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Friday's 1.5% fall worsens Street's weekly slide show
India’s equity markets ended a volatile week in the red, as a combination of geopolitical uncertainty, weak monsoon forecasts and MSCI-driven institutional flows weighed on sentiment.
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May 30, 2026
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Why AI can't write jokes
In a recent interview that I loved, the podcaster David Perell asked the novelist Yann Martel whether he has ever used AI in order to write.
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May 30, 2026
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SC quashes Sebi's RPL disgorgement order
Top court overturns ₹447-crore fine linked to Reliance Petroleum trades
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May 30, 2026
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How gaming boomed in small towns
Learning from magazines, gamers from small towns built foundational literacy and became India’s tech elite
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May 30, 2026
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Anderson Diagnostics eyes ₹250 cr round
Anderson Diagnostics and Labs, backed by Tata Capital Healthcare Fund, has initiated a process to raise about ₹250 crore through a mix of primary and secondary transactions, according to two people familiar with the matter.
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May 30, 2026
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Beyond the badminton bronze medal
Satwik-Chirag, India's leading badminton pair, remain resilient despite injuries and scrutiny
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May 30, 2026
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What if God's own country hadn't joined the Union?
S. Hareesh's new novel in translation reimagines the consequences of Travancore refusing to join the Union of India
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May 30, 2026
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Sebi rolls back MF nomination norms
Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) has rolled back key aspects of its January 2025 framework overhauling nomination rules governing demat accounts and mutual fund (MF) folios, after acknowledging in March challenges in the new system that sought to reduce unclaimed investor assets.
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May 30, 2026
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Back in the USSR with these artists
An upcoming show of Indian art in Russia looks at the porosity of cultural borders and contested terrain of identity
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May 30, 2026
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Cockroach party site inaccessible at several firms
Employees at some of India’s top audit and consulting companies were this week surprised to see they were denied access to the websites of the ‘Cockroach Janta Party’, or CJP, a mock political party, through their office intranets.
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May 30, 2026
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IndiGo has its first annual loss in 3 yrs as rupee's fall bites
A sharp fall in the rupee against the dollar, along with weak demand, hurt IndiGo’s financial performance as the country’s largest airline swung to losses, a first after it reported a loss in fiscal year 2023 (FY23).
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May 30, 2026
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The big scoop on Gujarat's ice-cream culture
From legacy giants to artisanal brands, Gujarat's love affair with ice cream is anything but vanilla
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May 30, 2026
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When satire hits the sweet spot
Shrilal Shukla’s 1968 novel ‘Raag Darbari’ remains a touchstone to understand India’s governance dystopia, a new book reveals
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May 30, 2026
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The taste of summer
As the heat peaks, find respite in legacy ice-cream parlours, hipster artisanal spots and local ‘kulfi’ sellers who serve crowd favourites and seasonal flavours. Our pick of some of the best scoops across India
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May 30, 2026
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War and weather steer economy to rough seas
RBI says West Asia war is a stability threat; IMD lowers monsoon forecast
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May 30, 2026
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Sweet idleness while sipping amaro in Amalfi
Used extensively in medieval herbal remedies and modern cocktails, amaro is rooted in Italian life
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May 30, 2026
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Build an ice-cream toolkit for summer
With the right equipment and ingredients, it's easy to make ice cream at home and serve it like a pro—without breaking into a sweat
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May 30, 2026
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Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket fails test, explodes
Blue Origin’s New Glenn rocket exploded in a massive fireball while undergoing a test on a Florida launchpad Thursday evening, dealing a major setback to the Jeff Bezos-backed firm in its efforts to challenge a dominant SpaceX.
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May 30, 2026
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Corporate America is starting to ration AI as cost skyrockets
Use of artificial intelligence is exploding—and the soaring cost has some of them pumping the brakes in a way that could complicate AI's triumphal march across the economy.
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May 30, 2026
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Give children a Say in their education
Policymakers would do well to talk to kids who have great ideas on how they’d like to be taught
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May 30, 2026
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With the finals over, what now for ISL?
The football league has been plagued with an existential crisis for over a year now. Can it find a way to sustain itself?
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May 30, 2026
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Time to say ‘baked potato’ to data centres
Luke Holloway, better known as Lewky, writes songs which are based on actual text exchanges between people on dating apps.
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May 30, 2026
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How a debt conversion aided Reliance Retail profit in FY26
Nearly the entire incremental profit growth at Reliance Retail in the last fiscal year stemmed from the conversion of an interest-bearing loan from its parent to a zero-coupon instrument that allows it to buy shares in the company, a Mint review of their financials showed.
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May 30, 2026
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Creatures smart and dumb
A pithy page-turner filled with nuggets of wisdom
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May 30, 2026
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Imagine a queer poly family in Mumbai
An excerpt from an anthology of writings on queer lives in present-day India offers a glimpse of what it means to create one's chosen family
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May 30, 2026
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'West Asia war has delayed earnings recovery by one-two quarters'
Jio BlackRock AMC believes the ongoing West Asia conflict has delayed India’s corporate earnings recovery cycle by one to two quarters. In the Mint Money Guru series, chief investment officer Rishi Kohli explains why stock selection, sector allocation and factor investing are three distinct sources of alpha, and how combining them can make portfolios more resilient while an overweight versus the benchmark reflects a bullish stance, more resilient while a strategy. Edited excerpts from the interaction.
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May 29, 2026
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Confront ‘jobless growth’: let us focus on middle-class expansion
India must reverse widening income and wealth gaps for the sake of sustainable economic growth
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May 29, 2026
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Are some gig platforms reviving colonial-era servitude?
It is hard to find a railway porter (coolie) these days. The iconic helpers clad in red were relied upon to carry heavy luggage and expertly navigate the chaos of an Indian railway station.
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May 29, 2026
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India firms’ Q4 recovery has been strong—but lopsided
Rural incomes, easing inflation, GST reforms and festive spending aided demand recovery
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May 29, 2026
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Ashok Leyland tightens costs, accelerates overseas push
Ashok Leyland is tightening costs, reinforcing supply chains and accelerating its overseas push, including into Indonesia and other Asean (Association of South-east Asian Nations) markets, betting on operational discipline to sustain growth after a year of double-digit earnings expansion, according to top company executive.
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