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19.01 / 01:37

security Trade President War country peace In Trump’s drive for Greenland, NATO is roadkill

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. BRUSSELS—A few months ago, officials on both sides of the Atlantic hoped that they had saved the Western alliance—the world’s biggest economic and military community. Today, the team that won the Cold War and led the globe is in tatters.

19.01 / 00:45

security Strategy Food Nano 2020 strain Mint Explainer | Slipping atmanirbharta in fertilizers?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India’s fertilizer supply strategy is once again under strain. Despite years of policy focus on boosting domestic output and cutting import dependence, fertilizer imports have surged in the current financial year as rising farm demand outpaces local production, with implications for subsidies, soil health and food security.

19.01 / 00:31

COST Target Aware Manufacturing security country India’s solar power developers are saddled with unsold capacity. Now they face another risk

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI : A spike in prices of solar modules is expected to raise costs and tariffs for projects under construction, even as multiple solar projects languish for want of power purchase contracts. Solar module prices have surged by roughly a third since late December, thanks to soaring prices of silver and aluminium, a weaker rupee, and a global scramble for components after China tightened wafer quotas and signalled a rollback of a 9% value-added tax refund.

19.01 / 00:31

security Election Cycling country Discrimination rights Of friends & foes: The perpetual poll mode malady

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Our intellectual horizon reflects the contagion of election cycles. In a world where nations are indulging in nuclear sabre-rattling, what are our leaders doing? Instead of binding the nation, they are sowing the seeds of dissension.

19.01 / 00:31

UPS Aviat CEO Airlines security show rowing A penalty and a warning later, haze persists over IndiGo pilot hirings

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI/MUMBAI : The Directorate General of Civil Aviation’s (DGCA) decision to impose a financial penalty and issue a warning to IndiGo chief executive officer (CEO) Pieter Elbers and chief operating officer (COO) Isidre Porqueras over the weekend has ended more than a month-long regulatory row with the country’s largest airline that was triggered by widespread flight cancellations early December. While the move lifts the immediate regulatory overhang, questions remain over whether IndiGo can realistically induct enough pilots to meet India’s staffing and flight duty norms, according to four consultants and pilots.

19.01 / 00:31

markets COST UPS security Trade Harmonic Will brokers' push for market-making pump up commodity trade liquidity?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Top brokers have urged the capital markets regulator to harmonize market-making rules across equity and commodity derivatives, a proposal that holds the potential to challenge the near-monopoly of the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) in India's commodity derivatives market if implemented.

19.01 / 00:31

markets UPS Provident FIVE Digital security performer How HCLTech defied the gravity of India's four-year IT slump

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. HCL Technologies Ltd has emerged as the sole bright spark in a four-year sombre stretch for India’s information technology (IT) investors, leveraging a stable leadership and an early pivot toward artificial intelligence (AI) to outpace its Big Five peers. While the broader IT sector grappled with a post-pandemic hangover and the growing threat of automation, Noida-based HCLTech has delivered a 29% return since early 2022.

18.01 / 12:17

markets COST security Sustainability Trade show Videos Vijay L. Bhambwani's Ticker: Banking stocks hold the key

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Dear Reader, Last week, I wrote that it was time to prioritise capital preservation over capital appreciation due to higher statistical ßeta (pure price volatility) readings. Market price action validated that hypothesis.

18.01 / 12:17

Digital Platform security Celebrity Courts Podcasts Videos Mint Explainer: How AI is a threat to the reputation of top influencers and what can be done about it?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. In the past month, top influencers Bhuvan Bam, Payal Dhare (aka Payal Gaming), and Slayy Point’s Gautami Kawale and Abhyudaya Mohan have sought legal remedies against their artificial intelligence (AI)-generated images and videos circulating on social media without consent. Some depicted obscene content while others intend commercial misuse of their identity threatening the reputation these creators have built over years.

18.01 / 07:47

markets COST Provident Booking security performer Steel prices hiked for the second time in two weeks as import curbs take effect

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. MUMBAI : Domestic steelmakers raised prices twice in January, within weeks of New Delhi imposing a safeguard duty on steel imports, as stronger construction demand, low inventories and improving market sentiment gave mills room to push through hikes. Prices of hot-rolled coil (HRC) and cold-rolled coil (CRC) were increased by 4% to Rs.51,700 per tonne in the second week of January, after a 2-4% hike in early January 2026, according to Big Mint, a commodities market intelligence.

