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10.01 / 08:05

Platform wellness trends Celebrity classical reports rowing 2025 fashion trends: Nostalgia is still in, so are animal prints

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Nostalgia is likely to trend in 2025 as well, going by runway fashion, and the Golden Globes, the year’s first red carpet event and a fashion pageant of sorts.

10.01 / 06:51

Platform Fighting Align wellness Instagram innovations rights Shark Tank India S4: Aman Gupta clashes with Anupam Mittal over Airth declares, ‘I can’t fight for 0.5%, or else I’m out’

In a gripping episode of Shark Tank India Season 4, tensions ran high as entrepreneurs Ravi Kaushik and Abhimanyu Kumar pitched their innovative air purifier technology, Airth, to the panel of Sharks. According to the company, the device is designed to transform ordinary air conditioning units into air purifiers.The founders, with Kaushik’s background in aerosol engineering and personal motivation stemming from his mother’s battle with asthma, sought Rs 60 lakhs for a 1% equity stake in their company.

10.01 / 02:15

markets Provident Twitter Platform social innovations Mint Quick Edit | Meta’s morphosis: Good news or bad?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. It was known all along that Elon Musk, the billionaire acquirer of Twitter (later rebranded X), was against the moderation of posts on social media, preferring to let comments call out fake news and the like.

10.01 / 01:41

markets Digital Platform security ByteDance TikTok Courts Final days for TikTok? App faces ban in US as Jan. 19 deadline looms

US Supreme Court that could determine its future in the United States. Unless ByteDance sells TikTok to a US-based company by January 19, the platform could be removed from app stores and blocked by internet providers, as mandated by a bipartisan law signed by President Joe Biden in 2023.

10.01 / 01:23

markets Digital Platform Strategy Experts PAM social Meta’s fact-checking decision sets off alarm bells in India

Meta has decided to do away with the third-party fact-checking programme in the US and will instead rely onuser-generated community notes to cross-check and establish the veracity of content on its platforms.

09.01 / 21:41

markets Manufacturing Platform Strategy Meta Platforms PAM reports These 2 AI titans are a Buy and Hold for the long term; here are the reasons why

AI stocks through the years, 2023 and 2024. The S&P 500 index has also become a major gainer in this regard, as it has relied heavily on he likes of Apple, Nvidia, Meta Platforms, Amazon and other Magnificent 7 stocks for its optimum growth in 2024.

09.01 / 17:17

CEO Platform Strategy Food wellness testing Traffic Swiggy eyes multi-app strategy with rollout of 3 standalone apps

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. On-demand food and grocery delivery player Swiggy rolled out three new standalone smartphone apps this week. The company is starting the year by testing an interesting strategy of introducing separate apps while maintaining a single unified app for all services.

09.01 / 13:55

Target FIVE Platform Remark Doge cover Department Musk says DOGE’s goal to cut $2 trillion in spending is ‘best-case outcome’

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Elon Musk reiterated that his Department of Government Efficiency will try to cut $2 trillion from federal spending, but he said they may not reach that goal. “I think if we try for $2 trillion, we’ve got a good shot at getting one," Musk said Wednesday in a conversation with Mark Penn, chairman and chief executive of ad company Stagwell, that was livestreamed on Musk’s social-media platform X.

09.01 / 13:49

markets UPS Platform security Strategy PAM Strata secures SEBI license for SM REIT; aims to launch up to 6 schemes in FY26

commercial real estate investment platform, has received the official license from the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) for its Small and Medium Real Estate Investment Trust (SM REIT), named Strata SM REIT.

09.01 / 10:13

markets Platform Strategy reports medicines India, Dominican Republic packaged deadly synthetic opioids into pills: US report warns of risks from online pharmacies

online pharmacies are being run illegally and consumers who use them risk getting ineffective or dangerous drugs, according to the U.S. Trade Representative's annual report on " notorious markets." The report also singled out 19 countries over concerns about counterfeit or pirated products.

09.01 / 09:59

markets Target Platform Football country prevention Sanctions are sinking Russia’s flagship gas project

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The West’s economic weapons are missing their target. Last month Russia exported near-record volumes of oil, at a decent price.

