India plans to build new airports with integrated metro rail connectivity to allow smoother passenger transport and rail tracks to the closest sea ports for faster cargo movement.The move comes at a time air travel has rebounded after covid, and airline capacity utilization has crossed 80% at all major airlines.

With WTO countries making progress on the patent waiver for covid vaccines  last  week, Mint examines how  crucial  it is to amend the WTO’s IPR (Intellectual Property Rights) norms in the post-pandemic world, keeping in mind the need for vaccines, therapeutics and diagnostics.

‘This is outrageous in any democracy. To deal with a woman protestor like this violates every Indian standard of decency,’ Shashi Tharoor tweeted along with the video

PM Narendra Modi on Tuesday directed the central government to recruit 1 million people over the next 18 months amid rising unemployment before the 2024 general elections.Agniveers will be provided life cover of ₹48 lakh for the duration of their engagement in the armed forces

Some government databases are already on cloud servers in Poland, and officials are negotiating similar arrangements with France, Estonia and several other nations

Officials had signaled plans to raise interest rates in half-point increments before recent deterioration in data

Over 160 countries are taking part in the 12th ministerial meeting of the WTO at Geneva. And divergences between developed and developing countries may make it challenging for them to agree on issues plaguing the global economy. Mint explains:

Pro-Moscow separatists claimed the last bridge out of Sievierodonetsk had been destroyed and Ukrainian defenders there must now surrender or die. Ukraine said there was still another way out, although that route was severely damaged.

Central-bank officials shift views from last year, when they sought a fast labor-market recovery

GST anti-profiteering watchdog National Anti-profiteering Authority (NAA) is set to be subsumed into the regulatory ecosystem of the Competition Commission of India (CCI), with no extension being planned for NAA beyond November when its term ends

The Centre earlier said the survey had issues with data quality, but experts attributed the decision to adverse findings

Responding to US allegations of aggression, Gen. Wei Fenghe accuses Washington of propelling world’s two superpowers toward confrontation

Kraft, Tyson, McDonald’s owners say higher fuel, labor and ingredient expenses are driving inflation

March For Our Lives holds national day of action following mass shootings and congressional hearings on gun violence

The results were declared in Karnataka and Rajasthan on Friday night but got delayed in Maharashtra and Haryana amid intense wrangling by rival parties over alleged breach of voting rules

Suicidal thoughts and attempts are more common in younger children than previously thought, and parents often don’t know

The people who bear the brunt of rising violent crime are taking steps to protect themselves

Women are tired of being the default parent, but delegating duties sometimes takes even more effort. Apps can aid with household organization, but spouses first need to communicate

The petitions have also challenged the constitutional validity of the scheme that aims to eliminate the physical interface between assessing officers and taxpayers. The aim of the scheme was to substitute the discretion of tax officers with a team-based approach.

Taiwan and Iran have rejected as many as three containers of Indian tea due to phytosanitary issues and the presence of pesticides beyond permissible limits, two people aware of the development said

Ukrainian officials say shelling of the region comes from inside Russia, but Kyiv faces restrictions on firing back with Western weapons

The MSP of cotton was raised to ₹6,080 for medium staple variety from ₹5,726 per quintal last year

The two new faces are chief minister's Political Secretary Jayanta Malla Baruah, the MLA of Nalbari, and Haflong MLA Nandita Gorlosa, the Department of Information and Public Relations (DIPR) said in a statement.

Consumers at the top of the pyramid are driving a boom in pricey goods and services.You would be mistaken to think the whole of India is buying expensive stuff. India is seeing a K-shaped recovery—uneven growth across sectors and sections of the population.

Russia demanded that the Black Sea be demined and Turkey said allowing the Ukraine exports should be accompanied by easing Western sanctions against Russia

The lack of safety of cyclists on roads has been a deterrent, leading to a low uptake of low-cost public bike sharing, which could act as environment-friendly feeder services to metro and buses. Making our roads equitable will also improve the safety for cyclists and pedestrians.

As Russian forces intensify their bombardment of front-line cities in Donbas, residents are fleeing in droves

Global growth expected to slow as prices rise, increasing risk of ‘stagflation,’ bank president said

Experts say the persisting divergence has dimmed chances of any outcome from the conference, which comes after a gap of four years, beginning in Geneva on Sunday

The NFHS suggests the typical Indian woman is married, unemployed and lives in a village. We travelled to a village in Rajasthan to put a face to the data.Mint set out to meet just such a woman, whose life comes closest to the aam aurat’s experience. We found a story of diminishing constraints, but not enough freedom.

Green-card waits, especially for Indian families, are so long that their children age out of eligibility to stay in US

The president was miles from spot where a Russian general was killed on Sunday

Treasury secretary Yellen denies she tried to scale back $1.9 trillion relief plan Democrats approved in 2021

Close urban combat in Severodonetsk makes it harder for Russia to use artillery, as Kyiv awaits a US rocket system

The ruling BJD in Odisha Friday registered a landslide victory in the Brajrajnagar assembly by-poll

Indo-Pacific Economic Framework aims to align technology and supply-chain policies, but some countries seek access to US market

According to a draft proposal by the Union ministry of electronics and information technology (Meity), any aggrieved person can appeal against a decision of the social media company’s grievance officer before the new grievance appellate committee.

An Air Force intelligence unit outside Las Vegas uses a collection of Soviet weaponry to teach how to recognize—and defeat—an adversary’s arms

Pools, restaurants and camps cut operations even though demand is back. Labor costs are higher and so are prices. ‘What, no one is applying?’

While the invasion has tarnished Moscow’s appeal, some in eastern Ukraine still back the Kremlin as Russian forces bombard their hometowns

India and Australia signed ECTA, giving India duty-free access on 95% tariff lines.Tariffs on wine with a minimum import price of US$5 per bottle will be reduced from 150% to 100% after the deal’s implementation

Student-loan debt, inflation and other financial worries are testing young workers’ social consciences

The belief that central banks can closely control inflation and growth remains a dangerous one

India is also helping Egypt strengthen its API industry and domestic drugs production. Egypt is looking at attracting Indian pharmaceutical companies to set up manufacturing bases in the country, to cater to African and regional markets

Randeep Surjewala said that the Congress chief had a mild fever and she tested positive this morning.

‘Reliable sources have suggested to me that Manish Sisodia is going to be arrested soon, centre has ordered all agencies to form fake cases against him,’ Delhi CM Kejriwal said

Former Congress leader Hardik Patel will join BJP today

GST collections touched a three-month low of ₹1.41 tn in May from a record high of ₹1.68 tn in the previous month, according to the govt data. It is the fourth time since GST’s introduction that the collections have crossed the ₹1.4 trillion mark

Stringent lockdowns to contain covid are forcing Indian expats and other foreigners to consider leaving China.Indian firms are offering higher salaries to Chinese employees to retain them. Indians who chose to stay back may have benefited as well—employers are offering sweeter deals

Russian forces today pressed closer to the centre of an industrial city in a drive to grab a swathe of eastern Ukraine, while the US said it would supply advanced rockets to Kyiv to help force Moscow to negotiate an end to the war