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08.12 / 09:59

markets UPS country social Equality rights Updates As people get suspicious of governments, the value of sound macroeconomic policymaking should assert itself

Across much of the industrial world, trust in government is low and declining. Why is this happening and why exactly does it matter? An unusually thorough new study looks at these questions and finds answers that are somewhat unexpected and, in one way, more disturbing than you might have guessed.The fact of diminished trust is hardly a revelation, least of all in countries such as the US, where anti-establishment populists have turned politics upside down and elite expertise has become not just distrusted but disdained. Last year, a survey found that fewer than one is six Americans expect Washington to do the right thing “nearly always” (1%) or “most of the time” (15%).

08.12 / 08:41

Research show country hospital patient Colleges Vaccines Mint Explainer: How the 'twin burden' of influenza and air pollution is wreaking havoc on public health

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI : India is witnessing a significant surge in influenza cases, driven by the H3N2 subtype, clinically known to cause more severe infections and higher hospitalizations, according to the latest surveillance data from the country's premier medical research organization, the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR). Taking cognisance of the situation, Union health minister J.P.

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 / 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.

08.12 / 01:23

UPS Google Enterprise Research Healthcare country Interviews Top Indian companies join red-hot sovereign cloud race

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI : Larsen & Toubro Ltd. aims to establish a sovereign cloud as part of its initiative to build data centres in the country, becoming the third homegrown company after Tata Consultancy Services Ltd and Bharti Airtel Ltd.

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.

05.12 / 16:03

Trade President War country testing Relationships Russia and India’s complicated relationship hinges on oil

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. When it comes to oil, few countries have needed each other more than Russia and India in recent years. Now, that relationship is being tested.

05.12 / 09:15

markets Digital Manufacturing Research country innovations International India’s problem isn’t restrictive labour laws but a failure to innovate—Making workers work harder won’t help

While the rest of the world frets over artificial intelligence and how it could hollow out demand for human effort, a zeitgeist-defying idea is taking hold in India. Several corporate bosses have publicly said that at India’s stage of development, a 70- or even 90-hour workweek is a national imperative.

05.12 / 01:45

FIVE Action Refugees shooting country social Trump tightens work permits for migrants, expanding crackdown on legal immigration

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Work permits issued to immigrants who have applied for asylum or a range of other humanitarian programs will now be valid for 18 months rather than five years, under a new policy announced Thursday by the Trump administration. By forcing immigrants to renew their work permits more often, the government will have more opportunities to re-vet them, said Joe Edlow, director of U.S.

04.12 / 20:07

Provident Manufacturing Sustainability FLEX President country International Toyota pitches for ethanol hybrids as India looks at electric future

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Sabitgarh: At a time when India’s auto industry is pushing for electric vehicles (EVs) as the clean transport of the future, Japanese carmaker Toyota Kirloskar Motor believes the government should help incentivize hybrid flex-fuel technology powered by ethanol as the best clean fuel bet. Such a fuel would be insulated from geopolitical uncertainties at a time when China has put hurdles in the development of EVs, according to a senior executive of the company.

04.12 / 16:37

UPS Citi FIFA President country Relationships The World Cup is coming to America—and It has a plan to keep Trump onside

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The plans for next summer’s World Cup had been brewing for nearly a decade by the time Gianni Infantino, the president of soccer’s world governing body, stepped into the Oval Office last month.

04.12 / 14:23

markets Action Trade Cycling country reports Markets have turned, 2026 will be ‘very exciting’ for Indian equities, says Ridham Desai

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Indian markets have already turned around from the worst period of dollar returns in over two decades, and 2026 will be an “exciting year" for domestic stocks, according to Morgan Stanley managing director Ridham Desai. In 2025 so far, the Nifty 50 and Sensex have risen 10% and 9%, respectively, hitting record highs, Desai said while speaking at the Hindustan Times Leadership Summit 2025.

