Long Reads

The mindless consolidation of public sector banks is also not reform. (Reuters)

The roadmap for real banking reforms

9 min read . 22 Sep 2019

It’s been six weeks since the government revoked Jammu and Kashmir's special status and divided it into two union territories (Reuters)

Kashmir @ the UN: Managing the optics

9 min read . 19 Sep 2019

Bechal Kumar Singh, 23, delivers a cake to an office complex in Gurugram's sector 21 on a Sunday afternoon. Singh, who hails from Darbhanga, Bihar, joined online food delivery company Swiggy a year-and-a half. (Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint)

The loneliness of the delivery man

9 min read . 18 Sep 2019

India’s per capita consumption of plastic at 11 kg per year is still among the lowest in the world (the global average is 28 kg per year), yet it generates a staggering 26,000 tonnes of plastic waste every day (Photo: Hindustan Times)

The sharp edge of India’s war on plastic

9 min read . 17 Sep 2019

On 14 September, 10 unmanned drones from Yemen caused severe damage to oil facilities in Saudi Arabia’s Eastern Province, north of Riyadh. (Photo: Reuters)

How India can play drone diplomacy

9 min read . 16 Sep 2019

Adam Neumann (centre), WeWork co-founder. The firm may seek less than half of the USD 47-billion valuation it fetched in January in a funding round (Photo: AP)

India’s unicorns find exit doors blocked

9 min read . 15 Sep 2019

Syndicate Bank, which was founded by T.M.A. Pai in 1925, will be merged with Canara Bank. (Mint)

A saga ends in India’s cradle of banking

8 min read . 12 Sep 2019

Stretched finances are forcing rural households to live frugally. What may be a necessity in urban households, like a bar of soap or a tube of toothpaste, has attained premium status in rural India.

Slowdown stories from India’s heartland

9 min read . 12 Sep 2019

A file photo of Honda’s production line in Greater Noida, Uttar Pradesh. India’s automotive sector is the main customer for industrial robots, accounting for as much as 62% of the total supply. (Photo: Bloomberg)

Robots are coming for India’s shop floors

9 min read . 10 Sep 2019

N.K. Singh, chairman of the Fifteenth Finance Commission (right), and Ajay Narayan Jha (left), a member of the commission (Photo: Mint)

Beware the nudge effect in federalism

9 min read . 10 Sep 2019

Paradesi Synagogue, the oldest Jewish temple in the country that is located in Kochi’s Jew Town. Photo: Melton Antony

A Jew’s death wakes up Kochi’s history

9 min read . 09 Sep 2019

RIL chairman Mukesh Ambani and wife Nita Ambani at the conglomerate’s annual general meeting in August. (Photo: Bloomberg)

Why Reliance Industries has stopped bingeing on debt

9 min read . 06 Sep 2019

On 9 January 2017, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the first international exchange at the Gujarat International Finance Tec-City. (Photo: Bloomberg)

How NSE versus SGX ended up in Gujarat

9 min read . 04 Sep 2019

A Mercedes-Benz AMG Project One hypercar on display. (Photo: Bloomberg)

The supercar drives into the sunset

12 min read . 03 Sep 2019

(Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint)

How B2B e-commerce turned the corner

9 min read . 03 Sep 2019

The Champions Boat League is a series of 12 races that starts with the annual Nehru Trophy Boat Race. (Ratheesh Sundaram/Mint)

Kerala’s boat races sway the IPL way

10 min read . 02 Sep 2019

Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro first ignored the fires completely, and then got into a war of words with world leaders, portraying the backlash as an attack on Brazil’s sovereignty. Photo: AP

How one man is killing the Amazon

10 min read . 29 Aug 2019

Emraan Hashmi will be seen in Netflix original ‘Bard of Blood’ slated for a September release

Stars of the fringe get a new stream of life

10 min read . 29 Aug 2019

India is projected to become the most populous country in the world by 2027. Hemanshi Kamani/HT

1.37 billion and counting: Searching for a fix

9 min read . 28 Aug 2019

Older, meaner, atavistic ideas of nationalism are rising.

A message from the Khan Market gang

10 min read . 27 Aug 2019