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12.02 / 00:35

COST security Trade President love Diversity reports From Caracas, with love: How Venezuela's reopening helps India's energy agenda

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi is positioning for an oil windfall from Venezuela, as the South American nation prepares to re-route hundreds of thousands of crude oil barrels currently shipped to China. As American sanctions on Venezuela end, Caracas may dispatch to India and the US 400,000 barrels per day that it now sends to Beijing, three people aware of the matter said.

12.02 / 00:35

markets COST Citi security Highways Cycling testing Mahindra, Tata win emission test relief for light commercial vehicles even as small car tussle continues

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI : Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd (M&M) and Tata Motors Ltd secured an early win in emission testing rules for light commercial vehicles, even as they oppose Maruti Suzuki India Ltd.’s demand for relief for small cars under the separate fuel-efficiency norms.

11.02 / 18:03

UPS security economy Food wellness Trade country 'Budget addresses global challenges for business: Nirmala Sitharaman

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Union budget for FY27 has squarely addressed the challenges faced by Indian businesses due to higher tariffs and other global challenges, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman told the Parliament on Wednesday, enumerating specific budget measures and countering charges made by Opposition leader Rahul Gandhi that the budget acknowledged these challenges but failed to tackle them.

11.02 / 11:05

markets Booking Manufacturing security Trade show country How Waaree protected its solar panel exports from US tariffs while Adani faltered

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Mumbai: Smart supply-chain manoeuvres and assembling in the United States helped India’s top solar panel exporter Waaree Energies maintain its lucrative trade with the country in the face of steep 50% tariffs on India, even as the exports of its main domestic rival Adani New Industries Limited faltered. Waaree sourced solar cells, the building blocks of solar panels, from suppliers in Southeast Asia to escape the crippling tariffs levied on India, the company’s management said during recent investor calls, as the US tariffs on solar panel imports are levied based on the country of origin of the solar cells rather than the country where the panels are assembled.

11.02 / 10:33

Racing security Strategy Death stage ventilators Arsenal The return of Dr Strangelove: How MAD logic may be staging a grand comeback in nuclear strategy

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Like a nonagenarian on a ventilator, the most significant arms-control treaty of the last half century quietly expired last week. Those who were responsible for keeping it alive—septuagenarians and octogenarians all—shrugged: ‘What’s to be done, it’s time had come.’ In the salacious excitement of the Epstein revelations of naughty A-lister names, the death of the most meaningful collective security agreement of our lifetime and what it implies barely merited headlines.

11.02 / 06:57

markets UPS security Trade track reports Excise hike lights up margin, illicit trade risks for cigarette stocks

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. MUMBAI: A recent excise duty hike on cigarettes has rattled tobacco stocks, with investors bracing for margin pressure, potential volume erosion and a possible surge in illicit trade, even as underlying demand remains sticky. An additional excise duty on cigarettes and other tobacco products, over and above the highest 40% goods and services tax (GST) rate, took effect on 1 February.

11.02 / 06:27

markets COST Provident security Trade Headlines Mint Explainer | India vs Bangladesh: Who really wins in the US textile tariff reset?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. As the US resets tariff terms with key Asian suppliers, India and Bangladesh are emerging with sharply different textile outcomes. On paper, Bangladesh appears to have secured the bigger win.

10.02 / 08:01

markets UPS security Southern Trade show Weak profitability, market share loss hurt Ramco's efforts to woo investors

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Ramco Cements Ltd is striving to impress investors through the monetization of non-core assets, debt reduction, and its recently launched construction chemicals business. Amid this, weak December quarter (Q3FY26) results didn’t help, even as cement volumes grew year-on-year for the first time after three straight quarters, up about 4% to 4.43 million tonnes (mt).

10.02 / 07:29

markets UPS Manufacturing security economy Trade orienteering CEA Nageswaran: The meaning and significance of the Indo-US trade agreement for India

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The joint statement issued by India and the United States of America on the conclusion of their trade negotiations, which led to a framework for an interim trade agreement, has been read in India in sharply different ways. Many have hailed the strategic thinking and vision behind clinching this agreement soon after the conclusion of the India-EU free trade agreement.

10.02 / 06:47

COST Provident Waters security Sustainability community social Mint Explainer | Why reviving village commons matters to India’s rural growth story

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Amid hundreds of pages in the Economic Survey 2025–26 devoted to India’s growth trajectory, fiscal arithmetic and industrial ambitions, a small section flags a quieter but persistent economic drag on rural livelihoods: the steady erosion of village commons. These commons—grazing lands, ponds and other community-managed resource—support the daily needs of millions of rural households and play a critical role in agriculture, water security and climate resilience.

