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India’s corporate skyline has expanded rapidly over the past three decades. Tech campuses in Bengaluru and Hyderabad, logistics parks along the Delhi-Mumbai industrial corridor and multiple warehouse clusters on city outskirts reflect a country building the infrastructure of a modern economy. Yet, much of this expansion has been planned around connectivity, labour access and land prices.

India plans to validate its indigenous artificial intelligence (AI) weather forecasting model after the monsoon season to assess its accuracy and reliability.The evaluation will compare AI-based predictions with actual rainfall and climate data, India Meteorological Department (IMD) director general Mrutyunjay Mohapatra told Mint. If successful, the model could improve early warnings, disaster preparedness, and agricultural planning nationwide, he said, adding that AI systems would analyze large historical weather datasets and real-time observations to detect patterns.The initiative will complement India’s Bharat Forecasting System (BharatFS)—a high-resolution weather prediction system launched in May 2025, operating on a 6-km grid, designed to improve forecasts for monsoon, cyclones and extreme weather events.

private equity—rush in to participate.The outcome is predictable. New supply emerges. Competition intensifies.

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Human societies have long found ingenious ways to cope with extreme weather; and India is no exception. The ancient Kallanai dam in southern India, for example, built to divert the Kaveri River for irrigation, sustained fertile delta farming for centuries.

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Financial news is now a 24/7 cycle of nonstop alerts, tempting investors to react to every minor market ripple. In an era where ‘financial noise’ has never been louder, navigating high valuations and volatile global dynamics requires more than just intelligence—it demands mental endurance.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. If you’re a climate-change denier in the eastern US, including the president, then the past few weeks have been a dream. It’s cold and snowy where I live, you might say, colder and snowier than in years.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. It was swift and brutal, the global sell-off in tech stocks this week after Anthropic’s launch of Agentic AI tools with startling skills. From America to India, software stocks lost $285 billion in market value globally within the span of a single trading session.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. After a blistering rally over the past year, gold and silver prices are beginning to see sharp corrections. Gold ETFs have fallen over 12% since 29 January, and silver ETFs have slumped over 24% as of 4 February.

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. In the complex world of equity investing, many people find themselves caught between two extremes: the cautious safety of blue-chip giants and the high-octane volatility of small-cap companies. However, some of the most effective wealth creation often happens in the ‘middle ground’, where agility meets stability.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Panna, Madhya Pradesh: This place is a magnet for troubled souls," said Ram Kumar Gupta. “You wouldn’t be here if life was smooth." Gupta spoke on the condition that no photos or videos would be shot.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. For retail investors chasing red-hot maiden offers, getting an allotment has started to feel like winning a lucky draw. With many recent issues seeing double- and even triple-digit subscriptions, applying through the normal retail route often ends in disappointment.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. With the US's recent invasion of Venezuela, and sanction and tariff threats on trade with Iran, the so-called global ‘shadow fleet’ of oil tankers is in focus again. Used to transport oil by countries under Western sanctions such as Russia, Iran and Venezuela, the size of this fleet has grown manifold and now accounts for an estimated 18.5% of global tanker capacity, according to S&P Global.

I’m a OCI cardholder and graphic designer by occupation. I came to India in July 2025 for taking up several regional film projects as a consultant and I plan to stay through the financial year. I’m continuing to do consulting work right now even for outside India clients. Whatever fees that I earn from those clients, I take it in my foreign bank account. Would those fees become taxable in India even if I don’t remit them to my Indian bank account?- Name withheld on requestAt the outset, it is necessary to determine your residential status in India for the financial year 2025–26 under the provisions of the Income-tax Act, 1961 (ITA).If your stay in India during the relevant financial year aggregates to 182 days or more, you would be regarded as a resident in India for tax purposes.

₹500 crore in revenue and forming the backbone of its sales—such as Dabur Red Paste, Dabur Amla hair oil, Dabur Honey and Chyawanprash, are widely perceived as “boomer brands,” Mahasuar said.“Gen Z is very particular about ingredients, and look and feel—and most importantly they want visible results,” he told Mint. “Companies in skin care and hair care have been struggling over the last three to four years.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Lloyds Metals and Energy Ltd is in the thick of things. Apart from signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Tata Steel Ltd, the company acquired a 50% stake in Nexus Holdco FZCO, Dubai on 10 December.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Silver prices are surging to multiyear highs, but they are also flashing a warning signal for silver investors. The price of silver as tracked by the iShares Silver Trust closed at $59.32 on Thursday, which is 22.6% higher than its 50-day moving average.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. I recently attended an investment conclave in Ayodhya where, in a keynote speech, Acharya Mithilesh Nandini Sharan Ji shared the story of Bhasmasura as a metaphor for what investors do. It was an unexpected connection, but it was the perfect metaphor for what I see happening to retail investors across India today.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Shares of Natco Pharma Ltd have dropped 38% from the 52-week high of ₹1,505 (December 2024), as the Street grows cautious about its high-risk, high-reward business model. Natco focuses on extremely complex, niche drugs, mainly in cancer treatment, injectables, peptides, and legally challenged patents in the US market.