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Mint Chennai
Sensex, Nifty end with modest gains
Benchmark stock indices Sensex and Nifty ended marginally higher in the special one-hour Muhurat trading session on Tuesday, marking the beginning of the new Samvat Year 2082 on a positive note amid firm global cues.
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October 22, 2025
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GIFT City funds want tax removed
The regulator of GIFT City, short for Gujarat International Finance Tec City, has relayed a key demand from fund companies operating there to the Union finance ministry that tax collected at source, or TCS, be exempted on investments made by Indians in the international financial services centre (IFSC).
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October 22, 2025
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Reliance seeks to buy Middle East oil
Reliance Industries Ltd bought Middle Eastern crudes last week and may place more orders, ina sign that Western pressure against Russian flows may be starting to impact its procurement patterns.
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October 22, 2025
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Keppel buys Shell stake in Cleantech, takes full control
Singapore’s Keppel Ltd has bought energy major Shell Plc’s 49% stake in renewable energy developer Cleantech Solar in a deal having an equity value of around $200 million, taking full control of the company. It is planning a sale of Cleantech for around $400 million next, said two people aware of the development. Both requested anonymity.
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October 22, 2025
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India’s sunshine law: Clouded by the data privacy bill
In March 2003, the Supreme Court passed a historic verdict that filled a legislative gap.
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October 22, 2025
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Recent Nobel prizes for economics seem rich in irony
This year’s Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel was awarded “for having explained innovation-driven economic growth,” with one half to Joel Mokyr “for having identified the prerequisites for sustained growth through technological progress” and the other half jointly to Philippe Aghion and Peter Howitt “for the theory of sustained growth through creative destruction.”
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October 22, 2025
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Olyv taps Unitus Cap for $20 mn funding
Lightrock-backed personal lending platform Olyv, formerly SmartCoin, has appointed Unitus Capital to raise fresh funds, three people in the know said.
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October 22, 2025
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Small stores on slow track in passing on GST rate cut
Small, but significant Small and unorganized retailers outside the GST system are a weak link in ensuring consumers see benefits of the tax cut.
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October 22, 2025
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UltraTech fires up expansion, north peers left in the cold
An-India focused UltraTech Cement announced the fourth phase of its capacity expansion alongside its September quarter (Q2FY26) results last week.
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October 22, 2025
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RESOURCE NATIONALISM DEBATE PITS TALENT VERSUS MINERALS
he last quarter of the year is the season of the returning Indian diaspora; the weather starts getting better on the subcontinent just as it starts to get colder elsewhere.
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October 20, 2025
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The question of our times: Does economics promote inequality?
The disciplines emphasis on self-interest as rational’ must yield to a focus on global collaboration to achieve collective goals
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October 20, 2025
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Uber drivers can earn during downtime by training its AI
Uber is giving idled drivers a chance to earn extra income by completing small tasks that would enhance its service and create valuable data for sale.
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October 20, 2025
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Luxury brands' stiffest competition is the stuff they have already sold
For luxury brands trying to win back shoppers, secondhand sellers have become a potential nuisance.
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October 20, 2025
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Blu-Smart placed under insolvency
The National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) has admitted an insolvency case against Blu-Smart Mobility Tech, the debt-ridden company which was providing all-electric ride-hailing services and building a network of electric vehicle charging infrastructure in India.
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October 20, 2025
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The auto industry’s bruising year of back-to-back supply-chain snafus
Assembly lines inside a Michigan factory that churns out high-end Jeep SUVs ground to a halt last week and won't resume production until early next month.
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October 20, 2025
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Corporate earnings downgrade cycle nearing end: Kotak’s Prasad
Heraisedared flagwhen domestic retail investors, oblivious to the valuation-earnings disconnect, jumped into givean exit to foreign portfolio investors (FPI) who've sold a record %2 trillion in the cash market so far this calendar year.
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October 20, 2025
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DEEPAVALI’S SOUL LOST IN GLITTER AND CRACKER ROAR
Best wishes to everyone on the joyous occasion of Deepavali. There’ssomething unique this time about the festival. After 1979, this is the first time when both gold and silver are beyond the common person’sreach.
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October 20, 2025
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Rare friends: A Brazil-US deal may foil China's mineral game
Beijing's rare-earth squeeze may have created an unlikely alliance
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October 20, 2025
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Spring cleaning: Time to declutter your financial cobwebs this Diwali
Tidy up your portfolio, loans and insurance, ensuring coverage is comprehensive for a stronger financial base
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October 20, 2025
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The West's rejection of its own culture may have led it to a crisis
Perhaps the only way out of its current anxiety is to start afresh instead of trying to reverse course
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October 20, 2025
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MENTAL HEALTH DEVICES: SCIENCE OR SNAKE OIL?
Startups are taking mental health care beyond pills and therapy, through wearable devices
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October 20, 2025
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Equity capital market to see increased volumes: Citi execs
India’s equity capital market volumes are expected to increase next year from the current level that stands at $46 billion, top Citi Group executives told Mint.
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October 20, 2025
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Govt is reviewing design norms for lighter schoolbags
Centre has commissioned a study by BIS to update four-decade-old bag design norms
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October 20, 2025
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'Oversupply is temporary, a growing India will absorb it'
India’s rapid urbanization, infra push will drive steady growth in steel use: JSW Steel CEO
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October 20, 2025
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Vaccines, anti-cancer drugs may soon carry QR codes
The move aims to make product-level traceability mandatory for four critical drug categories
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October 20, 2025
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Govt revises rules for mine auctions
The government on Sunday said it has amended the Mineral (Auction) Rules, 2015 to introduce timelines for different activities after the auction of mineral blocks to expedite their operations.
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October 20, 2025
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'Positioned to make Pipavav the nucleus of shipping'
Gujarat's Pipavav coast is gearing up to reclaim its place on the global shipbuilding map, with Swan Defence and Heavy Industries launching a multiyear investment programme to transform its shipyard into an integrated defence and commercial vessel manufacturing hub.
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October 20, 2025
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Investment: Steer clear of paralysis by analysis
Equity or debt? Real estate or gold? Bitcoin or art? It might take more bravery than usual to invest across arisk-return spectrum that’ in flux, but household funds must not go idle
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October 20, 2025
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Street places hopes on H2, cautious on GST cut effect
Early estimates show India Inc.'s topline may have grown just 5-6% in Sep quarter
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October 20, 2025
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Ladakh leaders to hold talks with govt
Ladakh representatives will hold talks with the subcommittee of the ministry of home affairs (MHA) in Delhi on 22 October, said Leh Apex Body (LAB) co-chairman Chering Dorje Lakruk on Sunday.
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