Since 2014, the BJP juggernaut has swept elections and changed India’s discourse on secularism. I have often criticised the Congress party for resorting to soft Hindutva, fearing that its historical secularism is costing it votes....
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Why we shouldn’t copy-paste EU’s ‘one nation, one charger’ policy
A common mistake in public policy is the inability to confront trade-offs. Every government policy seems well-intentioned, nice-sounding, and welfare-enhancing. The union consumer affairs ministry’s recent moves towards a ‘one nation, one charging port’ for...
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Can friendships last a lifetime
My 4 closest friends live hundreds of miles away from me. Three of their names begin with an “S”. I guess it’s only fitting that special, surreal, sincere and serendipitous also start with an S....
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The year that was, and the challenges ahead!!!
2022 was a good ‘growth’ year for India. India’s economy was among the fastest growing large economies. This was commendable, especially in a year marred by war and extreme climate events, rising commodity and energy...
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Testing year: India & the world will meet 2023 fingers-crossed
We meet some new years effervescently but 2023 has us feeling edgy, like too much is hanging in the balance and we shouldn’t jinx the silver linings. The Ukraine-Russia war was the big black swan...
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It was his game that made football beautiful: Those who saw Pelé on field were treated to extraordinary beauty… moments that made them believe immortality exists
It is not often that the death of one man signifies the death of a time. Of an entire generation. The last one standing of a historic club of legends – such as Alfredo Di...
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Bid goodbye to year 2022 with a wake
By Narayani Ganesh As we prepare to say goodbye to the year 2022, it may be instructive to take a peek at the many ways by which different cultures face the death of a loved...
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EdTech trends that will shape classroom learning in 2023
The Indian edtech market size is expected to reach US$ 30 billion by 2031, from US$ 700-800 million in 2021. According to KPMG, India has also become the second largest market for E-learning after the...
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Is FemTech poised to revolutionise healthcare in the foreseeable future?
The term “FemTech,” first used by businesswoman Ida Tin in 2016, has gained popularity in the healthcare world. Women’s health, often thought of as a niche sector, now offers considerable financial potential for businesses, investors,...
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Telemedicine Innovations and upcoming trends in 2023
The use of telemedicine in the medical field is growing due to a number of factors. Patients with chronic conditions required an alternative to conventional care for ongoing monitoring and treatment during the COVID-19 epidemic....
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What men should know about their reproductive health and the optimal age for fatherhood
Men’s reproductive health is an important topic that often goes overlooked in discussions about fertility and family planning. While men are not solely responsible, they do play a significant role in the process of conceiving...
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When unconditional love springs forth, motherhood is born in us
When the moment comes in our life where we want only the best for others, motherhood is born in us. For nine months in the womb, she does not know the nature of the child,...
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Jayasri Burman’s Nisargah at Art Musings Mumbai
I’m a lover of still life. The glistening grapes, the porcelain and the peaches and the glimpse of pearly gloss on a loaf of bread. And yesterday in the mail I got images Jayasri Burman’s...
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Ring fencing data: Ransomware attacks are rising fast. India needs to be ready. And the data bill must factor this in
The last two months of 2022 brought India’s cyber vulnerabilities into sharp relief. In November, securities depository CDSL said it had detected malware in some machines and disconnected itself from the capital market. Later, AIIMS,...
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Faith provides the supreme immunity
By James Anderson Faith is a seed planted deep within us; it is natural to the soul. True faith is absolute because it amounts to certitude: it holds us all together. One might imagine that...
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Urinary problems in women: Neurogenic bladder and self catheterisation
My grandmother is 75-year-old. She was facing repeated urinary tract infections for last 1 year. On sonography it is found that she is not able to pass urine completely and there is always a residual...
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New Year resolution: Is this love?
You recall the fun times of your relationship and feel sad because it does not still exist. Something is missing and you can’t quite say what. You recount the wine you had or the vacation...
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Yayoi Kusuma at Madison New York
Art for the common man to savour. The world’s finest installation just opened at a subway terminal in New York this first week of December. In November 1968 she created a nude spectacle at a subway station in NY;...
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Indiaspora: PIOs come of age in politics across the world
As December draws down on the world and dovetails into a new year, a look back at 2022 shows it has been a momentous one for the Indian diaspora, with new landmarks along the way....
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Polls 2023: Revadis, not rehearsal: Nine assembly polls next year are not any kind of semi-final for 2024. But with slowing growth, campaigning will likely see all parties offer even more freebies
As many as nine states, including the major ones of Karnataka, Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh, will hold assembly elections in 2023. The media will probably dub it as the semi-final before the 2024...
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Guru Gobind Singh’s priceless gifts to us
By Inder Raj Ahluwalia That Guru Gobind Singh’s, the tenth Sikh Guru’s, entire life was a saga of selfless sacrifice, and his noble thoughts and actions were guided by justice and dharma are well known...
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The 5 biggest omni channel trends In 2023 everyone must get ready for now
2023 will be an exciting time for the omni channel trade, not just in India but throughout the world. There will be greater integration between physical stores, PR, and the web. In fact, e-commerce and...
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Let’s not overreact: Mock drills, appropriate behaviour and vaccination will deal with infections without hurting the economy
India’s healthcare system yesterday went through a mock drill to cope with a scenario where Covid cases surge. It’s a sensible thing to do and fits with the test-track-treat-vaccinate-behaviour package that represents India’s current Covid...
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A resilient supply chain is the need of the hour in India
“We want our logistics to move at the same speed as the Cheetah,” said PM Modi at the launch of the National Logistics Policy – a well-thought-out plan to streamline India’s fragmented logistics sector. While...
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FY 2023 – Year of economic reset
Notably, the year 2022 was about resiliency, rebounding, and rallying. The Indian housing sector thrived withstanding all the polycrisis headwinds and inflationary perils. Today, the real estate sector is at the confluence of growing real...
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Why are transaction advisory specialists in demand in the investment banking industry?
Investment banking is a great career choice for many youngsters as it offers a high salary, great benefits, and a chance to work with some of the world’s most powerful and influential people. Investment banking...
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Impact of new securitization guidelines by RBI on the business ecosystem
The Indian Securitization industry is approx. 2 lakh crore. In the Financial Year (FY) 2021-22 securitization market contributed to a volume of 1.35 lakh crore to the Indian economy. The securitization market consists of various...
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The future is not so much hindsight as foresight: Uncertainties still cloud us
Rugged roads need all-weather four-wheel driven vehicles and not the luxury Sedans. We are in uncertain times still. End of the year has not been that good although economy-wise, India is far better than many...
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Why and how battery recycling shall play a pivotal role in India’s EV transition
Today, at a time when the entire world is coming to terms with the fact that the future of mobility is ‘electric’, and therefore taking sincere and serious efforts to make electric modes of transport...
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Let many views grow: ICAR’s gag order to employees, ex-employees is indefensible & can hurt scientists, farmers
Regulatory approval in October by the Genetic Engineering Appraisal Committee to test GM mustard in field trials was a significant development. The mustard hybrid, DMH-11, was developed by a team from Delhi University. Based on...
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Putting more life into our lives is real life
By Kamlesh Patel What is the meaning of life? The simplest yet the most meaningful response to this question came to me from my spiritual teacher, Shri Ram Chandra of Shahjahanpur: “Life in life is...
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The teeth, the nuts, and the nutcracker
Early this month, senior officials from our public funding organization visited our Technology Innovation Hub (TiH), under the aegis of IIT Mandi. The organization has been set up with a sharp vision to bring out...
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MVA leaders surpassed Goebbels’ ‘big lie theory’
In the last few days, there had been several rounds of discussions over the alleged controversial statements in the state. Even if it was ‘Nano’, but still the Maha Vikas Aghadi leaders managed to take...
