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Mint Primer

Mint Primer

Mint - HT Smartcast



This podcast version of the popular Mint Primer breaks down the Big News into quick easy consumable Questions & Answers. Each morning, host Alisha Sachdev features the finest explanations of the major and complex stories to provide a full and clear picture of the topic of the day.

This is a Mint production, brought to you by HT Smartcast

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Available Episodes

05:17
Analyzing key factors behind housing project completions
EPISODE 228
26 Sep 2023

in today's primer we take a look at how recent data indicates a notable reduction in delays associated with the completion of real estate projects. This positive trend can be large ... Read more

26 Sep5 MINS
05:25
Life beyond oil: Can distance tax ease the switch?
EPISODE 227
10 Aug 2023

Taxes on oil make up a chunk of government revenue. Surging interest in electric vehicles, however, puts this under threat. Distance tax is touted as one way to offset any loss in ... Read more

10 Aug5 MINS
05:20
IT import curbs: Licence Raj or Make in India?
EPISODE 226
08 Aug 2023

In a surprise move, the government last week reintroduced licensing and ended free imports of IT hardware. Many reasons have been cited for this step. Mint explains the possible ra ... Read more

08 Aug5 MINS
05:02
The new data protection bill: Five takeaways
EPISODE 225
04 Aug 2023

After five years and multiple iterations, the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Bill was tabled in Parliament on Thursday. Featuring a number of changes from the 2022 draft, ... Read more

04 Aug5 MINS
05:30
What flipped the decline of India's Forex reserves?
EPISODE 224
02 Aug 2023

India’s foreign exchange reserves, which peaked at $642 billion in October 2021, declined for most part of last year. The trend reversed this year with forex reserves touching a 15 ... Read more

02 Aug6 MINS
04:59
Off the block: Luxury car sales roar in India
EPISODE 223
02 Aug 2023

Luxury car sales were at record levels in the first half of 2023. Should the trend continue, the industry could log an all-time high for the full year. What explains this frenzy, w ... Read more

02 Aug5 MINS
52:43
How style & affordability intersect with car safety feat. Martin Uhlarik, Tata Motors
EPISODE 222
27 Jul 2023

Mint's Alisha Sachdev discusses how car design and safety criss-cross and interact when it comes to building a new vehicle, with Tata Motors' Head of Global Design Martin Uhlarik. ... Read more

27 Jul53 MINS
05:29
Unravelling the mystery: Decline of smartphone shipments in India
EPISODE 221
24 Jul 2023

Smartphone sales in India have been falling, with the entry and mid-tier segment the most impacted. In the first half of 2023, overall sales dropped below the 50-million-unit mark. ... Read more

24 Jul5 MINS
06:51
Poor no longer? Dimensions of poverty in India
EPISODE 220
19 Jul 2023

Around 135 million Indians exited ‘multidimensional poverty’, a measure of deprivation beyond money, between 2015-16 and 2019-21, the Niti Aayog says. The basis of calculation is t ... Read more

19 Jul7 MINS
05:26
Could whiskey sour India-UK trade talks?
EPISODE 219
18 Jul 2023

As India and the UK discuss a range of goods in talks on a free trade deal, proposals for whisky are proving hard to swallow for both sides. That’s because Indians are the world’s ... Read more

18 Jul5 MINS
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