18.01 / 03:25

markets UPS Manufacturing security patient Pharmaceuticals Why the weight-loss drugs battle will intensify in 2026, explained in 5 charts

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Earlier this month Danish drugmaker Novo Nordisk launched its oral Wegovy weight-loss pill in the US, for "needle-averse patients". The starting dose is priced at $149 a month for patients paying in cash, compared to the injectable version's list price of more than $1,300.

17.01 / 08:49

security Trade President country reports peace The world dodges another war—for now

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Alarm bells began to ring when US President Donald Trump hinted at direct intervention in what are the deadliest Iranian protests so far, posting “HELP IS ON ITS WAY" on his social media platform, Truth Social, on 13 January. The all-caps threat—Trump’s signature leadership style—urged Iranians to “KEEP PROTESTING", “TAKE OVER YOUR INSTITUTIONS!!!", and even “MIGA" (Make Iran Great Again).

17.01 / 00:25

markets Platform security ICE Food show Shark Tank India: Turning TV exposure into startup growth

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. BENGALURU: When a startup walks into Shark Tank India, the cheque is often the smallest part of the prize. What founders say they are really buying is national visibility, one that can compress years of brand-building into a single broadcast.

16.01 / 15:57

Action security President country Department rights With military action on hold, the US puts new sanctions on Iran

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. DUBAI—With a decision on military action on pause, the U.S. turned to economic pressure on Iran, rolling out a host of new sanctions on officials it said were responsible for the bloody crackdown on nationwide protests.

16.01 / 11:57

security economy Trade President country Latin International Should Latin America adopt the dollar?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The removal of Venezuelan dictator Nicolás Maduro portends greater U.S. involvement in the Western Hemisphere, both politically and economically.

16.01 / 04:37

markets security Sustainability Trade Freedom Cycling reports The silent wealth killer: Understanding and combating lifestyle inflation

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. For India’s rising middle class—especially young professionals—a salary hike often brings a disproportionate rise in spending. This phenomenon, known as lifestyle inflation or lifestyle creep, quietly erodes financial security by allowing expenses to rise in lockstep with income, leaving little room for savings or long-term investments.

15.01 / 17:35

UPS Manufacturing security Raven Trade Amazon is buying America’s first new copper output in more than a decade

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Amazon.com is turning to an Arizona mine that last year became the first new source of U.S. copper in more than a decade, to meet its data centers’ ravenous appetite for the industrial metal.

15.01 / 13:01

SUN security Healthcare exclusive innovations Pharmaceuticals Pharma Q3 preview: Core business, India growth to offset Revlimid pain

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. As India’s pharmaceutical sector kicks off its earnings season for the quarter ended December on Friday, analysts expect muted margins. A key reason for this is the loss of patent exclusivity for the blood cancer drug Revlimid in the US.

15.01 / 11:33

Google security Apple Gemini Pride reports Updates The Apple-Google deal: A marriage of convenience or a strategic surrender?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Here's what caught our eye this week: Apple, the company that prides itself on building everything in-house, just handed over the keys to Siri's brain to its longtime frenemy, Google. Yes, you read that right.

15.01 / 10:15

markets DOW security NVIDIA pandemic Broadcom Trade Tech slide drags Nasdaq Composite to worst day in a month

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Tech stocks retreated Wednesday, with declines in Nvidia and other chip companies dragging the Nasdaq composite to its worst day in almost a month. Driving the moves: concerns about high valuations and additional regulation.

15.01 / 07:27

markets IPO Provident FIVE security Experts stars Anil Agarwal named promoter, but holds no stake: Sebi asks IPO-bound Sterlite Electric to explain

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India's market regulator has asked minerals-to-energy Vedanta conglomerate's latest market-bound firm for more details on ownership structure and how it ultimately benefits the group's billionaire founder Anil Agarwal, three people aware of the matter told Mint. On paper, Anil Agarwal has zero direct holdings in the Sterlite Electric Ltd, which last year filed its draft red herring prospectus (DRHP) for an initial public offer.

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