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Mint explains how.Anthropic cofounder and chief executive Dario Amodei said the company created a cybersecurity coalition after observing how capable its new ‘frontier’ artificial intelligence model, Claude Mythos, is. Anthropic tested the latter to discover thousands of critical software flaws, technically known as ‘zero-day vulnerabilities’, within an unspecified period of time.A ‘zero-day’ vulnerability means a glitch in a software’s code that no one has discovered to date.

pension funds, and large asset managers, allocation decisions are not driven solely by nominal yield spreads.The calculus is more rigorous: risk-adjusted returns in dollar terms. A US Treasury at 4.28% offers a risk-free, USD-denominated return.

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NEW DELHI: India took a major step towards nuclear fuel self-reliance when its indigenously developed Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR) at Kalpakkam in Tamil Nadu attained criticality on 6 April. This is the stage when a nuclear chain reaction can sustain itself.This will enable India to leverage its vast reserves of thorium and reduce dependence on uranium imports.

In a market where defence stocks have largely remained in favour despite severe geopolitical strain, Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) has been a bit of an outlier. The stock is down around 11% so far in 2026, while the Nifty India Defence Index is up about 4%.HAL recently posted provisional FY26 revenue of ₹32,250 crore, only slightly higher than the ₹30,981 crore it reported in the previous fiscal year, because of delivery challenges in Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Tejas Mk1A and Hindustan Turbo Trainer-40 (HTT-40) due to supply-chain disruptions stemming from geopolitical and technical issues.This quickly shifted the focus to execution worries, with some analysts even trimming their estimates after delays in engine supplies from General Electric (GE).

₹180 crore, in a Series A funding round led by Greenoaks Capital, as investors bet on rising demand for artificial-intelligence (AI) computing infrastructure. Existing investors RTP Global and Unicorn India Ventures also participated.“Our larger ambitions entails now building a full stack new cloud platform,” said Abhinav Sinha, co-founder and chief executive at Nava (formerly Kluisz.ai), in an interview with Mint.

₹25,000 a month. More established creators are receiving 6-7 brand campaigns regularly, translating into upwards of ₹50,000 in monthly earnings,” he added.Some creators chose to ditch short-form content and started creating long-form YouTube videos to skip the cut-throat competition.

TA Associates at an enterprise value of roughly $1.2 billion. However, the sale fell through.“The deal is in initial stages.

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₹45 lakh to the tax department. Until the last financial year, only property sales, not gifts that did not involve a sale, were reported.“Registrars will now submit a SFT (Statement of Financial Transaction) with details of such transactions and it will reflect in the taxpayer’s AIS (Annual Information Statement).

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Bengaluru: At a time when global geopolitical tensions are making foreign investors cautious, Neo Alternative Asset Managers is doubling down on domestic credit with plans to raise ₹1,500-2,000 crore for its maiden real estate fund, its managing director Kaushik Desai told Mint in an interview. The category-II alternative investment fund (AIF) will largely offer credit to residential real estate developers across tier 1 and tier 2 cities, he said.Earlier this week, Neo Alternative Asset Managers said it had ventured into real estate, bringing aboard Kaushik Desai, Vinit Prabhugaonkar, and Vimal Jangla, the former senior leadership team at Walton Street India, to anchor its real estate investment platform.The three bring with them more than two decades of experience in real estate investing, asset management, and structured financing.

₹10,900 crore production-linked incentive (PLI) scheme for the food processing sector has delivered on several fronts, drawing investments and expanding capacity. But questions remain on whether it has actually delivered as expec­ted.With the Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (IIM-A) now examining why several PLI schemes have underperformed expectations, Mint explains whether the needle has moved beyond headline investments to sustained value addition.The PLI scheme for the food processing sector is designed to support food manufacturing companies that meet minimum sales thresholds and commit to investments for expanding processing capacity and building global brands.The scheme, being implemented for six years till FY26-27, seeks to create globally competitive food manufacturing champions.

The turmoil of the last year-and-a half— tariff wars and physical wars (Iran, Gaza, Lebanon, Ukraine), the abduction of a head of state and assassination of another, territorial ambitions and tattered alliances—has led to claims that the Pax Americana of stable global institutions managing commerce and conflict has ended. If that is true, what comes next? This uncertainty has fostered many forecasts of the future of global politics by policy pundits.Consider the analysis of Hal Brands, a historian at Johns Hopkins University and the American Enterprise Institute.

Shares of Asian Paints Ltd, Berger Paints India Ltd and Kansai Nerolac Paints Ltd rallied 3-5% on Wednesday as crude oil prices eased. Following the news of a two-week ceasefire in the West Asia war, Brent crude slipped to around $93 a barrel from a closing high of $107.9 a barrel on 18 March.Crude derivatives such as solvents, resins and binders comprise around 40% of the raw material basket for paint companies, so higher oil prices weigh on gross margins.

SMS Integrated Facility Services from private equity firm Samara Capital for an enterprise value of about ₹270 crore in February.The acquisition marked SILA’s push to deepen its presence in integrated facility management.Founded by brothers Rushabh and Sahil Vora in 2009, SILA operates in more than 125 cities across India, managing over 450 million square feet of real estate with a workforce exceeding 60,000.The company delivers integrated, tech-enabled services spanning facility management, material handling equipment leasing, food catering, and real estate advisory—serving large corporates, funds, and developers across the full asset lifecycle.“Our focus is on leveraging technology to drive efficiency, transparency, and service quality at scale across India’s built environment,” the Vora brothers said in the statement on Wednesday.Its real estate development arm, SILA Estates, is currently developing over 1 million square feet of premium residential and commercial projects across Mumbai.In FY25, the company reported operating revenue of about ₹913.9 crore, up from ₹713 crore a year earlier. Profits widened to ₹11.5 crore compared to ₹9.1 crore in FY24, according to an Icra report.Norwest Venture Partners first acquired a stake in SILA in August 2019 and has invested around ₹110–120 crore in the company over the years.