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06.02 / 08:57

Waters Research wellness show social reports rights Why hangovers get worse as you get older

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Readers of a certain age may have begun to suspect that downing a few drinks for Christmas cheer no longer gives the same experience it once did. The studies show your feelings are right: those glasses of wine do seem to leave their mark for longer (and a bit more heavily) as you age.

03.02 / 01:05

UPS Waters Manufacturing electronic Department International Small budget for a big bottleneck: India’s only rare earth producer gets modest capex hike

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI: Even as India pushes to localize rare earth supply chains, the Centre has budgeted ₹140 crore in capital expenditure for the country’s only domestic manufacturer of rare earth magnets and rare earth oxides—IREL (India) Ltd—in the next fiscal year, a modest 1.4% increase from FY26. The muted allocation for the state-run producer, outlined in Union budget documents, has sparked questions about whether India is under-investing in its only operational domestic supplier at a moment when shortages are hitting industries from automobiles to electronics.

01.02 / 13:09

Waters economy Trade cover reports Headlines Union budget: Why the real impact on India’s economy lies beyond the headlines

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The date of 1 February for the announcement of the Union budget precedes by a month the release of the advance estimate of India’s gross domestic product (GDP) based on three quarters, which this year will mark the start of a new GDP series with 2022-23 as its base year, replacing the old series based on 2011-12. The new series will change the sectoral weights, and with that, the estimates of aggregate real growth for the first two quarters.

29.01 / 09:17

markets Booking Waters Manufacturing security performer International L&T’s confidence on order inflow comforts, but strong finish to FY26 hinges on execution

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Larsen & Toubro’s (L&T) strong order-winning streak stood out as the key positive takeaway from its December quarter (Q3FY26) results. Order inflows in its core projects and manufacturing business rose 18% year-on-year to ₹1.16 trillion in Q3FY26 despite a high base last year.

27.01 / 13:47

markets UPS Waters Extreme Trade poverty sanitizer Postcard from Panna: Where debt and desperation force thousands to dig for sweat diamonds

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Panna, Madhya Pradesh: This place is a magnet for troubled souls," said Ram Kumar Gupta. “You wouldn’t be here if life was smooth." Gupta spoke on the condition that no photos or videos would be shot.

27.01 / 11:11

UPS Citi Waters War Inside Schools Here in one Kyiv apartment building, they are freezing—but not giving up

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. KYIV, Ukraine—Iryna Tkhoryk knew things were really bad in her cozy, three-room apartment here when frost formed on the inside handle of her balcony door, and she could see her own breath. The 60-year-old pet-store manager now walks around swaddled in several layers topped by a long pink hoodie, wearing four pairs of socks and a hot-water bottle around her neck to cope with temperatures that are at best around 50 degrees Fahrenheit inside and 10 degrees outside.

27.01 / 11:11

COST Waters Gap Sustainability show shock India must invest big money in climate mitigation and resilience: Did budget makers miss the memo?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Climate change has moved gradually onto India’s economic agenda. Economic Surveys now devote full chapters to climate risk, budget speeches frame growth as green and India has formally estimated its climate finance needs at about $2.5 trillion by 2030.

26.01 / 15:39

markets UPS Waters Experts Courts International Lodha's maiden Bengaluru project runs into legal hurdle

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Bengaluru: Mumbai’s Lodha Developers Ltd's maiden Bengaluru project has run into a legal tussle with a group of residents over the development of high-end residential towers. In June 2022, Lodha entered the Bengaluru market and signed its first joint development agreement, acquiring a 100% equity stake in G Corp Homes Pvt Ltd for a residential project.

26.01 / 09:31

Provident Waters show country cover prevention sanitizer Centre plans to deploy AI to improve rural drainage infrastructure

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI : The Centre plans to deploy artificial intelligence (AI) to analysze satellite imagery, local surveys, and real-time data to address civic issues such as drainage, waterlogging and waste management in rural areas, Panchayati Raj secretary Vivek Bharadwaj told Mint. The initiative aims to help panchayats map drainage networks, identify flood-prone areas, and prioritize maintenance work more efficiently.

26.01 / 08:29

COST Citi Waters Death show country hospital Heed Gita Gopinath’s warning from Davos: Pollution is silently taxing India’s health and growth

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. When Harvard Professor Gita Gopinath told a Davos audience that pollution costs India more dearly than tariffs, she wasn’t being provocative. She was making a strictly economic point: pollution is a continuous tax on productivity, public finances and human capital—unlike tariffs, which are episodic and negotiable.

