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Despite the existential challenges the mango faces, funding for breeding, research and technology development is miniscule.

From Alphonso to Imam Pasand, why are Indian mangoes losing their sweet spot?

10 min read . 05:00 PM IST

The premium alco-beverage category is leaving investors more stirred than their evening martinis. (Tarun Kumar Sahu/Mint)

Liquor stocks are on a high—what’s fuelling the rally, and what could derail it

9 min read . 25 Jun 2025

File photo of DLF Cyber City Gurgaon, a business district. Beyond luxury residential projects, DLF also has a big rental portfolio of premium offices and shopping malls.

Why DLF is walking on eggshells beyond Gurugram, its home turf

9 min read . 24 Jun 2025

In 2025, so far, 75 SME IPOs have hit the street. While 34 saw listing day gains, 41 ended their debut day in the red. (Unsplash)

Inside India’s SME IPO boom—and why it’s getting riskier

10 min read . 23 Jun 2025

File photo of employees working on an assembly line in the mobile phone plant of Rising Stars Mobile India Pvt., a unit of Foxconn Technology Co., in Sriperumbudur, Tamil Nadu. (Bloomberg)

Make in India: The 99% phone assembly masks a bigger gap

9 min read . 22 Jun 2025

A recent Lancet study stated that India is expected to total 450 million overweight or obese people by 2050, the largest in the world. (Tarun Kumar Sahu/Mint)

Ozempic, a patent challenge, and $25 bn race for India’s weight-loss drug market

10 min read . 19 Jun 2025

Lab-grown diamond jewellery on display at a Giva store in Bengaluru.

Diamonds are forever. But will lab-grown diamond retailers go the distance?

10 min read . 18 Jun 2025

With over 1.4 billion people and 22 official languages, alongside thousands of dialects, India can ill afford to be an afterthought in the AI revolution. (iStockphoto)

India’s big AI test is here: Making sovereign language models work

9 min read . 17 Jun 2025

India’s internet is starting to look and sound different.

Speak easy: How AI is giving voice to millions of Indians online

9 min read . 16 Jun 2025

Enrolments are down 27% in top destination markets such as the US, the UK and Canada. (Bloomberg)

Why study-abroad startups are facing testing times

8 min read . 15 Jun 2025

If the magnet crisis escalates, it could deter investments in EVs.

Mint Long Story: India’s EV dreams caught between rare earth and a hard place

11 min read . 12 Jun 2025

An important determinant of productivity growth in manufacturing is FDI flow, an analysis by the Reserve Bank of India states. (Mint)

India’s $1 trillion FDI milestone masks a troubling trend. Here’s why

8 min read . 11 Jun 2025

Rural markets outdid urban markets for the fourth straight quarter in Q4, leading to anaemic volume growth for FMCG companies. (Mint)

HUL, Nestle lag as FMCG volumes stay weak—what could drive a 2025 rebound?

10 min read . 09 Jun 2025

Dr Chaitanya Khillare with the SigTuple AI100 scanner.

Mint Long Story | How AI saved a boy from leukaemia in rural Maharashtra

14 min read . 08 Jun 2025

Miraj Cinema at Spine City Mall at Pimpri-Chinchwad, Pune. (Soumya Gupta)

While PVR Inox struggles, small-town cinemas are drawing crowds. Here’s why

10 min read . 05 Jun 2025

Cult.fit built a large pan-India footprint through an aggressive acquisition strategy—the company has snapped up over 20 startups since inception.

Before IPO, will Cult.fit pass the fitness test?

10 min read . 04 Jun 2025

Apart from Shahi, which occupies about 70% of the growing area, Bihar is home to two other litchi varieties, China and Bedana.

Shahi litchi, Bihar’s pride, is wilting. What went wrong?

10 min read . 03 Jun 2025

A file photo from Australia's Big Bash League. (@BBL/X)

The T20 turf war: No one’s catching the IPL—but who comes next?

11 min read . 02 Jun 2025

China is thinking long term to upstage the US. (Tarun Kumar Sahu/Mint)

Weapons of wealth: How economic assets turned into war machinery

9 min read . 01 Jun 2025

Meena Tokbipi's tea garden produces four varieties of tea: black tea, green tea, smoked tea, and orthodox tea. (Nabarun Guha)

How handcrafted tea is changing Kaziranga women's lives

6 min read . 01 Jun 2025