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Web explainer: What to expect from COP28 taking place in November in UAE?(Photo: Reuters)

Mint explainer: What to expect from COP28 taking place in November in UAE?

2 min read . 05 Aug 2023

The two crucial pieces of legislation that will unlock enormous mining prospects for the private sector. (File photo) (HT_PRINT)

Mint Explainer: How the mining legislations open up assets for private sector

3 min read . 07 Aug 2023

States such as Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, West Bengal, and Rajasthan registered huge on-year increases in their liabilities in FY23

Mint Explainer: Which are India’s most indebted states?

1 min read . 04 Aug 2023

According to a study by the Indian Council for Medical Research, 18% of all deaths in India in 2019 were attributable to air pollution

It’s too early to celebrate Delhi’s month of clean air

3 min read . 04 Aug 2023

Though QR codes were have not been mandatory until now, some drugmakers have been putting them on packages voluntarily

Mint Explainer: QR codes or barcodes now mandatory for top 300 medicines

1 min read . 04 Aug 2023

Has your mutual fund portfolio, which probably has 7 to 10 equity funds, made you richer than the average investor? (Photo: iStockphoto)

There’s a fair chance your mutual fund portfolio is all wrong

5 min read . 07 Aug 2023

We need a national library policy to create a network of public libraries open to everyone without any fee. Private efforts in this direction have revealed robust demand for them.

Free libraries are a big hope in need of policy support

4 min read . 03 Aug 2023

Safety points made by Alan Greenspan in 2011 sound dated now

Inflation may have shaken the US creditworthiness narrative

3 min read . 03 Aug 2023

There’s still time for Binyamin Netanyahu’s government to reverse course. Else, the ‘startup nation’ could start turning into a ‘fall-down nation’ as confidence evaporates in its institutions.

Israel’s judicial ‘reforms’ will be ruinous for its economy

4 min read . 03 Aug 2023

Across Indian work spaces, awareness of rights as well as grievance mechanisms has risen ever since the Supreme Court’s so-called Vishaka guidelines of 1997 kicked off change.

Workplace safety is not negotiable at any level

2 min read . 04 Aug 2023

Nearly 80% of the tomato crop in Himachal Pradesh was damaged by floods, and extreme weather also damaged 40-50% of tomatoes in Bengaluru

Mint Explainer: Why are tomato prices shooting up again?

1 min read . 03 Aug 2023

If a cheaper, adequate substitute is available, the average consumer will take it, and may even use the savings to try a new product (Photo: Ramesh Pathania/Mint)

Rise of local brands reflects increased buying power of ‘the masses’

4 min read . 03 Aug 2023

The non-farming poor have legitimate grievances about being dealt a weak hand in life and deserve sympathy and munificence.

Our political economy works like a multi-player game

4 min read . 02 Aug 2023

India is being referred to as a country suffering from “learning poverty”.

School reforms under NEP 2020 must not be allowed to languish

4 min read . 03 Aug 2023

The official feedstock list has been diversified to include surplus rice, maize and other damaged foodgrain.

Food as fuel isn’t a plan that can take us very far

3 min read . 03 Aug 2023

The higher-than-budgeted dividend surplus transfer of Rs. 874.2 billion from the RBI will give the government some headroom

Mint Explainer: Why does the outlook for union govt’s finances remain positive?

1 min read . 02 Aug 2023

BYD cancelled plans to invest $1 billion in partnership with the Megha Engineering and Infrastructure to make EVs in India after it was clear that regulatory approvals would not be forthcoming (Photo: Reuters)

India should be pragmatic about huge Chinese investments

5 min read . 02 Aug 2023

The draft bill proposes stricter regulations for online pharmacies and also seeks to regulate medical devices (Photo: Mint)

Mint Explainer: What’s in India’s new drugs and cosmetics bill?

1 min read . 02 Aug 2023

(From left) Ryan Graves, David Fravor and David Grusch arrive for a House Oversight Committee hearing on Capitol Hill (Photo: Getty Images via AFP)

Mint Explainer: What we learnt from US Congressional hearings on UFOs

1 min read . 02 Aug 2023

A bilateral commitment to implement Digital Public Infrastructure (DPI) like India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI) got lost in the breathless media coverage of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s State visit to the US.

Digital public infrastructure ought to girdle the globe

4 min read . 01 Aug 2023

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