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Why and how innovative, sustainable products will drive the future
As the recent COP27 Summit outcomes reveal, sustainability is no longer an option for the world – it is imperative. Keeping this concern in mind, brands need to renew the focus on leveraging innovation to...
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Banks kosher post-Kochhar?: Last week’s arrest of ex-ICICI CEO came long after most people thought the story had gone cold. Banks became more careful, but also maybe excessively risk-averse
Like all disgraced stars of Mumbai’s money market, Chanda Kochhar, the former CEO of ICICI Bank, and her husband Deepak, a businessman, had been leading a quiet life for the past few years. The alleged...
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Recount moments you felt joyful and supported
By Pulkit Sharma Once again as the calendar year comes to an end, most of us have a faint memory of the list of goals, aspirations, and dreams that we had started with. In some...
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Occupational exposure to air pollution – Critical trigger for people with asthma
Over the years, air pollution has increasingly become a major public health concern the world over. This is especially true in India which is home to three of the top 20 polluted cities in the...
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Can Bollywood roll back the southern juggernaut?
‘Tum log mujhe dhoondh rahe ho aur main tumhara idhar intezar kar raha hoon (You’re looking for me and I’ve been here waiting for you patiently all this while)”. For the past three years, ever...
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As China, factory of the world, loses dominance, can India benefit?
The central economic challenge India continues to face is the creation of well-paid jobs for the masses. This challenge, in turn, requires greater success in manufacturing than has been the case to-date. It is in...
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A Christmas present to the child within you
It’s Christmas!!!! And with it comes good cheer, festivities, amazing food, and … presents!!! Remember the excitement we experienced when we got presents as kids? Why do we not experience the same level of excitement...
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Smooth road ahead for BJP if Opposition stays stuck in quadrilateral tangle
What do the political developments in 2022 indicate about the possibilities in the run-up to 2024 Lok Sabha elections? BJP won historic mandates in two important states this year — a second consecutive victory in...
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Who can get bio-remodelling? Know from experts
Everyone wants to look their best throughout the life’s changing seasons. No matter what our age is, we all love to flaunt healthy and youthful skin that glows and radiates. However, healthy and youthful-looking skin...
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How drones are changing the face of the Q-commerce industry in India
According to a survey, 80% of customers want same-day delivery, and 61% want their packages to arrive within one to three hours of placing their orders. A report by Redseer highlighted that the Q-commerce sector in India...
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Trends shaping the future of diagnostics space
Over the years, the Indian diagnostics sector has witnessed exponential growth. The traditional medical practice has given way to evidence-based medical practice and nowadays to a great extent the clinicians depend on diagnostics segment to...
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Is FinTech a replacement for traditional banking!
Recently there’s a very significant prominent and obvious shift in the demand for financial services. Apparently it has occurred as a result of the population being predominantly young and the remaining generation adopting technology at...
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The gold rings and Karma
Once A Jeweler from Dubai landed at Mumbai International Airport. At the immigration, security asked questions about a dozen gold rings he was carrying in his laptop bag. The gold ring merchant had bills and...
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SLOUCHING TOWARDS BETHLEHEM
At Tripunithura, the St Mary’s Forane Church glows in Christmas lights. Outside the courtyard of the church, stands a tall white star. Each limb of the star has six stripes borrowed from the rainbow flag....
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Nose jab’s here: It is a painless option for crores of vax holdouts
The seriousness with which GoI is approaching the Covid outbreak in a number of countries is evident from the rollout of Bharat Biotech’s intranasal vaccine on CoWin. Incovacc has the potential to give a push...
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Prince of peace comes to reconcile all things
By Janina Gomes No matter what is going on in our lives and the world, God encourages us to be at peace. And where does this peace derive from? From the Prince of Peace, Christ...
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Rumours and more!!
I recently watched a web series where the protagonist says “Truth walk slowly but rumours fly!” Mark Twain had mentioned something similar “A lie can travel halfway around the World while the Truth is putting...
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Chinese checkers & the need for superior air power
Barely a week after the recent face- off between the Indian army and the PLA in the Tawang sector of Arunachal Pradesh, reports indicate that Eastern Air Command (EAC) had conducted a major air combat...
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Digital products in financial services: Trends in India, 2023
Permacrisis was the word for 2022. We witnessed unprecedented disruption, digital proliferation, and upending of business models, while niche technologies found scalable use cases. Similarly, multiple competing forces are playing out in financial services and...
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7 ways AR and VR will transform the Indian gaming industry
Virtual or computer-generated features are superimposed on the real world in augmented reality. You may create your interior environment with a mobile device thanks to businesses. Simply choose your favourite item and check out how...
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Aakriti gallery’s ode to Indian independence
Aakriti Art Gallery Kolkata pays an ode to 75 years of Indian Independence with an epic exhibition titled ‘FREEDOM: FROM DESPAIR TO DREAM’. Curated by the brilliant art writer and Curator Mrinal Ghosh featuring the works of...
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RBI’s digital lending rules, a fresh fillip to the rising demand of finance through digital channels
The Reserve Bank of India’s (RBI) new guidelines on digital lending that are aimed at protecting consumers and their data have come into effect on December 1. The norms are primarily relating to on-boarding of...
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How business correspondents made Indian banking more accessible?
The rural population in India lacks access to structured credit sources because of a lack of information, awareness, and even documentation. Additionally, the physical distances and linguistic disparities present a greater challenge for this group...
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Christmust-must: Time again to update ye old carols 😊
Hark the pricey Front Page sings Ad-ver-tising deluxe things. Soaring price, cash payment mu-ust. Buyers scalped, and ground to dust. Marble lobby, golf course lu-ush Potties with Italian flush. Villas, pools and towers so h-igh...
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Football lessons from the Bhagwad Gita
By Shyam Banerji “You will be nearer to heaven playing football than studying the Bhagwad Gita.” This advice of Swami Vivekananda to a frail young boy who had come to him to study Vedanta has...
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Rural social enterprise is the way to expand wings and live Amrit Kaal’s dreams
The village is the pillar of India. Annie Besant’s famous saying, “The destruction of India’s village system was the greatest of England’s blunders,” is apt and well-understood in recent times. In Amrit Kaal, Prime Minister...
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A disturbing and perplexing phenomenon – without women
Women must be leaving the internet, without the world realising for the worst why the internet space is becoming scarce of women’s voices. Showing up online already makes a woman face enormous risk. Just for...
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For investors, early-stage gaming is where the magic is
What do Roblox, League of Legends, Candy Crush, Clash of Clans and WordTrip have in common? They’re all multi-billion-dollar gaming IPs — but more importantly, they all came from companies that were start-ups. There are...
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Political Modi-rator: The PM could help teach a disunited Opposition how to choreograph the dance of democracy 😊
Despite the hiccups in Delhi and Himachal Pradesh, BJP’s landslide win in Gujarat has, once again, shown that Narendra Modi is to the ballot box what Amitabh Bachchan is to the box office: a guarantor...
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Our reality and the web of causality
By Jasmine Sehgal Causality is central to all natural sciences. It is studied from the perspectives of physics, biology, chemistry, geology, quantum mechanics, computer science, mathematics, researches, ayurveda, philosophy so on and so forth. The...
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Can India boycott Chinese goods?
Contrary to the demand for boycott of Chinese goods, India’s imports from China have seen a sharp increase post the Galwan China’s clashes in 2020. Further the economic slowdown in China has reduced its import...
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Trends and future of the Indian plastic pipe market
With prospects in the areas of potable water supply, wastewater supply, electrical and telecommunication cable protection, agriculture, chemicals, and oil and gas, the future of the Indian plastic pipe market is bright. The Indian plastic...
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Gehlot bets big on welfare, but are sops enough to win polls?
Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot may be battling intra-party rival Sachin Pilot and his ambitions for the CM post but he is also simultaneously eyeing the assembly elections next year. Beneficiaries of Centre’s Ujjwala scheme,...
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Importance of skilling the last mile team in the retail industry
The world, especially after the pandemic, has been progressing rapidly. Technology has been a critical lever for brands and people alike to adapt to this change in velocity. With options galore, customers desire seamless and...
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Bridging the divide with digital communities
In any successful economy, technology catalyzes social change. The role of technology in community development is to give people power and a voice within a larger ecosystem, and ability to shape a better future for...
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Maradona … Messi … Magic: An Argentine writer reflects on what football’s ultimate glory has meant for an often-troubled country, the wizardry of its two greatest players & why nationalities in football are so joyously fluid
Buenos Aires. A sea of heads and shoulders, people clad in blue and white … the eight-year-old bounces high above them, sitting on his unusually tall father’s shoulders. He has an Argentina flag tied around...
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Why do we break our unity in God’s name?
By GS Tripathi In the Bhagwad Gita, Arjun sought to know from Krishn about the ways of worshipping him, “Some worship you in different shapes and some others in a shapeless form. Which way is...
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Let’s right our strokes
In common thinking, calligraphy – pronounced ‘kaligraphy’, ‘kali‘ as in petals in Hindi – is a form of artistic writing. However, calligraphic style can lend itself to unorthodox expression – check out Parameshwar Raju’s idols?...
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Creators of our destroyers: INS Mormugao, commissioned yesterday, shows both the progress & weakness in indigenous warship building
INS Mormugao, the Indian navy’s latest destroyer of the Project 15B class commissioned yesterday, signifies the substance of the navy’s hard power with an appropriate degree of symbolism as well. On December 19, 1961, the...
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Of winning, losing and realising our potential
By John Hierl No matter what the challenge in life, we always need to stay aware of the nature of thoughts that we harbour when things start to prove difficult: Do we think in defeatist...
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UBI – A highly relevant macroeconomic policy tool that most policymakers misunderstand
Universal basic income has been discussed at length in recent debates in economics. The mistaken and yet generally widely agreed premise is that it is a dole of sorts. It seems like a welfare scheme...
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Influencer marketing – An ideal opportunity to enhance sales during the festive season
Businesses eagerly anticipate good sales during the year-end festive season as lives have finally reverted back to normal after two years due to the pandemic. The festive season is usually that time of the year...
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The digital age: Are you cyber secure?
CHARGING full steam ahead, the world is at a crucial tech junction, undergoing a massive digital transformation, innovating at supersonic speed, and embracing new technologies. This phenomenal growth spurt, accelerated by the pandemic, is harnessing...
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How travelling helps seniors fight Age related issues?
In the hurry and scurry of life people leave behind things which add zest and happiness to their lives. Seniors forget to pursue their hobbies as they spend their youth in fulfilling family needs and...
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The future of beauty sector
Right from Skincare, Make Up, Nails & Lashes, Hair care and grooming, the Beauty Industry has truly grown and evolved over the years. This particular industry is quite comprehensive and broad ranging compared to other...
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Orange is the new red? Boycott calls will smother Bollywood
What say? Isn’t this the perfect time to start a ‘vulgar’ conversation about Bollywood movies and cancel culture? But first, a Cambridge Dictionary definition of the word ‘vulgar’: “Not suitable, simple, dignified or beautiful; not...
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When sport and nationalism collide on the pitch, and off it
At the World Cup, after footballer Breel Embolo scored a goal for Switzerland against Cameroon, his country of birth, Cameroonian fans stormed his father’s home in the village of Yaoundé, threatening to beat him up....
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Speed up SAP workload migrations with the AWS transfer family
Recent reports reveal that companies that migrate to Amazon Web Services (AWS) can enjoy 51% lower operations costs and 62% increased IT staff productivity, along with 94% drop in downtime. So, the demand for professionals...
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Make in India: Going global and making technology affordable
The manufacturing landscape in India has received a significant boost with the Make in India program and other related government initiatives. The support from the government has pushed foreign investments and motivated domestic businesses to...
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Whatta Goal!!!! India’s Football Fantasies & Fetishes
So now that we are down to two teams, I can’t wait for the Fifa World Cup 2022 to be done and dusted this weekend so my couch potato friends will stop assaulting me with...
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‘For six hours we were kings and queens’
It was a December night in 2019 in the coastal village of Chellanam. Alphonsa Francis (58) and her son Silosh George (34)—who have a rich family tradition of Chavittu Nadakam—were getting ready to leave to...
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Bach And Forth
Agnès Gayraud is a French philosopher, journalist and singer song writer. A professor in philosophy, Gayraud obtained a doctorate in the history of philosophy and wrote a thesis on Adorno (The Critique of Subjectivity and...
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Sustainable agriculture for green revolution 2.0
India is a surplus agri-producer and after the first green revolution, we have become a self-reliant producer in agriculture. The country has enabled food security and is even leading the way in food export to...
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RBI’s regulatory framework may overhaul the digital lending ecosystem
Technology is now taking centre stage when it comes to developing business models. This has accelerated the digital lending ecosystem’s growth and development, allowing fintech and financial institutions (FIs) to offer credit online. The rise...
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Need for technological innovations for giving a boost to the travel industry
Due to Covid-19, numerous industries, including travel, saw overnight changes as unprecedented numbers of flights were cancelled and borders were closed. Travel and hospitality were already in the midst of a digital transition when the...
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How to Identify predatory lenders and how to tackle them
Historically, credit has played a crucial role in the growth of any economy. When used in the right manner, credit can be an instrumental tool in empowering consumers to fulfil their needs and lead a...
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How we treat our first citizens: Tribals are still targeted by laws that reek of British Raj prejudice
Arghya Sengupta & Aditya Prasanna Bhattacharya Jaipal Singh Munda was a remarkable man. A skilled orator, an Oxford graduate, Olympian and gold medallist in hockey, Munda was a passionate advocate for tribal rights in the...
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Nurture humility, key to realising the ultimate
By Arup Mitra As we grow anxious, we also become defensive, losing humility which is the basic tenet of spiritualism. As ego shoots up, the capability to absorb declines. New ideas, thoughts and alternatives become...
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An understanding of orthopedic technological trends
As orthopedic issues and injuries are on a rise in our medicalized society, there is a need for new advanced technologies, which paved a way for the emergence of these technologies for a few specific...
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Impact of water scarcity on real estate – Challenges and solutions
Often stated to be one of the most pervasive and invisible dimensions of the ecological devastation the planet is facing, water scarcity is undeniably a global crisis. With rapid depletion of groundwater, pollution of water...
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Podcasts: The dark horse in India’s audio revolution
As Indians we’ve always experienced the world around us through our ears. 52% of our population which are under the age of 30 have all grown up hearing stories before seeing them on the big...
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Liberal arts difference
Increasingly many Indian Universities are offering liberal arts education in India. Even though the present-day model of liberal arts education is an American innovation, its roots however go back to the Ancient Greeks and other...
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The steep path to faith
On a recent visit to Paris I found myself once again at the Basilica of Sacre Coeur, the Church of the Sacred Heart, which stands in starkly splendid silhouette on a hilltop in Montmartre, and...
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Project based learning in engineering education
As the world marches deep into the data age where the information is already doubling every 75 days and this rate is only becoming faster, the old teaching methods mainly focusing on information and knowledge...
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Key educational technology trends in 2023
Traditional education is no longer the centre of attention. The modern education industry is no longer bound by time or space. Various trends in the education sector have been deployed with varying degrees of success...
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Why airlines in India need to invest in CX now
Travel across the world and in India is picking up, showing signs of surpassing pre-pandemic levels. In fact, according to American Express, 93% of Indians plan to spend more on travel in 2022 than they...
