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Only a day after India joined Pax Silica, India announced a strategic collaboration with Brazil. What does it mean for India? Mint explains

After Navi Mumbai International Airport, the DoT has asked the Noida International Airport to allow telecom operators access to deploy mobile network.

Nearly a century ago, experts were serving up the same buffet of market explanations. Nothing has changed.

Improved tech and supply chains are reducing inventory risks, while quick commerce accelerates the purchase cycle.

Bank holidays next week: In its official holiday calendar for the year, the RBI has listed nine holidays for banks in February 2026, including the weekend holidays for second Saturday, fourth Saturday, and all Sundays.

The latest developments in AI are threatening to upend the business models of IT services companies. And more pain could be in store for their stocks.

Even though these defensive funds typically lag during aggressive bull runs, they have beaten flexi-cap funds, an investor favourite, over the past three, five, and 10 years. Tempted to dive in headlong? Read this first.

Since it is the third Saturday of the month, banks will remain open on February 21.

The government said the flagship manufacturing incentive scheme has helped boost exports, jobs and domestic value addition as India positions itself as a manufacturing hub. 

Data centres with a projected 10 GW capacity will drive a massive surge in electricity use. State grids face unprecedented demand, risking blackouts without urgent upgrades.

Small savings schemes like PPF, SSY, and NSC are relevant even for the taxpayers who have opted for the new tax regime. These schemes are being changed and recast as tools for long-term, tax-resistant, purposeful saving. They are not out of date; their role in Indian household finance is changing.

User complaints began mounting towards the end of 2025 over involuntary autopay mandates and difficulty cancelling them.

The Account Aggregator framework, introduced by RBI, enables secure, consent-based sharing of financial data. It allows individuals to control their data while facilitating faster credit decisions and reducing reliance on manual document uploads, thus enhancing the financial ecosystem in India.

Bank holiday on 19 February: Bank holidays vary depending on the state or area you reside in. For example, the bank holiday today in Mumbai does not mean there is a bank holiday in Delhi or Kolkata.

Quick commerce is forcing logistics companies to move faster, even as higher costs threaten margins.

Property tax, imposed by municipal authorities on real estate, varies by location and property value. From how to calculate to penalty on late payments full details here.

While it is not discussed as widely as income tax, professional tax is crucial for individuals earning incomes from their professions in states where this tax is levied. Here is everything you need to know.

You can sit where you are right now, use that mobile phone, and own a square foot anywhere in the country, said Avinash Rao, founder of Alt DRX, a blockchain-powered digital real estate marketplace

Viram Shah, co-founder and CEO, Vested Finance, and Vaibhav Shah, head of products, business strategy and international business, Mirae Asset Investment Managers (India), share how you can invest abroad at Mint Money Festival 2026.

At Mint Money Festival in Mumbai, top mutual fund CEOs explain why Indias MF boom reflects a structural savings shiftand why asset allocation and discipline matter more than chasing returns.

Pratik Dantara, EPC member of the Indian REITs Association and chief investor relations officer and head of strategy at Nexus Select Trust, weighed in on the question at the Mint Money Festival.

The draft document for the updated Income Tax rules 2025, set to come into effect from 1 April this year state changed numbers for Form 16 (TDS on salary) and Form 26AS (AIS) among others. Here's all you need to know

At the Mint Money Festival 2026, CRIF Highmarks Ramkumar Rajashekaran explained how credit scores now influence everythingfrom loans and insurance to jobs and even marriage.

Within GIFT City, investors can open multi-currency accounts and access outbound funds for investing in the US, Nasdaq, or emerging markets, says Sandeep Batra, head of international wealth and premier banking at HSBC India.

At the Mint Money Festival, insurance experts unpack why health policies trigger so many complaints, whether an emergency fund can replace cover, and how to choose the right plan.

The next trillion dollars of Indias market capitalization could create more wealth than the last, Raamdeo Agrawal, co-founder of Motilal Oswal Financial Services, said at the Mint Money Festival

The fund house's CEO speaks about a slew of topics ranging from the fund house's investing philosophy, expectations from small caps in 2026, why he believes in making contrarian bets and how should a young investor views investing.

Multi-asset investment offers lower volatility, better risk-adjusted returns, and built-in tax-efficient rebalancing, said Saugata Chatterjee of Nippon Life Asset Management, at the Mint Money Festival 2026

At Mint Money Festival 2026, Vijay Kedia used Gen Z dating slangfrom situationships to ghostingto decode stock market discipline, long-term commitment and wealth creation.

At the Mint Money festival on Saturday, Vineet Agrawal, co-founder of Jiraaf, explained how fixed-income instruments fit into modern portfolios.

At the Mint Money Festival 2026, Bajaj Finserv Mutual Fund MD Ganesh Mohan explains why investor psychology, and not market timing, largely determines long-term returns.