Mint Explainers

Stricter CAFE 3 and BS7 norms will widen clean-fuel and hybrid choices across segments, but adapting to tighter emission standards and advanced engine tech is set to push up vehicle prices.

A split calendar across Q2 and Q3, coupled with rising input costs and inflation, is forcing consumer firms to absorb expenses and bet on premium demand during their biggest annual sales window.

Cert-In claims the AI bots that infiltrated Indian IT systems automatically were part of research trials carried out by companies developing them.

Sebi's changes should give NBFCs greater flexibility to stagger repayments and align their borrowing schedules with the monthly cash flows from their loan portfolios

AI demand, tight supplies of memory chips, and capacity shifts toward high-bandwidth memory are pushing up costs for smartphones, laptops and servers, leading to a chipflation. How long will it last?

Indian-flagged fishing vessels and enterprises will now be able to undertake authorized fishing of squids, toothfish, alfonsino, and other non-migratory fish stocks within the bloc's jurisdiction

Since September 2025, the auto industry has posted double-digit growth in several months, driven by lower prices following GST cuts. But rising vehicle prices, borrowing costs and inflation threaten to dampen festive demand.

ITLA to prepare a 10-year-plus national transport master plan, appraise projects costing ₹500 crore and above, integrate transport data and monitor implementation to improve multimodal connectivity and reduce logistics costs

In the past, India has cut back oil purchases from sanctioned nations. This time, the situation is different. The global oil supply is tight due to the Russia-Ukraine and West Asian crisis.

The finance ministry says merchants cannot pass the charge to customers. But who acts if a shop charges extra for UPI payments, and how can the customer recover the money?