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Why are datacenters getting big in India?
You see what’s happening now actually has been in the works for the last one decade…. If you recall, many years ago, the industry talked about 4 megatrends – that of Social, Mobility, Analytics and...
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Creative thinking
“Think left and think right and think low and think high. Oh, the thinks you can think up if only you try!” – Dr. Seuss The problem is that the ‘thinks that children can think...
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Which shampoo in winters?
Shampoo is not enough in winter. Hair becomes dry & frizzy, plus the scalp which also becomes irritatingly dry, we need more than just the shampoo for our hair to feel good. Washing hair daily...
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Preparing organisations for the future: Strategies to transform the workplace of tomorrow
In this era of disruption and digital transformation, organizations must prepare for the future and equip themselves with the right strategies to take advantage of the opportunities that come with it. To stay ahead of...
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Continue on the steep path to faith
By Jug Suraiya On a recent visit to Paris I found myself once again at the Basilica of Sacre Coeur, the Church of the Sacred Heart, which stands in starkly splendid silhouette on a hilltop...
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How social media revolutionise sales and marketing in real estate
India has transited from a sellers’ to a buyers’ market. The buyer has as much clout as the seller in any transaction. Today’s buyers are tech-savvy and know how to find information. Gone are the...
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Chennai mayor Priya has come a long way, and it’s not by clinging on to CM Stalin’s car
On March 4, she stood there in the royal Ripon Buildings, wearing the mayoral robe and holding the mayoral sceptre. And they called the 28-year-old mayor a kid. A little more than nine months later,...
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Let’s talk about your money
Let’s be upfront about it: Indians are bad at talking about money. Financial literacy is terrible in most countries, even in highly developed economies – people just don’t know enough about saving and investing. India...
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Is the AAP honeymoon getting over? The party’s claims to be BJP’s toughest challenger need to pass a few tests
Two images. In one frame Aam Aadmi Party’s CM candidate for Gujarat Isudan Gadhvi cuts a forlorn figure. He has just been routed. In the other image his party boss Arvind Kejriwal is smiling, thanking...
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Obit for a Statesman: Remembering an icon which was as much a part of Calcutta as the Victoria Memorial
A story of the city that was Calcutta had it that a party-goer of mature years, having over-indulged the previous evening, the next morning scanned The Paper – as The Statesman was known – and...
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Emotions – Sifting through the smokescreen
By Atman “Ethos, Logos, Pathos”, the structure of a great oral argument, has been passed down through the ages, starting with Aristotle. Ethos, the first step, is about establishing the speaker’s authority and status; logos,...
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Urinary problems in women: Blood in routine urine test with no symptoms
I am a 48-year-old lady. During routine health check up with my company, my urine tests showed 8- 10 Red blood cells (RBC’s). The company doctor said that this is a significant level of blood...
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How to choose the effective factors for investing?
In general, while purchasing a new home, we would consider a number of features in addition to the price, including the property’s location, safety, and amenities. Similar to this, experts prefer to assess securities when...
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Even illogical stirs are intrinsic to democracy
Some BJP spokespersons believe that foreigners are trying to sabotage India’s economic growth by spurring agitations against projects of national importance. No, such agitations are intrinsic to democracy. The latest example was the stalling of...
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Can we please stop beating Modi with the ‘strongman’ stick?
At the turn of the century, there was concern in liberal circles of the West over the development of ‘illiberal’ democracies—countries where prevailing political impulses varied from their understanding of uprightness and decency. Read full...
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How the world’s first Alzheimer’s patient was forgotten
Recently, I came upon a touching video. The clip begins with a daughter asking her father, who has dementia, why he was freaking out at being called “dad”. “Because I don’t think I’m your dad,”...
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Who taught you to hate?
When we are born we aren’t scared of animals or snakes and we see toddlers crawl on all fours in their diapers to play with all kinds of creatures till their parents yell and teach...
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Tips to reduce the risks of prostate cancer
Prostate cancer is one of the important cancers affecting men above 65 years age worldwide. Prostate cancer is a type of cancer that begins in the gland of prostate. Prostate cancer is a type of...
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Anatomy Of A Miracle
“Will my son ever look and live like kids of his age?” This was a question that always hounded Sumita Baidya Bhadra, mother of 12-year-old Aaron. He was born with multiple complications -did not have...
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Now science must strive for knowledge of man
By Osho The science of the future will be the science of man, not the science of matter. This change must occur before it is too late. Those scientists who are committed to the investigation...
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Patting performance, fellow-workers boosts up morale & growth
Despite being bestowed by the Supreme Creator-called-God with latent talent, work spirit along with untapped power within one’s self, a human being willingly or unwillingly craves for a tender fillip and apt appreciation that boosts...
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The importance of work-life balance and how to cultivate it effectively
Various studies and researches have provided the evidence that working long – stressful hours can be detrimental to your mental & physical health and wellbeing. Studies have also proven that most professional feel unhappy or...
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What explains India slipping in Global Hunger Index rankings?
With the Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2022 released recently, a decline in India’s hunger rating has irked the authorities. India was placed 107th out of 121 countries that could be ranked, with a total of...
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Should you use a soap bar to cleanse the face?
In order to maintain a healthy glow and texture, we need to take care of our skin daily. The skin on our face, is especially sensitive compared to the skin on the rest of our body and...
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Case study: Getting your nonprofit communications right
Everything you need to know to get started on your communications journey. Here’s what works, what doesn’t, and what you need to be mindful of. Today, communications should be an integral part of every organisation’s...
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Nothing is more difficult than being successful
By The Mother There are innumerable categories of ‘successful’ people; these categories are determined by the greater or lesser breadth, nobility, complexity, purity and luminosity of their ideal. One may ‘succeed’ as a rag-picker or...
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The role of tech for impact in healthcare delivery
The healthcare systems of most countries have witnessed a paradigm shift post the outbreak of Covid-19. The pandemic exposed the fragile healthcare systems across the globe. India, with its ever-growing population, has one major priority...
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The educational link between the UK and India
The appointment of Rishi Sunak as the UK’s first ever British Asian Prime Minister has understandably generated a lot of publicity in the Indian media. Among his many political accomplishments, however, is his notable track...
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Saffronart’s Souza sale this December
Barbara Zinkat’s Collection of Francis Newton Souza drawings goes under the hammer this Yuletide season (17th December ) at Saffronart in Mumbai and it has a bevy of beauties in drawings. Headsmen and women and...
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Only seats, not cities: As elsewhere, local poll results in Delhi are politically significant but unlikely to change urban life
Municipal elections seldom attract attention outside their catchment area. However, elections to the Municipal Corporation of Delhi, where AAP captured a majority displacing three-term winner BJP, was different. It embodied the fierce political competition between...
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The Avadhuta’s construct of nature as teacher
By Pranav Khullar The attainment of Sama-Rasya, sahaj, an equanimous state of mind, lies at the heart of the Dattatreya-Yadu dialogue in the Bhagavad Purana. King Yadu, troubled by his father Yayati’s decision to divest...
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Bringing collective action to life
At a time when the world is facing some of its greatest socio-economic challenges, as well as the continuous threat of climate change, collaboration, knowledge-sharing, and collective action is the only way forward. After more...
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How banks can transform customer relationships by unlocking the power of data analytics
Data has become crucial for banks to fulfil their customer commitments — such as listening to customers, developing products and services that will benefit them, and providing them with those in a personalised manner. Data...
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Delivering innovative business solutions and intuitive experiences with Applied AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) has seen a meteoric rise in recent years, and it is now an integral part of our daily lives. Today, AI is a ubiquitous technology that is revolutionizing how we think and...
