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07.12 / 05:49

markets UPS Platform Food Celebrity show Interviews We celebrate the fact that we are different: Snap Inc CMO

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Snap Inc. has not had a chief marketing officer since 2023; until Grace Kao was promoted to the role earlier this year.

07.12 / 03:15

markets COST UPS Platform Food community Down to the bone: Young consumers increasingly want clean, portioned and recipe-ready meats

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Indian consumers are driving a surge in demand for boneless meat that is upending how chicken, mutton, pork and seafood are processed, stored and priced. Companies across the organized meat sector say the shift in preferences has been visible over the years, especially among younger households and consumers willing to pay more.

05.12 / 14:15

Digital Platform security Software Healthcare information Courts Ex-Cognizant chief D’Souza back into healthcare software, this time with a former rival

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Francisco D’Souza, the former Cognizant chief who had once helped secure the $2.7-billion TriZetto healthcare software deal and locked horns with its rival HealthEdge in court, is now betting big on that very competitor. This time, steering its next chapter with Bain Capital.

05.12 / 11:33

COST Platform Action Interface Trade reports guidelines CCPA fines Zepto for hidden fees and tricky online checkout designs

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: India’s top consumer watchdog has imposed a penalty of ₹700,000 on quick commerce platform Zepto for using ‘dark patterns’ and misleading price disclosures, including drip pricing and basket sneaking. The Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) said Zepto's practices violated multiple provisions of the Consumer Protection Act, 2019.

05.12 / 07:01

Art Platform students show performer Features Relationships Kochi-Muziris Biennale: Creating friendship economies at the sixth edition

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Kochi-Muziris Biennale is seeking redemption after a rough 2022-edition plagued by infrastructural challenges and logistical delays. As ripples of this chaos were palpable in the ensuing months, the team took a brief interlude to reassess, rethink and reimagine the biennale, which is now back with a new spirit.

05.12 / 02:07

COST UPS Platform Chanel Celebrity show In its new era, Chanel wants shoppers to look beyond bags

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Celebrities and clients arrived Tuesday afternoon to an empty Manhattan subway station in black SUVs, dodging puddles that threatened to destroy their Chanel slingback heels. The gritty Lower East Side underground location was a surprising choice for Chanel’s first New York fashion show in seven years, even if the Bowery station’s out-of-service platform is often used as a film set and doesn’t have a pizza rat in sight.

05.12 / 01:45

markets Digital Aware Platform Instagram social Updates Mint Quick Edit | Can any government really keep young teens off social media? All eyes are on Australia

A week before Australia’s social media ban for under-16s kicks in, Meta has started pushing underage Australians off its Instagram, Facebook and Threads platforms.The ban, which comes into effect on 10 December, is aimed at shielding children from harmful content. Social media being what it is, the rest of the world is watching what many consider a doomed experiment. Age-faking has been a common practice for the underage to gain access to platforms and many under-16s are aware of VPN and other hacks to get around digital walls.

04.12 / 08:13

COST UPS Digital Aware Platform Udaan in talks to sell minority stake in its NBFC arm

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Mumbai: Udaan has initiated a process to sell a minority stake in its non-banking financial entity as the business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce platform looks to monetize assets while navigating a broader restructuring exercise, said three people aware of the matter. “The company is in early talks with advisory firm DC Advisory to help with the process, and the deal structures are still being decided," one of the people cited above said on the condition of anonymity.

04.12 / 07:21

COST Provident FIVE Platform Strategy Trade International Coromandel’s aggressive capex could reduce earnings volatility. Can it deliver?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Agriculture-solutions provider Coromandel International Ltd’s stock has risen 30% over the past year as investors warm to its push to structurally lift Ebitda margins and smoothen earnings. A ₹4,000–5,000 crore capex commitment over FY25–28 is central to this shift.

04.12 / 03:37

markets Digital CEO Platform Fitch beautiful International From Lush to Lululemon: Why global retailers are scrambling for Indian shoppers

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI : Global fashion and personal-care brands are scrambling to enter India, attracted by rising affluence and evolving consumer aspirations in the world’s fastest-growing major economy, even as demand cools in other key markets. Large international clothing labels such as COS, Bershka, Next, and G-Star Raw, and cosmetics brand Lush have entered the Indian market over the past year.

04.12 / 03:37

markets COST UPS Platform wellness Trade show Paytm’s big reset: How stake consolidation and AI are boosting growth

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Paytm is reshaping its business through stake consolidation, a cleaner group structure, and an artificial intelligence (AI)-led push across payments and financial services. Early results show improving margins, stronger growth, and a clearer path to profitability.

