Mint Kolkata - May 17, 2025
Mint Kolkata - May 17, 2025
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In this issue
May 17, 2025
How to cinch it with a Cummerbund
The many ways to style one of the Met Gala's most seen accessories
3 mins
Everest 1965: When Indian mountaineers came of age
But the slope led on and on. Heavens, was there no end? And then, suddenly, there was an end—no more little humps, only a white little dome curving slightly above us. Incredible! It was the summit of Everest,\" writes Captain H.P.S. Ahluwalia in his book Higher Than Everest (1973).
8 mins
Disturbing the peace to dispel the fog of war
Kazuo Hara's 'The Emperor's Naked Army Marches On' still has the power to unsettle
4 mins
History as a tragic hall of mirrors
Shabir Ahmad Mir's new novel, The Last Knot, is set in Kashmir under the Dogra rule, but the overall mood it conjures up isn't a million miles away from the state of darkness and despair that the region has found itself plunged into over the last several decades.
4 mins
An army general looks back on the conflict of 1948
Commanded by Destiny: A General's Rise from Soldier to Statesman: By General S.M. Shrinagesh, Penguin Random House India, 328 pages, ₹699.
3 mins
Ireda Files Second Bankruptcy Case Against Gensol
The Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (Ireda) on Friday said it had filed a bankruptcy application against Gensol Engineering's electric vehicle leasing unit, two days after filing a bankruptcy case against the troubled company.
1 min
US Will Set Tariff Rates Within 3 Weeks: Trump
US president asserts there are '150 countries that want to make a deal'
1 min
India Asks IMF To Reconsider $1 Bn Loan To Pakistan
Defence minister Rajnath Singh on Friday said the International Monetary Fund (IMF) should reconsider a $1 billion loan to Pakistan, alleging Islamabad was \"funding terror.\"
1 min
OpenAI Launches AI Agent for Coders
OpenAI is rolling out a new artificial intelligence agent for ChatGPT users that's designed to help streamline software development as the company pushes into a crowded market of startups and large tech firms offering AI tools for coders.
1 min
ReNew to set up 2.8GW hybrid RE project in AP
Nasdaq-listed ReNew Energy Global Plc on Friday announced an investment of ₹22,000 crore to set up a hybrid renewable energy project in Andhra Pradesh.
1 min
Indian liquor firms on a song and fizz
Alcohol sales are seen rising 10% to ₹5.3 trillion, while volume may grow 5-6% in FY26, as per data from 25 top liquor firms
1 min
J&K seeks stake in NHPC's Sawalkot hydro project
J&K may develop the project independently via JKPDC or through the CVPP JV, where it holds a 44.71% stake
2 mins
CLSA, Investec cut IndusInd outlook on audit concerns
Concerns arose after a fresh audit found ₹674 crore was classified as interest income in its microfinance book by mistake
1 min
Hyundai India Shifts Gear to Hybrid EVs for a Cleaner Mix
Company didn't reveal specific hybrid targets; announces 20 new ICE, six EV models by 2030
2 mins
Low yields, slow uptake to test India's green rice plans
Scientific models aim to close DSR yield gaps, with top gains seen in Punjab, Haryana, UP and parts of eastern India
2 mins
Celebi Sues India on Airports Issue
Most of its investors are not of Turkish origin, it argued
2 mins
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Category: Newspaper
Language: English
Frequency: Daily
The business newspaper “Mint” published by one of the leading media houses of India, Hindustan Times, in association with Wall Street Journal. It aims to connect India to the world and the world to India in terms of business, economy, regulation and policies...
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