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24 questions: No one’s been held guilty for subjecting women to tubectomy without anaesthesia in Bihar. India, please note
Around a month back, at two government hospitals in Bihar’s Khagaria district, tubectomy was performed on 24 women without anaesthesia. That there still has not been much headway in the district administration’s probe into the...
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Maha-Nataka, why?: Political grandstanding like that over Maharashtra, Karnataka border forgets many Indians are multilingual
A potential flashpoint in the long-running boundary dispute between Maharashtra and Karnataka was averted yesterday when the scheduled visit of two ministers in the Maharashtra government to Belagavi was called off. Unfortunately, this will not...
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A (sometimes misunderstood) chronicler of many Indias: Lapierre never abandoned his cities of joy. For the people in Kolkata he was working with, he was Dominique Da
“See this place,” Dominique Lapierre said, pointing to a clump of multi-storeyed buildings, some of them still work-in-progress. “It’s looking like Manhattan!” It was late 1991, we were in barely-developed Pilkhana, Howrah, Calcutta (today’s Kolkata),...
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Holiday hangover: The last thing you need after a vacation is another vacation to get over the first one
Bunny and I are exhausted. And the reason is that we’ve just returned from a holiday. It’s often said that when you get back from a holiday you need to take another holiday to get...
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Retreat to shunyata for well-being, positivity
By Somnath Sarkar Centuries ago, Aryabhata propounded the concept of shunya, zero, the base of the present numerical system. With time, shunya became a stepping stone to vastly simplified computations, paving the way for development...
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Planning to travel soon? Carry this healthy and holiday-ready snack on your next trip!
After almost an eternity, we have again begun venturing out of our homes, to pastures unexplored. After the pause due to the pandemic, travel plans are being made again, as people are looking to go...
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Double whammy: First by fraudster then by the police
A new form of fraud was successfully carried out on a friend of mine – who is generally a savvy and careful person — recently. My friend, who owns a small apartment in Bangalore had...
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Dementia needs mainstream attention
Dementia is scary whether it happens to you, or someone in your family. Much like insanity, though nothing like it; much like cancer, but nothing like it — Dementia takes everything away from both the...
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Skill vs chance in online gaming
Year 2022 has been an attention grabbing year for the online gaming sector in India. It started with an overspill effect of increase in gameplay pivoted through Covid leading to multiple landmark judgements in favour...
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Like Kafka, we too can turn pain into love
By Raman Singh Franz Kafka, the author of The Metamorphosis and The Trial, who never married and had no children, walked through a local park in Stieglitz in Berlin one day in the Fall of...
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Role expected of India in the integration & prosperity of Indo-Pacific region
Recently, the Indo-Pacific Region has gained enormous political, strategic, and economic importance. Politically prominent players in the region include, China, Japan, India, Australia, South Korea, along with ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations), and different...
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16 ways to extend the coverage of your Wi-Fi @ home
While every household has a wireless router today, the saddest truth is that most homes suffer from dead zones, short Wi-Fi ranges, and low data speeds. There are several reasons affecting the router’s wireless connectivity,...
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Data centre investments: Fuelling growth
In an increasingly data-driven world, data centres are becoming the cornerstone of the digital landscape. The data centre industry is receiving a structural boost from the confluence of enterprise digital transformation, government digital initiatives, data...
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Creating strong, compassionate societies through seeding a culture of volunteering
Bharat has a rich and proud history of people’s participation through volunteerism. As a nation, we are still known for the spirit of Sewa and Shramdaan. Mahatma Gandhi recognized and respected the power of the...
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Uddhavrao, why are you always against development?
The Supreme Court recently set seal on the order that the Metro car shed in Mumbai will be constructed at Aarey only. While stating that the decision taken by Devendra Fadnavis’ government of building a...
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India beyond India: The global culturescape of a gentle persuasion that doesn’t seek the inflexibility of power
A friend who lives in Australia recently forwarded to me a lengthy article by a Bengali writer, Anuradha Ray, living in a small town in France. Couched in a prose as engaging as a conversation...
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You can’t attain God by scripture study alone
John Hierl The Hindu scriptures provide the means for Self-realisation and moksh. The earlier in life we study them, the better we will understand the transient and unreal nature of this world. True happiness lies...
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The journey from informal to formal workforce
The composition of People, Processes and Technology should be evolving as a support to more formal employment In emerging markets and developing economies (EMDEs), far too many people and small enterprises operate outside the line...
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Air India should focus on flying experience rather than bindis and buns
Air India recently issued a staggeringly detailed 40-page circular to cabin crew spelling out the dos and don’ts of appropriate attire. Going through the instructions made me wonder who came up with this list. Not...
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Bullish on India: Six things we did right in 2022
As the year 2022 ends, here is an interesting statistic. Global stock indices are down almost all over the world. At the time of writing this, the MSCI All-country stock market index is down 17%...
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Contempt of court: Time to get rid of ‘scandalous’ provision
Should the judiciary be subject to criticism? This should be a rhetorical question. But criticism of the judiciary is circumscribed. As everyone knows, and as the Constitution states, the right to free speech (Article 19)...
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Compensatory afforestation: Saving trees or greenwashing?
In the last three years, several institutional and regulatory mechanisms have been changed to facilitate large-scale land investments in India’s union territories of Ladakh, Lakshadweep, J&K, Daman & Diu and the Andaman and Nicobar (A&N)...
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What impact Web3 will have on the gaming sector of India
The hottest buzz word on the market, Web3.0 has been coined as the newest internet ‘evolution’ that is set to completely alter the universe of gaming. To be precise, all new-age gaming-platforms and operators are...
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Risk management in healthcare organisations: Tools and strategies
The healthcare sector in India is undoubtedly one of the fastest-growing sectors in the country, estimated to reach a market size of US$ 367 billion by 2023 and US$ 638 billion by 2025. Along with...
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When discrimination leads to stigma in diabetes, do we need a shift in social behaviour?
Access to diabetes care is one of the main reasons for its poor management in our country. One of the barriers that has been recognized is stigma and the role it plays in hampering diabetes...
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The Response Rest Period
Laddu Pinto was very sad. This morning he had the worst-ever discussion with his boss. It was a new job, and Laddu could not establish a harmonious relationship with his seniors. Obviously, he was at...
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How does VR and AR work in the real estate sector?
Here’s how VR (Virtual reality) and AR (Augmented reality) technologies will continue to play an important role in the Construction and Real Estate sector With technology making deeper inroads into every segment, how can a...
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The future of commerce is ‘hybrid’ in 2023 and beyond
Over the past couple of years, e-commerce in India has truly seen its heyday with the pandemic changing how people shop and buy things. Now as life seemingly goes back to normal while we are...
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Impact of Hybrid Learning on new and skill-based learning
The technology-enabled environment has made it possible for teachers and students to adopt a variety of teaching-learning techniques. The most effective learning outcome and student experience, even at the individual level, are produced by hybrid...
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How eCommerce sellers can increase sales during the upcoming holiday season
Festivals are an auspicious occasion when many online businesses introduce new products to their customers. As an online store owner, you may be considering strategies to increase website traffic and conversion rates regularly. Even if...
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Twitter – Has the bird been truly freed?
2023 is only a few weeks away. As the world gets ready to make new resolutions, plans and social connections, it is imperative that we pause and take a good look at how digital platforms...
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Beating the inflation crisis with data-driven dynamic pricing
The reality of inflation has forced many retailers to raise prices to remain competitive and sustain dwindling margins. Consequently, retailers stuck in the legacy tech ecosystem are finding it difficult to invest in maturing digital...
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Role of start-ups in the growth of the Economy in India
A start-up technically is any enterprise that is working on the growth, commercialization, and the creation of brand-new products, services, or mechanisms that are driven by intellectual property or new tech. Over the last two...