09.01 / 09:45

markets Provident Platform Fighting Trade reports medicines USTR warns of risks from online pharmacies in its 'notorious markets' report

An annual U.S. government report on “notorious markets” known for counterfeiting and other violations of intellectual property says that nearly all 35,000 online pharmacies around the world are being run illegally

09.01 / 09:05

markets Digital Platform Strategy PAM inclusion innovations Reserve Bank Innovation Hub, IIMA Ventures launch programme to foster women-centric fintech startups

Reserve Bank Innovation Hub and IIMA Ventures on Thursday launched Swanari TechSprint 3.0, a programme aimed at fostering women-centric fintech startups in India. The programme provides a platform for fintech innovators to conceptualise, develop, and scale solutions that address the unique financial needs of women.

09.01 / 02:41

markets UPS Manufacturing Platform Analysis Trade Experts Parmeshwar Metal shares to debut on BSE SME platform today. Check GMP and other details

Parmeshwar Metal will debut on the BSE SME platform on Thursday. The company's GMP was robust at Rs 44 in the grey market ahead of the listing. Considering the upper price band of Rs 61, the stock is expected to see a listing premium of 72% over the issue price.

08.01 / 13:41

markets UPS FIVE Digital Platform Entertainment wellness A sales job: What Astrotalk’s 41,000 astrologers didn’t see in their future

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Bengaluru: “Congratulations, you got a free chat!" says the message on the screen after this writer signs up with Astrotalk, an astrology app. Above the text is an illustration of a bright yellow circular platform on which people in colourful western attire are perched, engrossed in their handsets and laptops.

08.01 / 12:17

markets Platform Remark War show Aman Gupta storms out as Shark Tank India pitcher’s ‘air ho jayega’ remark sparks tensions; Clashes with Kunal Bahl in fiery bidding war

A fiery bidding war unfolded on the second episode of Shark Tank India Season 4, delivering high drama and culminating in a blockbuster deal. Young entrepreneurs Devansh and Ackshay pitched their online peer-to-peer platform, Culture Circle, to the panel of sharks: Vineeta Singh, Namita Thapar, Aman Gupta, Ritesh Agarwal, and the newest addition, Kunal Bahl. The duo sought Rs 1.2 crore for 0.5% equity, valuing their company at a staggering Rs 240 crore.

08.01 / 11:09

markets UPS Platform Strategy Research community Meta’s Community Notes faces backlash over misinformation, accountability concerns

Meta’s switch to X-like Community Notes for content moderation has come in for severe criticism. Many see it as a step back, raising concerns about how it will handle misinformation and ensure accountability.

08.01 / 10:53

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08.01 / 08:35

markets UPS Platform Strategy Sustainability trends beautiful Fashion business, margins are Nykaa’s weak spots even as beauty drives growth

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. In its December quarter (Q3FY25) update, Nykaa's parent company, FSN E-Commerce Ventures Ltd said that its beauty and personal care (BPC) segment remains the key growth driver, while muted demand in its fashion business continues to weigh on overall momentum. Nykaa expects Q3 consolidated net revenue growth to exceed the mid-20s year-on-year, up from 24% in Q2.

08.01 / 07:17

Platform security community Trade country social travelers Greenland says despite Trump’s threats and son’s visit, they aren’t for sale

Donald Trump continues to talk about taking control of Greenland, his oldest son, Donald Trump Jr., travelled to the autonomous Danish territory on Tuesday — but Greenlandic and Danish officials are making it clear they want nothing to do with what the Trumps are proposing.“Don Jr. and my Reps landing in Greenland,” Trump wrote on his social media platform, Truth Social, Tuesday.

08.01 / 06:43

Provident Digital Platform electronic information recommendations rights Mint Explainer: The digital personal data protection Act, its rules, and roadblocks

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Companies waited nearly two years for the Indian government to frame rules for implementing the Digital Personal Data Protection Act—a threadbare legislation with a lot of queries on compliance mechanisms left unanswered.

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