Riding on UPI, more Indians are taking to digital payments. India has a long way to catch the leaders, but its growth is only next to China
Be it at home, or in retail and recreational places, mobility in metros is now closest to the pre-pandemic normal, but sustaining it will be a challenge
Women do the majority of unpaid work, but other divisions also affect how Indians spend their day, official data shows
Nitish Kumar is facing anti-incumbency after 15 years in power, but a committed voter base and the lack of a better option make him best-placed to win
Large, four-engine planes such as the Boeing 747 and Airbus A380 were on their way out, and the pandemic has only hastened their demise.
Workplaces are desolate as many office-goers still work from home but new companies and jobs are sprouting across Indian cities
Active cases have declined in 23 states in the last two weeks. But in Kerala, the count has doubled in this period.
Wide disparities in agri-marketing regulations have resulted in fragmented markets across states. The new farm bills aim to change this but the jury is still out on whether it will have the intended impact.
Unlike Uttar Pradesh, Bihar has never seen a single-party majority in the post-Mandal era
Led by Tamil Nadu and West Bengal, India’s largest state economies saw significant progress on key indicators in September, Mint’s State Recovery Tracker shows
India needs to embrace global value chains and remove regulatory barriers to take on China’s mantle as the factory of the world
Only the manufacturing sector saw a slight bump in new project announcements in the just-ended quarter
The world’s largest dataset of cases and contacts shows that superspreading drives the epidemic; shared long travel most risky
Latest amendments to the law that regulates foreign grants to Indian NGOs continues the recent pattern of raising compliance costs