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Wisdom of Samkhya imparted by Krishn to Arjun
By Anup Taneja “The Bhagwad Gita is perhaps the most systematic scriptural statement of the Perennial Philosophy,” wrote Aldous Huxley. Popularised by Huxley, the term ‘Perennial Philosophy’ recognises the highest common core or the essence...
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Why enterprises must focus on digital adoption of teams for a future-ready workforce
Technological advancements are changing the nature and requirements of jobs. With rapid digitalization happening across sectors, preparing for the future with a ready, competent, and skilled workforce has emerged as one of the top priorities...
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Climate mitigation vs adaptation
The climate crisis cannot be thought of solely as a mitigation problem or an adaptation issue — neither can its solutions. Here’s why we must understand the interplay between the two. People and institutions often...
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‘Humanity’s Challenges Can’t Be Solved By Fighting … But By Acting Together’
Today, India commences its G20 presidency. The previous 17 presidencies of the G20 delivered significant results: Ensuring macro-economic stability, rationalising international taxation, relieving debt-burden of countries, among many other outcomes. We will benefit from these...
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‘Humanity’s challenges can’t be solved by fighting … but by acting together’: The PM says India’s G20 presidency will reflect its tradition of seeking harmony between all
Today, India commences its G20 presidency. The previous 17 presidencies of the G20 delivered significant results: Ensuring macro-economic stability, rationalising international taxation, relieving debt-burden of countries, among many other outcomes. We will benefit from these...
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The world needs empathy more than sympathy
By Sumit Paul Urdu poet Ahmad Nadeem Qasmi writes: ‘Ye jazba humdardi se badh kar hota hai/ Kisi ke dard ko samajhne se behtar hota hai/ Saare jahan ka dard jab apna lagne lagta hai/...
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Marketing flywheel Vs marketing sales funnel
The sales funnel model is meant to attract attention and then convince customers to buy. The flywheel model considers the customers at the center of their business activities. Such an approach puts the needs of the...
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How zillennials are embracing new and alternative ways of managing money
Twenty-five years ago, investing money meant investing in gold and real estate. People made sure that their money was safely parked in these assets, which had the historical reputation of giving concrete returns and safeguarding...
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Shop right
I have heard that the term Black Friday is used by Marketeers even as far as India to attract consumers. As economies got interlinked these cultural invasions are natural. In the US, many people end...
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Climate change, the biggest threat to global food security
Recently, UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed warned that the world is facing an unprecedented hunger crisis as global hunger is on the rise, reversing decades of progress. The United Nations called out climate change, extreme...
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Apna UK: PM Rishi’s Hindi tweet to PM Modi could lead to some interesting developments
A friend from Britain writes: “When King Charles III is crowned next May, a Hindu Prime Minister will leave 10 Downing Street with his Indian wife to attend the ceremony. The Muslim Mayor of London...
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We know what you did last summer
By Narayani Ganesh When I say ‘we know what you did last summer’ the reference is to cosmic time and not a particular summer. The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) recently relayed images of the...
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How proptech is shaping the future of real estate?
Getting into the real estate business is considered one of the most lucrative industries. Moreover, according to the latest report from Grand View Research, the global real estate market is expected to reach USD 3.69...
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Hyper-personalisation is the key to transforming the debt recovery ecosystem
Systematic lending, borrowing, and debt recovery have been a part of the Indian financial system for centuries. From a stringent debt system under the reign of Mauryas to a modern-day regulated banking system, we have...
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Chinese gameplan in engaging with ASEAN for the Code of Conduct in the South China Sea
After the ASEAN Secretary General Lim Jock Hoi’s comment made on October 18, claiming that ASEAN and China are already done with the first reading of the draft of the Code of Conduct (CoC) in...
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Unemployment crisis: Pride and Prejudice
The country is facing a catastrophic crisis of unemployment and the current turmoil in the financial sector has brought a discussion on current account deficit (CAD), depleting Foreign Exchange Reserves, Falling Exchange Rates in focus....
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Digital Personal Data Protection Bill 2022: How it has left both civil society and industry body shell shocked
One day last week, I did what tech-lawyers in India have been scrambling to do in the last two weeks. I signed up for an industry body discussion on the Digital Personal Data Protection Bill,...
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SIP and Luxury
If the sales of Mercedes–Benz is lagging in India, common folks have to take note, continued high inflation notwithstanding. And when the India marketing head of Mercedes-Benz, no less, says that “They (SIPs) are our...
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Indian Family Gold Holdings…… Boon or Bane???
It is estimated that the amount of physical gold in the hands of Indian families (privately held not holdings by the Reserve Bank of India) amount to an astonishing 25000 – 27000 tonnes of Gold....
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Football, Fifa World Cup and me
The excitement of the FIFA World Cup has caught on around the globe with a trophy to be won in Qatar. While I can’t quite guarantee about the rest of the world, the heat is...
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Karnataka to Kashmir: Congress’ incompetence in handling border issues
The leaders of the Maha Vikas Aghadi have once again got an opportunity to blabber about the Maharashtra-Karnataka border issue after the statement made by Karnataka chief minister Basavaraj Bommai. These leaders who lost power...
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Emotional suppression – A chaotic canyon
We have moved on a little from the Invalidation station, but we are yet to cross the district of emotional reactions. Today’s discussion is about something that is connected to invalidation but is not about...
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Blind Indian-American prof sued for gender discrimination
There’s an intriguing story in the New York Post about a Columbia University alum alleging that her professor, who happens to be an Indian-American, assigning her demeaning “female” jobs like applying her makeup and booking...
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Championing the right to practice any religion
By Inder Raj Ahluwalia From a sacrifice of unparalleled proportions, emerged the spirit and saga of one of the world’s greatest gurus and it has a lot to teach us. Given the fact that today’s...
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Proactive vs. reactive security – How threat intelligence can help
Some bad things only need to happen once. As far as cybersecurity goes, one data breach is enough for online users to deem an organization unsafe. Still, many organizations seek comfort in the idea that,...
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Dyslexia and imagination!
Imagination is the backbone of resourcefulness. The creativity leveraged in this process is the heart of breakthroughs. It’s not just about improving what’s around but creating something new and purposeful. Envisioning an ecosystem that includes...
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Myths around credit scores that will change the way you approach it
Customers across India are becoming increasingly aware about credit scores and the importance of maintaining good credit health. Given that it’s only been a few years that the Indian consumer has become credit health conscious,...
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Upset by World Cup ‘upsets’? Blame it on globalisation
Thomas Piketty would have been spotted copiously taking notes if he was following this week’s World Cup games from the stands in various Qatari stadiums. The French economist, whose work focuses on wealth concentration and distribution and...
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RBI report is welcome but urban India still not a political priority
In recent times, there has been a growing realisation of the importance state governments play in human development indicators. That is a welcome step and should improve transparency and accountability. However, closer study of municipal...
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Rising cyber security risk due to skill shortage
Approximately 6.74 lakh cybersecurity caseswere recorded up till June 2022 in India, as briefed by the Minister of State for Electronics and Information Technology, Rajeev Chandrasekhar,in the Parliament on July 20, 2022. Life has become...
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Kashi-Tamil Sangamam: Shared knowledge, shared traditions
Home to myriad languages, cultural traditions and geographical landscapes, India has always been known as the quintessential melting pot. Shared heritage was and continues to be the defining feature of Indian society with developments in...
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Kummara Sambhavam
There is a practice in pottery to close the mouth of the kiln using broken bits of pots that get damaged after being baked. The Malayalam language doesn’t have a word to define this method....
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Bright right now: For growth, quality of human resources is key
Well after the rest of the world has discarded Covid-era restrictions, China has embarked on another round of shutdowns in some large urban centres to suppress a wave of infections. The economic fallout of endless...
