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Delhi may miss the biggest e-bus roll-out
The 2,800 electric buses allocated to Delhi under the PME-Drive scheme meant to electrify public transport hangs in the balance, as the city government has yet to meet a crucial condition under the incentive plan.
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November 21, 2025
Mint Bangalore
Flipkart-backed super.money preps ‘buy now, pay later’ play
Flipkart-backed UPI app super.money is preparing afresh push into buy now, pay later (BNPL) by partnering regulated banks and lenders, as it hunts for its next leg of growth beyond credit on UPI, according to two people aware of the plans.
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November 21, 2025
Mint Bangalore
Automation hits tech jobs as GCCs dial back on hiring
Automation is beginning to reshape India's tech-hiring landscape, with global capability centres (GCCs) pulling back on routine recruitment-intensifying the slowdown already hitting large staffing firms dependent on information technology (IT) hiring.
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November 21, 2025
Mint Bangalore
What we frequently get wrong about mental health
Everybody talks about mental health so much these days; yet, somehow, we misunderstand it the most. We have a sea of information that is easily accessible to us, but very little understanding of what emotional pain actually feels like. From what I understand of Baek Se-hee’s book, I Want to Die, but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki, which was referred to in a recent Mint column (‘Why reasons needn't be ascribed for poor mental health,’ 27 October 2025), it is about a woman experiencing dysthymia who also talks about how she seeks comfort in her favourite food. The book is about her mental health journey.
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November 21, 2025
Mint Bangalore
Investors now wait till last minute to put in IPO bids
Between 65% and 80% of all applications pour in on the final day of the bidding window
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November 21, 2025
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RBI governor stays guarded on crypto
India will maintain a guarded stance on cryptocurrencies and stablecoins even as it accelerates support for homegrown digital payment systems such as UPI, NEFT and the digital rupee, Reserve Bank of India governor Sanjay Malhotra said on Thursday.
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November 21, 2025
Mint Bangalore
Life of Vi: How India was able to avert a telco duopoly
But to capitalize on this potential, Vi needs capital. Large amounts of it. Vi has guided for ₹50,000-55,000 crore of capex in the near term, contingent on bank funding, which itself requires clarity on AGR.
2 min |
November 21, 2025
Mint Bangalore
Kirin starts talks to recast B9, has no plan to sell stake
meeting to Jain, said a person directly aware of developments at the company.
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November 21, 2025
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ED seizes assets worth ₹1,452 cr in RCom loan fraud case
The enforcement directorate on Thursday said it has attached multiple properties worth ₹1,452 crore, in an alleged money-laundering case involving Reliance Communications Ltd (RCom).
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November 21, 2025
Mint Bangalore
US ESTATE TAX: THE OVERLOOKED RISK FACING INDIANS WITH US EQUITIES AND ESOPS
Rahul*, a Bangalore based senior professional at Broadcom, built most of his wealth via stock options in US-listed firms.
3 min |
November 21, 2025
Mint Bangalore
Cracks are appearing in OpenAI’s dominant facade
THE 21ST-CENTURY tech landscape was built with a winner-takes-all mindset. It started with Microsoft’s Windows monopoly at the end of the 1990s. Since then Alphabet-owned Google has cornered search and Amazon has become the king of e-commerce. Meta, too, has blanketed much of the world with social media—though on November 18th, a judge in Washington, DC, spared it the ignominy of being declared a monopolist.
2 min |
November 21, 2025
Mint Bangalore
Child poverty falling but millions still trapped in crises: Unicef
Child poverty has declined globally over the past two decades, but staggering disparities and overlapping crises continue to push millions of children into deprivation, Unicef said in a report on Thursday.
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November 21, 2025
Mint Bangalore
How a delay in possession of homes affects loans, taxes
Delays are likely to reduce tax savings and wipe out the leverage advantage of home loans
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November 21, 2025
Mint Bangalore
PMS firms ask Sebi to review fees paid for index data
The industry body for portfolio management services, or PMS, managers has approached markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India to reduce or remove fees paid to exchanges to use their indices to benchmark scheme performance, said four people aware of the development.
