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18.02 / 05:07

markets UPS Apple Trade country shock Trade liberalization to boost India’s farm exports, says Niti Aayog’s Ramesh Chand

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The trade deal being negotiated with the US is set to benefit India’s agriculture exports, the same way trade liberalization in the last 25 years has helped Indian farm exports grow faster than global agricultural trade, Ramesh Chand, member, Niti Aayog has said in an interview. Chand told Mint that the India-US deal is set to help meet rising domestic demand for items like edible oils and nuts that cannot be met entirely locally, while also opening up market for India’s surplus farm produce including rice.

18.02 / 03:39

markets UPS Digital Manufacturing Sustainability Enterprise Trade Big Tech’s AI spending spree: Why Sterlite Tech could be the hidden winner

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Global data centre capacity will more than double to 219 gigawatts (GW) by 2030, from 82 GW in 2025, as per global consulting firm McKinsey's estimates. Of this, 156 GW alone will come from artificial intelligence (AI)-related workloads.

18.02 / 02:25

markets Manufacturing Platform Trade innovations reports Ford might look East for innovation. That’s a bad idea.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Ford Motor might be considering helping Chinese auto makers establish a beachhead in the lucrative American car market. It sounds like a bad idea.

18.02 / 02:25

markets Manufacturing security economy Trade show country India’s trade deal blitz: Why it's a strategic necessity despite uncertain gains

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Economics 101 tells us that free trade makes the world better off. Countries specialise in what they produce most efficiently and trade for the rest.

18.02 / 00:53

markets UPS Target trends Trade show recommendations Stocks to buy: Raja Venkatraman's recommends three stocks for 18 February

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Stock market recap: Benchmark equity indices, the Sensex and the Nifty 50, extended their gains for the second consecutive session on Tuesday, 17 February, led by gains in select heavyweights, including ITC, BEL, and Infosys. The Sensex ended at 83,450.96, rising 174 points, or 0.21%, while the Nifty 50 settled 43 points, or 0.17%, higher at 25,725.40.

18.02 / 00:53

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Stock market update: Indian equity benchmarks extended their recovery for a second consecutive session on Tuesday, 17 February 2026, as the Nifty 50 closed 0.17% at 25,725 and the Sensex rose 173 points to settle at 83,451.

17.02 / 11:47

markets COST UPS security Trade country Prop brokers' index options market share surges in FY26

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. MUMBAI : Proprietary traders, whose cost of capital is set to rise sharply under the banking regulator's new funding directives on capital market exposure, posted a significant increase in market share in the popular index options space. Their gross market share based on premium turnover jumped by 230 basis points (bps) year-on-year to 49.5% in the nine months through 2025-26, according to data sourced from the country's largest stock exchange, National Stock Exchange of India Ltd (NSE).

17.02 / 08:03

markets UPS security wellness Trade International ONGC's Q3 profit hit by crude oil price fall, but future brightens with gas output push

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Oil & Natural Gas Corp. Ltd (ONGC) posted rather muted December quarter (Q3) results, impacted by the continued drop in crude oil prices and stagnant volumes.

17.02 / 06:53

markets Digital Platform Food wellness Trade show Mint Explainer | Is quick commerce forcing legacy FMCG players to rethink growth?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Legacy FMCG players, long dependent on general trade, are increasingly turning to quick commerce for growth. Quick commerce is still considered a niche and a pathway to growth and fame for premium, digital-first brands.

17.02 / 06:53

markets COST UPS Booking security Trade Experts Mint Explainer: Can commercial papers rescue brokers from RBI’s latest leverage squeeze?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India’s market regulator, the government and now the central bank have all tightened the screws on what they see as excessive speculation in the country’s booming derivatives market. The latest amendment by the Reserve Bank of India to bank lending norms hits a critical cog: cheap leverage.

17.02 / 01:15

Manufacturing economy Enterprise Death Trade War Russia’s economy has entered the death zone

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. AS RUSSIA’S WAR against Ukraine enters its fifth year, the economy that sustains it has been transformed in ways that will be difficult—perhaps impossible—to reverse without another crisis. Westerners keep waiting for the Russian economy to collapse.