10.02 / 06:35

markets security economy Election country International Japan says yes to more debt. Global markets will feel the effects.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s landslide election in Japan Sunday will be consequential for global markets. Her Liberal Democratic Party secured an overwhelming mandate to carry out its agenda of tax cuts and fiscal stimulus, despite the government’s extraordinarily high public indebtedness.

10.02 / 05:25

markets Provident security Trade Harmonic show Budget proposal: Will market-making give India’s corporate bond the fillip it has long needed?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. One significant announcement in the budget relates to the introduction of market makers in India’s corporate bond market. This idea has been around for some time, with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) having released a paper on it.

10.02 / 00:35

markets Action security Research Trade students reports Jane Street continues with its IIT hirings amid regulatory imbroglio

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI/MUMBAI : Even as it battles India’s market regulator, high-frequency trading (HFT) firm Jane Street has made its presence felt at the country's top institutes with marquee offers. The firm has hired students from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) campuses and could once again emerge as their highest-paying recruiter.

10.02 / 00:35

markets COST security wellness Labrador reports testing From Canada to Gadchiroli: Inside Tata Steel’s race to secure raw material after it loses legacy mines

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. MUMBAI , NEW DELHI : For years, iron ore was one thing Tata Steel never lost sleep over. Owning captive mines meant predictable supply, stable costs and a structural edge over rivals who depended on expensive mines acquired through auctions or remained at the mercy of the markets.

09.02 / 09:41

COST UPS security Healthcare country cover social Why this NRI couple in Norway doesn't mind paying half their income in taxes

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. When Sutirtha Chakraborty and Jayita Chatterjee moved to Norway in 2017, the decision wasn’t driven by money, it was driven by time. A senior doctor in India, Chakraborty was offered a role at a government hospital in Norway.

09.02 / 09:41

markets UPS Platform security electronic Updates Mint Explainer: What Sebi’s proposal on SWP, STP means for demat mutual fund investors

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. MUMBAI : The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has proposed extending the facility of standing instructions for systematic withdrawal plans (SWP) and systematic transfer plans (STP) to mutual fund units held in demat form, a move that could simplify cash flow planning for investors. In a consultation paper issued on 5 February, the markets regulator said the change is aimed at improving ease of doing business and bringing parity between mutual fund units held in statement of account (SoA) form and those held in dematerialized form.

09.02 / 08:51

UPS FIVE Airlines security Boeing Trade Three reasons why India-US trade deal stands on shaky ground

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India has secured lower tariffs from the US with the first phase of a bilateral trade agreement, but details shared last week, especially by Washington and President Donald Trump, have raised questions about the deal’s sustainability. Three issues sit at the core: Can India realistically buy $500 billion worth of US goods over five years? Has it committed to halting oil imports from Russia? And does the deal shield India from future tariff hikes or trade restrictions? Each of these questions highlights the gap between the deal’s promises and the practical challenges ahead.

09.02 / 07:03

UPS Provident Manufacturing security economy show Investigations The Chinese factory that opened in the US and clobbered its rivals

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. MORAINE, Ohio—President Trump spent much of last year courting foreign investment in U.S. factories, promising to replace jobs lost to the global economy.

09.02 / 04:25

markets Target Manufacturing security Trade country recommendations Stocks to buy: Raja Venkatraman recommends textiles stocks for 9 February following EU-India FTA

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. After years of stop-start talks, India’s push for a free-trade agreement (FTA) with the European Union has finally delivered a potential economic tailwind. The deal, billed as one of India’s most ambitious trade pacts, promises to bolster labour-intensive industries, correct tariff asymmetries and unlock billions of dollars in market access.

09.02 / 04:25

UPS security wellness President 2020 Courts Hong Kong’s Jimmy Lai given 20-year sentence, adding friction to US-China ties

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. HONG KONG—A Hong Kong court sentenced former tycoon Jimmy Lai, an outspoken 78-year-old critic of China’s Communist Party, to 20 years in prison, a ruling that adds further friction in U.S. relations with China.

09.02 / 01:25

security BURST Election Trade President show Takaichi rolls to a landslide victory in Japan

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Who says every political leader in the free world is unpopular? Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi defied that stereotype on Sunday by leading her Liberal Democratic Party to a sweeping victory in the lower house of Parliament. Returns show the LDP on a path to win a comfortable majority on its own, which amounts to a landslide.

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