Mint Lite Morning Shot
311 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 3 years ago -Mint Lite Morning Shot offers a quick update on the news you need to know before you start your day. From politics to markets, and a little dollop of positive cream, Sohini Sen from Mint offers a fresh perspective on everything.
So, grab a cup of coffee and let's get started.
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Episodes
Mint News | 2nd April 2021 | OPEC+ expected to stay cautious | Australia’s tech IPOs mostly from US | Scotland’s pre-poll plans
April 01, 2021 22:34 - 6 minutes - 5.97 MBThe Canadian province of Ontario will return to a lockdown on Saturday, India's annual electricity usage fell for the first time in at least 35 years, Biden launches ambitious infra plan & other news updates in your morning shot.
Mint News | 1st April 2021 | Divers recover cockpit voice recorder | FB aims to curb hate speech | First all-civilian spaceflight booked
April 01, 2021 01:30 - 6 minutes - 6.1 MBChina denies holding back information on Coronavirus, Indonesian navy divers have recovered the cockpit voice recorder of a Sriwijaya Air jet, Chinese 'militia' spreads in disputed waters & other news updates in your morning shot.
Mint News | 31st March 2021 | The fallout of vaccine curbs | EU fines Moody's over conflicts of interest | ICC to rule on “Terminator” judgement
March 30, 2021 18:51 - 6 minutes - 6.18 MBChinese leaders endorsed a sweeping overhaul of Hong Kong's electoral system, WHO to release key virus information, Several Asian countries scrambled to find alternative sources for covid-19 inoculations & other news updates in your morning shot.
Mint News| 26th March 2021 | Aid group reports Ethiopian soldier’s cruel act | New Zealand passes miscarriages bereavement leave law | UK university to return looted African sculpture
March 26, 2021 02:31 - 6 minutes - 6.08 MBNew Zealand passes miscarriages bereavement leave law, The University of Aberdeen in Scotland is to return a Benin bronze sculpture to Nigeria,Tribe protest against eviction from tiger reserve & other news updates in your morning shot.
Mint News| 25th March 2021 | Junta frees hundreds of protesters | Lending to fossil fuel industry drops | Suez Canal blocked
March 25, 2021 01:50 - 6 minutes - 6.18 MBNorth Korea fired two short-range missiles at the weekend,The world's biggest banks cut lending to fossil fuel firms by 9% in 2020 , Government hopes to resolve Iran's currency issue by next month & other news updates in your morning shot.
Mint News| 24th March 2021 | China irked by West sanctions | Taiwan grounds fighter jets | Mass shooting rocks Colorado
March 24, 2021 02:15 - 6 minutes - 6.04 MBTaiwan grounded all military airplanes for training and drills, At least 10 people lost their lives in Colorado in a mass shooting, Israelis began voting in the country's 4th parliamentary election in 2 years & other news updates in your morning shot.
Mint News| 23rd March 2021 | HK democracy activists set to return from China | Canadian goes on trial in China | Merkel pushes for extending lockdown
March 23, 2021 02:10 - 6 minutes - 6.29 MBEight Hong Kong democracy activists set to return from China, A Russian Soyuz rocket blasted off carrying 38 foreign satellites, Angela Merkel proposed keeping German lockdown restrictions in force for another 4 weeks & other news updates in your morning shot.
Mint News | 22nd March 2021 | EU Plodding Stirs ECB Concerns | Turkey strikes Syrian Kurdish zone | One week ultimatum to Tigray fighters
March 22, 2021 01:52 - 6 minutes - 6.17 MBEthiopia's PM issued a “final notice” to the fugitive leaders of the country's embattled Tigray region, Turkish air force conducted a strike against a zone in northern Syria held by Kurdish militia, Thousands of people in Sydney's outer suburbs were ordered to evacuate & other news updates in your morning shot.
Mint News | 19th March 2021 | Covid babies restrained in HK | Deepfakes in the news | Proposal to rewrite Thai constitution fails
March 19, 2021 00:30 - 6 minutes - 6.19 MBFrench diplomat appointed as personal envoy on Afghanistan, Chinese regulators recently summoned 11 domestic technology companies, Child and maternal deaths in India climb & other news updates in your morning shot.
