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AI summit.“For a creator like me who talks about AI and engineering, I found all the brands I could create content with under one roof. I earned in one week what I usually earn in a month from several of the collaborations with brands I had at the summit,” said Arsh Goyal, a tech and engineering content creator with 488,000 Instagram followers.“I also got to meet the leadership of global tech giants and created content with them out of goodwill to build on my authenticity and long-term relationships with the brands,” Goyal added.

In Indian boardrooms, ‘AI-enabled’ could overtake ‘digital transformation’ in its buzz quotient. If it’s new, app-based and comes with a valuation expressible in unicorns, it must be good, right? Well, India has always had a muscular pro-innovation bias. From UPI to ONDC, from Aadhaar to account aggregators, it has shown the world that technology can leapfrog infrastructure.

streaming business is unsold inventory and falling acquisition prices, as studios are sitting on hundreds of crores of ready‑to‑release films and 40‑45 web series that no buyer wants.OTT revenues in India are estimated to be around ₹37,000 crore, in a mix of advertising and subscriptions.Meanwhile, the overall content spend has been halved and per‑episode costs are now benchmarked against TV rates, forcing producers to do more with less. Plus, the number of Indian originals has gone down, with many creators switching back to feature films, because a premium series can take over a year to develop.The rapid commissioning spree also created a shortage of experienced writers, directors and crew, hurting quality and making it difficult to scale new projects.Still, 2025 has witnessed intense licensing wars for theatrical releases.

Mint.Developed by the Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (CDAC), the SaaS-based digital platform—eSushrut@Clinic—is a "Lite" alternative to the often bulky and expensive hospital information management systems (HIMS) currently in the market, and is aimed at bridging digital divide in Indian healthcare, the two officials cited earlier said on the condition of anonymity.With comparisons being drawn to BHIM (Bharat Interface for Money) UPI (Unified Payments Interface), one of the most useful features is the built-in “Smart Assistant”. Its Clinical Decision Support System (CDSS) helps doctors manage chronic conditions by offering clear, evidence-based treatment guidance.“The platform allows doctors to digitize records and streamline consultations, improving care continuity without replacing human expertise,” said the first of the two officials cited earlier.The new e-platform serves as a government-backed, reliable entry point for small-scale doctors to join the national digital health ecosystem, much like what the BHIM app did for digital payments.

₹5.2 crore purchase of a three-bedroom pool holiday villa after a short meeting with the founders of luxury real estate company Isprava.“The idea was clear from the beginning,” said Narayan, 54, who returned to India in 2019 after spending around two decades abroad. “I wanted to stay there when I had time, but the rest of the year I wanted it let out.”Narayan took possession in March 2023 and listed shortly thereafter on Lohono Stays, Isprava’s hospitality arm.

India’s once busy SME-to-mainboard migration route has slowed sharply. Tougher rules, volatile markets and heightened governance scrutiny have cooled the graduation cycle that had gathered pace during the 2020–22 bull run.A higher eligibility bar introduced in 2025 by the National Stock Exchange raised the threshold for graduation, reshaping the scale at which companies can aspire to move up.The revised migration framework required small and medium enterprises (SMEs) to report revenue from operations exceeding ₹100 crore in the preceding financial year and maintain an average market capitalisation above ₹100 crore.

The global steel industry is a major polluter, accounting for about 7-9% of global greenhouse gas emissions. The traditional blast furnace-basic oxygen furnace (BF-BOF) manufacturing process is highly carbon-intensive, emitting an average of 2.33 tons of carbon dioxide per ton of steel.To align with the Paris Agreement's climate goals and pre-empt the imposition of aggressive carbon taxes, major steel manufacturers are actively shutting down their legacy blast furnaces and replacing them with electric arc furnace (EAF) technology.This transition is rapidly restructuring the global steel industry.

