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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Sabitgarh: At a time when India’s auto industry is pushing for electric vehicles (EVs) as the clean transport of the future, Japanese carmaker Toyota Kirloskar Motor believes the government should help incentivize hybrid flex-fuel technology powered by ethanol as the best clean fuel bet. Such a fuel would be insulated from geopolitical uncertainties at a time when China has put hurdles in the development of EVs, according to a senior executive of the company.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Bengaluru: When Jaya Singh Yadav, a home-based home decor seller in Indore, started selling her wares online about six years ago, she was a tiny player in a city where logistics options were plentiful but fragmented. She gets most of her business through Meesho Pvt.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. One of the greatest public-health achievements of recent decades has been driving down child mortality around the world. Now, that long-running decline is reversing.

India’s telecom giants are reshaping how millions access artificial intelligence (AI). When Airtel partners with Perplexity or Jio bundles Google’s AI tools into its data plans, it creates a new architecture of power, data flow and risk that existing regulations aren’t designed to handle.AI-telecom bundling involves pre-installing or subsidizing AI services—assistants, search tools, content generators—through authorized telecom providers, either free or at reduced cost. These arrangements give AI companies instant access to countless users while telecom firms gain a new revenue stream and stickier customer relationships.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The rupee’s fall to a historic low against the US dollar on Wednesday has left one segment of companies cheering – India’s $283 billion information technology (IT) sector. The rupee plunged to 90.29 against the dollar before closing at 90.19, marking a fall of 5.4% since the start of the fiscal year.

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.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. MUMBAI: The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued guidelines for how banks can offer services through digital channels, following industry feedback on the draft guidelines issued in July. Coming into force on 1 January 2026, these rules tighten approvals for banks, raise compliance and customer-protection requirements, and strengthen disclosure and grievance-redressal standards.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. MUMBAI : Sophisticated, high-risk investments are no longer confined to the rich in metropolitan cities.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Indian digital health and wellness startup Healthify is making the US its core focus as it looks to make the country its main source of revenue, according to a top executive at the company. “From a business traction standpoint, we're doing about $2 million in annual recurring revenue, it's still small," Tushar Vashisht, co-founder and chief executive of Healthify, told Mint. “We'll be at double-digit millions by next year, and by 2027, I think our US business is going to be the main revenue generator." Nutrition and diet tracking have become a growing focus for healthcare-conscious consumers worldwide, as millions seek to enhance their health.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI: The heavy industries ministry has proposed new localization rules for e-ambulances under the ₹10,900 crore PM E-drive scheme, allowing manufacturers to import traction motors fitted with rare earth magnets till 3 March 2026, the ministry said in response to Mint’s email query.

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.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The share of information technology (IT) services stocks in the BSE 30 Sensex in 2025 has fallen to a 18-year low of 11.3%, just better than the 8.8% in 2007, as rise of artificial intelligence tools and prospects of uncertain growth make investors jittery. This coincides with OpenAI’s launch in November 2022, which marked an inflection point in the country’s $283 billion sector as it upended the way businesses were run.

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.

This week’s visit to India of Russia’s President Vladimir Putin has drawn New Delhi’s long relationship with Moscow into the spotlight. The India-Russia bond has been strong and steady, as evident in the fact that it has outlasted many shifts in global geopolitics. Looking at the cooperation between the two, whether it is on defence materiel or navigating past twists and turns in the global order, India and Russia have understood each other’s requirements and managed to support each other in their time of need.

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.

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.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. MEXICO CITY—Dozens of Mexico’s most dangerous prisoners, cuffed hand and foot, boarded army jets under heavy guard this year, a rogue’s gallery of cartel leaders responsible for smuggling tons of heroin, fentanyl, cocaine and methamphetamine to insatiable U.S. buyers.

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World Health Day 2025, with WHO's theme «Healthy Beginnings, Hopeful Futures,» India continues to strengthen its healthcare systems through initiatives like Ayushman Bharat and the National Health Mission, marking significant progress in improving maternal and child health, expanding digital healthcare access, and enhancing public health infrastructure. World Health Day, observed annually on April 7, underscores the importance of global health and calls for collective action to address pressing health challenges. Started by the World Health Organization (WHO) in 1950, it unites governments, institutions, and communities in addressing critical health priorities each year. According to an official release, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has made substantial strides in improving India's public health outcomes through various key initiatives and programs. The National Health Mission (NHM) has played a central role in this progress. The release mentioned that the MMR (Maternal Mortality Ratio) in India dropped from 130 (2014-16) to 97 (2018-20) per 1,00,000 live births, a decline of 33 points. «Over the last 30 years (1990-2020), MMR declined by 83% in India,» the release stated.

The Starlink service will be unveiled at a government-backed investment summit that opens in Dhaka on Monday. «We granted them approval,» Chowdhury Ashik Mahmud, chairman of the Bangladesh Investment Development Authority, told reporters on Sunday. Mahmud said it was granted on March 28, several days before US President Donald Trump unveiled his wide-ranging tariff programme that sent global markets into a tailspin. The new tariff on Bangladesh goods was set at 37 percent, hiking duties from the previous 16 percent on cotton.

Prithvi Subba Gurung on Sunday said that former King Gyanendra breached the agreement he had reached with political parties that he would honour the constitution. «The government will take action if he continues to indulge in activities directed against the constitution,» he said. Speaking at a programme in Lamjung district, Gurung said, «The ex-monarch has violated the agreement he had reached with the political parties in the past that he would honour the constitution and not indulge in activity that would undermine the sovereign people.» Gyanendra had reached the agreement with political parties that the government would let his mother, former queen Ratna Rajyalaxmi Shah, to live in a section of Narayanhiti Palace, and to let him live in Nagarjun Palace on the outskirts of Kathmandu, he said. The government had agreed to provide him with the facilities entitled to a former head of the state and that he would honour the constitution and also not interfere with sovereign rights of the Nepalese citizens, Gurung added. However, the former king had breached the agreement with his statement during the democracy day on February 19, he said.