Mint News | 18th March 2021 | US officials weigh North Korea options | Argonaut to drill despite Aboriginal appeal
March 18, 2021 05:03 - 6 minutes - 5.93 MBPresident Biden’s top diplomat and defence chief travelled to South Korea, Myanmar's most powerful Buddhist monks' association called on the junta to end violence, Bahraini prince probed over vaccine gift & other news updates in your morning shot.
Mint News | 17th March 2021 | WHO urges not to halt vaccination | UK shifts focus on India | Lethal pollution high in 2020
March 17, 2021 02:16 - 6 minutes - 5.95 MBWHO appealed to countries on Monday not to pause vaccination campaigns, N Korea warns US before Seoul meeting, PM Boris Johnson will unveil plans to shift Britain’s foreign policy focus toward India & other news updates in your morning shot.
Mint News | 16th March 2021 | Women march for gender equality | How covid shaped reskilling | Now AI used to detect sewage leaks
March 16, 2021 02:34 - 6 minutes - 5.94 MBIndonesia will aim to boost sales of electric vehicles with a new regulation, President Joe Biden declines to call for Cuomo to resign, Taiwanese firms asked to fly flags & other news updates in your morning shot.
Mint News| 15th March 2021 | Germany goes to polls | The pros of tech adoption | FEMA to help with the surge of children at the border
March 15, 2021 02:39 - 6 minutes - 6.07 MBThe Gulf Cooperation Council’s borrowing requirements could drop to $10 billion, FEMA to help with the surge of children at the border, Elections in 2 German states pose a difficult test for Angela Merkel's party & other news updates in your morning shot.
Mint News| 12th March 2021 | NHS pay rise overshadow school reopening in UK | Yemen hangar fire kills 44 | Weakening environmental protection during covid
March 12, 2021 02:00 - 6 minutes - 5.86 MBA lobbyist hired by Myanmar's junta to explain the real situation of the army's coup to the US, Almost 1M Australians will be able to enjoy half-price flights to boost Aussie tourism, Yemen hangar fire kills 44 & other news updates in your morning shot.
Mint News| 11th March 2021 | Biden to meet Australia, India, Japan PMs | Syrian youth paying the price of war | Pandemic shaves off IPL brand value
March 11, 2021 02:26 - 6 minutes - 6.18 MBJoe Biden to hold first-ever joint talks with the leaders of Australia, India, and Japan, Taiwan’s top engineers to build a world-class chipmaking industry, South Korean hospitals extract extra vaccine doses & other news updates in your morning shot.
Mint News| 10th March 2021 | Lula da Silva conviction dismissed | Hiring to pick up pace | EU Parliament strips Puigdemont of immunity
March 10, 2021 21:28 - 7 minutes - 52 MBA top judge threw out both corruption convictions of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Hiring to pick up the pace for the upcoming three months, Life insurance cos see 21% rise in new business premium & other news updates in your morning shot.
Mint News| 9th March 2021 | Houthis attack Saudi oil heartland | Israel starts vaccinating Palestinian workers | China to upgrade legal tool kit
March 10, 2021 21:26 - 6 minutes - 93.5 MBYemen's Houthi forces fired drones and missiles at Saudi Arabia's oil industry, China upgrades its “legal tool kit” in order to oppose foreign sanctions, Israel launched a campaign to vaccinate Palestinian workers & other news updates in your morning shot.
Mint News| 8th March 2021 | Senate approves Covid relief bill | Vienna witnesses anti-lockdown protest | Many Myanmar citizens waiting to enter India
March 10, 2021 21:23 - 6 minutes - 103 MBBiden’s signature $1.9 trillion covid-19 relief bill passed the Senate, Scores of Myanmar nationals have gathered at the border with India waiting to join, Thousands turned out for the latest protest in Vienna against coronavirus restrictions & other news updates in your morning shot.
Mint News| 5th March 2021 | Japan’s Kirin on a watch list over Myanmar link | Odisha forest fire rages on | US passes George Floyd Police Reform bill
March 10, 2021 21:21 - 6 minutes - 6.02 MBDemocrats pushed the "George Floyd Justice in Policing Act" through the House by a vote of 220-212, SpaceX’s unmanned rocket exploded on the ground, Hong Kong has been excluded from the Heritage Foundation's Index of Economic Freedom & other news updates in your morning shot.