AI-native startups are now trying their luck in astrology, aiming to supplement or replace current aggregator business models with hyper-personalised algorithms with greater accuracy.Currently, market leaders in faith-tech, such as AstroTalk and InstaAstro, rely on the marketplace model, using their platforms as intermediaries between users and astrologers and charging both.However, as startups such as Melooha, AstroSage AI, Vaya, AstroSure AI, and HiAstro, among others, continue to attract modest cheque sizes, questions are likely to persist over how real their disruption will prove to be and whether they can scale meaningfully.Data from Venture Intelligence shows that among the top 10 deals between 2023 and 2025, the two largest went to AstroTalk: a $20 million round in February 2024 from Left Lane Capital, followed by a $14 million cheque in June that year from Elev8 Venture Partners and Left Lane Capital.Apart from that, most rounds have been under $5 million. HiAstro has raised $4 million from AdvantEdge Partners and others.

With Netflix backing away from its proposal to buy Warner Bros Discovery, paving the way for Paramount Skydance to take over the legacy studio, the merged Hollywood giant may be set to dominate the Indian theatrical space and reshape distribution strategies. In the English-language streaming ecosystem in India, there will be less disruption but heightened competition.“The merged entity would command considerable distribution clout in India, given their significantly enlarged slate, enabling it to command a larger share of the Hollywood box office pie,” said Rahul Puri, managing director of Mukta Arts and Mukta A2 Cinemas.Warner Bros owns franchises such as The Conjuring, Harry Potter and Godzilla, which, coupled with Paramount titles Mission: Impossible and Transformers, give the merged entity better bargaining power with exhibitors.However, according to Raheel Patel, a partner at Gandhi Law Associates, if Paramount Global takes over Warner Bros.

₹50,000 and ₹2 lakh for courses on AI.“In 2025, the loans taken for educational courses was around ₹2 crore a month, of which 60% is for upskilling courses, largely AI-related. In 2026 January, the loan amount became ₹9 crore, and again 60% was taken for a tech-related upskilling course,” said Ankit Mehra, co-founder and chief executive officer (CEO) of GyanDhan, an NBFC specializing in education loans.Propelld, another NBFC in the segment,has noted how upskilling courses are getting tweaked to include more AI-related teaching that is expected to prepare candidates for a higher success rate.“Most of the programmes are redesigned and remarketed as AI programming.

On Monday, WhatsApp told the Supreme Court it would comply with directions requiring it to give users greater control over the data they share with other Meta entities such as Facebook and Instagram, ending a years-long battle with the Competition Commission of India over its controversial privacy policy update in 2021.The update, which required WhatsApp users to consent to having their data shared with Meta for advertising and non-advertising purposes, quickly drew the attention of the competition watchdog, leading to a landmark case that raised questions about dominance, consent and user choice in India’s wider digital economy.Here’s why Meta backed down this week, and what it means for Big Tech accountability in India.In 2021, Meta released a controversial update to its privacy policy for WhatsApp, requiring users to accept new terms – including expanded data collection and mandatory data sharing with Meta companies – if they wished to continue using the platform.This triggered a backlash worldwide, but especially in India, WhatsApp’s largest market. The Competition Commission of India (CCI) soon ordered a probe, saying the policy update may constitute an abuse of WhatsApp’s dominant position in instant messaging.WhatsApp challenged the probe, arguing that privacy matters were already being deliberated by constitutional courts and remained beyond the jurisdiction of competition law.

India’s traditional brokers are banking on a business they dominate to claw back the ground they ceded to digital rivals over the past decade: lending clients money for leveraged trading.Called the margin trading facility (MTF) in market parlance, it allows investors to buy shares by paying only a part of the total value upfront, with the broker funding the rest at an interest cost.MTF book surged 42.9% in the year through January 2026 to ₹1.20 lakh crore even as the markets turned volatile, according to a February Care Edge report. The top two in the category are bank-backed brokers: ICICI Securities Ltd and Kotak Securities Ltd.

