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India is fast becoming one of the world’s biggest AI user bases. The question now is how it can turn that scale into superpower status rather than just training Silicon Valley for free.That will be a tall order for a country largely caught flat-footed by the boom. But let’s start with the basics: The three main building blocks of AI are talent, compute (including high-end chips and infrastructure) and data.

ETFs (exchange traded funds).While fund houses are preparing to launch offerings under the new category, the key question is whether these products meaningfully improve outcomes for investors.At its core, the structure is simple: risk reduces automatically over time.In the early years, for instance, 15 to 30 years before maturity in a 30-year fund, portfolios can hold high equity exposure, typically between roughly 65% and 95%, with smaller allocations to debt and limited exposure to gold and silver. As maturity approaches, equity allocation is gradually reduced while debt exposure rises to cushion volatility and preserve gains.

Earlier this month, IDFC First Bank reported it had been the victim of a fraud in which four of its current and former employees connived to siphon off ₹590 crore from the bank account of a Haryana government department. The theft was uncovered when the department tried to close its account with the bank and found a discrepancy between the account balance in its records and the actual balance.While the Haryana government subsequently said it had recovered all its money, the incident underscores the risks of banking fraud, especially as the number of digital transactions increase, enabling new methods of fraud.Indian banks reported 11,615 cases of fraud involving ₹3,497 crore in 2024-25. Both figures were lower in 2023-24.

Chatbots don’t sound human by accident. Lots of work has gone into shaping that tone. Systems are trained to detect mood from text, infer context in a conversation and even respond with something resembling empathy or understanding.

₹1.31 trillion worth of net inflows over the past one year. While passive investing should be approached in the same disciplined way as any other form of investing, long-term wealth creation should be built around broad market indices rather than thematic passive funds, says Hemen Bhatia, executive director and chief executive officer of Angel One Asset Management Company.In an interview with Mint, the former member of the team at Benchmark AMC that pioneered passive investing in India shares insights into the nuances of investing in passive funds.

₹106.12 crore.According to the deal-related documents accessed via Propstack, a real estate data analytics firm, the agreement to sell (development rights) has been signed by the developer and the seller, Sorabji Kanga Charity Trust, through its trustees.As part of the deal, Lodha will be entitled to develop 5,017 square metres of carpet area (saleable area), along with 150 car parking spaces and a 42.5% share in the trust overseeing the project.The market value of the land is approximately ₹621.71 crore, according to the deal document, and Lodha has paid ₹37.42 crore in stamp duty for the transaction that was executed on 7 January.“Lodha will likely develop a high-end residential project there,” said a person on the condition of anonymity.The total land area of the property is 17,403.20 square metres (roughly 4.3 acres), and it has a chawl, Palacimo Co-operative Housing Society, and six bungalows. Lodha will redevelop the land, except for the housing society, as per the agreement.

NEW DELHI: Global investors have a positive outlook on India because of a stable, enabling environment and a pro-business approach in emerging sectors such as artificial intelligence data centres and processing of rare earths and critical minerals, the Asian Development Bank said.The multilateral bank’s private sector investment operations in India, a key part of its global investment portfolio, will continue to go up in sectors including renewable energy and financing of micro, small and medium enterprises, Isabel Chatterton, ADB’s director general of private sector operations department, said in an interview. Microfinance, agriculture, skilling and affordable housing too are areas that ADB finances.A fifth of ADB’s global investments is in India.

The monetization of state-owned assets is a good idea in principle. It could trigger fresh capital formation that accelerates economic growth if implemented right.

Carlsberg AG, the Danish brewer, recently said it plans to list its India business on the domestic bourses. The move comes at a time when India’s beer market is benefiting from favourable regulatory shifts, growing retail access, and a potential cyclical recovery after a weak season. Yet, the market remains structurally spirits-dominated, intensely competitive, and heavily dependent on state-level excise policies.What explains the timing of the IPO, and how big are the opportunity and the risk? Mint explains.Chief executive Jacob Aarup-Andersen said in a February earnings call that the company is assessing an initial public offering (IPO) in India to “create shareholder value”.