Mint News| 4th March 2021 | British budget to aid recovery | New hurdles for sovereign funds | India ready to help Syria with vaccines
March 10, 2021 21:19 - 6 minutes - 42.4 MBBritish finance minister Rishi Sunak promising measures to safeguard businesses and jobs, Sovereign wealth funds to navigate growing regulatory scrutiny across some of their favored areas for investment, India ready to work with the UN to deliver COVID vaccines to Syria & other news updates in your morning shot.
Mint News| 3rd March 2021 | Nigerian schoolgirls freed from kidnappers | Syrian detentions may be war crimes | Euro 2020 shrouded in uncertainty
March 10, 2021 21:17 - 6 minutes - 31.3 MBBiden’s approach to Saudi Arabia represents a “recalibration” and not a break in historically close ties, Share of cesses and surcharges in the gross tax revenue nearly doubled, Euro 2020 shrouded in uncertainty about exactly how and where the competition will take place & other news updates in your morning shot.
Mint News| 2nd March 2021 | Turkeys growth outpaces peers| Suu Kyi faces two new charges| Ngozi takes WTO reigns
March 10, 2021 21:15 - 6 minutes - 6.05 MBTurkey’s economy outperformed all peers except China in the final quarter of last year, Aung San Suu Kyi hit with two new criminal charges when she appeared in court via video link on Monday, The "right to repair” now for Europeans to cut the environmental footprint of manufactured goods & other news updates in your morning shot.
Mint News| 1st March 2021 | Dom Rep to construct fence along Haiti border| VIP Vaccination scandal spooks Argentina| A bill against corporal punishment.
March 10, 2021 21:11 - 6 minutes - 6.25 MBPakistan passed a bill banning corporal punishment for children, Thousands of people demonstrated in cities across Argentina to protest the "VIP vaccinations" scandal, Dom Rep to construct a fence along the Haiti border & other news updates in your morning shot.
195: Mint News | 26th February 2021 | China scores victory over poverty | Housing prices skyrocket post covid-success | Selfies for elephant conservation
February 26, 2021 02:53 - 6 minutes - 6.23 MBAn Australian push to host the 2032 Olympics was elevated overnight to the status of preferred bid, Chinese President declared his country extreme poverty-free, Sailor clings to fishing buoy for 14 hours & other news updates in your morning shot.
194: Mint News | 25th February 2021 | Riots break out in Ecuador prison | Corp bond market may double | The woes of travel quarantines
February 25, 2021 02:31 - 6 minutes - 6.28 MBTiger Woods crashed his SUV on a downhill road in the Los Angeles suburbs, Sri Lanka under UN human rights scanner, The supply of corporate bonds in the domestic market is expected to double & other news updates in your morning shot.
193: Mint News | 24th February 2021 | UK unemployment up to 5.1% | India’s silk ambition | Afghan civilian casualties decline
February 24, 2021 02:17 - 6 minutes - 6.35 MBUS Supreme Court allows the release of Trump tax records, Britain's unemployment rate edged up to 5.1% in the final quarter of 2020, Government is looking to ensure that India become self-reliant in the silk sector & other news updates in your morning shot.
193: Mint News | 24th February 2021 | UK unemployment up to 5.1% | India’s silk ambition | Afghan civilian casualties decline
February 24, 2021 02:17 - 7 minutesUS Supreme Court allows the release of Trump tax records, Britain's unemployment rate edged up to 5.1% in the final quarter of 2020, Government is looking to ensure that India become self-reliant in the silk sector & other news updates in your morning shot.
192: Mint News | 23rd February 2021 | Garland’s day to shine | China urges US to stop interference | German businesses remain upbeat
February 23, 2021 02:20 - 8 minutesTaiwan doubled more than its forecast for export growth this year, Indonesian President Joko Widodo said local authorities should get prepared for potential forest fires, Human rights abuses rising in pandemic & other news updates in your morning shot.
192: Mint News | 23rd February 2021 | Garland’s day to shine | China urges US to stop interference | German businesses remain upbeat
February 23, 2021 02:20 - 6 minutes - 6.37 MBTaiwan doubled more than its forecast for export growth this year, Indonesian President Joko Widodo said local authorities should get prepared for potential forest fires, Human rights abuses rising in pandemic & other news updates in your morning shot.
191: Mint News | 22nd February 2021 | Niger goes to polls | Global vaccination at 202 mn | Most rivers damaged by humanity
February 22, 2021 02:25 - 8 minutesHigher temperatures are spreading across the southern United States, Niger voted Sunday in a presidential run-off, Germany has tapped debt markets to prop up its virus-hit economy & other news updates in your morning shot.
