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11.12 / 00:55

Analysis Sustainability wellness stage country testing India explores higher petrol blends than E20 as ethanol overcapacity mounts

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI : The Centre has opened discussions on whether India should move to higher ethanol blends in petrol from the current E20 (20% ethanol, 80% petrol), two people aware of the matter said, amid continuing consumer unease over the current E20 blend.

10.12 / 13:11

markets UPS Manufacturing Strategy country Pharmaceuticals French drugmaker Servier firms up India focus with manufacturing tie-ups, trial plans

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. French pharmaceutical group Servier is sharpening its India strategy with a string of new oncology launches focused on rare cancers, plans for local manufacturing of active ingredients, and a move to bring global clinical trials to the country for the first time. The shift marks a significant elevation of India in Servier’s global priorities, aligning it almost in step with launches in the western markets.

10.12 / 13:11

markets Manufacturing economy Trade country social International China is too big to rely on exports for growth, IMF chief warns

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. BEIJING—The head of the International Monetary Fund warned China that its dominance over manufacturing risks exacerbating global trade tensions, urging Beijing to take far greater action to shift its economy toward domestic consumption. “As the second largest economy in the world, China is simply too big to generate much growth from exports," said IMF Managing Director Kristalina Georgieva on Wednesday.

10.12 / 13:11

UPS Provident Booking War show country peace Using Russian assets to help Ukraine is looking like Europe’s least-bad option

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Ukraine is running out of money. Europe has a plan that would largely balance the books, win it a seat in the U.S.-led negotiations to end the war and equip Kyiv to seek better terms for peace.

10.12 / 10:47

Citi security economy Align Experts country reports Care Ratings scores early win in sovereign push as global peers vindicate its stance

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. When global rating agencies revised their sovereign debt ratings for France and Portugal earlier this year, aligning them with those of Care Ratings, they “vindicated" the stance of the Indian rating agency that launched its fledgling sovereign rating business just over a year ago, a top official at Care Ratings said.

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 Manufacturing Assurant country medicines Vaccines Pharmaceuticals WHO audit, India hopes, will restore shine to its ‘pharmacy of the world’ image

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India plans to get its drug regulatory system audited and rated by the World Health Organization (WHO) to detect specific strengths and weaknesses that will help to make it fool proof, according to four officials and a document reviewed by Mint. The move comes after multiple instances of drug safety related incidents in the country as well as export markets raised serious questions on the quality of medicines made in India, often referred to as ‘pharmacy of the world’.

10.12 / 07:35

markets Food Trade President country Courts India-US trade deal: Relief today shouldn't come at the cost of autonomy tomorrow

A US trade delegation reached India this week with the aim of concluding a long-anticipated trade agreement. Coming close on the heels of Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to New Delhi that resulted in a five-year India-Russia economic programme to diversify trade and strengthen an energy partnership, an obvious question arises: How would ties with Moscow impact India’s US engagement?At last week’s HT Leadership Summit, foreign minister S.

10.12 / 05:31

markets Platform Election Trade country Courts Sporting Gambling or investing? In America, the line is increasingly blurred

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Economists and financiers have compared stockmarkets to gambling since 1936, when Keynes warned of “the capital development of a country becom[ing] a by-product of the activities of a casino". In 1999 Jack Bogle of Vanguard decried the “Wall Street casino" where only croupiers got rich, and in 2023 Warren Buffett wrote that “markets now exhibit far more casino-like behaviour than...when I was young".

10.12 / 05:31

Digital security economy country innovations information China is building an entire empire on data

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. CHINA’S 1.1BN internet users churn out more data than anyone else on Earth. So does the country’s vast network of facial-recognition cameras.

10.12 / 01:43

markets UPS Trade President country Updates Mint Quick Edit | A US anti-dumping duty on Indian rice won’t hurt much but would send the wrong signal

Just hours before a US delegation arrived in New Delhi to wrap up a long-pending trade deal, Donald Trump hinted at a fresh tariff to be levied on India. Speaking at the White House, the US President expressed his displeasure over Indian rice shipments to the US after complaints from a local farmer lobby over cheap imports.

10.12 / 01:43

markets Manufacturing security NVIDIA Experts country travelers Nvidia AI chips to undergo unusual U.S. security review before export to China

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The artificial-intelligence chips that Nvidia is allowed to ship to China will undergo a special security review in the U.S. before they are exported, according to administration officials.

10.12 / 00:15

UPS Digital Booking Platform trends country audience Nagraj vs Naruto: Indian comics level up as Gen Z turns to anime

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI , MUMBAI : Indian comic heroes like Chacha Chaudhary, Nagraj, Super Commando Dhruv, Doga, Suppandi and Shikari Shambu are levelling up to face anime legends such as Naruto, Tanjiro, Goku, Saitama, Light Yagami, and Luffy. Millennials’ childhood favourite characters from Diamond Comics, Raj Comics, Amar Chitra Katha, and Tinkle, among others, may soon be seen taking selfies, using artificial intelligence (AI), and discussing mental health to connect with Gen Z and Gen Alpha, who have gravitated towards Japanese anime and manga.

09.12 / 16:19

markets UPS IPO Digital Maxim Strategy country India to see increased momentum in cross-border deals and IPOs in 2026: JP Morgan

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India is expected to see heightened momentum on cross-border mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and initial public offerings (IPOs) through 2026 as companies worldwide look to monetise their stakes and take advantage of the country's rich valuations, top executives at JP Morgan said at a media round table on Tuesday.

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 / 07:41

markets UPS Racing Opinion Universities country Who is winning in AI—China or America?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. IN 1995, DURING a golden age for globalisation, a business professor from Berkeley coined a cheering term: “the California effect". When companies in wealthy markets face new competition from foreign rivals, argued David Vogel in his book “Trading Up: Consumer and Environmental Regulation in a Global Economy", they do not invariably lower standards, as gloomsters might predict.

09.12 / 01:59

markets UPS Trade President country Updates Mint Quick Edit | China’s $1 trillion plus trade surplus could worsen global turbulence if Beijing shrugs it off

China’s role as the world’s big factory isn’t weakening in the face of the US’s tariff-policy pushback. Its trade surplus is set for a record high in 2025, with exports exceeding imports by nearly $1.1 trillion in the first 11 months of the year, according to official data released on Monday, topping the trillion-dollar mark for the first time. Sure, its exports to the US slumped about 29% from a year earlier in November, but this was more than offset by export expansion to other markets.

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 / 01:59

Target Trade War country consequences International China knows how to punish countries that offend it

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. China’s diplomatic anger obeys a law of conservation: the total quantity remains constant, but the targets change. Some countries, notably Canada and South Korea, have recently emerged from China’s doghouse.

09.12 / 01:07

markets UPS IPO Target wellness country International We are very clear about the year 2027 for us to list, says upGrad chairman Ronnie Screwvala

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Upskilling and higher education platform upGrad is deepening its push on its international business in the coming year as the company looks to list in 2027, according to top executives at the company.

09.12 / 01:07

security Strategy economy Sustainability Enterprise country social After labour codes rollout, Centre to double down on job-intensive sectors in FY27 budget

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI : The Centre is preparing to reinforce and expand its focus on labour-intensive industries in the FY27 Union budget, according to two persons familiar with ongoing discussions.

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