Bharti-MTN merger talks fail; Air India pilots call off their strike after government relents on pay cuts; Indian automakers see a bonanza as sales accelerate

Balco chimney collapse kills 18; India and Japan will resume talks on a free trade agreement; SEBI’s new takeover code could hit Bharti-MTN merger deal

Cabinet approves Japanese loan for freight corridor; efforts to create a single GST rate suffer a setback; RNRL tries to open new fronts in battle with RIL

Jet Airways pilots’ strike leaves the airline grounded; bonanza for automakers as sales shoot up; RNRL questions government’s role in pricing of gas

Andhra chief minister YSR Reddy dies in a chopper crash; Maytas Infra gets a new promoter; trade officials from 35 countries meet in Delhi, say deadlock is broken.

New foreign trade policy aims to boost exports; government allows limited sales of antiviral drug Tamiflu; Bharti and MTN move closer to a deal

Sixty in Sixty is a special series that we ran through 2007, the 60th anniversary of India’s independence. We introduced our readers to 60 Indians,both here and abroad, who are not rich or famous. As Mint celebrates its first anniversary, we present a compilation of all those we profiled, with a brief narration of what each of them has been trying to achieve