191: Mint News | 22nd February 2021 | Niger goes to polls | Global vaccination at 202 mn | Most rivers damaged by humanity
February 22, 2021 02:25 - 6 minutes - 6.05 MBHigher temperatures are spreading across the southern United States, Niger voted Sunday in a presidential run-off, Germany has tapped debt markets to prop up its virus-hit economy & other news updates in your morning shot.
190: Mint News| 19th February 2021 | UAE dismantles Eritrea base | Texans rescue cold-stunned sea turtles | SGX aims to scale up
February 19, 2021 02:11 - 6 minutes - 6.32 MBIndian companies are expected to dole out an average increment of 7.3% to employees this year, UAE is dismantling parts of a military base it runs in Eritrea, Texans to rescue thousands of cold-stunned sea turtles & other news updates in your morning shot.
189: Mint News| 18th February 2021 | Rapper’s arrest sparks protest | Investors cautious on Indian equities | Tokyo Olympics to get new chief
February 18, 2021 02:30 - 6 minutes - 5.82 MB14 people were arrested in violent street protests following the arrest of Pablo Hasel, Seiko Hashimoto to be selected as the new head of the Tokyo Olympics organizing committee, Asian investors are turning cautious about the Indian markets due to concerns over high valuations & other news updates in your morning shot.
189: Mint News| 18th February 2021 | Rapper’s arrest sparks protest | Investors cautious on Indian equities | Tokyo Olympics to get new chief
February 18, 2021 02:30 - 7 minutes14 people were arrested in violent street protests following the arrest of Pablo Hasel, Seiko Hashimoto to be selected as the new head of the Tokyo Olympics organizing committee, Asian investors are turning cautious about the Indian markets due to concerns over high valuations & other news updates in your morning shot.
188: Mint News| 17th February 2021 | Singapore’s spending spree to aid recovery | U.S. energy crisis deepens | Nod for Puri’s heritage corridor
February 17, 2021 02:28 - 8 minutesAsian businesses under intense pressure to cut ties with the Myanmar military, The Shree Jagannath Temple Management Committee approved a heritage corridor project, The energy crisis crippling Texas’s power system continued to spread & other news updates in your morning shot.
188: Mint News| 17th February 2021 | Singapore’s spending spree to aid recovery | U.S. energy crisis deepens | Nod for Puri’s heritage corridor
February 17, 2021 02:28 - 6 minutes - 6.11 MBAsian businesses under intense pressure to cut ties with the Myanmar military, The Shree Jagannath Temple Management Committee approved a heritage corridor project, The energy crisis crippling Texas’s power system continued to spread & other news updates in your morning shot.
187: Mint News| 16th February 2021 | Okonjo-Iweala becomes WTO chief | Sahel's jihadist insurgency in focus | Czech PM loses top ranking
February 16, 2021 02:26 - 8 minutesObamacare opens for a 3-month sign-up window, Czech PM loses top ranking in opinion polls for the first time since 2017, France and 5 allies to discuss the Sahel's jihadist insurgency & other news updates in your morning shot.
187: Mint News| 16th February 2021 | Okonjo-Iweala becomes WTO chief | Sahel's jihadist insurgency in focus | Czech PM loses top ranking
February 16, 2021 02:26 - 6 minutes - 6.06 MBObamacare opens for a 3-month sign-up window, Czech PM loses top ranking in opinion polls for the first time since 2017, France and 5 allies to discuss the Sahel's jihadist insurgency & other news updates in your morning shot.
186: Mint News| 15th February 2021 |Strong quake in Japan’s Fukushima | Hong Kong plans money flow scrutiny | Kosovo begins early elections
February 15, 2021 02:17 - 6 minutes - 5.99 MBProtesters in Yangon again rallied outside the Chinese and US embassies, Kosovo is holding an early parliamentary election to form a new government, A 7.3-magnitude earthquake off Japan's Fukushima injured dozens of people & other news updates in your morning shot.
185: Mint News | 12th February 2021 | Germany maps out next steps | The cost of climate targets | Indian impact enterprises fall in 2020
February 12, 2021 02:37 - 6 minutes - 5.84 MBThe economic damage wrought by the coronavirus will probably lead more African nations to seek debt, Germany mapped out a path to reviving Europe’s largest economy, Indian impact enterprises fall in 2020 & other news updates in your morning shot.
