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Inside the Mint newsroom: What it takes to bring out our budget special edition

Mint's Tanay Sukumar shares the sights and sounds of a newsroom on the budget day, with a sneak peek into the first planning meeting called by the editor and the early mock-ups created by the design team.

8 min read7 Feb 2026
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The Beat Report | From ancient wisdom to modern smoke: Unpacking herbal cigarette craze

You see them everywhere now, claiming to be tobacco-free and ayurvedic. Mint's Soumya Gupta explores what's really driving this ancient-meets-modern trend.

5 min read24 Jan 2026
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The Beat Report: Why film theatres sometimes shoo me away even after I book my ticket

Mint's Lata Jha sometimes finds her film shows cancelled when enough viewers don't turn up. She is increasingly observing this trend for southern films that get dubbed for the North—but fail.

5 min read17 Jan 2026
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The Beat Report: I went to a stranger meetup, so you don't have to (but you might want to)

Mint's Radhika P. Nair explores why urban Indians are paying to meet strangers and what this emerging trend reveals about our search for authentic connection in bustling cities.

6 min read10 Jan 2026
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The Beat Report | Prepare to springboard into the Indian Decade—Mint tells you how

India today stands at the cusp of big change. In its year-ender series Springboard 2026, Mint shines the light on sectors, trends, and companies that reflect this transformation and throw up growth opportunities as the nation wades through its age-old challenges.

4 min read3 Jan 2026
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The Beat Report | A journalist's dilemma: Weighing the good and bad of weight-loss drugs

Mint's pharma reporter Jessica Jani explores why India's obsession with weight-loss shots is about more than just medicine.

5 min read27 Dec 2025
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The Beat Report: The secret life of Mr Market

What writing a market year-end review taught Mint's Abhishek Mukherjee about Roman history, parenting, and life's cycles.

6 min read20 Dec 2025
News

Donald Trump Sues BBC For $10,000,000,000 Over Edited January 6 Speech, Says 'AI Or Something' Used

US President Donald Trump has officially sued the BBC for defamation over edited clips of a speech that made it appear he directed supporters to storm the US Capitol, opening an international front in his fight against media coverage he deems untrue or unfair. Trump accused Britain's publicly owned broadcaster of defaming him by splicing together parts of a January 6, 2021 speech, including one section where he told supporters to march on the Capitol and another where he said 'fight like hell'. It omitted a section in which he called for peaceful protest. Trump's lawsuit alleges the BBC defamed him and violated a Florida law that bars deceptive and unfair trade practices. He is seeking $5 billion in damages for each of the lawsuit's two counts. The BBC has apologized to Trump, admitted an error of judgment and acknowledged that the edit gave the mistaken impression that he had made a direct call for violent action. But it has said there is no legal basis to sue. Watch.

16 Dec 2025
Companies

Rural demand surges as GST rate cuts, slowing inflation help to boost consumption

India's rural economy rebounded in late 2025, with increased consumption and income following GST rate cuts. The NABARD survey revealed 79.2% of households raised spending, while inflation levels fell. FMCG companies are focusing on rural strategies for sustained expansion.

5 min read13 Dec 2025
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The Beat Report | IIT placements then and now: The story behind tracking top offers

Over the years, tracking campus placements has become increasingly challenging, as institutions have become more cautious about sharing information.

5 min read13 Dec 2025