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Meditate, it can make you perpetually happy
By Hasmukh Adhia Happiness is not a state of continuous excitement or rapture. It is a state of absence of sadness. Sleep is the best example of this. We feel happy in sleep because there...
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How delivering futuristic instruction with a practical curriculum is crucial in today’s era?
The advancement in technology has led to new-age innovations coming our way. These technologies have in turn significantly impacted our daily lives in many ways, making things easier. In fact, the entire educational landscape has...
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Rise of Asian power in soccer? Yes. But sans India
Saudi Arabia, Japan, and now Iran have chalked up important wins in the initial phase of the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar in the first faint hopes that Asian soccer is rising up to...
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Congress’s unsettled Rajasthan problem
With no sign that the Congress high command has dropped its plan to replace Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot with Sachin Pilot, the state is bracing for more political turbulence. By terming Pilot a “gaddar”,...
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Managing wealth in tough times
Inflation has been the second most commonly used term after ‘pandemic’ in the last one year. Following the pandemic-led economic stimuli, subsequent downturn and slow revival, we are once again back to discussing the descending...
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Why is the number of crypto investors increasing in India despite government norms?
Presently in India, crypto lies in a regulatory limbo – neither strictly illegal nor completely legal. Although a comprehensive Crypto Bill was expected soon, it has been delayed. Although we have got occasional statements from...
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Big tech, big layoffs, no big deal: The bad times in global technology firms will be scary but short. And India may benefit from the disruption
In the last two years, Amazon, Meta, Twitter, have been poster-kids for aggressive upscaling. They invested in new ideas and experiments, anticipating exponential growth due to Covid-fuelled demand. Amazon’s headcount doubled to 1.6 million and...
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Will you heed animals’ call and let them live?
By Dada JP Vaswani Reverence for nature is essential. It will help us survive upon this planet, preserve and protect this blessed earth for future generations. Reverence is essential – reverence for our rivers and...
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Diabetes doesn’t spare even the young!
Diabetes, which is known to be a lifestyle disease was earlier diagnosed among the age of 45 – 64 years of age, however, now, health experts are diagnosing this disease in teenagers (12 -14). According...
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How brands are moving towards sustainable packaging?
Our daily lives include packaging in one way or another. It has an impact on necessities for our survival. The problem grows, though, for brands. Packaging has the power to produce a variety of emotions...
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Mumbai measles outbreak: Focus attention on children who are missing the National Immunisation Schedule
The outbreak of measles in the Greater Mumbai region with 13 deaths in a month is a signal to governments to ensure that the National Immunisation Programme must be strengthened after the disruption caused by...
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A for Average, B for Below average
I had some interesting conversations with teachers from across India recently. They hail from different cities, but tell much the same stories. One of them told me that they had strict instructions from their department...
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Sexual urge during pregnancy
For a woman, the knowledge that she is pregnant and that a new life is being created in her body brings with it a new awakening of feelings. Long-dormant feelings of motherhood are now awakened....
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You’re either the illusionist or the hypnotised
By Mona Mehta Colloquially speaking, maya stands for extraordinary powers, magic, sorcery or illusion – as in the maya jaal, web of illusion, spun by the wicked witch from a Hans Andersen fairy tale, to...
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Value chain participants can further corporates’ D&I objectives
As the debate over moonlighting rages on in corporate corridors, and conversations on employee loyalty are taking centre stage, I often wonder why corporates crave loyalty, what are they doing in return and who should...
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Adapting to e-commerce trends in 2023 and beyond
Every day, new stores and business ideas emerge in the e-commerce industry, which is rapidly evolving. Consumer trends are constantly changing, especially in today’s digital age. Retailers are becoming more aware of trends and using...
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A bipartisan method of appointing Election Commissioners is the way to go
Supreme Court’s observations on the PIL challenging the constitutionality of the appointment of election commissioners suggests the bench hearing the matter isn’t happy with the current process where the government unilaterally makes the appointment. The...
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Urinary problems in women: Leakage of urine while laughing
I am a 38-year-old lady. Me and my husband love watching comedy shows together. Recently I noticed that for last few months, I would leak few drops of urine while I laughed loud. This happened...
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Brexit II: If UK’s home secretary has her way, Britain might soon have to exit itself
The UK home secretary was in deep thought. And the reason was the incursion, some might say invasion, of illegal immigrants. These intruders came from all over, Africa, the Indian subcontinent, Southeast Asia, and any...
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Three guards at the gates of moksh
By Sathya Sai Baba At the gates of moksh, liberation, and sakshatkar, Self-realisation, three guards are posted to ask you for your credentials. They are — shanti, santosh, and vichar, that is peace, mental equilibrium;...
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Can air pollution cause heart attack?
Nowadays, people as young as their twenties suffer from heart, and lung problems and end up losing their lives due to air pollution. Young roadside dwellers, for example, shoe cobblers are highly exposed to air...
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Sustainable development to save life on Planet Earth
Earth is not only unique but precious as it is the only place to host life in the entire universe. The life on earth is sustained in the biosphere or biomes in different ecosystems. The...
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Trends of holistic wellness becomes a focus issue for 2022
Holistic wellbeing, is an approach to be a happier , healthier person who focuses on aligning body, mind, social, and spirit. Their mind-and-body advantages seem especially crucial as we anticipate the wellness trends set to...
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Why conversation intelligence will ultimately be a SaaS superpower
About 95% of customer-care conversations are expected to be initiated by conversation intelligence by 2025. With such a universal and industry-agnostic impact, there is no doubt that conversation intelligence platforms would become a SaaS superpower...
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What makes pleasure different from joy?
By Swami Sukhabodhananda Satan was taking a walk near a lake with his disciple. They saw one passerby pick up something. “What did he pick up?” asked the student. “A piece of truth,” replied Satan....
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Time, the most valuable gift you can give your child
“I may not have time for adults, but I have enough time for children” – these words of Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru are indeed universal and timeless. Our children need us the most as they are...
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With ecommerce exports, it is peak season all year round
Ask any entrepreneur amongst your friends and family about the most important time of the year. Invariably, the answer is around Diwali. It’s the time when many business families start their new year. In fact,...
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Not playing ball: Running world football is no longer the sole preserve of Europe. That rankles some Europeans
Fifa chief Gianni Infantino had more than a point when he critiqued Western ‘hypocrisy’. That Qatar, host of the 2022 edition of the world’s greatest show, sporting or otherwise, is no poster boy for many...
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You are complete and perfect in every way
By Swami Krishnananda Here we are, the products, as it were, of this great creative activity of the immeasurable completeness and perfection of the Almighty, the Supreme Being. God is utter perfection, and everything that...
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How Can Brands Benefit from Sports Marketing?
It is very common for brands to advertise products associated with sports and athletics by having them endorsed by athletes and sports teams. Athletes are celebrities, and a pair of sneakers endorsed by someone famed...
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How Growth Advertising can help businesses grow multifold
Traditionally, corporate marketing has been a tactical endeavour. Aside from sales, it includes creative advertising, media planning with little emphasis on facts and figures, identifying the right demographics, and so on. The main goal was...
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No gloom and doom, we have solutions for climate change
Not a day goes by without apocalyptic predictions of climate disaster. The COP27 summit in Egypt re-iterated sundry climate targets while independent analyses oozed gloom and doom. The Economist had a cover story titled “Goodbye...
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From the Annals of sports: Football’s mesmerizing messi-ah
Few footballers have mesmerized me more than Lionel Messi. Not Ronaldo, not Maradona, not even Pele, who was such a family favorite that we named our mutt after him (he was born the day Pele...
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Why both BJP and Cong love to hate ‘disruptor’ Kejriwal
For two decades, elections in Gujarat have reflected an unchanging pattern. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has held office for six terms and the Congress has sat in the opposition. In the 2017 assembly election,...