185: Mint News | 12th February 2021 | Germany maps out next steps | The cost of climate targets | Indian impact enterprises fall in 2020
February 12, 2021 02:37 - 7 minutesThe economic damage wrought by the coronavirus will probably lead more African nations to seek debt, Germany mapped out a path to reviving Europe’s largest economy, Indian impact enterprises fall in 2020 & other news updates in your morning shot.
184: Mint News| 11th February 2021 |Dems push for school funding | Thailand’s royal insult law | Indian-American’s political attitude
February 11, 2021 02:31 - 6 minutes - 5.94 MBGlobal companies from Japan to Thailand to dial back operations in Myanmar, A Thai opposition party submitted a proposal to amend the country's strict royal insult law, People in the world’s major conflict zones are turning to cryptocurrencies & other news updates in your morning shot.
183: Mint News| 10th February 2021 | Valneva open for partnerships | Mars to see busy season | Rescue operations continue in Uttarakhand
February 10, 2021 02:21 - 6 minutes - 5.7 MBColombia to legalize Venezuelan migrants and refugees currently in the country without papers, Valneva is looking for production partnerships for the covid-19 vaccine, A spacecraft from the UAE was set to swing into orbit around Mars & other news updates in your morning shot.
182: Mint News | 9th February 2021 | US moves to rejoin UN rights council | Australian scribe arrested in China | Coup attempt foiled in Haiti
February 09, 2021 02:37 - 8 minutesIndo-US joint military training exercise 'Yudh Abhyas' commenced at Rajasthan, Leftist economist Andres Arauz leads the field with over 80% of results declared in Ecuador's election, South Africa suspends vaccinations & other news updates in your morning shot.
182: Mint News | 9th February 2021 | US moves to rejoin UN rights council | Australian scribe arrested in China | Coup attempt foiled in Haiti
February 09, 2021 02:37 - 6 minutes - 6.26 MBIndo-US joint military training exercise 'Yudh Abhyas' commenced at Rajasthan, Leftist economist Andres Arauz leads the field with over 80% of results declared in Ecuador's election, South Africa suspends vaccinations & other news updates in your morning shot.
181: Mint News| 8th February 2021 | Cuba opens economy to private businesses | A new leader for WTO | Ecuador to get a new president
February 08, 2021 02:35 - 6 minutes - 6.15 MBOkonjo-Iweala was poised to become the first African and first woman to lead the embattled WTO, Cuba announced that private activity will be authorized in most sectors, World’s smallest reptile found in Madagascar & other news updates in your morning shot.
181: Mint News| 8th February 2021 | Cuba opens economy to private businesses | A new leader for WTO | Ecuador to get a new president
February 08, 2021 02:35 - 7 minutesOkonjo-Iweala was poised to become the first African and first woman to lead the embattled WTO, Cuba announced that private activity will be authorized in most sectors, World’s smallest reptile found in Madagascar & other news updates in your morning shot.
180: Mint News| 5th February 2021 | Taiwan Opens Office In Guyana | Westminster Hall debate | Far-Right Proud Boys banned
February 05, 2021 03:23 - 8 minutesUK Parliament to consider the debate on farmers issue as e-petition attracts thousands of signatures, Taiwan has opened a representative office in the South American country of Guyana, Canada Designates Far-Right Proud Boys As Banned Terrorist Group & other news updates in your morning shot.
180: Mint News| 5th February 2021 | Taiwan Opens Office In Guyana | Westminster Hall debate | Far-Right Proud Boys banned
February 05, 2021 03:23 - 7 minutes - 6.61 MBUK Parliament to consider the debate on farmers issue as e-petition attracts thousands of signatures, Taiwan has opened a representative office in the South American country of Guyana, Canada Designates Far-Right Proud Boys As Banned Terrorist Group & other news updates in your morning shot.
179: Mint News| 4th February 2021 | Singapore’s covid tracing law | GOP faces Cheney decision| Former ECB chief may lead Italy
February 04, 2021 02:31 - 7 minutesA Russian court jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny a three-and-a-half-year sentence, Nearly 11,000 Hong Kongers moved to Taiwan in 2020, the former ECB chief Mario Draghi credited with saving the euro, to try to lead Italy & other news updates in your morning shot.