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06.02 / 02:57

UPS Citi wellness Justice Department strain Courts Justice Department struggles under weight of immigration crackdown

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. When a lawyer representing the Justice Department told a judge in open court this week that she was exhausted and “this job sucks," she said out loud what many federal prosecutors have been privately feeling for months. The Trump administration’s immigration crackdown—and the push to arrest many of the demonstrators protesting against it—is straining U.S.

05.02 / 17:37

UPS Citi Gap economy wellness Interviews Shrinking income gap with the rich world, by creating more jobs here: Sitharaman

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said multiple proposals in the Union Budget for 2026-27 reflect the goal of job creation, key to closing the per-capita income gap with advanced economies. In an interview with Mint, Sitharaman also touched upon continuing customs reforms, defence sector, state capex, and the revamp of India's rural job guarantee programme.

05.02 / 15:15

markets Target Booking wellness performer track country Godrej Properties will outperform real estate sector growth, says Pirojsha Godrej

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. BENGALURU : India's top developers, such as Godrej Properties Ltd (GPL), will outpace the pace of the real estate sector's growth, according to a senior company executive. Mumbai-based Godrej Properties, the country's highest-selling residential developer, has already clocked sales bookings of ₹24,008 crore in the first nine months of 2025-26, about 74% of its full-year target of ₹32,500 crore.

05.02 / 11:13

UPS Progressive Entertainment Strategy wellness love Relationships When your loved one has a new loved one (and it’s AI)

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. It started as an innocent hobby. To entertain and distract herself while going through a divorce, Erika Acheson used Anthropic’s Claude to build a bot that generates images based on prompts from her and her friends.

05.02 / 11:13

markets UPS Citizens Election wellness country MGNREGA to VB-G RAM G: The overhaul of India’s rural job guarantee needs field trials before its full rollout

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The recent budget marks a shift in India’s approach to short-term state-backed employment support. It has reduced funds for the scheme under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), which is expected to be phased out, to ₹30,000 crore from last year’s spending of ₹88,000 crore and allocated over ₹95,000 crore to the new Viksit Bharat Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission-Gramin (VB-G RAM G) scheme that will replace it.

05.02 / 09:53

markets UPS economy wellness President country Indonesia is tightening capital controls and other emerging markets could follow suit

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Back in the day, when a country’s currency was under pressure, the worst thing it could do was impose capital controls. Stopping money from leaving might work temporarily, but it would cause investors to lose faith and shut the country out of financial markets in the long run.

05.02 / 08:01

UPS Southern Boxing wellness film audience stars Has southern cinema fallen prey to Bollywood’s high ticket pricing?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Unreasonably high ticket pricing, long seen as a tactic used largely by Bollywood film-makers to bolster openings, has now crept into southern cinema, with disappointing results. According to media consulting firm Ormax, footfall in Telugu cinema declined to 181 million in 2025, from 213 million in 2024 and 242 million in 2023.

05.02 / 08:01

COST Digital Citizens Manufacturing wellness rights Why RBI should permit a kill-switch for phones bought on loans: It will aid credit expansion

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. After saying that the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) is evaluating whether to bring back the policy of allowing loan-financed phones on which repayments are interrupted to be locked as a method of enforcing credit discipline, the central bank has not moved on the subject.

05.02 / 01:29

markets UPS economy wellness Trade country Can emerging markets’ stellar run continue?

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. For much of the past 20 years emerging markets (EMs) have seemed doomed never to emerge. The world’s up-and-coming economies were supposed to offer daredevil investors a shot at outsize returns: the chance to profit from the superior growth of middle-income countries as they caught up with rich ones.

04.02 / 16:31

markets Aware wellness Celebrity social exclusive Emcure taps into celebrities for its weight loss drug, as marketing playbooks change

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Emcure Pharmaceuticals is tapping influencers and celebrities on social media, in addition to raising awareness among doctors, for its semaglutide brand, Poviztra, as it seeks to capitalise on its head start in the lucrative weight-loss market. The company launched Poviztra in an exclusive partnership with innovator Novo Nordisk in December.

04.02 / 12:11

markets UPS IPO Enterprise wellness performer reports Today, the AI story is not well understood in the Indian market: Fractal CEO

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. MUMBAI : Squeezed out on the valuation Fractal Analytics sought for the initial public offering (IPO), its founder feels that public market investors have yet to fully understand the AI sector. The management is citing investor scepticism towards AI complexity and the need for market education as it prepares for a market debut at a lower valuation.

