports Too big to fail: Why IndiGo cancellations turned into a national crisis

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. An unprecedented crisis gripped India’s aviation sector in the past week, leaving thousands of passengers stranded as flights were first delayed and then cancelled. At the centre of the disruption is IndiGo, which has cancelled more than 2,000 flights, blaming “unforeseen operational challenges." In reality, the trigger, the introduction of the Crew and Flight Duty Time Limitation (FDTL) rules, was hardly unforeseen.

07.12 / 05:35

COST UPS security Food reports parachuting FMCG input costs are moving in opposite directions—what it means for margins

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI: Prices of key inputs for the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector are moving in opposite directions, creating a mixed margin outlook for companies such as Hindustan Unilever, Marico and Parle Products. Several agricultural inputs and packaging materials, for instance, are getting cheaper, while other commodities such as sugar, coffee, and fishmeal are becoming more expensive, potentially producing an uneven impact on FMCG companies' profit margins.

07.12 / 03:15

markets COST UPS Platform Food community Down to the bone: Young consumers increasingly want clean, portioned and recipe-ready meats

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Indian consumers are driving a surge in demand for boneless meat that is upending how chicken, mutton, pork and seafood are processed, stored and priced. Companies across the organized meat sector say the shift in preferences has been visible over the years, especially among younger households and consumers willing to pay more.

06.12 / 15:33

COST UPS Booking security wellness Interviews As Fino becomes small finance bank, the focus shifts to secured lending

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Fino Payments Bank, the first payments bank to receive an in-principle nod from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to transition into a small finance bank (SFB), is gearing up for a strategic shift that will expand its current business model significantly. The transition will be a cautious one with a focus on secured lending, primarily loans against property (LAP), affordable housing, and, to some extent, gold loans, managing director and chief executive officer Rishi Gupta told Mint in an interview.

06.12 / 00:25

COST UPS security Pool show evacuation rowing Too much power, too little grid: Why Adani, NTPC and JSW are forced to cut solar power production

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Top solar power producers in Rajasthan have dialled down production, after a congested grid prompted the regional regulator to step in. According to three people aware of the matter, Adani Group, NTPC Green, KKR-backed Serentica, EQT-backed Zelestra and JSW Group have had to curtail peak-hour production totalling 5GW in the second half of November alone, leading to potential losses and highlighting the slow pace of transmission capacity addition in the face of frenetic solar power growth.

05.12 / 11:33

COST Platform Action Interface Trade reports guidelines CCPA fines Zepto for hidden fees and tricky online checkout designs

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: India’s top consumer watchdog has imposed a penalty of ₹700,000 on quick commerce platform Zepto for using ‘dark patterns’ and misleading price disclosures, including drip pricing and basket sneaking. The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) said Zepto's practices violated multiple provisions of the Consumer Protection Act, 2019.

05.12 / 09:15

markets COST UPS Racing security Apple Features Apple may actually be winning the AI race

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Apple has emerged from the AI doghouse. The stock hit a new all-time high this past week after surging 39% since Aug.

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