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Mint. “That cross-sector perspective informed the design of the BOM campus from the outset.”The BOM campus is NIIF's initial investment in the data centre segment, which was through a joint venture with data centre platform company Digital Edge and global asset development company AGP Sustainable Real Assets back in 2023.

₹3,100 crore initial public offering (IPO) of CleanMax Enviro Energy Solutions Ltd to break the deadlock. Investor demand for the public market share sale of Clean Max is expected to help set a pricing benchmark for private market transactions in the sector, including platform sales, stake deals, and upcoming listings.While the first half of 2025 saw some strategic platform acquisitions, these were largely private, with deal structures and valuation rationales not made public, leaving buyers and sellers without a transparent reference point.“Over the last year, the bid-ask spread between project developers and buyers has widened due to global interest rate environments and capital expenditure requirements,” an investment banker who specializes in renewables deals told Mint, requesting anonymity.Several high-profile transactions in India's renewable energy sector have remained stuck in negotiations for a while now.

Mumbai: At 3:50 am on a quiet Kolkata morning, 35-year-old numerologist Vivek Baid woke up to a string of notifications that would upend his day. One message became two, then three. By 4 am, he had received eight transaction alerts for his forex card.

₹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.

ABB India Ltd’s shares have risen over 7% in the past four trading sessions, led by better order inflow prospects and early signs of demand improvement.In the December quarter (Q4CY25) earnings call, the management said that demand is rebuilding after a slack in early 2025, supported by traction in emerging industries such as data centres and electronics, favourable macro environment led by the government’s capital expenditure, and a gradual pick up in private-sector investments. This bodes well for 2026.

investors may consider a loan against securities (LAS) to meet liquidity needs.Each of these strategies works differently and must align with your holding period, asset mix and financial objectives.Let us examine two specific strategies: tax-loss harvesting and using a loan against securities (LAS) instead of redeeming investments.Tax-loss harvesting tends to work best in volatile markets, particularly when indices correct sharply after a rally—as seen between October 2024 and February 2025. LAS, on the other hand, may be useful in rising markets when short-term liquidity is required, for example to exercise employee stock option plans (ESOPs).Consider Rajesh, an IT professional in his late 40s with a seven-year-old equity mutual fund portfolio.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Trump administration is considering new national security tariffs on a half-dozen industries in the wake of a Supreme Court decision last week that invalidated many of the president’s second-term levies. The new tariffs being considered could cover industries such as large-scale batteries, cast iron and iron fittings, plastic piping, industrial chemicals and power grid and telecom equipment, according to people familiar with the plans.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. MEXICO CITY—For many drug-enforcement officials in North America, there was one cartel boss who was too big and too dangerous to ever try to take down—Nemesio “El Mencho" Oseguera, the head of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. In the regulatory tussle over supervision of India's clearing houses, the European Union blinked first. Ending a three-year standoff over supervision of the Clearing Corp.

Tata Steel, India's second-largest steelmaker, aims to source half of its iron ore requirements from captive mines after 2030, down from 100% now, as steep premiums in mine auctions make relying only on leased blocks economically unviable—prompting the company to consider open-market purchases and imports to secure ore.“We will certainly look for at least 50% captive so that the operations are stable, but between 50 and 100 will probably depend on the economics,” Tata Steel chief executive officer T.V. Narendran told Mint on the sidelines of a business event on Saturday, 21 February.The shift comes ahead of the expiry of its leases in Jharkhand and Odisha by FY2030 under the amended Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, which mandates auctions for allocation of mineral blocks—which will raise raw material costs at India's oldest steelmakers, as also its peers.The steelmaker will look to buy iron ore from the open market post 2030 when its long term leases of captive iron ore mines end.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Iran has sought for years to build closer military ties with China and Russia, but its powerful friends are proving reluctant to step forward as the regime faces the most acute U.S. threat to its survival in decades.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India is developing contingency plans for crude oil imports as rising tensions in West Asia push global oil prices higher and raise fears of supply disruptions.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. JSW Infrastructure Ltd’s management has approved equity fund raising of up to 250 million shares on Friday, which is almost equal to its initial public offering (IPO) size in terms of number of shares. A qualified institutional placement (QIP) is likely to be the preferred mode for raising funds.

Mint, SDHI chief executive officer Vipin Kumar Saxena said the companies plan to cooperate initially on medium-range (MR) product tankers and potentially very large gas carriers (VLGCs), with Samsung providing designs and engineering support.“We will start by working together on specific ships (MR tankers and VLGCs). Once we execute these successfully and build confidence, the relationship can evolve further,” Saxena said in the interview.Samsung will license vessel designs and provide engineering and material packages, while construction will take place at SDHI’s Pipavav yard.

Three recent orders of the Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) mark an inflection point in Indian securities law. Individually, they address disclosure lapses, alleged accounting manipulation, fraud under Sebi’s Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices relating to Securities Market (PFUTP) Regulations, initial public offering (IPO) fund utilization and interim relief. Collectively, they pose a larger question: What model of corporate governance enforcement is India converging towards—the letter of the law, substantive transparency or calibrated market pragmatism?The first ruling, in the Varun Beverages case, sharpens the meaning of disclosure.

While the transatlantic relationship made the headlines at this month’s Munich Security Conference, many of the European analysts I hung out with were more concerned about whether, how and how quickly Europe could build adequate military capacity to achieve meaningful strategic autonomy. The twin fears of a potential Russian invasion and an American divorce have compelled Europe’s leaders to invest in military capacity, but it presents the EU and its member states with unprecedented structural challenges.Europe sees a threat to the Union itself, but has to rely on the military establishments of its member-states to respond to it. Like the Pope, Brussels has practically no divisions under its command.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Stocks rallied on Friday after the Supreme Court repudiated the signature pillar of President Donald Trump’s trade agenda, but the market’s relief is likely to be short-lived. Instead, investors should prepare for a new round of economic uncertainty.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. President Trump still has three years left in office. Yet the Supreme Court’s ruling Friday that most of his tariffs are illegal has given the world a glimpse of U.S.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. At the India AI Summit, a less discussed but foundational piece of the AI stack broke into the headlines. Mumbai-based AI infrastructure startup Neysa announced a $1.2 billion capital raise led by alternative asset manager Blackstone, among the largest funding rounds in the country’s AI infrastructure sector.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Nifty IT index has fallen sharply this month as AI disruption fears have hit investor confidence, erasing significant market value from tech majors. Broad sell-offs have been linked to developments in AI tools that could automate traditional IT services, triggering volatility across IT and tech-related stocks.

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