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Kyiv's long road to economic stability
For over a decade, much of the West has been pondering how to manage Ukraine's inevitable subordination to Russia.
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January 01, 2026
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Will India sustain its world-beating growth in 2026?
In 2025, India's economic growth stayed strong and inflation low amid geopolitical tensions and trade headwinds. The government also unveiled reforms and targeted stimulus, including tax cuts. Mint examines how the economy fared, and what lies ahead in 2026:
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January 01, 2026
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Regional instability: Asia adrift, Asia alone
Not since the Vietnam War has security in Asia seemed so fragile.
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January 01, 2026
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Paltry AGR relief leaves Vi wobbly
The fate of Vodafone Idea Ltd hangs in the balance, with the Union cabinet on Wednesday clearing a relief plan that punctured hopes, hammered its shares, and shook the company's fundraising hopes.
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January 01, 2026
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Is crypto an opportunity or a threat?
The fascination with cryptocurrencies shows no sign of fading.
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January 01, 2026
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Multilateralism lives: A pragmatic reboot
With conflicts raging in some 50 countries, tariff wars becoming the new (abnormal) norm, and global economic growth falling to its slowest pace in generations, there seems to be little to cheer about as we enter 2026.
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January 01, 2026
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Future tense: The year that could be
Every December in recent years, I think back to the time when Jeremy Corbyn, then the leader of the opposition Labour Party in my adopted country, the United Kingdom, quoted from a New Year's speech that had a familiar ring to it.
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January 01, 2026
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Govt may ease PN(3) to raise Chinese FDI
The Centre is preparing to significantly relax a five-year-old rule that shut out Chinese capital and put existing investments in limbo, easing the stringent Press Note 3 (PN3) diktat issued in the wake of the pandemic outbreak.
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January 01, 2026
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Bankers are gearing up for another onslaught of monster deals this year
Megadeals returned in full force in 2025. Wall Street is already bracing for another wave in 2026.
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January 01, 2026
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Trump and the end of American hegemony
It has become almost routine to end each year with talk of the \"polycrisis,\" and to acknowledge the difficulty of anticipating a future that seems pregnant with the risk of new wars, pandemics, financial crises, and climate-driven devastation.
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January 01, 2026
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The need for building peace together
We are bound to one another by a single fate.
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January 01, 2026
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External risks on horizon, but RBI keeps faith in local buffers
Financial stability report cautions about exchange rate volatility, trade weakness, muted FDI
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January 01, 2026
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China's role in AI-led industrial revolution
AI is widely recognized as the core technology in an emerging industrial revolution that will probably transform every facet of the global economy.
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January 01, 2026
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TCS hotshots may get to do multiple jobs
Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS) is exploring gig-like hiring arrangements for hard-to-retain specialists in certain roles, signalling a shift as India's $283 billion offshoring sector grapples with a talent crunch amid uncertainty caused by artificial intelligence (AI).
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January 01, 2026
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India's corporate scorecard: Who won, who lost in 2025
Heavyweights hold ground
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January 01, 2026
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Multilateralism is not dead yet
(representing 21%) comprises self-interested multilateralists who will endorse cooperation if they can see that it benefits them and their communities—whether it be through guaranteeing food or peace and security.
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January 01, 2026
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InMobi plans $100-150 million pre-IPO round as listing nears
InMobi, which provides mobile advertising network software, is in discussions to raise $100-150 million in a pre-IPO funding round as it looks to realign its cap table ahead of a public listing expected in FY27, according to three people aware of the matter, seeking anonymity.
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January 01, 2026
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Unbound Israel redraws the map of the Levant
Since Hamas’s attack on Israel on October 7, 2023, the Middle East has faced its most severe and consequential crisis in decades.
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January 01, 2026
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Beyond megawatts: Green transition turns to stability
India now eyes storage capacity and a focus on more stable sources such as nuclear power
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January 01, 2026
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Top-four economy
As estimated, 2025 gave India fourth rank among economies, placing us in the world's top club, though with the US, the EU and China still some multiples ahead in size.
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January 01, 2026
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India slaps 12% duty on steel imports for 3 years
India has imposed a three-year safeguard duty of 12% on steel imports, according to a finance ministry order issued late on Tuesday, as the government aims to curb cheap shipments, especially from China.
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January 01, 2026
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Retail loans tilt to consumption
India’s non-housing retail loans—largely consumption-driven—accounted for 55.3% of household borrowings in the first half of FY26.
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January 01, 2026
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From plastic to glass: Kitchenware firms bet on buyers going premium
Kitchenware and crockery companies are nudging consumers to swap plasticware for glassware, positioning it as a premium lifestyle upgrade to capitalize on the post-pandemic focus on health.
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January 01, 2026
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Will the Federal Reserve be allowed to do its job?
As candidates vie to become the next chair of the US Federal Reserve, they should heed the hockey legend Wayne Gretzky's advice to “skate to where the puck is going, not where it has been.”
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January 01, 2026
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Latin America’s new birth of democracy
To imagine all Latin American countries being governed by a republican order respectful of freedom and democracy seems utopian.
6 min |
January 01, 2026
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Fiscal deficit at ₹9.76 trillion, nearly two-thirds of target
Better-than-expected non-tax revenue in first eight months of FY26 cushions govt finances
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January 01, 2026
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The looming threat of nuclear proliferation
No longer is the threat posed by nuclear weapons even tenuously contained by mutually agreed rules and accepted norms.
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January 01, 2026
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Cabinet clears ₹20,688 crore highway works in two states
The Union cabinet on Wednesday approved road projects worth ₹20,688 crore, including the country's largest ever highway project under the build-operate-transfer (BOT) model, a greenfield 374km Nashik-Solapur-Akkalkot corridor in Maharashtra, a government release said.
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January 01, 2026
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Wars: ‘Never again,’ again
I am sometimes asked what keeps me awake at night.
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January 01, 2026
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Just 35% global SMEs have disaster plans, Indian firms most exposed
As climate shocks intensify, most small businesses remain dangerously unprepared, with Indian enterprises among the most exposed, says a study.
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