04.12 / 03:05

markets UPS Platform Analysis show reports Updates RBI Ombudsman grievance data shows high retail discontent: Remedial measures, please

Soon after assuming office at the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) almost a year ago, Governor Sanjay Malhotra had flagged the central bank’s growing concern over the banking sector’s disregard for customer service, especially the scant resources that banks earmark for timely redressal of grievances.The 2024-25 annual report of the Integrated Ombudsman Scheme (IOS), a framework designed for complaint handling, offers details and analysis of the sector’s receipt and resolution of complaints. It shows the scale of the problem that needs to be tackled.

03.12 / 10:53

markets COST Platform wellness beautiful Features Mint Explainer: Why are quick commerce platforms selling cosmetics for ₹1?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Quick commerce platforms have unleashed a new weapon in their cutthroat battle for market share— ₹1 cosmetics. Swiggy Instamart and Zepto have launched campaigns in which customers can buy select beauty products for just ₹1 once they add cosmetics worth a certain amount to their cart.

03.12 / 10:53

markets Manufacturing Platform Mobile trends country innovations India could be a different kind of AI superpower

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Artificial intelligence (AI) is taking off in India. The country is now the second-largest market for OpenAI, whose ChatGPT service has 700m active users worldwide.

03.12 / 10:53

UPS Platform track social rights Videos AI turns vintage tracks into fresh revenue streams for music labels

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Artificial intelligence (AI) is giving old sound tracks a new lease of life, and opening up fresh money-making avenues for music labels. Music labels such as Saregama and Times Music are increasingly turning to AI to create new content and bolster their vast collection of songs, while adding moving images to old catalogues, particularly devotional categories, that lacked videos, resurrecting their appeal.

03.12 / 10:53

UPS Provident Platform Research country information testing There is a vast hidden workforce behind AI

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. WHEN DEEPSEEK, a hotshot Chinese firm, released its cheap large language model late last year it overturned long-standing assumptions about what it will take to build the next generation of artificial intelligence (AI). This will matter to whoever comes out on top in the epic global battle for AI supremacy.

03.12 / 07:09

Digital Citizens Platform Mobile Software wellness reports Mint Explainer | Is Sanchar Saathi India's anti-fraud shield or a surveillance overreach?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The department of telecommunications (DoT), on 28 November, issued notifications to mobile phone brands, asking them to pre-install the Centre’s cybersecurity app, Sanchar Saathi, on devices, without an option to disable it.

03.12 / 07:03

markets UPS Provident Platform Enterprise Research Zerodha’s Tijori bet goes beyond broking: building investor intelligence tools

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Discount broking firm Zerodha's $5 million bet on research platform Tijori will help it move beyond retail trading and strengthen its products for cash-market and mutual fund investors, a top company official said. Zerodha's platform was dominated by active traders for nearly six to seven years since its inception in 2010.

03.12 / 05:43

markets Provident Platform security country 2020 reports Address Maker, AIGPL ink ₹200 crore private credit deal to help develop real estate projects, enter Mumbai market

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. BENGALURU: Property developer Address Maker has struck a ₹200 crore private credit deal with AI Growth Pvt. Ltd (AIGPL) to help with its projects, purchase of land and plans to enter new markets, top executives of both companies said.

03.12 / 04:37

markets UPS Provident Platform wellness reports Updates Why acquisitions don’t always work for startups

Mint report, instead of using mergers and acquisitions to enter new geographies or acquire technology, the current playbook often involves buying other companies simply to scale faster.The report cited logistics services provider Delhivery’s acquisition of SpotOn Logistics, CarTrade’s purchase of Shriram Automall, Zomato’s takeover of Uber Eats India, and online travel portal Ixigo’s buys of Abhibus and Confirmtkt, all helping them “expand market share, build scale, and enter adjacent or complementary segments.”The idea, of course, isn't entirely new, although such activity slowed sharply during the long funding winter after Covid. In fact, many startups are following the path charted by ed-tech company Byju’s, once India’s most valuable unicorn.

03.12 / 02:13

markets Digital Manufacturing Platform security reports Updates Sanchar Saathi could secure telecom networks but its success should be determined by its appeal as an app

Soon after its order on keeping chat apps linked to phone SIM cards even for web access to such messaging platforms, India’s Department of Telecommunications (DoT) issued a fresh directive aimed at tightening network security further. This one is likely to ruffle even more feathers.DoT has asked smartphone makers to pre-install a government-run cybersecurity app called Sanchar Saathi on all new devices. This app must be placed prominently to catch attention the first time a phone is used.

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