New Delhi: A host of new technologies, robust government policy to back them, and green financing to securely tie-in everything into returns for investors is needed to decarbonize hard-to-abate sectors in India such as steel and cement, a panel of experts said at the Mint Sustainability Summit in New Delhi recently. The panel comprised steel…
Bank holiday today: Banks will be closed in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, September 12, 2025, marking the first Friday following Eid-i-Milad-ul-Nabi, according to the Reserve Bank of India’s region-wise holiday calendar. The banks in the rest of the country will remain open on Friday, September 12, 2025. Bank holiday today The Friday after Eid-e-Milad-ul-Nabi…
New Delhi: Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd has informed shipowners and operators that its ports will not receive any vessel sanctioned by the US, UN, the UK and the European Union, said two people aware of the development. In an advisory to shipowners, operations, charterers and other port users, the company said it…
New Delhi: India’s new and renewable energy ministry is finalizing a roadmap to develop a local ecosystem to manufacture wafers, ingots and polysilicon in the country, used to make solar power cells and modules. Addressing a review meeting with states on renewable energy, Union minister for new and renewable energy Pralhad Joshi said that the…
What deal is Temasek stitching up in India? Balaji Wafers, a major competitor to Pepsico’s Frito-Lay, is attracting Temasek’s attention for its strong market presence. This March, Temasek bought a 10% stake in iconic namkeens and snacks brand Haldiram’s alongside global investment firm Alpha Wave Global, which also took a small stake. The fund had…
Rathod picks up a stack of ₹500 notes and feeds it into a cash counting machine. It whirs and flashes a number—96. He fans through the bundle to point out the serial numbers, then holds one note up to the light, the textbook way to check authenticity. In another video, posted on Instagram, in the…
Video content investments across seven key Asian markets is projected to decline this year after growing at 9% in 2024, led by India, according to a new report. Total investment across India, Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam is likely to decline 2% to $15.8 billion this year due to weakness in advertising-dependent…
The new model—approved post inter-ministerial consultations and awaiting legal vetting—envisages a plan where the investor could take up the entire risk of building a greenfield highway and collect toll during the concession period, one of the persons said. It includes provision for compensation payment and extension of concession period for traffic variation and losses on…
While video streaming platforms have mostly gone slow on premiering films directly online, insisting that all movies go to theatres first in order to benefit from the box office buzz, bigger studios with clout are still managing to strike some lucrative deals. Entertainment industry experts say titles like Nadaaniyan, Sarzameen and Tehran, among others, all…
A few months ago, I experienced just such an epiphany. Thanks to some cunningly cultivated friendships back in kindergarten, I found myself included in the guest list of a glittering celebration at a Himalayan resort, where a friend’s friend’s father was celebrating his 25th wedding anniversary. I had always cast wistful glances at the famed…