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November 21, 2025
Mint Bangalore
Ashok Leyland to expand truck range
Hinduja group flagship Ashok Leyland is gearing up to expand its diesel truck range as it remains optimistic for industry growth in the rest of the fiscal, according to company’s managing director and chief executive officer Shenu Agarwal.
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November 21, 2025
Mint Bangalore
Bajaj's arm hires CIO from Kotak
The alternative investment management arm of the Bajaj Group, one of India’s oldest conglomerates, hired a chief investment officer (CIO) from Kotak Alternate Asset Managers Ltd, according to people familiar with the matter, underscoring an intensifying talent battle in the $169 billion asset management industry.
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November 21, 2025
Mint Bangalore
US needs skilled migrants to teach tech, says Trump
US will ‘welcome’ skilled immigrants who will ‘teach’ American workers about complex tech
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November 21, 2025
Mint Bangalore
LIFE OF VI: HOW INDIA AVERTED A TELCO DUOPOLY
The inside story of how the Centre created a limited legal reopening to prevent Vi's collapse
7 min |
November 21, 2025
Mint Bangalore
Automation hits tech jobs as GCCs too dial back on hiring
Quess ended last quarter with ₹3,832 crore in revenue, up 5% sequentially.
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November 21, 2025
Mint Bangalore
Rupee falls 23 paise at 88.71 against USD
The rupee depreciated 23 paise to close at 88.71 (provisional) against the US dollar on Thursday, on broad strength of the American currency and fading odds of a rate cut by the US Federal Reserve.
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November 21, 2025
Mint Bangalore
Fed’s October rate decision fueled pushback over possible December cut
Divisions over whether the Federal Reserve should cut interest rates next month deepened at officials’ October meeting, leaving a growing contingent—and potentially a narrow majority—of policymakers uncomfortable with a December rate reduction.
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November 21, 2025
Mint Bangalore
Massager or battery gizmo? How a code turns into a controversy
Social media cries of tax ‘harassment’ fail to recognize the actual problem—grey areas in an outdated classification system
3 min |
November 21, 2025
Mint Bangalore
Govt moves to curb online ads, self-medication of risky drugs
The government is planning a sweeping overhaul of drug-advertising rules to curb self-medication, unsafe sales and rising antimicrobial resistance, according to two officials and a document reviewed by Mint.
1 min |
November 21, 2025
Mint Bangalore
Reliance brings in Carrefour exec to boost grocery play
Carrefour senior leader Guillaume de Colonges to oversee Reliance Retail’s grocery business
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November 21, 2025
Mint Bangalore
Solar module sector faces shake-up
India’s solar module manufacturing industry is headed for consolidation over the next three to five years
1 min |
November 21, 2025
Mint Bangalore
Nvidia profits soar, soothing investor jitters over AI boom
Nvidia reported record sales and strong guidance Wednesday, helping soothe jitters about an artificial intelligence bubble that have reverberated in markets for the last week.
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November 21, 2025
Mint Bangalore
TPG to invest $1 bn in TCS's data centre biz
TPG is to pick up a 49% stake in TCS arm HyperVault AI Data Centre
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November 21, 2025
Mint Bangalore
KKR to raise $15 bn in new Asia PE fund
KKR has kicked off fundraising for its fifth Asia private equity fund, seeking to raise $15 billion in what would be one of the region's largest buyout fundraisings, three people with knowledge of the matter said.
1 min |
November 21, 2025
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SC says courts can't impose timelines on Prez, state guvs
The ruling comes even as several states are struggling with delayed assent to important laws
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November 21, 2025
Mint Bangalore
India brings in new standards for cybersecurity, wind energy
The government has started an overhaul of the regulatory framework for critical infrastructure and emerging technologies, a move that follows the withdrawal and extension of several key Quality Control Orders (QCOs) earlier this month.
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