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Coronavirus: Decoding covid-19’s growth rate

3 min read . Updated: 11 Apr 2020

Voter preferences for voting in parliamentary and Assembly elections can often differ. Photo: HT

How Lok Sabha will look if people vote as they did in assembly polls

3 min read . Updated: 19 Dec 2018

Graphic: Santosh Sharma/Mint

A party with fewer votes can get more seats and win the election

3 min read . Updated: 14 Dec 2018

Without large cities, the rescue and relief operations would have to be more spread out across the state, and the challenges presented by towns and villages would have slowed such efforts. Photo: Bloomberg

Did Kerala’s geography both aid and hurt flood relief operations?

3 min read . Updated: 31 Aug 2018

Ageing population may hurt BJP in 2019 Lok Sabha elections

3 min read . Updated: 12 Jul 2018

A file photo of the Angami tribe members taking part in a traditional stone-pulling ritual on the second day of the Hornbill Festival in Nagaland on 2 December, 2014. Photo: PTI

Nagaland is the most diverse state in India, language-wise

2 min read . Updated: 11 Jul 2018

The Karnataka election results will be declared by the Election Commission today. Graphic: Mint

Will the Karnataka exit polls hit the bullseye?

4 min read . Updated: 15 May 2018

The growth rate of debit card usage at PoS has fallen compared to pre-demonetization times. Photo: iStockphoto

Was the boost in digital payments after demonetization temporary?

2 min read . Updated: 26 Apr 2018

BJP national president Amit Shah on his recent campaign tour of election-bound Karnataka. Photo: PTI

Karnataka polls may turn out to be anybody’s game

3 min read . Updated: 23 Apr 2018

From the perspective of firms such as Cambridge Analytica, a key event in Facebook’s evolution was the move towards “news first” in 2012. Photo: Reuters

The highly networked Facebook platform is leaky

6 min read . Updated: 30 Mar 2018

The Tripura elections that ended Tuesday saw a voter turnout of 75%. Photo: PTI

The problem with Tripura exit poll predictions

2 min read . Updated: 01 Mar 2018

Why data science is simply the new astrology

7 min read . Updated: 24 Feb 2018

India’s steel sector, which has the largest number of companies at 158, is the most taxed at 43%, followed by electronics, entertainment, hotels and beverage (alcoholic) Photo: Abhijit Bhatlekar/Mint

Budget 2018: Which industry pays the most taxes?

3 min read . Updated: 18 Jan 2018

A strong showing of NOTA across a state can be seen as a sign of rejection of all available parties/alliances. Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint

Gujarat elections: Votes for NOTA suggest there’s room for third party in Gujarat

2 min read . Updated: 21 Dec 2017

Employment rate of women in India—rural and urban—has slipped in the last 20 years. Photo: Mint

Women employment rate in India sees dramatic drop in last 20 years

2 min read . Updated: 20 Sep 2017

Sebi is looking to cut by half the number of active mutual funds in India. Photo: Aniruddha Chowdhury/Mint

Will Sebi’s move to halve mutual fund schemes alter distribution?

2 min read . Updated: 13 Sep 2017

The book is available in both print and Kindle formats on Amazon. Photo: Winona Laisram

Binders full of women

18 min read . Updated: 09 Sep 2017

Retail price of petrol in India has gone up by Rs6 over the last month, an increase of nearly 10%. Photo: Ramesh Pathania/Mint

How expensive is petrol in India?

2 min read . Updated: 30 Aug 2017

The Supreme Court has struck down triple talaq and declared the practice unconstitutional. Photo:

Divorce rate of Muslim women is twice the national average

1 min read . Updated: 23 Aug 2017

Infosys CEO Vishal Sikka resigned on Friday after three years at the helm. Photo: Abhijit Bhatlekar/Mint

What did markets think of Vishal Sikka’s tenure as Infosys CEO?

1 min read . Updated: 21 Aug 2017

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