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, 64, has been driving for Uber since losing his job as a financial adviser at a major asset-management firm two years ago. The money supplements his Social Security payments. He feels financially squeezed by the rising cost of living, and his Uber income is down, which he attributes to rising competition from self-driving Waymos.

Many investors look for dividend stocks to include their portfolios as dividends provide steady income and can contribute significantly to long-term returns. They also signal strong fundamentals and offer stability during market downturns.However, dividends should not be the sole focus when buying a stock.

nuclear arsenals are growing, and the weapons themselves are becoming more lethal, more diverse, and more vulnerable. Arms-control talks have stalled, and most agreements have expired or been so hollowed out as to have lost all credibility.

Supreme Court ends up striking down President Trump’s tariffs: “I think that possibility is being overlooked a bit. It could reduce inflationary pressures, allow more rate cuts and accelerate the economy.”Tech bulls point out a key difference between now and the dot-com bubble: Today’s most-valuable companies, such as Nvidia, Microsoft and Alphabet, are some of the most profitable in history.

The fate of Vodafone Idea Ltd hangs in the balance, with the Union cabinet on Wednesday clearing a relief plan that punctured hopes, hammered its shares, and shook its fundraising hopes.According to officials familiar with the matter, the cabinet has decided to freeze the struggling telco’s pending adjusted gross revenues (AGR) dues at ₹87,695 crore for five years. The amount can be paid from fiscal year 2032 (FY32) through FY41.That means the AGR amount will not increase, but it does not also reduce the overall AGR dues of the company, even though the officials said that the recalculation is still on the table and the amount may reduce later.

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Mint’s requests for comment.The development comes weeks after InMobi raised $350 million in new financing from Varde Partners, Elham Credit Partners and SeaTown Holdings, according to a report by The Economic Times.The report said most of the proceeds would be used to fund a share buyback from existing investors, primarily SoftBank and other private equity shareholders.Following the transaction, SoftBank’s stake fell to about 5–7% from around 35%. The deal was finalised at a valuation of under $1 billion.Founded in 2007 by Naveen Tewari, InMobi offers mobile display advertising, app-install campaigns and other adtech solutions, increasingly leveraging artificial intelligence to serve advertisers.The company works with marketers and publishers, helping them connect with target audiences using data-driven analytics and providing tools for monetization, consent management and user engagement.In 2019, InMobi diversified beyond adtech with the launch of Glance, a lock-screen content discovery platform preloaded on smartphones.

Dear reader, as 2025, a year of global tumult and volatility, rolls by, Mint's reporters and columnists look around the corner on what is coming in 2026—to help you know what to expect and prepare for it. Tell us what you think at [email protected] persistent foreign investment outflows and a weakening rupee, several of India's premier conglomerates emerged as standout creators of shareholder wealth,outperforming even the benchmark indices.Collectively, the top 10 corporate groups by market capitalization now command nearly 24% of the country's ₹474 trillion (as on 26 December) total market capitalization, reflecting their massive—though slightly diminished—footprint on Dalal Street, down from 30% in 2022.However, performance within this elite group was far from uniform.

Ambuja and Orient have outperformed the broad market index, with 18% and 15% CAGR, respectively, over the last five years. The proposed simplification of organizational structure across Adani’s cement companies should unlock further value for shareholders.The merger ratios approved by the Ambuja board will accord 328 shares of Ambuja Cements for every 100 ACC shares.

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Meanwhile, the companies creating the AI superstructure are having a golden run on the stock market. Valuations of companies making advanced chips, hardware, data centres, or AI engines are loaded with expectations that AI will find ample and utilitarian business use-cases. Some of the large investment and sourcing deals across these AI companies are interlinked, and fragility in one part of the chain can have a cascading effect.

₹15,000-crore fruit economy, trapping apple growers in a cycle of rising input costs and recurring losses, even as the promise of crop insurance remains largely theoretical.Weighed down by low enthusiasm after another season of heavy losses, fruit growers have begun the new farming cycle, pruning apple trees in their orchards, amid Chilai Kalan, Kashmir's harshest forty days of winter.In Allaiepora village of Pulwama, Khursheed Ahmad Allaie tells Mint that the apple growers who once invested heavily in establishing high-density orchards, converting paddy fields into apple farms, now find themselves at a loss, as the impacts of the climate crisis have intensified over the past decade.“Global warming has changed everything. Heatwaves bring disease.

silver prices surged by around 150% to ₹218,918 per kg, outperforming gold's 79% return. Over the past five years, silver's 231% gain has also outpaced gold's 173% return. This rapid increase has once again brought silver into the spotlight.

