Banking And Finance
Will interest on EPF balance earned till age 58 be tax-free after I stop work?
I left my job in 2025 at the age of 48 after working for 18 years. During this period, both me and my employer contributed regularly to my EPF account…
Margin trading hits ₹1 trillion. The hidden risks in your stock investment plan
India’s margin trading market has hit ₹1 trillion, highlighting a surge in leveraged stock buying even as risks loom large for retail investors. Data from the National Stock Exchange shows…
₹82 lakh crore mutual fund boom signals shift from FDs – but are households over-equitising?
India is in the middle of a genuine financial shift. For decades, household savings largely flowed into fixed deposits, gold, and real estate. Today, a growing share is moving into…
Middle East crisis: Top mutual fund categories to protect your investments
Mutual Funds (MFs) are typically held to be the go-to investment vehicle in times of crisis and the latest one in the Middle East is no exception to the rule.…
Market
Trenzet Infra files papers with SEBI to raise funds via IPO
Railway-focused EPC player Trenzet Infra Ltd has filed preliminary papers with capital markets regulator SEBI to raise funds through an initial public offering (IPO). The proposed IPO is a combination…
USD vs INR: Rupee touches record low of 93.60. Can it further depreciate to 100 per dollar amid US-Iran war?
USD vs INR: The Indian rupee depreciated past 93 against the US dollar for the first time on Friday, marking its sharpest single-day decline in more than four years, amid…
Gold rate today: Bullion logs worst weekly decline in 40 years. Will it crash further amid the ongoing US-Iran war?
Gold rate today: Yellow metal witnesses a steepest weekly decline since 1983, as escalating conflict in the Middle East pushed energy prices higher and dampened expectations of interest-rate cuts. Gold…
Upcoming IPOs: Amir Chand Jagdish Kumar IPO, Powerica IPO among seven new issues to open next week; check list here
Upcoming IPOs: The IPO buzz in the primary market is all set to continue as seven new initial public offerings (IPOs) are scheduled to open for subscription in the coming…
Market
95% projects in West Asia are progressing as usual: L&T
India’s largest infrastructure and engineering firm, Larsen & Toubro Ltd, which derives over a third of its revenue from West Asia, has said that most of its over 100 construction…
CMO Interview: Pernod Ricard seeks to nurture premium whiskey Blender’s Pride with fashion, new campaign on ‘success’
Mumbai: French alcohol major Pernod Ricard recently appointed Debasree Dasgupta as chief marketing officer of its India arm. She moved back to the country from Sweden, where she was Pernod…
Must shift AI from adoption to transformation: Deloitte says Indian firms lag behind global peers in expertise
Deloitte’s latest ‘State of AI in the Enterprise’ survey for 2026 captured insights showing that today’s business leaders “face an unprecedented challenge: moving beyond pilots to truly integrating AI into…
Mint Explainer | Can IBM reboot its AI play with $11 billion Confluent buyout?
IBM’s second-largest acquisition ever, the $11 billion buyout of data streaming company Confluent, is expected to strengthen its artificial intelligence (AI) and hybrid cloud capabilities. By using Confluent’s real-time data…
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