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17.02 / 05:57

markets Digital CEO Platform film audience patient New studios from Birla and Balaji invest in India's crowded content space amid volatility and risk of unsold content

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Entertainment industry entities are launching new ventures and verticals that aim to either back films for the big screen or programming for streaming platforms even amid the risks of volatility in the movie business, plateauing OTT subscriptions and unsold content inventory. Entrepreneur Ananya Birla launched Birla Studios this month to produce films in Hindi, Gujarati and Malayalam, among other regional languages, and in English.

17.02 / 02:35

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Work is full of time-sucking, tedious or annoying tasks, particularly when you’re on a computer. I used to spend hours on stupid chores like reorganizing someone else’s messy spreadsheet.

17.02 / 00:57

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. BENGALURU : E-retailers are widening the scope of their loyalty programmes to capture everyday spending on food, groceries, and daily essentials, giving reward points a life beyond air miles and luxury splurges.

17.02 / 00:57

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI : Welcoming India’s new labour codes that have brought gig and platform workers under a formal social security framework, Amazon.com Inc. chief global affairs and legal officer David A.

16.02 / 11:03

Platform Action Enterprise information testing rights Workers are afraid AI will take their jobs. They’re missing the bigger danger.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Walk into any corporate office, and you’ll hear the same anxious conversation: Will AI eliminate white-collar jobs? The optimists insist that new jobs will emerge to replace the ones we lose—after all, it has happened in previous tech revolutions. Pragmatists argue the workforce will simply become more productive with artificial intelligence, creating more value with minimal job cuts.

16.02 / 01:25

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Founded in 2021, PublicSquare began life as an online platform selling sunglasses emblazoned with scripture and “the only pro-life diaper brand". It has not had an easy ride.

16.02 / 01:11

UPS Citi Digital Platform RAI Schools Private banks up the ante on campus hiring in hunt for niche, tech expertise

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. MUMBAI : The banking hiring cycle has turned, as India’s top campuses are feeling the momentum again and premier engineering and business schools are humming. In the hushed corridors of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) campuses and the polished atriums of top business schools, recruiters from private lenders and foreign banks are back in force, testing and interviewing candidates, and handing out offer letters to the best fits.

16.02 / 01:11

markets UPS Provident Platform security Enterprise performer AI firm Neysa to raise $1.2 billion from Blackstone, others in debt-equity mix

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Mumbai: Global private equity firm Blackstone, along with other investors, has acquired a majority stake in India’s artificial intelligence (AI) cloud platform Neysa as the company seeks to raise $1.2 billion in a mix of debt and equity to fund its expansion plans. The company has raised $600 million in equity capital, and Neysa is seeking to secure an additional $600 million in debt financing led by Blackstone.

15.02 / 13:17

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The logo-obsessed Chinese consumer who powered a decade of luxury growth is disappearing. In their place: a new generation that wears their shopping savvy as a badge of honor.

15.02 / 13:17

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Bengaluru: The resume of a back-end developer shortlisted by a Bengaluru-based fintech startup looked nearly perfect on paper. The candidate’s profile, with keywords such as “distributed systems, microservices, AWS," passed the initial screening.

15.02 / 11:19

Google Platform Gemini Enterprise information reports AI-led meltdown raises IT investors’ struggle to crack revenue revival code

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Fears of disruption have gripped Indian information technology (IT) stocks amid the growing focus on artificial intelligence (AI). In February alone, the Nifty IT index has declined by 14%.

15.02 / 10:55

Digital Platform social electronic information testing gatherings Are India’s AI rules future-proof? Let’s test them against 2030 scenarios of an evolving internet

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Starting Monday, India will host the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi with heads of state, global tech leaders and policymakers in attendance. Just days earlier, the ministry of electronics and information technology had notified a legal framework to govern synthetically generated or AI-driven content.

15.02 / 01:39

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India is in the middle of a significant reset of its official data architecture to better reflect current economic realities. An overhaul of the inflation basket has already been completed; the next major step is recalibrating how economic activity is measured.

14.02 / 01:59

UPS Platform security Tesla Reddit Experts social The Moltbook fiasco: Some lessons for the rest of us

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Eight days. That’s about all it took for Moltbook to go from taking over the internet to crashing.

13.02 / 14:59

Provident Manufacturing Platform Action Trade information reports CCPA fines Snapdeal ₹5 lakh for selling non-BIS certified toys

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI : The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has imposed a penalty of ₹5 lakh on Snapdeal (Ace Vector Ltd) for facilitating the sale of toys that did not conform to Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) norms, holding that marketplace platforms cannot evade accountability by claiming intermediary status when consumer safety is at stake. The order, reviewed by Mint, said the national consumer rights watchdog found non-compliant toys continued to be listed, hosted, and sold on the platform even after the Toys (Quality Control) Order, 2020, came into force on 1 January 2021.

13.02 / 13:41

markets COST UPS Manufacturing Platform reports Mint Explainer: Can AI robots fix manufacturing’s toughest automation problems?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. On 12 February, deeptech robotics company Cyn:Lr launched its Object Intelligence platform, which allows its robots to pick up, manipulate and work with objects without previously being trained on data. The startup said its robotic arms are already being used in places and tasks where traditional automation has proved difficult, requiring manual labour.

13.02 / 12:01

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. MUMBAI: India’s largest farm derivatives exchange, National Commodity & Derivatives Exchange Ltd (NCDEX), has appointed Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) as its technology vendor, as the bourse prepares to enter the equities market. India’s largest software exporter will build the IT systems required for NCDEX to launch an equity cash segment by the end of 2026 and an equity derivatives segment by March 2027.

13.02 / 01:17

Digital Platform wellness country social reports Courts Mint Explainer | India’s AI rules and the elusive quest for online safety

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India notified its artificial intelligence (AI) rules this week, cutting the deadline for taking down sexual content to within two hours of reporting. For other content, the time given is three hours.

12.02 / 11:51

markets Platform economy Gemini students Inside testing Mint Explainer | Why Google’s free JEE mocks matter for coaching firms' profits

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Google’s chatbot Gemini began piloting artificial intelligence (AI)-led joint entrance examination mock tests on 28 January, marking its first clear step into India’s vast test-prep market. Students preparing for the highly competitive JEE exams for entry into top engineering institutions like the Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) can now access practice tests directly on the Gemini platform for free as part of that pilot.

12.02 / 09:47

UPS CEO Platform Sustainability wellness What will drive Britannia’s growth after GST sugar rush fades?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Britannia Industries Ltd’s December quarter (Q3FY26) earnings were largely in line with expectations, with consolidated revenue rising 9.5% year-on-year to ₹4,885 crore. Growth during the quarter was evenly driven by volumes and realizations, as the company increased grammage for its ₹5 and ₹10 packs following the Goods and Services Tax (GST) rate cut in September.

12.02 / 01:49

markets COST Manufacturing Platform Strategy Parke Cycling Mahindra bets on an integrated mega-hub to unlock Toyota-style economics. Will it pay off?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. When Mahindra & Mahindra announced a ₹15,000-crore investment in Maharashtra on 6 February, the headline figure overshadowed a structural shift in its manufacturing strategy. India's oldest automotive conglomerate is abandoning the fragmented manufacturing model on which its empire was built in favour of huge integrated hubs that can produce tractors, SUVs, and electric vehicles.

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