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Mint Kolkata
Small ticket, big assets: Are Reits worth adding to your portfolio?
Reits let you invest in commercial realty for ₹100-500; experts suggest limiting exposure to 5-10% of portfolio.
4 min |
October 06, 2025
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INSIDE HUBBALLI-DHARWAD'S BLUE DOT EXPERIMENT
In the twin cities of north Karnataka, a pilot is trying to solve one of India’s hardest puzzles
7 min |
October 06, 2025
Mint Kolkata
Inside Dharwad's blue dot experiment
Dharwad's paradox: The district has over 3,100 MSMEs, generating 8,000-10,000 fresher openings a year. About 2,000 students pass out ifITIs annually. And yet, MSMEs report shortages, while placement rates for youth remain south of 25-30%. The gap isn't supply or demand. It's visibility and trust.
2 min |
October 06, 2025
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Farm scheme set to open wider for agritech companies
between FPOs, private companies, and government agencies.
1 min |
October 06, 2025
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Tata Capital IPO: Safe bet or risky play on NBFC margins?
Investors must weigh brand strength, scale against concerns around profitability, asset quality
3 min |
October 06, 2025
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WHY THE FED'S INFLATION METRIC FAILS PRICE-TO-INCOME TEST
B ertie was on his annual visit to the Big Apple when the Federal Reserve cut rates by 25 basis points.
2 min |
October 06, 2025
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Europe’s AI startups look stateside for bigger checks, quicker deals
Within a week of landing in San Francisco, Brandon Abreu Smith had something that had eluded him for months in London: $500,000 in pre-seed funding for his artificial intelligence-based workflow startup, Structured AI.
4 min |
October 06, 2025
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Foreign car firms weigh recovery plans
Despite the grand plans, experts are sceptical of how sustainably cos can invest at a time of global turbulence
2 min |
October 06, 2025
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Is a better balanced geopolitical order merely a matter of 'time'?
The Mahabharata speaks of time as a great leveller. Is the vexed geopolitics of today transitionary?
3 min |
October 06, 2025
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Jane Goodall and our search for ourselves in animals
Not very long ago, humans saw themselves as special animals because they could use tools.
4 min |
October 06, 2025
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More channels take birth even as television industry shrinks
tisers want guaranteed reach, she said.
1 min |
October 06, 2025
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Augmented-reality creators are out-earning IIT grads
A new class of digital creators is out-earning top graduates of the Indian Institutes of Management (IIMs) and Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) using a relatively basic set of skills.
2 min |
October 06, 2025
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Altman scours globe for funds, compute
OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman has embarked on a global fundraising and supply-chain campaign, seeking financing and manufacturing partners that can help meet the startup's insatiable demand for computing capacity.
1 min |
October 06, 2025
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India targets safer, globally accepted medical devices
Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission will create standards for medical devices for the first time
2 min |
October 06, 2025
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From big buyouts to big IPOs: private equity's hospital pivot
PE investors are focusing on new hospital chains with operations in multiple cities
3 min |
October 06, 2025
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Prestige targets mid-income homes
Luxury housing has continued its sales run in an upbeat real estate sector, but high sales volumes will come from mid-income housing projects, a top Prestige Group executive said.
2 min |
October 06, 2025
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IT’s Q2 earnings enmeshed in fog
On weak footing
2 min |
October 06, 2025
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How a missile strike unlocked a deal for peace in Gaza
Talks between Israel and Hamas were stuck for months, until one incident pushed things to the brink
8 min |
October 06, 2025
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Farm scheme to open wider for agritech cos
Agritech startups, farmer producer organisations, and other private companies looking to tap the government's marquee agriculture incentive scheme will likely benefit as a key eligibility is set to be relaxed.
1 min |
October 06, 2025
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ICMR validates local TB diagnostic tests
In a boost to India's fight against tuberculosis (TB), apex health research body Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has validated new indigenously developed tools that could bolster the country's diagnostic capacity and offer a cheaper detection option.
1 min |
October 06, 2025
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Portal for assistive devices proposed
The Centre has proposed setting up an online Assistive Technology Portal for certification, procurement, tracking, distribution, and grievance monitoring as part of the draft rules to regulate standards and accessibility of assistive devices for persons with disabilities (PWDs).
1 min |
October 06, 2025
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States ban deadly cough syrup
At least three Indian states have banned a cough syrup after several children died allegedly after consuming the product, said local authorities and reports.
1 min |
October 06, 2025
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Tata Steel capacity target faces analysts’ scepticism
Beyond Kalinganagar and NINL, company has no announced plans to meet 40mtpa target
3 min |
October 06, 2025
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Goyal to visit Qatar for FTA discussions
Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal will visit Doha from 6-7 October to co-chair the first meeting of the India-Qatar Joint Commission on Trade and Commerce with his Qatari counterpart Sheikh Faisal bin Thani bin Faisal Al Thani in a bid to expand trade and cooperation with the Gulf region.
1 min |
October 06, 2025
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Sideways trend could continue for several months, says SBI MF’s Singh
This phase, where the Indian stock market mostly moves sideways without any significant swings, could continue for several months, says D. P. Singh, deputy managing director and joint chief executive officer, SBI Mutual Fund, which oversees more than ₹12 trillion in assets, including about ₹9.15 trillion in equities as of 30 September.
5 min |
October 06, 2025
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Public procurement from small biz soars
The Centre's procurement from MSEs on the GeM portal in the first half of FY26 totalled about ₹1 trillion
1 min |
October 06, 2025
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India to restart trade talks with Chile, Peru
The next round of negotiations between India and two South American countries, Chile and Peru, will be held in October and November, respectively, an official said.
1 min |
October 06, 2025
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The money revolution won't be televised: It may not even occur
It's too much of a public good and national-security concern to be left to private actors. It will stay within the state's purview
4 min |
October 06, 2025
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India, EU to resume talks for trade pact today
Senior officials of India and the 27-nation European Union (EU) will start the next round of talks for a proposed free trade agreement (FTA) on Monday in Brussels to iron out differences on issues for early conclusion of the negotiations, an official said.
1 min |
October 06, 2025
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Japan braces for shift to right under 'Iron Lady' fan Takaichi
Sanae Takaichi, the prostimulus conservative poised to become Japan's first female prime minister, is an energetic nationalist with a soft spot for the hard-nosed politics of Iron Lady Margaret Thatcher and the heavy metal music of Iron Maiden.
3 min |