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Why did Licious cross the road?

Co-founders of Licious Vivek Gupta (left) and Abhay Hanjura. (Tarun Kumar Sahu/Mint)

Co-founders of Licious Vivek Gupta (left) and Abhay Hanjura. (Tarun Kumar Sahu/Mint)

12 min read . 05:42 PM IST Samiksha Goel

The days of a 'Game Of Thrones' or 'Breaking Bad' single-handedly dominating the cultural conversation appear behind us

Will OTT platforms have to pivot to a pay-per-view model?

4 min read . 05:00 PM IST

While the tax on short-term capital gains (STCG) was increased to 20% from 15%, the same on long-term capital gains (LTCG) was hiked to 12.5% from 10%.

20% levy on short-term capital gains has given young F&O traders a tax incentive

2 min read . 04:57 PM IST

BEL would be a potential beneficiary of the thrust of the Indian government on defence, (Image: Company website)

For BEL, consistent growth is a key ask now

2 min read . 04:49 PM IST

An Ola electric scooter during its launch. (Bloomberg)

Ola Electric’s IPO: charging ahead or running on empty?

2 min read . 04:21 PM IST

From The Wall Street Journal

The shorts-wearing author with the obligatory stadium selfie. Photo: Jason Gay

This is the greatest stadium on Earth. Soon it will disappear.

4 min read .06:48 PM IST

Athletes compete in the swimming race in the Seine during the women's individual triathlon at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, 31 July 2024 in Paris, France. (AP)

‘It didn’t taste great.’ Olympic swimming in the Seine ....

2 min read .06:41 PM IST

Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance holds a campaign rally in Reno, Nev. (WSJ)

As JD Vance takes heat, Trump fans rally to his side

5 min read .05:50 PM IST

There are 53 nations with fencers at the Paris Olympics—and the delegation from Cambridge, Mass. is bigger than 42 of them.

Everyone on this US Olympic team went to Harvard

5 min read .05:24 PM IST

Meta uses artificial-intelligence tools to moderate content, but the company’s tools haven’t managed to stop such drug ads, (AP Photo/Godofredo A. Vásquez, File) (AP)

Meta has run hundreds of ads for cocaine, opioids and o ....

5 min read .05:23 PM IST

The Journal analyzed filings that manufacturers are required to submit to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration when cars crash while using autonomous driving technology.

Inside the WSJ’s investigation of Tesla’s Autopilot crash risks

4 min read .05:20 PM IST

Members of Tehran University Council chant slogans in a protest to condemn the killing of Hamas political chief Ismail Haniyeh, shown in the picture, at the University, in Tehran, Iran, Wednesday, July 31, 2024. Haniyeh. (File: AP Photo)

Two enemies of Israel are killed, and Mideast tilts on ....

3 min read .05:11 PM IST

Microsoft under CEO Satya Nadella ended the fiscal year with record operating income. (Photo by Glenn CHAPMAN / AFP) (AFP)

Microsoft’s AI dreams make for an expensive reality

3 min read .05:02 PM IST

A workplace that requires its employees to be available at all hours strongly signals that it does not want women.

Married women and employment: Not a 'match made in heaven'?

4 min read . 04:00 PM IST

The Union budget raised the short-term capital gains (STCG) tax rate to 20% from 15%, impacting PMS investors. (Image: Pixabay)

Frequent-churn PMS strategies face tax dilemma as budget hikes capital gains tax

2 min read . 03:26 PM IST

Led by the former head of investments and M&A at HDFC, the new venture will specialise in low-cost housing finance. (Mint)

Former HDFC employees set up affordable housing finance firm Weaver Services

2 min read . 03:09 PM IST

While the move may be tough to enforce in a fragmented and unorganised industry, trade experts and film producers say it is a sign of the ecosystem having broken down completely and stakeholders suffering. (X)

Tamil film producers' body calls for halt to shoots as business slumps

3 min read . 03:03 PM IST

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Selling out of a position is much harder to do well than buying into it. Photo: iStock

When to sell your stocks

3 min read .02:47 PM IST

Though the chip industry is global, a small number of significant choke-points control access to its AI-enabling heights. (Image: Pixabay)

The race is on to control the global supply chain for AI chips

8 min read .07:08 AM IST

Whoever buys De Beers, must be capable of marketing miracles, as well as running a mine. (Image: Pixabay)

Can anyone save the world’s most important diamond company?

5 min read .30 Jul 2024

Part of the solution to Africa’s connectivity problem may be partnerships between mobile-phone operators and development institutions. (Image: Pixabay)

Why the AI revolution is leaving Africa behind

6 min read .30 Jul 2024

The scale of the investment, and uncertainty over if and when it will pay off, is giving shareholders the jitters. Photo: AFP

What could kill the $1trn artificial-intelligence boom?

6 min read .29 Jul 2024

(Image: The Economist)

China’s parliament is being used to highlight Xi Jinping’s power

6 min read .29 Jul 2024

Wealth does not always fall into a single ‘source’ category.

Wealth and whim: Should the wealthy spend their money as they wish?

5 min read . 02:30 PM IST

The goal to give rupee more wings promises economic gains by slashing transaction costs and mitigating forex risks for traders. (Image: Pixabay)

India steps up push to make rupee a power player, but the road is long

3 min read . 01:59 PM IST

For a 20-year holding period with a cost inflation rate of 5.5% a year, the CAGR must be above 9.48% for the new tax structure to be advantageous. Photo: iStock

Removing indexation on real estate will benefit almost nobody. Here's proof.

4 min read . 01:08 PM IST

The blockchain will initially include documents like building permission certificates, work orders, and colony development. (Image Pixabay)

Paper to digital: Raipur shows the way in using blockchain for citizen services

3 min read . 01:05 PM IST

Sebi chairperson Madhabi Puri Buch speaking at the National Stock Exchange in Mumbai. (ANI Photo) (Sandeep Anandrao Mahankal)

Mint Explainer: Impact of Sebi's planned measures for index derivative framework

8 min read . 12:50 PM IST

In the heady days since Harris became her party’s presumptive nominee, the inability to open up in interviews appears well behind her. (AFP)

US polls 2024: The leap taken by Kamala Harris is already historic

4 min read . 12:30 PM IST

Shares of Lotus Chocolate Company have been locked in the upper circuit for the eighth consecutive trading day, reflecting strong investor confidence. (Image: Pixabay)

Under the radar smallcap stock turns multibagger in 5 weeks

4 min read . 12:07 PM IST

Demanding quick changes, and that too those that are definitive and clear, leads NGOs down a slippery slope of flakiness and fakeness.

Fake-and-flaky alert: NGO funders should note social change isn’t T20 cricket

4 min read . 10:30 AM IST

Kedia advises investors to chase the story behind the stock, and not the money on the table. Money will make you rich, but the story will make you wealthy, he says. (Photo: Courtesy Vijay Kedia twitter)

Why you shouldn't copy Vijay Kedia’s stock picks blindly

4 min read . 10:13 AM IST

Dear investor, you don’t have to run a mutual fund on mutual funds

8 min read . 09:00 AM IST