MUMBAI: With a staggering 1.19 billion viewers and over 514 billion minutes of watch time, Indian Premier League (IPL) 2025 has set a new benchmark for live sports in India. But behind the record numbers is a strategic gamble that Sanjog Gupta, chief executive—sports and live experiences, JioStar, says goes far beyond cricket. Speaking at…
The Pahalgam massacre on 22 April set the tone for a retaliation the country knew was coming. Operation Sindoor began on 7 May 2025; the following days saw the closure of airspace as well as several airports across the country. Some passengers who had already cancelled plans to visit Kashmir found themselves stranded at other…
Much like consumers falling over each other to buy the latest iPhone, this voracious homebuyer appetite for its premium properties helped DLF, India’s largest real estate developer in terms of market capitalization, become the second-highest-selling developer in 2024-25, after Godrej Properties Ltd. However, the company’s ₹21,223 crore residential sales came largely from Gurugram, its home…
A nationwide safety audit by India’s aviation regulator has uncovered serious lapses, including recurring aircraft defects, poor maintenance practices, unserviceable ground equipment, and safety violations at several major airports, following the deadly Air India crash on 12 June. The Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) carried out a comprehensive surveillance at major airports across the…
New Delhi: India will make new and off-patent tuberculosis drugs available only through government channels to curb resistance to the drugs and boost efforts to fight the disease, documents reviewed by Mint showed. “The drug should be used as per Standards of TB Care in India (STCI) guidelines with the conditional access through the National TB…
Groww, Stable Money, Grip Invest and Wint Wealth are among companies that are riding the wave, looking to cash in on bond investments. Grip Invest, a series A wealth-tech company, is in talks with Orios Venture Partners and existing investors to raise almost $8 million, two sources aware of the development told Mint. Wint Wealth…
New Delhi: Global shipping freight rates, already rocked by the trade war unleashed by US President Donald Trump, are expected to become more volatile as the West Asia conflict escalates. Over the past 7-10 days, since Israel attacked Iran, spot freight rates have increased by about 150% because of a shortage of vessels willing to…
Air India, the Tata Group and Singapore Airlines-owned carrier, has been in the news recently for all the wrong reasons, starting with the deadly crash in Ahmedabad on 12 June. The airline initially announced the reduction of 15 per cent of its International widebody schedule and has now decided to trim its domestic schedule by…
According to the ministry of electronics and information technology (MeitY), the value of India’s electronics production rose nearly fivefold to ₹9.5 trillion in 2023-24, from ₹1.9 trillion in 2014-15. Yet, for all the triumph in scale, for India to emerge as a global manufacturing powerhouse, it has to go beyond smartphones and also break free…
Bank holidays next week, June 22-30, 2025: Banks in India and in various states will have different holidays over the next week amid Rath Yatra, Kang and Remna Ni celebrations in Odisha, Manipur and Mizoram. There are a total of 12 listed bank holidays in June this year, including Bakri Id and the weekend leaves….