17.02 / 00:57

markets Action Sustainability Trade stage recommendations Headlines Stock recommendations for 17 February from MarketSmith India

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Stock market recap: On Monday, the Indian equity benchmarks staged a robust late-session recovery, snapping a two-day losing streak as Nifty 50 surged 211.65 points (0.83%) to finish at 25,682.75. Similarly, S&P BSE Sensex reclaimed 83,000, jumping 650.39 points (0.79%) to close at 83,277.15.

17.02 / 00:57

markets ETF security Align Trade band International Mint Explainer: How Sebi’s ETF proposals aim to tackle pricing lags and protect investors

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on Friday proposed sweeping changes to exchange traded funds (ETFs), aimed at eliminating a critical "pricing lag" that currently leaves investors exposed during volatile markets. In a consultation paper that’s open for comments until 6 March, the regulator suggested shifting the base price calculation for ETFs from a two-day-old value to the previous day’s data.

17.02 / 00:57

markets UPS Target trends Trade recommendations Pharmaceuticals Stocks to buy: Raja Venkatraman's recommends three stocks for 17 February

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Stock market update: Post the sharp decline, the absence of global markets brought back some cheer. The trends remain tentative as they try to defend the lower levels.

16.02 / 08:41

Gap Trade President Universities War social Decline of the American empire? Why educational self-injury may turn out to be worse than financial

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Even as US President Donald Trump imposes his will at home and abroad, there is talk about various stages of imperial decline and how the American Empire is now at one of its last few—fifth out of seven by one estimate. Empires as commonly understood were based on force and political control.

16.02 / 01:25

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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Founded in 2021, PublicSquare began life as an online platform selling sunglasses emblazoned with scripture and “the only pro-life diaper brand". It has not had an easy ride.

16.02 / 01:11

Landmark economy Remark Trade country International Manmohan Singh’s calm amid din in Parliament

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Last Thursday, when Rahul Gandhi was railing against the government, I was reminded of Manmohan Singh. Though the Lok Sabha chair scuttled Rahul’s allegations, let me elaborate on this scenario by illustrating incidents related to Singh.

16.02 / 01:11

markets security Strategy Trade Experts Equality Options data suggests more volatility this week

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. As developments in artificial intelligence (AI) unsettle shares of traditional technology firms, investors await clarity on the final contours of the India-US trade deal and the risk of a US-Iran conflict rises, options sellers have initiated trades that point to continued market volatility this week, market experts said. In the last trading session on Friday, their strategy consisted of selling more Nifty call options expiring on Tuesday, in anticipation of corrective to flat markets, which would enable them to retain the premia paid by the call buyers.

16.02 / 01:11

markets Williams Sustainability trends Trade performer recommendations Stock recommendations for 16 February from MarketSmith India

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Stock market recap: Domestic equity market benchmarks, the Sensex and the Nifty 50, cracked on Friday, 13 February, with a broad-based selloff hitting metal, IT and commodity stocks amid sluggish global markets. Traders said a weaker-than-expected earnings season, coupled with emerging pressure on technology stocks over AI-led disruption concerns, weighed on sentiment.

16.02 / 01:11

markets Manufacturing Strategy economy Sustainability Food Trade Brand India was a lost cause. But the FTAs are bringing it back.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. For decades, the 'Made in India' label sat uneasily on global retail shelves, signalling an easy pick for discount-hunter. Now, New Delhi is betting that a flurry of newly minted trade deals can flip that script, repositioning the world’s fastest-growing major economy as a producer of premium, high-margin goods to the world’s wealthiest consumers.

16.02 / 01:11

COST Provident Analysis trends Trade show Updates In a shift, lenders begin to dominate initiation of bankruptcy cases

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: Financial creditors are now leading the charge at bankruptcy tribunals, overtaking the vendors and service providers who once dominated filings under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC). The shift marks a turning point in how the law is being used: less as a pressure tactic for recovering trade dues and more as a lender-driven restructuring framework.

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