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Mint that he and the institute’s director met and decided to bring the Dubai cohort to the Ahmedabad campus until the war subsides.The conflict involving the US and Israel against Iran, now in its third week, has spilled across West Asia, forcing Indian companies and institutions operating in the region to reassess their operations and contingency plans.Other Indian educational institutions with campuses in Dubai are also weighing how best to continue classes if the conflict escalates.Besides IIM Ahmedabad, BITS Pilani operates an engineering campus in Dubai that was established in 2000. Mint has learnt that the college has started online classes, though it did not respond to Mint’s queries.SP Jain School of Global Management and Amity University also have campuses in Dubai but did not respond to queries emailed last week.Education analysts said the decision to relocate students or move online often depends less on pedagogy and more on logistics.“IIM Ahmedabad has taken a smart move by bringing the entire batch in Dubai to India.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.MUMBAI: India’s alternative investment fund industry is seeking to widen access to a small but fast-growing pool of wealthy investors, arguing that a cumbersome accreditation system and limited incentives are slowing participation even as the sector scales sharply.The industry has made a representation to the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) seeking a simpler accreditation system and stronger regulatory benefits for accredited investors, according to two people aware of the development.“AIFs made a representation to Sebi last month to make the accreditation process more friendly for investors,” one of the people said on condition of anonymity. “Accredited investors also need proper incentives to grow this segment.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.This year’s Met Gala, the fancy-dress competition for the ultra-wealthy, was a memorable one. Not just because one of the world’s richest tech bros, Jeff Bezos, and his wife, Lauren Sánchez Bezos, served as honorary chairs—a first—but also because the evening of 4 May saw the largest Indian contingent yet ascend the steps of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, with each attendee reportedly paying $100,000 to attend fashion’s most exclusive fund-raiser.Ananya Birla, Isha Ambani, Karan Johar, Manish Malhotra, Sudha Reddy, Natasha Poonawalla, Sawai Padmanabh Singh and Gauravi Kumari were in attendance, presenting their interpretation of the 2026 Met Gala dress code, “Fashion is Art”, which challenged guests to treat the body as a canvas, express their relationship with fashion “as an embodied art form and celebrate the countless depictions of the dressed body throughout art history”.Did the Indian contingent get the memo right? That depends on whether you believe fashion as art is best expressed through spectacle, symbolism or genuine risk-taking.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.Among all the fashion labels worn by stars on the Met Gala red carpet Monday night, two brands seemed out of place: Gap and Zara.Kendall Jenner wore a flowing, Greek-inspired cotton gown by GapStudio, a premium line the company debuted last year. Bad Bunny wore a black custom tuxedo from Zara (and prosthetics that made him look elderly, seemingly a nod to the “aging bodies” section of the “Costume Art” exhibit the gala feted).

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.When the 1973 oil crisis struck, it dramatically changed the way that economies used fossil fuels such as petroleum. Economies are still fossil-fuel dependent, but much less than about 50 years ago. The West Asia war could prove another turning point in the story of dependence on fossil fuels.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.The 2028 Democratic presidential primary race won’t begin in earnest until after November’s midterm elections. But speed dating is already well under way among prospective candidates and major donors on Wall Street and elsewhere.Sen.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories.Is there anyone who doesn't know that Monday, May 4, is Met Gala? Social media and conversations everywhere are awash about the annual fashion gala that has, in the last few years, turned into a global spectacle that's impossible to ignore or replicate. As is custom, the gala's theme this year is “Costume Art” that places focus on the "centrality of the dressed body".The dress code for the event being chaired by Beyoncé, Nicole Kidman, Venus Williams and Anna Wintour, along with honorary chairs Jeff and Lauren Bezos, is “Fashion Is Art”.

chatbot about its own features and just ask, "How do I use you?" Or show me how to use your top features. It’s just that new users don’t know this as they’re too wary of trying in the first place.All the popular chatbots have a Live mode that new users are hesitant to use, for fear they’ll do something wrong or even broadcast something out to the internet if they’re not careful. It’s an underrated capability.