Mint, Honest Shelters has agreed to pay Interscape, a Mumbai-based architecture and interior decoration firm, ₹4.8 crore against total dues of ₹5.21 crore. The developer had already paid ₹1.05 crore prior to the settlement and committed to clearing the remaining amount in instalments by 31 December.The order records that Saloni Sulakhe of law firm Dhaval Vussonji & Associates, appearing for Honest Shelters, handed over cheques worth ₹3.75 crore to Interscape’s counsel in court.The settlement removes one more legal hurdle for a project that has been mired in delays since its inception over 15 years ago.

. Vasdev’s politics ranged far left, however, and his customers were unaware that while he fixed their timepieces, he also secretly financed Mau Mau insurgents who fought the British in a bloody conflict in the 1950s.He funded trade unionist Makhan Singh’s printing press, which churned out pro-independence leaflets. Makhan spent 11 years behind bars for his activism.

When the new tax regime was first introduced in the Union Budget 2020-21, it did not attract many takers that fiscal year.This new optional tax regime offered taxpayers lower tax rates in exchange for foregoing most tax deductions and exemptions under the then-prevailing old tax regime. Its newness and the fact that the old regime still remained more attractive for most people made the shift infeasible.However, the government brought in changes to make the new regime more attractive, encouraging more people to adopt it.

By 2027, the world's electricity consumption is expected to rise by about 8300 TWh, with emerging economies making the largest contribution.India's 1700 TWh electricity demand is predicted to increase by more than 20% by 2027 due to industrialisation and the ambitions of the country's expanding middle class.India's power transmission market is expanding significantly due to the country's electrical grid modernisation and expansion, which support its growing industrial base and rising electricity demand resulting from urbanisation and economic growth.With growth rates much higher than the global average, the nation is one of the most vibrant and quickly expanding power transmission markets in the world.However, certain stocks in the power transmission sector have seen significant declines, dropping by as much as 55% from their 52-week highs.Let's discuss four of these stocks. Please note, this is neither a stock recommendation nor a fundamental analysis of these companies.Transformers and Rectifiers (India) has established itself as a top partner for high-voltage power transformers and reactors for customers worldwide, with three cutting-edge transformer manufacturing facilities.Its wide range of products includes power transformers up to 500 MVA and 1200 kV class, furnace transformers, rectifier and distribution transformers and speciality transformers for a variety of uses, including locomotive traction, series and shunt reactors, and mobile substations.

₹5,500 crore in FY27 from ₹2,800 crore this fiscal year, according to two people aware of the discussions. This will underscore policy continuity in India’s electric vehicle (EV)-led transition, even as disbursals trail targets and newer automakers remain excluded.A proposal to this effect has been submitted by the heavy industries ministry to the finance ministry for the PLI scheme that has a ₹25,938 crore outlay over five years (FY25-29), and consultations are underway for the same, the people cited above said.“The scheme’s outlay is expected to be around ₹5,500 crore for FY27,” said one of the two people cited above, requesting anonymity.Notified in 2021, the PLI-Auto scheme aims to boost domestic manufacturing of advanced automotive technologies and position India as a global electric vehicle hub.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Mumbai: Maharashtra State Electricity Distribution Company Ltd (MSEDCL) will restructure its operations to manage debt and enhance its appeal to investors ahead of its planned public listing next fiscal year, its top official said. Also called Mahavitaran, the state government-owned power distributor will be split into two entities, with one taking over electricity supply to the farm sector along with ₹75,000 crore in outstanding dues from farmers, Lokesh Chandra, the chairman and managing director of MSEDCL, said.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The brain goes through five distinct stages between birth and death, a new study shows. Scientists identified the average ages—9, 32, 66 and 83—when the pattern of connections inside our brains shift.

₹10,000 becomes ₹20,000. As per media reports, the 8th CPC may recommend the fitment factor of 1.92-2.86, largely in line with 1.86 recommended by the 6th CPC and 2.57 by the 7th CPC.While the pay increases add to the government's employee costs, recent trends show they have become less cumbersome.The central government spent ₹2.75 trillion on the pay and allowances of its regular civilian employees in FY23, accounting for 6.6% of the total budgetary expenditure.