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Jatin Mehta: the quiet fugitive behind a billion-dollar vanishing act

New Delhi, Aug. 15 -- Jatin Mehta knew exactly when his game was up. Between August and November 2012, he quietly stepped down from his key companies, Forever Precious and Winsome Diamonds & Jewellery... Read More


Nepal's diplomatic reach narrows as key envoy vacancies drag on

Kathmandu, Aug. 15 -- Nepal's practice of recalling ambassadors after changes of government, followed by long delays in appointing replacements, has left its diplomatic network facing a crippling lead... Read More


Best of the Week: Who gets the keys to Bombay House?

New Delhi, Aug. 15 -- 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. There's a name conspicuously miss... Read More


Quote of the day by Sarojini Naidu: 'When there is oppression, the only self-respecting thing is to rise and say.'

India, Aug. 15 -- As India celebrates its 80th Independence Day, today's quote celebrates one of the stalwarts of the Indian independence movement, Sarojini Naidu. A poet, feminist, and political acti... Read More


The week in charts: Price pressures, youth unemployment, chairman exit

New Delhi, Aug. 15 -- From India's CPI inflation edging above the Reserve Bank of India's target for a second straight month, to Natarajan Chandrasekaran stepping down as Tata Sons chairman, youth une... Read More


Independence Day: For Telangana's rebels, azadi was a dual fight

Hyderabad, Aug. 15 -- Nearly eight decades ago, when India was formally declared an independent sovereign nation, Hyderabad was cautiously silent. Not that independence did not matter to Hyderabadis. ... Read More


What FCRA overhaul means for NGO sector

New Delhi, Aug. 15 -- For over a decade, India's Foreign Contribution (Regulation) Act, 2010 (FCRA) has been the gatekeeper for foreign funding flowing into the country's vast non-profit sector, gover... Read More


2026 Clock Fall Back Dates: Daylight Saving Time To End At Earliest Possible Date This November

India, Aug. 15 -- Clocks across most of the United States will fall back an hour on 1 November 2026, marking the earliest possible date daylight saving time can end under the federal calendar rule tha... Read More


PKR congress opens amid electoral setbacks and reformist departures

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug. 15 -- Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) heads into its national congress this weekend facing a problem that goes beyond recent electoral defeats: convincing Malaysians that it still has s... Read More


#OsunDecides2026: Yiaga to deploy AI, PRVT to scrutinise governorship election results

Nigeria, Aug. 15 -- Election Observer group, Yiaga Africa, says it will deploy an artificial intelligence-assisted system alongside its election observation methodology to independently scrutinise res... Read More