#MintPlainFacts | US H-1B visa fee hike shocks India, may hit IT sector reliant on foreign workers. Other countries tightening skilled worker policies too.
#MintPlainFacts | Gold loans, once a mainstay of mainly NBFCs, soared during covid, which affected life in India from March 2020 onwards, and its aftermath. 
#MintPrimer | Beginning January, farmers from several member-nations of EU invaded cities with their tractors, burning tyres, dumping manure, raiding supermarkets, blocking access to ports and highways and choking city centres.
#MintPrimer | There is a limit set to how much the US government can borrow to meet its legal obligations, which include paying interest on its debt and paying military salaries, tax refunds, and social security, etc.
#MintLongStory | The bulk of loss-making cooperatives—55 out of 95 unions—were from Uttar Pradesh, the largest #milk producing state. 
#MintPlainFacts | With the loss of #Karnataka, the #BJP now has chief ministers in nine states, compared with 11 back then. The party’s count of Assembly seats has dropped from 1,364 in May 2019 to 1,304 now. 
#MintPrimer | The 222.30 million tonnes of petroleum products consumed in FY23 was 10.2% higher than the year before. The previous record for consumption came in FY20 at 214.13 million tonnes.
#MintLongStory | The global market held a promise beyond the over-regulated, complex and heavily taxed domestic market in India. The international accolades, in turn, helped shore up domestic sales.
#MintPlainFacts | India’s retail #inflation eased to a 15-month low of 5.66% in March, data released on Wednesday showed. 
#MintPrimer | After much back-and-forth the #TamilNadu Prohibition of Online Gambling and Regulation of Online Games Ordinance was passed on 10 April.
#MintPlainFacts | Over 40% of the pitches have been in the fast-moving consumer goods (#FMCG) space, and 18% in beauty and fashion, the analysis showed. 
#MintLongStory | Almost a decade ago, in 2015-16, a National Mental Health Survey estimated that 13.7% of Indians aged 18 years or above — roughly 150 million people — suffered from common to severe mental disorders at some point in their life.
#MintLongStory | The company owns around 5,100 rooms of the 8,300 rooms in its portfolio currently. It has now set itself an ambitious target of operating 20,000 rooms in the next five years, in line with Chairman Keswani's vision.
#MintPlainFacts | Interest rate hikes by the US Federal Reserve have been a key reason for the weakening of the rupee.
#MintPrimer | Russia's defence minister estimates that around 300,000 soldiers will be called into service in the first wave of mobilization.
#PersonalFinance |Legally, the IFSC is considered a jurisdiction separate from the rest of India, that provides financial services in foreign currency.
#MitPrimer | Manufacturers can sell EVs in two forms: Vehicles with fixed or removable batteries and vehicles with batteries on lease. 
