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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. About six months after China first began restricting the export of specific rare earth magnets, rattling manufacturers around the world, India announced a ₹7,280-crore incentive package on 26 November to set up five plants to produce rare earth magnets in the country.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India’s aerospace and defence manufacturing ecosystem is entering a decisive phase. Rising defence spending, a sharper focus on indigenization and growing export ambition are creating a longer runway for domestic suppliers.

India is a nation on a trajectory of rapid economic growth and today stands at the threshold of a defining era.This growth is being channelled through ambitious national goals that explicitly link innovation with sustainability, notably India’s commitment to achieving net-zero emissions by 2070 and its push to strengthen advanced manufacturing and global technology capabilities through initiatives such as Make in India and the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) schemes.This approach to combining scale with responsibility positions India as an increasingly attractive partner for countries across the world.Finland, a country renowned for innovation, clean technologies, and robust public and industrial systems, shares this forward-looking vision.Finland’s national goal is to achieve carbon neutrality by 2035, a significantly more ambitious timeline than the European Union’s overall target of 2050.The current annual bilateral trade value between India and Finland, at approximately €3 billion, remains modest relative to the potential of two innovation-driven economies.

Earlier this month, the Delhi high court, in separate judgements, allowed Dr Reddy’s Laboratories and Sun Pharmaceutical Industries to manufacture and export generic semaglutide to non-patent-holding countries. However, both companies cannot sell the drug domestically until innovator Novo Nordisk loses its patent-exclusivity rights in the country in March 2026.While experts said the move by Dr Reddy’s and Sun Pharma is to grab an early-mover advantage in selling the blockbuster weight-loss drug, the companies won’t be the first to enter non-patented markets.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. WHEN THE European Union increased tariffs on Chinese battery electric vehicles (EVs) in 2024, the logic was straightforward: raise prices and imports will fall. A study published by the Kiel Institute, a think-tank, estimated that higher levies would cause Chinese car exports to plunge by 25%.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. As the markets trade very close to record highs, finding value always becomes a challenge. However, here are three stocks from the chemical sector that continue to remain undervalued using specific criteria.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI: The Centre plans to scrap expiry-based licences for medical devices and introduce perpetual approvals alongside uniform lab testing rules, according to two officials and a draft notification reviewed by Mint.

China’s new economic model is putting the future of Asia’s Gen-Z at risk. The continent is home to some of the world’s most trade-oriented economies that rode globalization to lift the lives and livelihoods of hundreds of millions. But it’s now being hit by a double whammy: an export base that has come under pressure from a flood of cheap goods from China, unquestionably the region’s dominant power, and US President Donald Trump’s trade war.It is frustrating a generation already struggling with stagnant wages and soaring living costs.

Mint in an interview that the company, which currently holds nearly 10% market share in the Indian smart metering space, aims to double its share in the next three to five years.Khaitan did not give a timeline for its public listing plans, but emphasized that the company is well-capitalized for expansion. “We are certainly looking at hitting the public markets.

aid it wants to deploy around 30GW of wind capacity by 2030, or a third of the country’s 100GW target by then. Until recently, Adani’s turbine manufacturing was widely assumed to be a captive exercise, designed primarily to feed the group’s own rapidly expanding power needs. The Opera Energy order has punctured that assumption.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The stock of high-end computing solutions provider Netweb Technologies India has soared 80% in the past six months. In September the company bagged two orders for servers and artificial intelligence (AI) systems worth ₹2,184 crore.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI: The electric vehicles (EV) sector is expected to take centre stage in Punjab, as the state lines up an expanded package of incentives to attract fresh investments under the new industrial policy that is likely to be launched in January.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI : India’s leading auto component manufacturers will look to hitch a ride with Chinese carmakers amid Western auto giants’ faltering electric-vehicle (EV) bets. The Ford Motor Co.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Amber Enterprises India Ltd is entering a transition year, one that will test investor patience. Its core room air-conditioner (RAC) business is expected to grow 10–15% in FY26— ahead of industry—management said at a recent analyst meet.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. American automakers want to boost their profits by selling high-margin gas guzzlers today, all while not falling behind on electric-vehicle technology. It will be difficult to do both.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India’s space technology is no longer just for scientists or policy experts; it’s becoming a real business opportunity. Companies are now making radar systems, satellite communication tools, precision electronics, and advanced mapping technology that support every space mission.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Shares of Tata Steel Ltd have gained about 6% over the past three trading days after its board approved a slew of projects, along with an acquisition and a memorandum of understanding (MoU). Together, these initiatives aim to enhance scale, expand the product portfolio, strengthen backward and forward integration, and reduce the company’s carbon footprint.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI : Hopes that a landmark cut in federal taxes would provide a lifeline to struggling small cars like Maruti Alto, Spresso and Renault Kwid have been dashed, with latest sales data showing buyers continuing to favour bigger, more expensive vehicles. The trends come in the backdrop of an intensifying tussle between carmakers over policy support for small cars under upcoming emission norms.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: India is set to introduce new essential requirements (ER) and technical standards for IP (internet protocol) terminals under the Telecommunication Engineering Centre (TEC), in a move aimed at tightening testing and compliance for telecom equipment sold or imported into the country, as per a World Trade Organization (WTO) document.

India’s strong GDP performance, kept up even in a period of global uncertainty, reflects structural strength built through consistent policy reform. As the country moves towards becoming the world’s third-largest economy, the key challenge is not the pace of growth, but ensuring that this momentum is sustainable, productivity-driven and inclusive.In this context, the next major frontier for India’s economic transformation lies in accelerating factor market reforms.Significant progress has already been achieved.

As we approach the end of 2025, there seems to be some light at the end of the tunnel on India-US relations, which started on a strong note amid the promise of Trump 2.0 but gave way to strained ties over claims of US mediating between India and Pakistan, Washington’s sudden fondness for India’s neighbour and its newly minted Field Marshall Asim Munir, and punitive levies on India for buying discounted oil from Russia.Trump, who has given himself the title of the ‘Peace President’, has been the major disruptor in 2025 – whether in geopolitics or geo-economics -- wielding tariffs against countries for allegedly short-changing the US, and as leverage to broker peace.If he’s been labelled unreliable or unpredictable, it’s with good reason. How else can you explain Trump’s decision to sell Nvidia’s H200 chips to China?To be fair, Trump had given the world a warning in October that he would allow Nvidia to export chips to China after his meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in South Korea.