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Heard of digital beggars? When a UPI code turns into a livestream tip jar

New Delhi, Jan. 5 -- In the bustling digital bazaar of India's creator economy, valued at Rs.4,500 crore in 2025, a startling subculture of 'digital beggars' has emerged. These are not street performe... Read More


Can GST rationalisation boost India's food industry?

India, Jan. 5 -- Crippled with adulteration, nutrient deficiencies etc., the food and the allied industry have been shouting out loud for more reforms from the Union Minister on lines with GST rationa... Read More


13 new laws lay legal foundations for justice, health care, innovation, development

Hanoi, Jan. 5 -- The Presidential Office held a press conference in Hanoi on January 5 to announce the President's orders promulgating 13 laws adopted at the 10th session of the 15th National Assembly... Read More


BMC removes poll-boycott banners in Angrewadi Chawl

India, Jan. 5 -- The BMC's D ward moved swiftly to remove several protest banners and posters put up by residents of Angrewadi Chawl in Khetwadi on Friday evening, highlighting the tension between cit... Read More


Mint Explainer | Can gig workers form traditional trade unions?

New Delhi, Jan. 5 -- As gig workers' unions organized a strike on New Year's Eve demanding better working conditions, several people took to X and other social media platforms to debate the value of g... Read More


Joe Root vs Shubman Gill, Steve Smith, Kane Williamson: England's beast is head and shoulders above his contemporaries

India, Jan. 5 -- Joe Root produced a classic SCG innings in the ongoing fifth Ashes Test, the kind that survives good bowling, shifting tempo, and long hours, and it lands at a time when Root's output... Read More


Nepal, Motihari police seize huge cache of fake Nepali currency

BETTIAH, Jan. 5 -- A joint team of Nepal police and East Champaran police seized a huge cache of counterfeit Nepali currency along with printing machines during coordinated raids at a village in the d... Read More


Supreme Court denies bail to Umar Khalid, Sharjeel Imam in Delhi riots case

New Delhi, Jan. 5 -- The Supreme Court on Monday denied bail to Umar Khalid and Sharjeel Imam in a case pertaining to an alleged larger conspiracy behind the 2020 north-east Delhi riots. However, the... Read More


Founder praises Deepinder Goyal's Temple device, calls it 'wild and fascinating'

India, Jan. 5 -- Zomato CEO Deepinder Goyal's experimental "Temple" device has once again become a talking point online after a startup founder called it "wild and fascinating", even as doctors contin... Read More


Delhi CM Rekha Gupta urges all MLAs to actively participate in Winter Assembly session

New Delhi, Jan. 5 -- Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta on Monday welcomed the winter session of the Legislative Assembly, urging both the ruling party and the opposition to fulfil their responsibilitie... Read More