₹600 per kg to ₹1,000 per kg, premium Mamra almonds from Iran up about 25% to ₹3,500 per kg, and prunes in some cases doubling from ₹500 per kg to ₹1,000 per kg. Pistachio prices have risen from ₹2,000 per kg to ₹2,800 per kg in the past month.Overall, he said, imported dry fruit prices have increased between 15% and 100%, depending on availability and sourcing constraints.India sources a wide range of dry fruits globally, with Iran and Afghanistan among the key suppliers of pistachios, figs, raisins, apricots, dates and premium Mamra almonds.

taxation. A non-resident is taxed only on Indian income.

Mint. Mint also saw a copy of the order released on Tuesday.Ashish Brijkishore Singh, a 42-year-old insurance advisor, filed the first information report (FIR) against Gupta and Khandelwal on 16 March after he and two of his aides were duped by a group of six individuals of ₹71.6 lakh.

₹1 trillion, highlighting a surge in leveraged stock buying even as risks loom large for retail investors.Data from the National Stock Exchange shows total outstanding funded stock positions across brokers have surpassed ₹1 trillion, reflecting how aggressively investors have embraced leveraged stock buying in recent years.The pitch is tempting: put in a fraction of the money, borrow the rest from your broker, and take a larger position in a stock you are bullish on. But the mechanics of margin trading facilities (MTF) carry risks that are easy to underestimate.MTF lets investors buy stocks by paying only part of the total transaction value upfront.

₹18,500 per 100 kilograms in January, natural rubber price has risen to ₹21,600 in March so far. Soaring crude oil prices would add to this pain.

speech last September. Then, he told his parliament that Washington’s aim for denuclearization was a “delusional obsession.”The two leaders haven’t met since 2019, and the North Korean leader ignored an offer to reconnect when Trump visited South Korea last fall. The Kim regime hasn’t held formal nuclear talks with the U.S.

An unintended consequence of the brutal bear market in Bitcoin has been to focus the blockchain industry’s attention where it is most needed: real-world assets.Both institutional and individual investors want to progress beyond holding speculative cryptocurrencies or stable digital dollars with limited upside. They have ample demand for tokenized bonds, equities, funds, structured products and sovereign assets like the carbon sink in the mangroves and seagrasses of Seychelles.By distributing risks over small parcels, tokens can bring big-ticket investments like private equity, credit and expensive artwork to ordinary people. The rich can exploit the technology for estate planning.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. LONDON—Prince Andrew, Duke of York, was preparing to board a flight to London in September 2010 when Jeffrey Epstein emailed asking to alter the pair’s plans for a quiet dinner in Buckingham Palace. The American financier, convicted in 2008 of soliciting a minor for prostitution, said he was accompanied by three women, including a Russian model.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. With telecom operators now blocking or flagging nearly 400 million suspected spam calls and messages every day, India’s telecom regulator is looking to widen its current enforcement framework alongside a willingness to tighten the rules if gaps persist, while moving toward a full rollout of a digital consent system for commercial communications. In an interview with Mint, Anil Kumar Lahoti, chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai), said the regulator is reviewing the existing framework governing telemarketers to identify areas where responsibilities are not being met and is open to strengthening the rules if required.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. HARRY SCHONE’s job is to work out how the police can use artificial intelligence. At Police Scotland’s headquarters, a glass cube in Glasgow’s East End, he has assembled a team of coders and engineers who stand out among strait-laced colleagues.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Saudi Arabia’s state-backed media has been taking an increasingly anti-Israel tone, a further indication of the diminishing prospects for diplomatic normalization between the two Middle East powers. In one example, a January editorial in the daily Al Riyadh criticized Israel for disregarding international law and state sovereignty.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Despite tighter fiscal headroom, the government has largely stayed the course on public spending, leaning on targeted interventions rather than across-the-board expansion. The Budget prioritises capital expenditure, manufacturing, healthcare and MSMEs, while pushing a larger share of investment responsibility to states and betting on reforms and asset sales to support growth.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. In September, President Trump’s pick to oversee banking supervision at the Federal Reserve met with the top officials from the central bank’s 12 regional districts and delivered a rebuke. The staff of the Fed’s quasi-independent regional banks are the ones who conduct most of its banking exams, ensuring the nation’s financial institutions are stable.