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All these effects hit the poor the hardest (Reuters)

How IST hurts academic outcomes

1 min read . 14 Feb 2019

Soccer Football - Champions League Round of 16 First Leg - Ajax Amsterdam v Real Madrid - Johan Cruijff Arena, Amsterdam, Netherlands. (Reuters)

Four narratives around Champions League 2019

4 min read . 14 Feb 2019

In the first four years of UPA-I, the direct tax-to-GDP ratio improved from 3.8%. Photo: iStock

Tax reforms, not coercion, will boost revenues

3 min read . 14 Feb 2019

FILE PHOTO: Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, a leader of India's main opposition Congress party and sister of the party president Rahul Gandhi, waves to her supporters during a roadshow in Lucknow. (Reuters)

Can Congress make inroads into Uttar Pradesh?

3 min read . 13 Feb 2019

Mint District Jobs Tracker: Find out how your district scores

Mint District Jobs Tracker: Find out how your district scores

1 min read . 13 Feb 2019

Tribal women have worse nutritional and health outcomes due to the limited reach of welfare schemes, finds a study (.istockphoto)

Why tribal women miss the policy bus

1 min read . 13 Feb 2019

The shift to informal home-based sectors makes it harder to detect child labour (HT)

Where is child labour most common in India?

3 min read . 11 Feb 2019

Finance minister Piyush Goyal’s interim budget 2019-20 delivered it for the farmers as well as the Instragrammers (Pradeep Gaur/Mint)

Why India needs an independent fiscal council

3 min read . 10 Feb 2019

Early mentorship is more critical than offering tax incentives to encourage innovators, according to study. (iStock)

What drives people to become innovators?

1 min read . 07 Feb 2019

This photo from 2018 Formula 1 season shows (L) Charles Leclerc from Sauber F1 Team donning the Alfa Romeo sponsored polo T-shirt and (R) Sebastian Vettel from Scuderia Ferrari. The iconic Italian luxury carmaker Alfa Romeo is from the same Fiat stable as Ferrari. (Reuters)

Return of the car manufacturers to Formula 1

3 min read . 07 Feb 2019

Desai making a raid during U Mumba’s match against Jaipur Pink Panthers.(File Photo)

The rise of kabaddi and the demise of hockey

3 min read . 06 Feb 2019

Allahabad: A sadhu offer prayers at outside his tent during the ongoing Kumbh Mela. (PTI)

How religiosity transcends class divides in India

2 min read . 06 Feb 2019

A file photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi

NDA-II has been more like UPA, and less like NDA-I

3 min read . 04 Feb 2019

Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore, at the Khelo India Youth Games 2019 in Pune (Twitter)

Where does centre’s ₹1,575 crore sports budget go?

3 min read . 01 Feb 2019

With weak demand conditions, auto analysts are factoring in lower growth in the months ahead (Bloomberg)

Economy is slowing, Mint’s Macro Tracker shows

3 min read . 30 Jan 2019

The changing geography of Ranji Trophy winners

The changing geography of Ranji Trophy winners

4 min read . 24 Jan 2019

Some relief for the MSME sector may therefore seem warranted given their contribution to overall employment but it is worth noting that size-based policy relief measures may end up being counter-productive over the long run (Mint)

Why Indian industry needs more than MSME sops

3 min read . 24 Jan 2019

A file photo of a government primary school (Mint)

The geography of learning outcomes in India

3 min read . 23 Jan 2019

Differences in privilege get accentuated by differences in educational attainments of parents (Mint)

How privilege shapes learning outcomes in India

3 min read . 22 Jan 2019

South and east India offer more jobs for women

South and east India offer more jobs for women

3 min read . 21 Jan 2019