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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.

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 . 09:26 AM IST

The periodic labour force survey (PLFS) data show a jump in women’s participation in economic activities in rural India since the Covid-19 pandemic.

Mint Explainer: How sustainable is India's rural consumption boom?

4 min read . 19 Nov 2024

The Supreme Court on 7 November ordered the liquidation of Jet Airways, once India's leading airline, five years after it went into bankruptcy. (HT)

Mint Explainer: The Cape Town connection to the Jet, Go First insolvencies

7 min read . 12 Nov 2024

Stakeholders, including industry professionals, investors, and market participants, have been asked to send their comments by 13 November. (Reuters)

Mint Explainer: What Sebi's proposals for REITs, InvITs mean for investors

6 min read . 08 Nov 2024

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump dances after speaking at an election night watch party, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024. (Photo: AP)

Mint Explainer: What Trump’s victory means for US, India and rest of the world

4 min read . 06 Nov 2024

Cement prices have not climbed despite strong demand arising from infrastructure creation by the government, increasing urbanisation and central schemes for building affordable houses. (Image: Pixabay)

Mint Explainer: What consolidation in cement industry means for smaller players

4 min read . 01 Nov 2024

Commodity analysts anticipate silver could climb to its all-time high of close to $50 last seen in April 2011. (Image: Pixabay)

Mint Explainer: Why are silver prices rising, and rising globally?

5 min read . 26 Oct 2024

The CCPA sent notices to 11 e-retailers after hundreds of consumers complained of getting perishable products close to or after their expiry dates.

Why are e-tailers on notice for legal metrology?

2 min read . 25 Oct 2024

The proposal is expected to be taken up in the winter session of Parliament in December. (Istockphoto)

Mint Explainer: How can voluntary group insolvency smoothen IBC proceedings?

3 min read . 20 Oct 2024

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau walks past India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a wreath-laying ceremony at Raj Ghat during the G20 Summit in New Delhi last year. (AP)

Mint Primer | The escalating India-Canada rift and its implications for India

3 min read . 15 Oct 2024

Ola Electric faces the possibility of a class action after the Central Consumer Protection Authority issued a show-cause notice, alleging violations of consumer rights and misleading ads. Photo: Reuters

Mint Explainer: Why are class actions on the rise in India?

4 min read . 14 Oct 2024

A Sebi 2022 circular prohibits stockbrokers from any association with platforms offering assured returns. (REUTERS)

Mint Explainer: Why have stockbrokers invited Sebi's scrutiny?

2 min read . 09 Oct 2024

Baba Kalyani, chairman and managing director of Bharat Forge, the flagship company of the Kalyani Group. Photo: Pradeep Gaur/Mint

Mint Explainer: The latest turn in the Kalyani family saga - a case of two wills

3 min read . 09 Oct 2024

The cases against Amazon and Flipkart were triggered based on a complaint filed by a Delhi-based trade association, which prompted CCI to order an investigation in January 2020. (Image: Reuters)

Mint Explainer: Why did Karnataka HC halt CCI's action against Amazon, Flipkart

5 min read . 06 Oct 2024

Front-running, also known as tailgating, is a form of market manipulation. (Image: Pixabay)

Mint Explainer: Front-running cases and Sebi's fight against market manipulation

5 min read . 02 Oct 2024

Sebi’s latest decisions are part of its efforts to increase transparency and ensure robust regulatory oversight. (Reuters)

Mint Explainer: Sebi’s new regulations and expanded definitions

5 min read . 01 Oct 2024

A Boeing 777-300ER aircraft of Jet Airways on the tarmac at Mumbai airport in 2007. AFP PHOTO/Sajjad HUSSAIN

Mint Explainer: SC hears Jet Airways ownership dispute. What’s at stake

3 min read . 01 Oct 2024

Investors will likely face lower returns due to the shift in the tax burden on share repurchases, and a potential reduction in buyback premiums. (Pixabay)

New share buyback tax rules kick in. Say hello or goodbye?

4 min read . 30 Sep 2024

Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive officer of Meta Platforms, wears Orion augmented reality (AR) glasses during the Meta Connect event in Menlo Park, California, US, on Wednesday. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg (Bloomberg)

Mint Explainer: Meta Orion takes AR glasses a step further into a sci-fi future

4 min read . 26 Sep 2024

The Union government had first discussed a restructuring of the Brahmaputra Board more than a decade ago after the Brahmaputra river that crawls through India's northeastern states washed away more than 400,000 hectares of land. (ANI)

Mint Explainer: A panacea for the rivers of India’s Seven Sisters resurfaces

3 min read . 18 Sep 2024