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ICE vehicles due to the higher weight of lithium-ion battery packs. “If the battery is heavier than the engine, then what the OEMs (original equipment manufacturers) expect is for the chassis and other large BIW (Body in White) components to drive the lightweighting,” Swastid Badve, general manager at Belrise Industries, told Mint in an interview.“And that's why we want to, kind of, focus on high tensile technology to drive lightweighting in all of the other components that we make like a chassis, BIW part and so on and so forth,” he added.BIW parts refer to those components that make up the structure of a vehicle including body side, floor, and roof panels, among others.To drive lightweighting, the company is investing in high tensile technology, which reduces the thickness of steel used to make components.

In 2011, a young male graduate earned about ₹21,800 a month; a non-graduate ₹9,000. By 2023, the graduate earned ₹19,573 while the non-graduate ₹10,507. Graduate earnings have fallen in nominal terms over 12 years.

The Supreme Court of India recently permitted the withdrawal of clinically assisted nutrition and hydration for Harish Rana, marking the first judicial case related to the fundamental right to die with dignity. The decision is a landmark in clinical and legal history. As the family took Harish to AIIMS, New Delhi, for the process, one can hardly imagine their emotional state.

conflict and disruptions to flows.IEA projects global oil supply to plunge by 8 mbpd in March. With that, an old nemesis of central banks may return: elevated inflation and muted economic growth. Every 10% rise in oil prices that persists for a year leads to 40 basis point growth in global headline inflation and a 0.1–0.2% decline in global output, estimates the IMF.Higher energy prices feed into transport and food costs, pressurizing household budgets.

Mint, even during the Russia-Ukraine crisis, crude prices initially surged but eventually moderated as markets adjusted.He added that apart from geopolitical tensions, key risks for Indian markets include global liquidity conditions, movements in crude oil prices, and the availability of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and oil, as rising household energy costs could disrupt consumption momentum. Edited excerpts:Markets typically react first to headlines and then gradually reassess fundamentals.

India's retail inflation under the new series is expected to rise to 3.1% in February from 2.8% in January, driven by increases in prices of some food items from a year ago, according to a Mint poll of 18 economists.India’s statistics ministry had released a ‘back series' for the Consumer Price Index (CPI) using the new base year of 2024. Economists in the poll expect the second print of the CPI under the new rebased series to land in the range of 2.8-3.4%.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Lately economists have been vigorously debating the health of America’s labour market. Some argue that the jobs market is weakening, portending a downturn and requiring further interest-rate cuts from the Federal Reserve.

₹17,000 crore a month in 2024. At the same time, stoppage ratios remain high, often exceeding 50% during volatile periods. This suggests that while more investors are entering the system, many struggle to stay the course.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. AI startup Serval closed a private deal with venture-capital giant Sequoia in December that valued it at less than $400 million. Days later, Serval announced a new milestone from another funding round.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Stock market recap: A day after tumbling over 1% each, India's headline equity indices, the Sensex and the Nifty 50, rebounded with healthy gains on Friday, 20 February. The Sensex gained 317 points, or 0.38%, to end at 82,814.71, while the Nifty 50 settled at 25,571.25.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge is expected to show prices rose faster in December, reinforcing policymakers’ increasing caution on cutting interest rates. The consensus call among economists surveyed by FactSet is that core personal consumption expenditures, which don’t include volatile food or energy prices, rose 0.37% in December from the prior month and 3.0% from a year earlier, up from 2.8% in November.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Stock market recap: On Monday, the Indian equity benchmarks staged a robust late-session recovery, snapping a two-day losing streak as Nifty 50 surged 211.65 points (0.83%) to finish at 25,682.75. Similarly, S&P BSE Sensex reclaimed 83,000, jumping 650.39 points (0.79%) to close at 83,277.15.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Fixed income rarely grabs headlines, though it anchors most Indian portfolios. Fixed deposits (FDs), corporate bonds and certificates of deposit (CDs) may seem dull compared to equities, but they play a critical role in stability, cash flow and capital protection.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is expected to keep the policy repo rate unchanged at 5.25% at its April meeting, as the newly-adopted inflation measurement series is unlikely to significantly shift the price trajectory, while the central bank also awaits the release of revamped GDP data on 27 February, economists said.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. As the US resets tariff terms with key Asian suppliers, India and Bangladesh are emerging with sharply different textile outcomes. On paper, Bangladesh appears to have secured the bigger win.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India’s Consumer Price Index (CPI) is finally getting a reset. On Thursday, the statistics ministry will roll out a revised CPI series with a new 2024 base year, replacing the 2012 base year that has measured inflation prints for over a decade.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Tax simplification should make us happy. After all, who wants a complicated tax law? That is precisely what the government set out to do by introducing the Income-tax Act, 2025—effectively a rewrite of the six-decade-old Income-tax Act, 1961 using clearer language and better-organized sections.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The announcement of an US-India trade deal, under which Washington would roll back the steep reciprocal tariffs, has eased months of trade-related uncertainty, with equity markets and the rupee both showing signs of renewed confidence. To decode what this shift means for investors, Feroz Azeez, joint chief executive of Anand Rathi Wealth, speaks with Mint to cut through the macro noise and explain how the development could shape portfolios.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. When the Monetary Policy Committee meets on 6 February, baseline expectations are that the repo rate will stay at 5.25%, the stance will remain “neutral", and the tone will be carefully balanced. But the real story of India’s monetary policy this year won’t be told through interest rates.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The date of 1 February for the announcement of the Union budget precedes by a month the release of the advance estimate of India’s gross domestic product (GDP) based on three quarters, which this year will mark the start of a new GDP series with 2022-23 as its base year, replacing the old series based on 2011-12. The new series will change the sectoral weights, and with that, the estimates of aggregate real growth for the first two quarters.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Retail investors, once quick to load up on stocks ahead of the Union Budget, turned more cautious this year. The shift had less to do with the Budget itself and more to do with with the circumstances of the market.