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20.01 / 08:39

Digital Platform Action security social inclusion Department It’s time for India to re-imagine governance: Tools of technology exist but mindsets need to catch up

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The coming decade will be unlike anything we have seen before. Multiple technology shifts are maturing in parallel: the intelligence revolution and rise of digital labour; breakthroughs in frontier technologies like biotechnology and advanced materials; compute moving from centralized data centres to the intelligent edge; and quantum applications becoming real in areas such as drug discovery, defence and logistics.

20.01 / 07:05

markets COST Maxim Trade country cover social Carbon pricing is not a silver bullet but faith endures in this market approach to climate action

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Market failure is a prickly idea in economics. It exists in theory, is acknowledged in textbooks and is occasionally invoked in policy debates, but it sits uneasily with the profession’s deeper instincts.

20.01 / 00:37

markets Instagram Basketball audience social Sporting chess A new breed of creators is cultivating fandoms for sports beyond cricket

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. A young basketball enthusiast at the time, Dhruv Barman went to Canada in 2013 to study kinesiology, the biomechanical study of human movement with applications in sports and fitness.

19.01 / 06:49

CEO JPMorgan President Justice social Department Investigations Trump slams Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan. Why he plans to sue the bank.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. President Donald Trump lambasted JPMorgan Chase and its CEO Jamie Dimon in a social media post Saturday, saying he plans to sue the bank for allegedly closing his accounts after the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S.

19.01 / 02:33

markets COST trends country social reports Global ambitions, local lens: Niti Aayog’s state-level export preparedness report misses the big picture

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. One characteristic of this era of social media, globally, has been an erosion in the credibility of expertise. Niti Aayog’s Export Preparedness Index 2024, a laborious attempt to measure how ready India’s different states are to generate exports, is not designed to counter that trend.

19.01 / 01:37

Dreams Universities voice social Podcasts boating Why the tech world thinks the American dream is dying

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Silicon Valley is filled with all sorts of dreams. But one of those wild-eyed ideas, long debated on subreddits and in hacker houses, is becoming a real-life nightmare: Will the AI boom be the last chance to get rich before artificial intelligence makes money essentially worthless? The argument is that tech companies (and their leaders) will become a class unto their own with infinite wealth.

19.01 / 00:45

markets UPS Platform Research Pinduoduo social reports Why social commerce thrives in China but struggles to scale in India

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. For the past few years, social commerce has been pitched in Indian boardrooms as the next China-sized gold rush. Yet, despite the hype, India remains more a spectator than a participant, and social commerce has yet to realise its full potential in the country.

17.01 / 10:45

UPS Action Election President country social rights Over two weeks in January, a boundary-pushing President on full display

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. WASHINGTON—In the days after Donald Trump approved a risky operation to oust Venezuela’s autocratic leader, some administration officials privately came up with a new moniker for the emboldened commander in chief: “President of the World." The nickname reflected Trump’s expanding ambitions and increasingly aggressive posture as he enters the second year of his second term. The president is pushing boundaries at home and abroad as he looks to demonstrate power, cement his legacy and beat the clock ahead of midterm elections that could end unified Republican control in Washington.

14.01 / 15:35

UPS Cooper security Nielsen President social Trump says Greenland is vital for U.S.’s national security

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. President Trump has insisted that the U.S. needs to annex Greenland for U.S.

13.01 / 01:39

Trade President country social Courts US to impose 25% tariff on countries doing business with Iran, Trump says

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The U.S. will put a 25% tariff on any country that does business with Iran, President Trump said on Monday, raising pressure on the Middle Eastern nation after days of protests against the government.

12.01 / 03:45

security War country social Weakened by war, Iran’s regime faces its toughest challenge yet

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. DUBAI—Iran’s 12-day war with Israel and the U.S. last June broke the regime’s carefully nurtured image of invincibility, many ordinary Iranians say.

11.01 / 10:01

Target Action Strategy economy Enterprise social International Mega shift: Prepare for a global economic transformation driven by local allocation of resources

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. We are at the dawn of a new age: the climate transition is upon us, the era of hyper-globalization is receding, middle classes worldwide are under strain and poverty reduction in developing countries faces new headwinds.

11.01 / 10:01

UPS JPMorgan Election President show social reports Bank stocks brace for impact after Trump calls for 10% cap on credit-card interest rates

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. President Donald Trump on Friday called for credit-card companies to cap the interest rates they charge customers, as the president leans harder into addressing consumers’ affordability concerns. “Effective January 20, 2026, I, as President of the United States, am calling for a one year cap on Credit Card Interest Rates of 10%," he said in a Truth Social post.

