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Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI : The Union government is planning an equity infusion of ₹30,000 crore in India’s sovereign wealth fund, according to two people familiar with the development, signalling a continued focus on infrastructure development that has bolstered economic growth. A note has been circulated for the consideration of the Expenditure Finance Committee (EFC) regarding the injection of capital into the National Investment and Infrastructure Fund (NIIF), according to the people quoted earlier, who spoke on the condition of anonymity.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India’s capital markets regulator is opening more investigations than ever, even as it focuses on building detailed, watertight cases to survive increasing scrutiny at the appellate tribunal. The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) took up 400 investigations and completed 301 in the financial year 2024-25, according to data from Sebi’s Handbook of Statistics for the year.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. President Trump’s appointment of a special envoy for Greenland drew an angry response from Denmark and reignited its concerns about U.S. efforts to control the strategic Arctic territory.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. PORT CHESTER, N.Y.—“Avatar: Fire and Ash," a visual spectacle and the third installment in this blockbuster franchise, is the sort of movie made for the big screen. Its holiday arrival was eagerly anticipated by cinema owners still working to lure people back after the pandemic.

air quality-focused climate-tech startup, for a full retrofit. Today, every IntrCity SmartBus functions like a moving air-quality lab.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India’s advertising market has undergone a decisive shift over the past year, with digital platforms emerging as the dominant growth engine while television advertising is losing momentum. Latest data from TAM AdEx shows a 149% surge in digital ad impressions from January to September 2025 compared to the same period last year.

In 2026, artificial intelligence (AI) won’t just be something companies talk about in press releases. It will become part of how everyday work gets done. Instead of being tested in small pilot projects or used in flashy demos, AI will be built into the core of how businesses operate.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. When a self-described patriotic, middle-aged Russian soldier was released from a prisoner-of-war camp in Ukraine earlier this year, he called his family to tell them he was alive, free and back on Russian soil. As the phone was passed around, he told them he might be back in time for his son’s birthday in a few weeks’ time.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. A JetBlue plane was en route to Puerto Rico when its pilots got word from air-traffic control they were about to fly through a danger zone. The plane initially went into a holding pattern to stay safe.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Voltas Ltd’s FY26 is set to be a forgettable one. Consolidated revenue for the year is expected to decline.

₹5 and ₹10, even as ₹1 candies continue to dominate the market. The shift is part of the company’s effort to balance its portfolio in a candy market still heavily skewed toward ultra-low-value purchases.Nearly 70% of Perfetti’s business in India comes from the ₹1 segment, which dominates small mom-and-pop stores and drives the bulk of category sales. The company plans to increase the share of its ₹5-and-above portfolio from about 30% over the next three to four years; this number stood at just 7% in 2019.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. This year may go into the books as one marked by trade volatility, but 2026 may not be as calm as some investors hope. Trade concerns will linger in the new year, with the Supreme Court expected to rule in early 2026 on the legality of a swath of tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump in 2025.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Nifty IT index has risen around 10% over the past two months, driven by rupee depreciation and expectations of a recovery in discretionary technology demand. The December quarter (Q3FY26) is almost over, and collectively, the first three quarters of FY26 have shown no clear signs of easing in the earnings downgrades cycle of Indian IT services providers.

The Sustainable Harnessing and Advancement of Nuclear Technology for India (Shanti) Act of 2025 is a watershed moment in making nuclear power a part of the country’s decarbonization strategy. It paves the way to achieve a target of 100GW of nuclear power capacity by 2047, while removing structural and legal hurdles that constrained investment, slowed capacity addition and kept the sector technologically insular.The Act heralds three transformative shifts. First, it opens the door for private sector participation in nuclear power generation, equipment manufacturing and fuel-cycle services.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Indian stock markets are expected to rise on Monday, with foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) turning net buyers in cash over the past couple of days and closing out negative Nifty derivatives bets on Friday, according to exchange data. Market analysts said the optimism stemmed from rising investor hopes of an India-US trade deal and the sharp rebound in the rupee.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India and Oman trade goods worth roughly $10 billion annually. Still, the CEPA signed last week comes at a pivotal moment for India’s trade policy, as it seeks deeper market access, supply-chain security and services expansion.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Despite a 125-basis-point rate cut by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in 2025, government bond yields have refused to cool off, leaving a growing disconnect between the bond market and policy actions. Since the beginning of February, RBI’s Monetary Policy Committee has cut the policy repo rate by 125 bps.

Impact investor Aavishkaar Capital is increasingly looking to complement its long-cycle carbon bets with newer, faster-return climate opportunities—areas where capital can turn over quicker, risks are easier to price, and revenues don’t hinge on 20-year biological curves. The shift comes even as the impact investor continues to build out its permanent capital vehicle for carbon sequestration, incorporated in 2024 as Aavishkaar Carbon, the firm’s founder, Vineet Rai and Santosh Singh, managing director at Intellecap, the advisory arm of The Aavishkaar Group, told Mint in a joint interview.Aavishkaar Carbon was set up to invest in growing trees on Indian farms to promote carbon sequestration and monetise it through the carbon trade market.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: India is laying the groundwork for an ambitious push into autonomous vehicles while also supporting the rising demand for electric vehicles in the country.

As January approaches, Ashok Vaswani will begin his third year as managing director and chief executive officer (CEO) of Kotak Mahindra Bank Ltd. Soon after Vaswani joined the bank, it had to start untangling itself for regulatory crosshairs. Since then, the RBI-imposed embargo on enlisting more digital customers has been lifted, it has made a couple of acquisitions, and is now in the race to acquire a big one, but Vaswani unsurprisingly sidesteps talk of IDBI Bank.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: The proposed overhaul of India’s Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) is a game-changer that will cut the time taken to rehabilitate struggling corporations by half and dramatically step up recoveries, according to Baijayant Panda, chairperson of the Lok Sabha select committee that reviewed the IBC (Amendments) Bill 2025.