Best of Mint Explainers 2023

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Sebi) moved to a T+1 settlement system. Rishi Joshi writes about this monumental change. In January, many Indians also learnt about the concept of short selling, or betting against a company's performance.

Neil Borate explains the markets manoeuvre that rocked the Adani Group, vaporising $111 billion of its market capitalisation at one point. By the summer, France had seen widespread protests that brought the country to a halt. The reason? French President Emmanual Macron's reforms on pension.

France, which takes its work-related changes very seriously, did not take this well. Shashank Mattoo explains why the French took to the streets to protest. More often than not, former RBI governer Raghuram Rajan catches flak for his comments on India's economy and growth.

In May, Rajan raised concerns about India’s mobile phone exports, cautioning that growth in the sector was being propelled merely by assembly and not manufacturing. Sumant Banerji explains why Rajan's critcism is warranted. For better or worse, Byju's has always been in the spotlight.

In 2023, news about the company centred around its borrowings and inability to repay its lenders. Ranjani Raghavan explains the the fracas. Rajasthan became India's first state to enact a ‘Right to Health Act’.

This has huge implications — primary of them, financial. Tauseef Shahidi breaks down the nuances of this act, and explains how crucial implementation will be. A battle that dominated headlines at Mint over the last year was the one between the Burman family and Rashmi Saluja.