₹17,000 crore a month in 2024. At the same time, stoppage ratios remain high, often exceeding 50% during volatile periods. This suggests that while more investors are entering the system, many struggle to stay the course.

financial stability.Here’s how careful planning and a simple investment strategy can help you enjoy your sabbatical without constant money worries.“Every financial goal has a time horizon, which depends on personal circumstances and demographics. For example, when you plan to take a sabbatical, how much money you will need during that period to meet your expenses, and how long the sabbatical will last,” said Shantanu Awasthi, chief executive, wealth management firm Mavenark.Treat your sabbatical corpus as a ‘sinking fund’, a specific bucket accumulated specifically to be consumed like your emergency fund.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Artificial intelligence is advancing at startling speed. The latest models can now complete complex, hours-long tasks with little human supervision.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Boosted by powerful new artificial-intelligence tools, Silicon Valley startups are running leaner than ever, spawning new benchmarks like revenue-per-employee and even talk of the billion-dollar, one-person company. AI coding products like Anthropic’s Claude Code and OpenAI’s Codex, along with AI tools for sales, marketing and other functions, have reduced the need to hire, some founders and Silicon Valley insiders say.

Vertis Infrastructure Trust, an infrastructure investment trust (InvIT) backed by global investment firm KKR and Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, plans to double its assets under management (AUM) to about ₹52,000 crore over the next two years, driven by steady secondary acquisitions of operational highway projects worth ₹5,000–6,000 crore annually, joint chief executive officer Zafar Khan said in an interview.The roads-focused InvIT, which currently manages assets worth around ₹26,000 crore, expects to add a mix of hybrid annuity model (HAM) and toll projects to maintain a balanced portfolio and enhance investor returns.“We are not satisfied with ₹26,000–27,000 crore. We are looking at doubling our AUM in the next two years.

The US Supreme Court’s decision to strike down President Donald Trump’s sweeping global tariffs is a wake-up call for Congress. If the legislative branch had been doing its job last year and hadn’t ceded its taxing power when the White House embarked on this unprecedented protectionist journey, perhaps we wouldn’t be in the mess we’re now in.But with its 6-3 ruling on 20 February, America’s top court not only reaffirmed the separation of powers but invited Congress to reassert itself as the branch with the power of the purse. Congress should get its act together and tell the president if he wants to keep his tariffs, he’ll need to work with them to do it.It could take a lot of persuasion.

specialty chemicals and capital discipline.“We are not in that mood right now—just deleveraging,” Shroff said, almost matter-of-factly, when asked about fresh acquisitions.But analysts tracking the company are not sure yet.“Unresolved leverage concerns and post-restructuring dilution,” Nuvama Institutional Equities said in a note dated 22nd February, downgrading the stock to ‘hold’.The brokerage added that the exercise “keeps total debt similar even though redistributed between two entities”, with deleveraging contingent on future cash-flow generation. The backdrop to this reset is the bruising cycle that followed covid.

The new Income Tax rules have proposed a change for claiming house rent allowance (HRA) that may affect claims where the rent is paid to parents, siblings or any other relative. Effective 1 April, salaried employees may have to clearly state their relationship with their landlord while claiming HRA tax benefits.The aim is to prevent misuse of the exemption, especially in cases where rent is shown to be paid to family members to reduce tax liability, said Sandeepp Jhunjhunwala, partner at Nangia Global Advisors.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Mumbai: The rupee is likely to open stronger against the US dollar on Monday after the US Supreme Court struck down President Donald Trump’s tariffs, prompting a recalibration of the North American country’s trade policy and reducing India’s effective tariff exposure to 15% from 18%. However, traders believe any near-term appreciation may be modest and short-lived, given lingering policy uncertainty and month-end dollar demand.

New Delhi: Global tech giant IBM is sharply focusing on increasing its role in the Indian technology ecosystem, with a targeted three-year plan to offer generative AI-based services and integration especially for public services.In an interview with Mint, Ana Paula Assis, the company’s chairperson for Asia-Pacific, Middle-East and Africa, said IBM views India’s enterprise and public-sector use cases as large business opportunities.“The public sector is one of the biggest opportunities for deployment of AI. There’s no denying that AI is a transformational technology, but enterprises are so far not spending extensively on AI because they are still waiting and watching the technology.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Imagine owning a piece of a luxury apartment in Mumbai or a high-yield property in Pune with the same ease as buying a sachet of shampoo or a plate of dosa. This vision of "miniaturizing" wealth was in the spotlight at the Mint Money Festival 2026, held on 14 February in Mumbai.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Real estate has long been a favoured asset for Indian investors, but owning commercial property comes with high entry barriers. Large upfront capital, long-tenure loans, tenant management, maintenance hassles and illiquidity make direct ownership cumbersome.