11.01 / 08:11

Fighting security country social As Europe’s re-armament grows likely, a window of opportunity may be opening for India

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. While the White House insists that the US might use military force to annex Greenland, serious people in Denmark believe that the actual takeover might be more prosaic. As Shane Harris and his colleagues report in The Atlantic, President Donald Trump could simply announce on social media that the territory is now a part of the US.

10.01 / 13:19

Citi Fighting security President social reports As protests surge, the Iranian regime’s options are narrowing

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The scale of the unrest now gripping Iran is the largest since the demonstrations of 2009; some veteran Iran-watchers reckon the protests are the biggest since the overthrow of the shah in 1979. What began as scattered demonstrations on December 28th swelled over 12 days into crowds of many thousands by January 9th.

08.01 / 10:41

markets Discover TikTok social pop Updates International The ‘Indian baddie’ moment does not impress Indian women—It only reveals the West’s colonial hangover

There’s been a curious phenomenon on my social media feeds over the last few weeks: The internet has suddenly discovered Indian women, and decided that we are... ‘hot.’The so-called rise of the Indian ‘baddie’ (Gen-Z slang for a woman who is attractive and stylish) has been fuelled by widely shared clips on TikTok and Instagram of young South Asian women dancing and singing along at pop star Tyla’s recent concert in Mumbai.

07.01 / 01:53

COST UPS Platform social information reports rights How much does a gig worker really earn? It's complicated

On New Year’s Eve, India woke up to gig workers logging off en masse, turning a day of celebration into a flashpoint over wages, incentives and the true cost of app-based work.The strike finally failed to really take off, as many riders chose to work after Swiggy and Zomato rolled out special incentives. Zomato offered peak-hour payouts of ₹120– ₹150 per order and waived penalties for refusals and cancellations, enabling riders to earn up to ₹3,000 in a day, according to a letter reviewed by Mint.

07.01 / 01:01

markets COST Action security Trade Experts social Sebi may slow reform pace in 2026 after a year of regulatory churn

New year ender line: Dear reader, as 2025, a year of global tumult and volatility, rolled by, Mint's reporters and columnists looked around the corner on what is coming in 2026—to help you know what to expect and prepare for it. Tell us what you think at [email protected] a year of sweeping regulatory reforms, the market regulator is expected to focus less on new rulemaking in 2026 and more on consolidating and implementing its 2025 overhauls.

06.01 / 09:01

Cooper Dreams Refugees Universities country social International Kaushik Basu: Universalism needs champions amid a dangerous surge of ultra-nationalism

At the cusp of a new year, the global outlook appears increasingly grim. Escalating conflicts and resurgent authoritarianism are undermining domestic and international institutions alike, while rising wealth inequality is deepening economic insecurity and eroding social cohesion.Perhaps the most dispiriting development is the growing hatred of the ‘other.’ In country after country, political leaders increasingly dehumanize migrants and refugees, casting people fleeing poverty, persecution, and conflict as a mortal threat.

06.01 / 04:53

markets Platform Entertainment students social reports Videos India’s edtech pivots to low-cost micro-learning as dealmaking slows and patience thins

₹50,000 business, shoot a YouTube video—to capture low-intent, high-frequency users early in the funnel.Priced as low as ₹1 and consumed in minutes a day, this content is designed less to teach deeply and more to build daily engagement, turning everyday questions into habit—and habit into revenue.The shift marks a clear break from outcome-led edtech, which relies on full-time teachers and structured curricula. Micro-learning platforms instead monetise curiosity, leaning on subject-matter experts and creator-led content at a time when the sector is under pressure to show early revenue traction.Platforms like Seekho cracked this early and now clock close to $4-4.5 million monthly revenue, according to media reports.

05.01 / 12:31

UPS Platform security Food Trade social Mint Explainer | Can gig workers form traditional trade unions?

As gig workers’ unions organized a strike on New Year’s Eve demanding better working conditions, several people took to X and other social media platforms to debate the value of gig work in India’s economy.Zomato founder Deepinder Goyal and InfoEdge founder Sanjeev Bikhchandani (also a Zomato investor) argued that gig work was valuable, pointing out that the strike had clearly failed. Others including Aam Aadmi Party leader Raghav Chadha met gig workers on strike in Delhi, supporting their demands for better working conditions.Zomato's food delivery partners workforce grew 18% CAGR (compound annual growth rate) from FY22 to FY25.

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