Newspaper
Mint Chennai
Let's consign the money illusion firmly to history
Is very low inflation a problem? It doesn't suit everyone, admittedly, but the cost of living kept in tight control has wide and enduring economic benefits that go beyond the obvious
3 min |
November 21, 2025
Mint Chennai
Reliance brings in Carrefour exec to boost grocery play
Carrefour senior leader Guillaume de Colonges to oversee Reliance Retail’s grocery business
2 min |
November 21, 2025
Mint Chennai
Lenovo India Q2 revenue jumps 23%
Integrated IT solutions provider Lenovo's India arm on Thursday reported a 23% year-on-year increase in revenue at $1.2 billion in the September quarter, aided by strong demand fuelled by digitisation, premiumisation and improved consumer sentiment following goods and services tax (GST) rejig.
1 min |
November 21, 2025
Mint Chennai
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 Chennai
Street scales 13-month high as index heavyweights fire
November, showed NSDL data. As of Thursday, FPIs' cumulative net short index futures stood at 165,565 contracts. Covering a part of these can also take the Nifty and Sensex to new highs.
2 min |
November 21, 2025
Mint Chennai
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Social media cries of tax ‘harassment’ fail to recognize the actual problem—grey areas in an outdated classification system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 Chennai
Valuation format plan may cut IBC disputes: IBBI
The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) has proposed a new format for professionals valuing distressed assets to make reports uniform, credible, and reduce lawsuits.
1 min |
November 21, 2025
Mint Chennai
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.
1 min |
November 21, 2025
Mint Chennai
Beauty firms move upmarket to jostle for space, lift margin
Beauty and personal care brands are relying on prestige products with globally sourced ingredients, innovative packaging and premium positioning to stand out.
2 min |
November 21, 2025
Mint Chennai
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
Mint Chennai
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.
3 min |
November 21, 2025
Mint Chennai
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.
1 min |
November 21, 2025
Mint Chennai
Bluechips lift Street to a 13-month high
Eyes on Q3 earnings as Nifty crosses 26,200, FPIs turn positive
1 min |
November 21, 2025
Mint Chennai
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
2 min |
November 21, 2025
Mint Chennai
Donald Trump puts on ‘unbelievable show’ for Saudi crown prince
In feting the crown prince, Trump has again pivoted to foreign policy, one of his focus areas
4 min |
November 21, 2025
Mint Chennai
Inside the hot new Dubai restaurant run by an AI chef
The mastermind behind Woohoo's food and drinks menu is a $1 million-plus large language model that also does podcasts
3 min |
November 21, 2025
Mint Chennai
Mahindra targets 8-fold auto growth
Mahindra Group is aiming for an eight-fold growth in consolidated revenue of its auto sector by FY30 compared to that in FY20, betting big on SUVs and light commercial vehicles.
1 min |
November 21, 2025
Mint Chennai
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 Chennai
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
4 min |
November 21, 2025
Mint Chennai
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
3 min |
November 21, 2025
Mint Chennai
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.
1 min |
November 21, 2025
Mint Chennai
Why Bollywood’s festive weekends are no longer sure-shot winners
Festivals may once have guaranteed Bollywood a box-office windfall, but this year is proving that releases around major holidays no longer work like magic.
2 min |
November 21, 2025
Mint Chennai
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).
1 min |
November 21, 2025
Mint Chennai
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 Chennai
Institutional investor pushback eases
The percentage of company resolutions opposed by large institutional investors declined in the first half ended September, even as promoters continue to have their way on most decisions put to a vote.
2 min |
November 21, 2025
Mint Chennai
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.
1 min |
November 21, 2025
Mint Chennai
Carmakers tap EMs to shield exports amid China threat
Firms are increasingly using India as a cost-competitive manufacturing base and export hub
2 min |
November 21, 2025
Mint Chennai
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.
1 min |
November 21, 2025
Mint Chennai
ICICI Pru AMC nears Sebi nod for $L.1 bn IPO
CICI Prudential Asset Management Co. is close to securing approval from India’s securities regulator to go public, according to people familiar with the matter, paving the way for one of the country’s biggest initial public offerings this year to kick off.
1 min |
November 21, 2025
Mint Chennai
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.
1 min |