04.12 / 08:57

markets Manufacturing Action country reports Courts Pharmaceuticals Dr Reddy’s pins hopes on semaglutide, but timely approvals hold the key

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Dr Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd (DRL) received a shot in the arm on 2 December, when the Delhi High Court allowed it to export the weight-loss drug semaglutide, which is set to become patent-free in several countries including Canada, China and Brazil from January 2026. While the order restricts sales of semaglutide in India until it goes off-patent here in March, this window will help DRL prepare for the domestic launch.

04.12 / 08:35

Citi Election Healthcare President country cover reports Affordability versus public goods: Why politics tends to put everyone on the losing side of this divide

It finally happened. Effective 13 November 2025, President Donald Trump of the United States of America exempted 225 agricultural items, fresh and processed, from tariffs termed ‘reciprocal’ but actually unilaterally country-specific. The new zero-tariff list is product-specific, not differentiated by country.

04.12 / 07:21

Provident Food Death country reports medicines Vaccines For first time in decades, child deaths will rise this year

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. One of the greatest public-health achievements of recent decades has been driving down child mortality around the world. Now, that long-running decline is reversing.

04.12 / 03:37

markets UPS Manufacturing Sustainability wellness country testing NRB shifts gears with strategic leap into industrial bearings via Italian partner Unitec

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. MUMBAI : NRB Bearings Ltd, India’s largest maker of needle roller bearings, signalled one of the most defining shifts in its nearly six-decade history with the announcement of a strategic joint venture with Italy-based Unitec Group on 1 December. The partnership marks the company’s formal entry into industrial cylindrical roller bearings—an expansion long envisioned by chairperson and managing director Harshbeena Zaveri, but delayed due to factors rooted in her family’s business legacy.

04.12 / 03:05

Analysis Research Trade President War country Putin’s India visit comes amid US tariffs and oil sanctions—what’s at stake for New Delhi

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Russian President Vladimir Putin begins a two-day visit to India on 4 December for the annual India-Russia Summit—his first trip to New Delhi since the start of the Ukraine war. The visit comes at a particularly sensitive moment for India’s foreign policy and energy security.

03.12 / 14:15

markets Provident Target wellness Healthcare track country Healthify targets US market for growth and major source of revenue

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Indian digital health and wellness startup Healthify is making the US its core focus as it looks to make the country its main source of revenue, according to a top executive at the company. “From a business traction standpoint, we're doing about $2 million in annual recurring revenue, it's still small," Tushar Vashisht, co-founder and chief executive of Healthify, told Mint. “We'll be at double-digit millions by next year, and by 2027, I think our US business is going to be the main revenue generator." Nutrition and diet tracking have become a growing focus for healthcare-conscious consumers worldwide, as millions seek to enhance their health.

03.12 / 10:53

markets Manufacturing Platform Mobile trends country innovations India could be a different kind of AI superpower

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Artificial intelligence (AI) is taking off in India. The country is now the second-largest market for OpenAI, whose ChatGPT service has 700m active users worldwide.

03.12 / 10:53

UPS Provident Platform Research country information testing There is a vast hidden workforce behind AI

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. WHEN DEEPSEEK, a hotshot Chinese firm, released its cheap large language model late last year it overturned long-standing assumptions about what it will take to build the next generation of artificial intelligence (AI). This will matter to whoever comes out on top in the epic global battle for AI supremacy.

03.12 / 09:33

markets UPS Citi Waters country reports Updates Megacities are both booming and increasingly exposed to the risk of disastrous floods

Humanity’s future lies in some of the most vulnerable spots on the planet. We’ve seen that in stark relief of late. A United Nations report last month concluded that the world’s population is increasingly crowded into a group of often low-lying, middle-income megacities in Asia and Africa.Jakarta and Dhaka dethroned Tokyo’s long-held status as the world’s biggest city, with 42 million, 37 million and 33 million people respectively.

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