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MINT EXPLAINERS

Whenever we feel that a news story develops layers and complexity, we get our best reporters to take their time and break down an issue to its core elements. That's how we like to think of Mint Explainers, which are free flowing articles where our journalists inevitably bring you the story behind the story.

US President Donald Trump, From left, Larry Ellison, co-founder and executive chairman of Oracle Corp., Masayoshi Son, CEO of SoftBank Group Corp., and Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI Inc. (Bloomberg)

Mint Explainer: Will the $500 billion Stargate plan help the US trump China?

6 min read . 22 Jan 2025

India's proposed rules to protect and individual's data provides a mix of clarity and fresh ambiguity. (Pixabay)

Mint Explainer: India’s data privacy law, its rules, and roadblocks

3 min read . 08 Jan 2025

Justin Trudeau resigned as Canada's prime minister on Monday after more than nine years at the helm, bowing to sagging approval numbers and a rebellion within his Liberal Party. (Bloomberg) (Bloomberg)

Mint Primer: What Trudeau’s resignation means for India-Canada relations

2 min read . 07 Jan 2025

India’s market regulator said it has uncovered an alleged front-running scheme involving Ketan Parekh--convicted in 2008 for stock market manipulation--and others. (File Photo: Reuters)

Mint Explainer: Sebi's crackdown on Ketan Parekh and his Singapore linchpin

5 min read . 03 Jan 2025

The RBI has approved using third-party applications for UPI access to prepaid payment instruments (PPI).

Mint Explainer: How UPI access will make digital wallet users' life easier

3 min read . 02 Jan 2025

One of the major reforms approved by Sebi focuses on SMEs and their ability to access public capital markets through IPOs. (Mint)

Mint Explainer: Sebi’s reforms for SME IPOs, merchant bankers, and mutual funds

4 min read . 19 Dec 2024

Hot-rolled coil prices in Mumbai have declined 10% since July, when imports started rising, to about Rs34,000 a tonne, excluding taxes. Photo: Bloomberg

Govt’s steel dilemma: Restrict imports and risk inflation or hurt capex?

3 min read . 17 Dec 2024

An order from the Swiss government showed that cross-border dividend payments would be subject to 10% tax at source from 1 January 2025. (File Photo: Bloomberg)

Mint Explainer: Why Switzerland withdrew MFN status in its tax treaty with India

7 min read . 16 Dec 2024

India, the largest importer of palm oil, has raised import duties on crude and refined palm oil. (Photo: Mint)

Mint Explainer: How rising palm oil prices impact India and its consumers

4 min read . 13 Dec 2024

Passenger car sales plummeted nearly 20% year-on-year in the July-September quarter. (Image: Pixabay)

Mint Explainer: Why the auto sector is not out of the woods

5 min read . 10 Dec 2024

Sebi seeks to reduce the concentration of power held by stock exchanges over clearing corporations. . (File Photo: Reuters)

Mint Explainer: Why Sebi seeks to diversify clearing corporations’ ownership

5 min read . 05 Dec 2024

The Supreme Court has said that it will decide whether members of the Bar can simultaneously pursue a career in journalism. (AI-generated image for illustrative purposes.)

Mint Explainer: Can lawyers also be journalists?

4 min read . 04 Dec 2024

Rahul Yadav, founder, 4B Networks. (File Photo)

Mint Explainer: What led Info Edge to file an FIR against Rahul Yadav?

4 min read . 02 Dec 2024

The telecom regulator's new measures to pinpoint the source of text messages is aimed at curbing spam.

Mint Explainer: Trai's anti-spam steps and misplaced concerns over delayed OTPs

3 min read . 02 Dec 2024

The minimum subscription for the PropShare Platina IPO is ₹10 lakh. (iStock)

India's first SM REIT IPO opens today. Here’s the good and the bad of it

2 min read . 02 Dec 2024

There have been improvements in the financial health of the telecom sector in recent years. (REUTERS)

Mint Explainer: Does India's telecom sector need more reforms?

5 min read . 28 Nov 2024

The most prominent case challenging OpenAI’s language models is a lawsuit filed by the New York Times in the US. (Reuters)

Mint Explainer: The OpenAI case and what’s at stake for AI & copyright in India

6 min read . 24 Nov 2024

Growth in consumption demand began tapering in the third quarter of 2022-23 after an initial post-pandemic rebound. (Image: Pixabay)

Mint Explainer: Why urban India is spending less

5 min read . 24 Nov 2024

US prosecutors have charged Adani group chairman Gautam Adani with helping drive a $250 million bribery scheme. (Bloomberg)

Mint Explainer: The Adani bribery charges and the US legal process

4 min read . 22 Nov 2024

Gautam Adani, chairman, Adani Group. Billionaire Indian industrialist Gautam Adani is alleged to have agreed to pay more than $250 million in bribes to Indian officials for lucrative solar energy supply contracts. (File Photo: AFP)

Mint Explainer: What is the US indictment of Gautam Adani all about?

5 min read . 21 Nov 2024