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Amazon aims to quadruple India e-commerce exports
Retail giant targets increasing India's online exports to $80 bn, support 3.8 mn jobs by 2030
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February 17, 2026
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Earn the trust of farmers for AI diffusion across farms
Last week, Amul launched Sarlaben, an AI-powered digital assistant for dairy farmers in Gujarat.
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February 17, 2026
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India moves to bolster global trust in medicines with real-time tracking
In a move to enhance transparency and curb corruption in India’s pharmaceutical regulatory process, the Union government is working on a plan to overhaul drug sampling and testing procedures, according to two officials and documents reviewed by Mint.
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February 17, 2026
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BSNL redraws performance goals as its units bleed cash
Circle heads asked to identify root cause of their underperformance and to improve revenues
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February 17, 2026
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Reliance Retail trials search platform
Reliance Industries’ retail unit is piloting a search-and-discovery platform in a bid to more closely integrate its store and online shopping experiences, a top executive said on Monday.
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February 17, 2026
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Slice turns profitable; Bajaj takes CEO role after RBI nod
Tiger Global-backed fintech Slice has appointed founder Rajan Bajaj as managing director and chief executive officer, effective 17 February, following Reserve Bank of India's approval.
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February 17, 2026
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Companies are replacing CEOs in record numbers— and they're getting younger
There hasn't been such a big crop of new leaders running Corporate America in at least 15 years
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February 17, 2026
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Volatility is inevitable: allocation is the key
In a world defined by volatility and uncertainty, building well-balanced and disciplined portfolios is key to compounding wealth.
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February 17, 2026
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NewsClick faces ₹184 cr ED penalty
The Enforcement Directorate has slapped a ₹184-crore Foreign Exchange Management Act (FEMA) penalty against news portal NewsClick and its editor-in-chief, Prabir Purkayastha, official sources said on Monday.
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February 17, 2026
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Fractal drops 7% on stock market debut
Shares of India’s Fractal Analytics fell nearly 7% in their trading debut on Monday, as a recent sell off in software and data analytics firms amid fears that artificial intelligence (AI) tools might disrupt existing business models kept investors cautious.
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February 17, 2026
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Blame the upper middle class for America’s ‘unfair’ economy
Adjusting to a sharp increase in upper-end affluence can be hard
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February 17, 2026
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HC dismisses plea challenging Sebi’s NSE IPO approval
The Delhi High Court on Monday dismissed a petition challenging the Securities and Exchange Board of India's Sebi) approval for the National Stock Exchange's (NSE) initial public offering (IPO), clearing a fresh legal hurdle on the exchange’s path to listing.
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February 17, 2026
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Banks’ ₹25k-crore insurance boost faces RBI reality check
The regulator's proposed rules to curb mis-selling of third-party products by banks will likely dent their earnings from insurance policy sales, a ₹22,000-25,000 crore-a-year business for lenders.
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February 17, 2026
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Wholesale inflation rises to 1.81% in Jan
Inflation measured by the wholesale price index (WPI) rose to 1.81% in January, after remaining muted in the six months prior, primarily due to an increase in prices of basic metals and other manufactured food and nonfood articles and textiles, official data released by the commerce ministry showed on Monday.
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February 17, 2026
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JSW MG Motor to triple output with $400 million
JSW MG Motor India Pvt. Ltd will invest about $400 million over the next four years to nearly triple its manufacturing capacity and accelerate its electric and hybrid vehicle push, managing director and chief executive Anurag Mehrotra said.
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February 17, 2026
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Keep jobs in focus
India’s unemployment rate rose a bit this January to 5.0% from 4.8% in December, as seen in the monthly bulletin of the government’s Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) released on Monday.
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February 17, 2026
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APP IN THE FIELD: A TALE OF TWO Als
As the old ‘village universities’ of shared farm knowledge fade, farmers are trying a new shortcut
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February 17, 2026
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Valentine's Day masterclass: love, loss and stock markets
Investing is like relationship, both fail when emotions trump discipline and clarity, says Kedia
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February 17, 2026
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U.S. and Europe, no longer kindred souls, enter a marriage of convenience
Ask a European official who attended this weekend’s Munich Security Conference about the state of the trans-Atlantic relationship, and you're likely to hear metaphors about dealing with a troubled, possibly abusive, spouse.
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February 17, 2026
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Biocon seeks boost from obesity drugs
Biocon is aiming for high-double-digit percentage revenue growth as the pharma firm prepares to launch generic versions of weight-loss drugs globally even as it remains cautious about an early rollout in the home market, a top company executive told Reuters.
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February 17, 2026
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The market isn’t your enemy—your biases are: Bajaj MF chief
It was a counter-intuitive message delivered by Ganesh Mohan, the managing director of Bajaj Finserv Mutual Fund, to eager investors at the Mint Money Festival 2026.
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February 17, 2026
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Europe’s regulations must ease for India to score on trade with it
New Delhi should press beyond the trade pact to resolve challenges such as its unfair carbon tax
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February 17, 2026
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Fixed income isn’t boring—it’s strategic
Fixed income rarely grabs headlines, yet it anchors most portfolios in India.
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February 17, 2026
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JSW MG Motor to triple output by investing $400 mn
The latest product and capacity offensive through infusion of funds come as the shareholders of the company eye a future public listing.
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February 17, 2026
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Torrent Power to buy L&T unit for ₹6,889 cr
Firm set to acquire 100% in Nabha Power, subject to regulatory approvals
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February 17, 2026
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AI Summit may yield more deals than policy push
The India AI Impact Summit kicked off with a flurry of high-level industry meetings on Monday, but the real action may lie less in forging a global rulebook and more in unlocking capital and facilitating partnerships for the country's fledgling AI industry.
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February 17, 2026
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Want a longer life? Move five minutes more
Small increases in daily movement, and sitting less, can cut risk of early death
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February 17, 2026
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The remote-work scam helping North Korea pay for nukes
On a California-based company's internal directory, he was just another face in the grid of remote workers—a prolific software developer with a polished LinkedIn profile and an IP address tracing back to the Midwest.
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February 17, 2026
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AI rivalry has strengthened as software services get hit
The emergent ‘QuitGPT’ movement is an interesting blip in the evolution of the AI sector, where user allegiance is increasingly shaped not merely by technical superiority, but by perceived ethical alignment and institutional transparency.
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February 17, 2026
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What Sebi’s new ETF proposals mean
The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) on Friday proposed sweeping changes to exchange traded funds (ETFs), aimed at eliminating a critical \"pricing lag\" that leaves investors exposed during volatility.
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