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The week in charts: Trade trends, unemployment rate, rural demand, and more

New Delhi, Nov. 22 -- From widening trade gaps induced by US tariff headwinds and surging gold imports to a rise in the urban unemployment rate in October, shifting consumption patterns in the economy... Read More


Being rude to AI? Your anger at chatbots comes with a hidden cost for everyone

New Delhi, Nov. 22 -- What's the harm in letting off steam and being rude to a chatbot? It's not human; it won't sulk in a corner or yell back. I'm asking for a friend. ChatGPT, Gemini, and other AI... Read More


Best of the Week: Breathing hurts - and so does watching Delhi suffer

New Delhi, Nov. 22 -- Best of the Week is a weekly newsletter by Siddharth Sharma/Shravani Sinha. Subscribe to Mint's newsletters to get them directly in your inbox. These four months in Delhi feel l... Read More


Committee conducts seven-hour probe at Sassoon hospital in elderly patients' negligence case

India, Nov. 22 -- The state government-appointed three-member inquiry committee from the medical education department on Friday conducted a seven-hour investigation at Sassoon General Hospital (SGH) i... Read More


Mu'ti calls for cross-ministry coordination on high school phone ban

Kudus, Central Java, Nov. 22 -- Primary and Secondary Education Minister Abdul Mu'ti stated that the proposed restriction of mobile phone use in high schools requires comprehensive assessments among g... Read More


"Will lay foundation stone of Babri Masjid on Dec 6 in Murshidabad": TMC MLA Humayun Kabir

Kolkata, Nov. 22 -- Trinamool Congress (TMC) MLA Humayun Kabir has sparked a controversy as he said he will lay the foundation stone of Babri Masjid on December 6 in West Bengal's Murshidabad district... Read More


Gazipur Agricultural University to receive major upgrade worth Tk 567cr

Gazipur, Nov. 22 -- The government has moved to significantly strengthen higher agricultural education and research capacity with the proposed "Infrastructure Development of Gazipur Agricultural Unive... Read More


Pakistan's enforced disappearance regime intensifies as Baloch youths vanish

Balochistan, Nov. 22 -- (ANI) Pakistan's long-standing human rights crisis in Balochistan has intensified once again, with three young Baloch men allegedly abducted in separate incidents in Lahore and... Read More


'Not a routine revision; Bengal, not Bihar, is real target of SIR'

Kolkata, Nov. 22 -- Social scientist and political activist Yogendra Yadav on Saturday warned that the SIR of electoral rolls is designed to disenfranchise large numbers of voters in Bengal. Speaking... Read More


Two-day OTAI meet starts

Kolkata, Nov. 22 -- The 80th Annual Convention and International Conference of the Oil Technologists' Association of India (OTAI) opened on Saturday at the Ramakrishna Mission Institute of Culture, Go... Read More