23.01 / 09:11

UPS Waters Manufacturing NVIDIA Trade President Led by Nvidia, the AI industry has plans to reindustrialise America

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. BEFORE CO-FOUNDING Nvidia, the pioneer of artificial-intelligence (AI) chips, Jensen Huang was a busboy at Denny’s, a restaurant chain. He playfully reminded people of this on October 28th while delivering water to panellists at his firm’s first big jamboree in Washington, DC.

22.01 / 09:47

markets UPS FIVE Waters economy country China’s construction slump has spelt a plateau for global cement production—and it’s good for the planet

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. What’s the most important commodity for modern civilization? There’s a good argument that it’s not the ones we think about—oil, gas, copper, iron ore, gold—but something that’s ubiquitous and rarely grabs the attention of financial markets: concrete. After water, it’s the substance we use most abundantly, with between 25 billion and 30 billion tonnes poured annually.

21.01 / 06:35

Citizens Waters Death social information reports prevention Greater Noida tragedy: It was state apathy, not a road accident, that took a young professional’s life

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. On a foggy winter night in Greater Noida, 27-year-old Yuvraj Mehta did not die instantly. He did not vanish without warning.

21.01 / 03:39

COST Waters Aware security Trade reports Two years on, telecom regulator still can’t own its head office

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. For a regulator tasked with overseeing one of India’s most critical infrastructure sectors, operating from an office it does not legally own is an unusual predicament. Nearly two years after the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) moved into its new headquarters at the World Trade Centre in New Delhi's Nauroji Nagar, the premises are yet to be registered in its name, with the process stuck over a missing no-objection certificate from the ministry of housing and urban affairs, three officials aware of the matter said.

19.01 / 07:41

Digital Waters Research community stage information Vaccines Climate planning: Why India needs its very own body of research on marine carbon removal

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. India has a habit of approaching big technological questions in refreshingly practical ways. We adopt new ideas when they solve real problems, fit our context and prove themselves through evidence—not because the rest of the world is excited about them.

17.01 / 01:45

Waters Sustainability Glacier community reports mountaineering Snow that once fell now refuses Kashmir. The cost of warming it didn’t cause

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. SRINAGAR: In the middle of Chilai Kalan—the 40-day period of harsh winter, typically from 21 December to 31 January, which once defined Kashmir’s coldest months—the Valley is waiting for snow that has yet to arrive. The ground remains bare, sunlight warms the day, and temperatures plunge sharply at night.

15.01 / 07:27

markets IPO Provident FIVE Waters Manufacturing trends Four stocks where promoters see value despite market volatility

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. If you’ve been tracking promoter activity over the past few years, you would have noticed that 2025 took the trend to a new extreme. Promoter selling crossed ₹1.5 trillion last year, setting a fresh all-time high and extending a three-year streak of over ₹1 trillion in annual sell-downs.

15.01 / 01:45

Waters wellness President country reports evacuation Trump’s military buildup in Caribbean limits his options in Iran

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. President Trump ordered a military buildup in the Caribbean in the fall as part of the pressure campaign against the now-ousted Venezuelan leader, Nicolás Maduro. That move now limits his options if conflict breaks out between Washington and Tehran over a popular uprising in Iran, according to current and former defense officials.

14.01 / 06:11

UPS Citi Waters Rust cricket rowing The Ghost Mansion fallacy: Why we build palaces we never live in

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. It’s a familiar sight in the Indian hinterland—be it the lush green pockets of Kerala, the coastal belts of Konkan or the vast plains of Bihar and Punjab. You drive past rows of modest village homes and suddenly, you see it: A massive, three-storey, brightly painted concrete palace.

11.01 / 08:11

markets COST Waters Manufacturing wellness country Springboard 2026: Why India's 100GW nuclear dream hinges on small modular reactors.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Dear reader, as 2025, a year of global tumult and volatility, rolls by, Mint's reporters and columnists look around the corner at what is coming in 2026—to help you know what to expect and prepare for it. Tell us what you think at [email protected]. India’s nuclear energy sector has ushered in the new year with a new commitment, resolve, and imagination.

06.01 / 06:39

markets Provident Waters Highways wellness Traffic Updates Safe air isn’t an impossible aim: Given the administrative will, here’s what could be done right away

Air pollution in the National Capital Region (NCR) continues to dominate headlines this winter, highlighting the absence of any long-term strategy to deal with a deadly subject that is affecting millions of lives in and around India’s capital. Of growing concern is the fact that most other urban areas in India beyond the NCR are also generating increasing levels of air pollution, with the number of ‘good’ air quality days trending towards zero.

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