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Welcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Thursday, September 12, 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started. Bigbasket's quick commerce game is going strong — not just in big cities, but also in smaller towns. Customers from these cities are spending upwards of 500 rupees per order, Bigbasket CEO Hari Meno...

Welcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Wednesday, September 11, 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started. The Indian equities markets rose for a second consecutive trading session yesterday. Both the Sensex and the Nifty rose by around 0.4 percent on Tuesday. After a lull the previous two years, startu...

  Welcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Tuesday, September 10, 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started. Indian equity markets rose on Monday. Nifty was up by 0.34 percent, while Sensex increased by 0.46 percent. India Inc is tightening its employment contracts and policies to eliminate any ambiguity...

Welcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Monday, September 9, 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started. The Indian government is exploring the creation of its first sovereign wealth fund by pooling shares it owns in publicly traded companies. This proposed fund could control assets worth around 50 trilli...

  Welcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Friday, September 6, 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started.   Indian equity markets fell for a second consecutive day on Thursday. The benchmark Nifty index was down 0.21 percent, while Sensex dropped 0.18 percent.   Concerns are growing over the possibility...

Welcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Thursday, September 5, 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started.   Indian equity markets fell on Wednesday. The benchmark Nifty50 index was down by 0.32 percent, while the Sensex dropped 0.25 percent.   Just a few years ago, dining out was a special occasion—somet...

  Welcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Wednesday, September 4, 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started. Indian equity markets were little changed on Tuesday, with benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty moving less than 0.01 percent during the day. Seventeen-year-old Sheetal Devi, an armless Indian Paral...

Welcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Tuesday, September 3, 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started. Indian equity markets set another record on Monday, with the Nifty rising by 0.17 percent and the Sensex gaining 0.24 percent. This marks the thirteenth consecutive trading session where the markets h...

Welcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Monday, September 1, 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started.   The Adani Group plans to invest $1 billion in acquiring packaged consumer goods brands in southern and eastern India. Anirudh Laskar reports that the investment will be made through its subsidiary, A...

  Welcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Friday, 30 August 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started.   The Indian equity markets touched record highs on Thursday. The Sensex rose by 0.43 percent, while the Nifty was up by 0.33 percent.   Messaging app Telegram's founder Pavel Durov was recently arreste...

Welcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Thursday, August 29, 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started. India’s benchmark index Nifty 50 hit a new high on Wednesday, marking 10th straight day of gains. It ended the day 0.14 per cent above its previous close. BSE’s Sensex too edged into the green, surging...

Welcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Wednesday, August 28, 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started. The Indian equities markets edged just slightly upwards on Tuesday. Sensex increased by 0.03 percent, while Nifty was up by 0.02 percent. Getting a US visa seems to be getting more difficult by the da...

Welcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Tuesday, 27 August 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started.   The Indian stock market saw solid gains on Monday, with the Nifty and the Sensex climbing nearly 1 per cent each.  India is setting the stage to enhance its local manufacturing with a new initiative ca...

Welcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Monday, August 26, 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started. Set to roll out next year, the Unified Pension Scheme is a new government initiative that combines features of the Old Pension Scheme and the National Pension Scheme. It aims to offer government employee...

Welcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Friday, 23 August 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started.   Indian equity benchmark index, the Nifty, extended its winning streak to six consecutive sessions on Thursday, rising by 0.17 per cent. BSE’s Sensex too saw a surge of 0.18 per cent at the end of the tr...

Welcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Wednesday, 21 August 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started.   The Indian stock market saw solid buying on Tuesday, with key indices, the Sensex and the Nifty, closing up by half a per cent, driven by mostly positive global cues.   The World Health Organization...

Welcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Tuesday, 20 August 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started.   On Monday, the Sensex was down by 0.02 percent, while the Nifty edged up by 0.13 percent.   Women's safety is a prominent issue right now, and corporate India is trying to protect half its workforce. I...

Welcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Monday, 19 August 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started.   The Adani Group is on an aggressive expansion bid - from realty to cement. Now, the Gautam Adani-led company is eyeing a thermal power plant. Sources told Mint’s Anirudh Laskar and Dipti Sharma that the...

Welcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Friday, 16 August 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started.   When ChrysCapital's executives flew to Pune during the covid-19 pandemic, they were looking to invest in FirstCry, a baby products giant founded by Supam Maheshwari. They were struck by Maheshwari's mod...

Welcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. Wishing you a happy independence day! It's Wednesday, 15 August 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started.   Markets remained largely flat on Wednesday. The Sensex was up by 0.2 percent, while the Nifty 50 edged up by just 0.02 percent.   India is 78 today. Our markets...

Welcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Wednesday, 14 August 2024. My name is Nelson John.  A series of explosions in South Korea has prompted discussions in Mumbai about a ban on charging electric vehicles in basements. Alisha Sachdev explains that since EV charging involves high-voltage electricity, such dis...

Welcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Monday, August 13, 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started: Indian benchmark equity indices Sensex and Nifty 50 ended Monday's session flat amid mixed global cues.     Retail investors like us, once mere spectators in the stock market, are now major players. Just...

Good morning listeners,  Welcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Monday, August 12, 2024. My name is Nelson John.    Our first four stories of today have to do with the Hindenburg allegations against the markets regulator Sebi. Strap in.   When Hindenburg Research issued a note on the Adani Group in January la...

Welcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's friday, August 9, 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started: Indian stock market benchmarks—the Nifty and Sensex—resumed their downward march on Thursday, falling by 0.73 per cent. The Reserve Bank of India kept the repo rate steady at 6.5 per cent for the ninth ti...

Welcome to Top of the Morning by Mint, your weekday newscast that brings you five major stories from the world of business. It's Thursday, August 8, 2024. My name is Nelson John. Let's get started: After crashing for a few days, the Indian equity markets recovered on Wednesday. Sensex and Nifty were up by more than 1.1 percent. Ram Sahgal writes that much of yesterday's recovery could be attribute...