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South and east India offer more jobs for women

South and east India offer more jobs for women

3 min read . 10:57 AM IST

As many as 53 of Roger Federer’s 99 titles have come in the top-tier tournaments. Photo:AP

How Roger Federer’s tilt at 100 singles titles stands out

3 min read . 20 Jan 2019

Farmers need irrigation more than poll freebies

Farmers need irrigation more than poll freebies

3 min read . 19 Jan 2019

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The electoral math behind the upper caste quota

4 min read . 16 Jan 2019

Finance minister Arun Jaitley will present the interim budget on 1 February. Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint

Finance ministry has a poor forecasting record

3 min read . 19 Jan 2019

The contrasting game plan of Liverpool, Manchester City

3 min read . 11 Jan 2019

The Rajya Sabha passed the general category reservation bill for poor upper castes, only the president’s nod is now awaited for the quota bill to become a law. Photo: AP

Why Muslims have the first claim on any new ‘backward’ quota

3 min read . 10 Jan 2019

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Swachh Bharat Abhiyan: Why India’s toilet data is too good to be true

3 min read . 09 Jan 2019

While the recourse to populism exposes the limited imagination of India’s political class, it also suggests an urgent redistributive urge in one of the world’s fastest growing economies. Photo: Alamy

Why income inequality in India may be fuelling populist politics

3 min read . 08 Jan 2019

Unsurprisingly, Amazon Prime is searched more than Netflix in the South. But even with its relatively expensive plans, Netflix generates more searches in the rest of the country. Photo: AP

From Flipkart vs Amazon to Amazon Prime vs Netflix: 5 big internet battles to watch out for in 2019

3 min read . 07 Jan 2019

Ferrari and Michael Schumacher wasn’t just a meeting of a top driver and a top team in Formula 1 (F1). This was a turnaround story that revived Ferrari and Schumacher was the beating heart of that renaissance. Photo: AFP

Why ‘Michael Schumacher-Ferrari’ is a one-off in Formula 1

3 min read . 04 Jan 2019

The decline in fresh investments was across the board, with all major sectors witnessing a fall. Photo: Ramesh Pathania/Mint

New investments in India plunge to 14-year-low

2 min read . 03 Jan 2019

As the New Year brings in both lethal air and hopes for greater action on air quality in North India, data for 2018 shows that several Indian cities had worse levels of air pollution in 2018 than the worst in the world. Photo: AFP

Is air pollution on the decline in India?

4 min read . 02 Jan 2019

Indian captain Virat Kohli. Photo: Reuters

The elite Test batting quartet of our times

3 min read . 07 Jan 2019

The slowdown in the global macroeconomy is likely to dampen oil prices but the big unknown is the response of the oil cartel, Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec). Photo: Mint

Opec holds the key to Indian economy’s fortunes in 2019

2 min read . 27 Dec 2018

In 2014, Indians were googling Bhojpuri films as much as they were searching for Tamil and Telugu films. Since then, search interest in Bhojpuri cinema has seen a sharp spike.

Bhojpuri movies beat Bollywood films on Google

3 min read . 26 Dec 2018

Assisted by smartphones and cheap data, Indians are increasingly resorting to consuming pornography online, especially regional content. Photo: iStock

How India’s obsession with porn has evolved since 2016

3 min read . 25 Dec 2018

An analysis based on Google Trends show that in terms of search interest, Narendra Modi is the most popular national leader and Mayawati enjoys the widest appeal among regional leaders, while jobs is the most dominant issue. Photo: HT

What Google reveals about search interest in Indian politics

3 min read . 24 Dec 2018

Former Manchester Uniter manager Jose Mourinho. Photo: Reuters

Was Jose Mourinho right on Manchester United’s spending plan?

3 min read . 21 Dec 2018

A massive upsurge in rural support was instrumental in the BJP’s victory in 2014. The next few months will reveal if it has done enough to retain this expanded support. Photo: PIB

Elections 2019: Will welfare schemes help BJP retain rural votes?

3 min read . 20 Dec 2018