₹3,100 crore initial public offering (IPO) of CleanMax Enviro Energy Solutions Ltd to break the deadlock. Investor demand for the public market share sale of Clean Max is expected to help set a pricing benchmark for private market transactions in the sector, including platform sales, stake deals, and upcoming listings.While the first half of 2025 saw some strategic platform acquisitions, these were largely private, with deal structures and valuation rationales not made public, leaving buyers and sellers without a transparent reference point.“Over the last year, the bid-ask spread between project developers and buyers has widened due to global interest rate environments and capital expenditure requirements,” an investment banker who specializes in renewables deals told Mint, requesting anonymity.Several high-profile transactions in India's renewable energy sector have remained stuck in negotiations for a while now.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Mass-market television shows that cater to families and universal audiences are topping OTT viewership charts, proving that streaming has now entered what experts refer to as a period of ‘massification’ with the medium no longer restricted to urban, upmarket audiences. According to media consulting firm Ormax, the list of top 10 most-watched OTT properties in India for the week ended 8 February included titles originally made for TV such as Naagin season seven on JioHotstar (4.5 million views), Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah on YouTube and SonyLIV (3.8 million views) and Pati Brahmachari on the YouTube channel of Dangal TV (3.1 million views).

Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) is looking to replicate its mobile data tariff strategy in smart eyewear — betting on aggressive pricing and scale to bring artificial intelligence (AI)-powered glasses to a wider audience, analysts and industry executives in the know said.JioFrames AI smart glasses, unveiled last year at RIL's annual general meeting, are expected to hit the market in the next 2-3 months, an industry executive said, adding that prices are likely to be significantly lower than the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses that are available in the market. Analysts expect Jio Platforms to price its smart glasses below ₹10,000, roughly a third of the starting price of the Gen 1 variant offered by market leader Ray-Ban Meta, which sells at around ₹30,000.Smart glasses combine traditional eyewear with built-in speakers, microphones and AI features, allowing users to listen to music, take calls, capture photos and access digital assistance without pulling out a phone.The market for smart glasses has started heating up, with companies such as Lenskart and AI platform Sarvam also looking to launch these products.

fintechs to market its mutual fund products.The company's move comes after a muted debut of its first equity scheme, the Jio BlackRock Flexicap Fund.Launched in October 2025, the Jio BlackRock Flexicap Fund's assets under management (AUM) stood at ₹2,613 crore at the end of January, compared with ₹2,808 crore of the Abakkus Flexicap Fund, launched in December 2025."For a name like Jio BlackRock, it should have seen a higher uptick in its flexicap fund. Trying to go purely direct in India, especially for a new AMC, might be difficult," said Srikanth Meenakshi, co-founder of mutual fund research platform Primeinevstor.In a 6 Septemberinterview with Mint, its chief executive, Sid Swaminathan, said people were becoming increasingly comfortable managing their finances digitally on their phones, and its partnership with Jio, which has access to that ecosystem, gave it a clear understanding that this is the direction it wants to pursue.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Privacy-first user experiences in generative AI are poised to go mainstream this year as consumer discomfort around data sharing rises, Mark Surman, president and board member of web browser Mozilla, told Mint. Surman said that while generative AI may spell the end of conventional data privacy, “there are a lot of innovations happening to make sure that those who aren’t comfortable with AI and the kind of data sharing it needs will have alternate solutions to fall back upon." “We’re seeing the advent of end-to-end encrypted chatbots on the generative AI market right now, where the company at the other end who’s running the chatbots cannot see the messages that you’re sending, or your usage.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. A mock job advertisement that has done the rounds recently calls for a “killswitch engineer" for OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT. The description requires the successful applicant to stand by servers all day and unplug them “if this thing turns on us".

NEW DELHI: India recently piloted peer-to-peer power trading that will enable consumers such as households, businesses and farmers who generate renewable energy to directly sell their surplus power to other consumers through digital protocols. Mint examines how digital public infrastructure under the India Energy Stack helps such transactions.Peer-to-peer (P2P) energy trading refers to the direct trading of power between consumers. Once implemented, it will allow households and entities that produce solar power through rooftop installations to sell their excess generation to other consumers.

India’s digital public infrastructure story has been remarkable. The Unified Payments Interface (UPI) made digital payments a habit. CoWin demonstrated population-scale tech execution during a crisis.

India has recently joined a growing list of countries weighing restrictions on children’s access to social media.Speaking on the sidelines of the AI Impact Summit last week, information technology minister Ashwini Vaishnaw said the government is discussing age-based restrictions on social media platforms. The remarks follow closely after the Economic Survey flagged the need to address “digital addiction” among the young.At the state level, Goa, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and Kerala are also examining similar restrictions.