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Mint Quick Edit | What global tech-stock volatility says about AI-prompted market speculation

New Delhi, July 30 -- Globally fancied stocks of some chipmakers have been battered lately. On Wednesday, Asian markets fell, with South Korea leading the losses. Its Kospi index dropped by over 11% a... Read More


OpenAI models hacked Hugging Face: human minds must figure out how to make the world safer

New Delhi, July 29 -- Late last week, OpenAI confirmed that new artificial intelligence (AI) models undergoing an internal evaluation had exploited a hidden loophole to break deep into Hugging Face, a... Read More


Mint Quick Edit | Johnson & Johnson's $5.5 billion offer to settle cancer-risk suits: is money enough?

New Delhi, July 29 -- Johnson & Johnson has offered to pay as much as $5.5 billion to settle all legal claims alleging that its baby powder and other products containing talcum caused ovarian cancer t... Read More


Mint Quick Edit | Johnson & Johnson's $5.5 billion offer to settle cancer-risk suits: is money enough?

New Delhi, July 29 -- Johnson & Johnson has offered to pay as much as $5.5 billion to settle all legal claims alleging that its baby powder and other products containing talcum caused ovarian cancer t... Read More


Student expectations of the Nikelani panel are high but education needs far more than exam reforms

New Delhi, July 28 -- The government has responded positively, albeit after some hand-wringing, to this summer's student protests and underscored its sensitivity to youth aspirations and anxieties. P... Read More


Mint Quick Edit | ChangXi's listing pop was an eye-popper: can Indian chipmakers reach the big league?

New Delhi, July 28 -- As far as listing 'pops' go, China's stock market is in the spotlight. Shares of Chinese chipmaker ChangXin Memory Technologies leapt by an eye-popping 470% after they were list... Read More


Forced labour is America's latest pretext for a policy that mustn't escape internal checks and balances

New Delhi, July 27 -- On 24 July, India was slapped with a new US tariff of 10% to replace one that expired. It was among 60 countries this levy was applied to, though it faces a slightly lower rate t... Read More


Mint Quick Edit | India's education ministry has seen a shift-will market-inspired reforms follow?

New Delhi, July 27 -- Now that Dharmendra Pradhan has resigned as India's education minister and been replaced with Pralhad Joshi, tempers seem to have calmed. At least the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP... Read More


Sports associations like Fifa must pay taxes-their tournaments are clearly big business for them

New Delhi, July 24 -- Now that La Roja, as Spain's football team is called, has walked away with the coveted trophy of the 2026 World Cup, the grand spectacle is over. What's left, alas, will evoke fa... Read More


Mint Quick Edit | When will Indian stocks look up again? An end to this year's oil shock will help

New Delhi, July 24 -- Just when it seemed as if the tide was turning for the Indian share market, indices slid again. On Thursday, the benchmark Sensex index dropped for the fourth session in a row to... Read More