The Agentic AI invasion: It's here-but does the software industry face an existential threat?

New Delhi, Feb. 6 -- It was swift and brutal, the global sell-off in tech stocks this week after Anthropic's launch of Agentic AI tools with startling skills. From America to India, software stocks lo... Read More

Mint Quick Edit | Should digital currencies redesign banking and AI agents take over human jobs?

New Delhi, Feb. 6 -- Any radical change enabled by technology demands careful deliberation, but two potential shifts especially so. First, should central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) be designed to... Read More

Mint Quick Edit | India-China trade swelled in 2025: Will this remain a largely one-way story?

New Delhi, Feb. 5 -- For all the talk about either restraining or rebalancing trade with China, India's dealings with it are rising. In 2025, trade reached a record $155.6 billion, up 12%, according t... Read More

High-level committee on banking: What it should focus on to strengthen India's financial system

New Delhi, Feb. 5 -- Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced the formation of a "high-level committee" on banking in her budget speech for 2026-27. While she offered no details, the FM did say t... Read More

Art of the India-US trade deal's revival: The end of a rift between the two partners could spell gains all around

New Delhi, Feb. 4 -- It is plainly good news the US has lowered its import duty on Indian goods from 50%, a truly punitive rate, to 18%. A trade deal is expected to be sewn up anytime now. Its signifi... Read More

Mint Quick Edit | Investors cheered the US trade reset but does this mark a long-awaited market turnaround?

New Delhi, Feb. 4 -- After nearly one-and-a-half years of broad weakness, India's stock market began to flash signs of a revival on Tuesday. The BSE Sensex jumped more than 4% in early trade before cl... Read More

Thank the Finance Commission for a tax-sharing formula tilt that promotes better state-level fiscal policy

New Delhi, Feb. 3 -- The 16th Finance Commission (FC) must be commended for breaking the mould of earlier FCs in what is perhaps the most contentious area of fiscal federalism: 'horizontal devolution'... Read More

Mint Quick Edit | Government bond yields shot up after India unveiled its budget: How much of a worry is this?

New Delhi, Feb. 3 -- The yield on India's 10-year government bond rose to 6.78% on Monday from 6.70% on Friday, its biggest intraday rise since late August. What appears to have put investors off is t... Read More

India's budget doubles down on a tried and tested formula-with debt reduction as a distant target

New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- India kept calm and carried on this fiscal year, with a GST spur for retail offtake, an urgency for foreign trade deals and a few tariff tweaks for factory-cost relief making up t... Read More

Mint Quick Edit | Trade relief: The budget signals the end of an inspector raj at Indian ports

New Delhi, Feb. 2 -- Amid an unravelling of global trade, the Union budget has proposed some welcome steps to ease the pain. As one-off relief for eligible export-oriented manufacturers in special eco... Read More

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