04.02 / 11:51

UPS ETF Extreme wellness Experts performer International How multi-asset funds diversify portfolio, smoothen swings

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. After a blistering rally over the past year, gold and silver prices are beginning to see sharp corrections. Gold ETFs have fallen over 12% since 29 January, and silver ETFs have slumped over 24% as of 4 February.

04.02 / 03:35

markets UPS Provident FIVE security wellness After Budget shuts tax-free exits on SGBs, small February window offers last chance

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Budget for 2026-27 has removed the tax-free redemption benefit on sovereign gold bonds (SGBs) for secondary market buyers. Starting 1 April 2026, only those investors who bought SGBs at the time of issue and held them till maturity will get tax-free gains, excluding investors who purchased the bonds on stock exchanges even if they hold them till maturity.

04.02 / 03:35

markets UPS FIVE economy wellness Cycling show As premium whiskies come of age, Amrut aims for ₹800 cr sales by 2030

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. New Delhi: The rise of Indian single malts is showing up on distillers’ balance sheets, and for India’s oldest whisky maker Amrut Distilleries, premium variants are fast becoming the engine of growth, rather than a niche bet. The distiller says it now sells nearly a quarter of all Indian single malt whisky consumed domestically, giving premium whiskies an outsized role in its growth strategy.

04.02 / 01:21

markets Provident Manufacturing wellness Trade electronic reports ChrysCapital acquires minority stake in Bengaluru-based Nash Industries

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. MUMBAI : ChrysCapital has acquired a significant minority stake in Bengaluru-based precision manufacturing solutions provider Nash Industries, top executives told Mint. “Nash exemplifies the emergence of globally competitive manufacturing from India.

04.02 / 01:21

markets UPS security wellness Bill Schools Podcasts Quitting your job to launch a business? Prepare your personal finances first

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Thinking of quitting your full-time job to build a startup or business of your own? Along with a business plan, it’s critical to prepare your personal finances for the early years of the new venture. “You need to survive in order to run the business," said N.

03.02 / 14:37

markets UPS wellness Trade stage country cover Big deal: Why the India-US trade agreement is likely to spell significant gains for both partners

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. After a rocky ride, an India-US trade deal has finally been announced. It follows what was called the “mother of all deals" between India and the EU and Sunday’s long-horizon outline of growth policies as part of India’s budget for 2026-27.

03.02 / 12:27

markets Digital Booking wellness President show country Mint Explainer: Why the Centre’s Budget 2026 telecom receipts aren’t all real income

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. NEW DELHI : In the Union Budget 2026-27, the Centre has projected earning ₹1.4 trillion from the telecom sector in 2025-26, about 71% more than its previous estimate. At first glance, that sounds like a big win.

03.02 / 10:07

markets COST UPS Hyundai wellness Tough ride for Creta, muted GST gains: How Hyundai is navigating a rocky road

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Hyundai Motor India Ltd’s December quarter (Q3FY26) results drew a lacklustre reaction from the Street. While Ebitda margin was flat year-on-year at 11.2%, unit economics improved slightly.

03.02 / 01:05

markets FIVE SUN Pool wellness performer Foreign outflows show currency concerns, not a negative India fundamentals: Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC's Harish Krishnan

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The budget is unlikely to cause a meaningful shift in the assessment of equities from a medium-term perspective, and so investors should look at markets through a fresh lens to identify which newer themes could emerge as winners, said Harish Krishnan, chief investment officer - Equity at Aditya Birla Sun Life AMC Ltd. After the budget classified tax on buybacks as capital gains, some relief for buybacks may help return excess capital in a few mature companies, which can then be recycled into newer capital-intensive opportunities, said Krishnan.

03.02 / 00:17

markets Manufacturing wellness Diversity reports medicines Pharmaceuticals In the works—a tougher drug law to check opioid abuse

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. In a bid to stem the alarming opioid crisis, India's apex drug regulator plans an overhaul of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act to sharply raise punishments and fines that would deter illegal diversion of habit-forming pharmaceutical opioids, according to two government officials in the know and documents reviewed by Mint.

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