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Qatar World Cup: Why fans don’t need to join the virtue signalling
There is a certain type of football fan that swears by numbers. The number of goals scored, assists provided, tackles made, chances created, and so on — they can juggle these statistics as adroitly as...
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Why working full-time while studying abroad can be a costly mistake
Despite the growing rate of student employment, not much is known about its effect on academic progress and performance for international students. This was perhaps why countries like Canada removed the cap on off-campus work...
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The Magic Of The Moth
Shalini Binu would not like to be known as a wildlife photographer. Though she has been drawn to forests and trekked mountains several times, capturing unique species of wildlife for over a decade now, she...
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Correct the error: GoI right to appeal SC release of Rajiv killers
GoI’s review petition against the early release of six Rajiv Gandhi assassination convicts accords the Supreme Court an opportunity to correct a mistake. A former PM’s assassination, via a conspiracy hatched by a foreign terror...
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Fits the bill?: New data bill better but wait for the rules
A new draft of the Personal Data Protection Bill was placed in the public domain by GoI yesterday. In 2019, GoI began a legislative process of bringing a standalone personal data protection law but called...
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Powered by numbers and living by them: How the science of measurement has made the modern world
Beyond Measure: The Hidden History of Measurement from Cubits to Quantum Constants by James Vincent is a vivid history of our obsession with classification and counting. We’re the only species that does it. The Egyptians...
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The Skyroot of our final frontier: Vikram-S’s successful launch will boost both private Indian space firms and Isro’s ambitions
Three years ago, if you walked up to a space enthusiast and told them that a private space company would launch a rocket from an Isro facility in the near future, they would probably laugh...
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Balance the relative and spiritual worlds
By Shri Shri Anandamurti How should a sadhak, spiritual aspirant, lead his life? A real sadhak will properly discharge his duties in the relative and spiritual worlds; and between the two worlds, there will be...
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DD Sindhi channel in India – An urgent plea to the Government of India
There are 22 national languages in India. Out of the 22 official languages, three are stateless. Sanskrit, Urdu, and Sindhi are the three national languages without a state. However, out of the three, the Indian...
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How next decade belongs to healthcare
Healthcare is one of the noblest sectors in the world. It is a serviceable and passionate career development domain that is also beneficial for scientific research and growth. The nobility of this profession goes beyond...
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World Diabetes Day: Thwarting the silent killer
It has been over a century since the first successful insulin injection was administered to Leonard Thompson. While this event changed the course of the treatment of diabetes forever, the fact is the ailment still...
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Decolonising the Indian Aircraft registration prefix VT
Nationality and registration marks of Indian civilian aircraft, which are prefixed with ‘VT’, are a colonial legacy dating back to the early decades of the 20th century. All civilian aircraft registered in India even to...
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The Illuminati vs the Populists
Taking a step back from the immediate results of the US election, it is becoming increasingly clear that the deeper political struggle is between the Illuminati of the Left and the Populists of the Right....
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Go beyond rituals to connect with the divine
By Pratiksha Apurv Of late, a lot of research is being done across Indian and foreign universities on the profound message of Kabir. The answer to understanding the 15th-century mystic poet, though, is contained in...
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COP27: What is it? Why is it important? How can I participate?
Everywhere in the news, we’ve been reading about the ongoing COP27 summit in coastal resort city of Sharm el-Sheikh in Egypt taking place from 6th November to18th November. It is considered a really important event...
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Supreme Court on forced religious conversion
Taking cognizance of increasing instances of Forced Religious Conversion in the country as pointed out by Advocate Ashwini Upadhyay, the Supreme Court on Monday, November 14, 2022 urged the government to act to check it....
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4 divine lessons from Kantara
Woooah!!! The packed theatre echoes with this sound. Over 150 people in the entire theatre were spellbound by the screen, with the visuals showing something unique and godly. The movie Kantara: A Legend has already...
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Never settle, keep looking for your passion: Skydriver shares his experience
Skydiving is a sport in which you exit a plane from altitude of 13,000 feet or more, freefall for a while and then deploy a parachute at certain altitude after the freefall of 40 to...
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Dying dangerously: Three violent Gandhi deaths, A personal recollection
Rajiv Gandhi’s assassins have been released by the Supreme Court to the protest of the Congress despite being forgiven by Sonia, Priyanka and Rahul. Let political pundits hammer out if this too marks a separation...
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Can we create a new destiny for ourselves?
By Pranav Khullar One of the most intriguing notions at the heart of all philosophical speculation is the concept of determinism versus free-will. Are we here merely playing the role created by destiny, or is...
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Why accounting software is important for next-generation SMEs?
Starting a business or running a small enterprise often makes the owner wear many hats. From client servicing to talent management, business owners always have something extra on their plate and they get trapped into...
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Need to include rare disease patients from India in foreign drug development programs
In a globalised world, just like most products, drugs and medicines are also made for a global patient population. During the recent pandemic, the world saw how India supplied vaccines, medicines and other material to...
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Coming up in USA: Don versus Ron
Results of midterm elections in America are yet to be fully tabulated and certified, but Democrats are celebrating a split verdict that has narrowly lost them the 435-member House of Representative but helped them retain...
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Beyond words: The more the English language grows, the less and less it comes to mean
“Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent,” said Wittgenstein, putting a limit to language. However, compilers of English dictionaries pay no heed to the philosopher, and each year their compilations get bigger and...
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Midnight madness needn’t shatter our equanimity
By Anup Taneja According to British philosopher Bertrand Russell, people in general are in the habit of taking their professional worries to bed with them. And in the night, when they should be giving complete...
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Recalling the child in you today?
November 14 is remembered as Children’s day. I recall my younger days when standing among the crowd on the roadside of the Main Road of Visakhapatnam, I was standing with a rose in one hand...
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‘This is not an era for war’
Earlier this year, PM Modi publicly chastised a visibly squirming Russian President Vladimir Putin with these words. The question to ask is why is this not an era for war. At some time or another,...
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Can’t let Putin get away with imperialistic goals: Scholz
Singapore: In a pre-G20 stopover in Singapore for the 17th Asia-Pacific Conference of German Business, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz affirmed that Russian President Vladimir Putin could not be allowed to get away with imperialistic goals...
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Crypto is now dead: FTX, a cryptocurrency exchange, collapsed last week, proving a lot of cool guys horribly wrong
Bitcoin, the original cryptocurrency, the gold standard for all things crypto, crashed last week. Bitcoin prices fell a whopping 75% in the last year, or down to a fourth of its value. This, for something...
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No, I didn’t watch it: How to be a spoilsport in a world full of sports fans
When national cacophony reaches its highest pitch during sports season, those who don’t know a football from their elbow plug their ears and get on with life. They are noticeable in a cricket crowd by...
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Movement to reconnect to mother earth
By Narayani Ganesh The most surprising aspect of the three-decades-old climate change debate and discussion is that all nations – with the exception of tiny Bhutan – have not thought it necessary to transform the...
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Sew climate change into macroeconomic models
The risk extends beyond agriculture and factoring it is imperative, whether to forecast growth or create solutions Ahead of the COP27 summit, climate change became one of the lenses through which India’s economic progress is...
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World diabetes day: Diabetes and women
Diabetes teaches you discipline. Diabetes is incurable. But given the tools, a diabetic can manage the symptoms Women and men are affected differently by diabetes. Diabetic women are at two-time higher risk of heart disease...
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COP 27: Climate financing concerns of developing countries
“We are not doing enough” are the opening remarks of Al Gore, former Vice President of the United States at the 2022 United Nations Climate Change Conference or Conference of the Parties of the UNFCCC...
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POCSO at ten: The law gave sexual offences against children the focus it deserved. But consider lowering age of consent from 18
Today marks ten years of the reform that took sexual offences against children out of the IPC – and the coming into effect of the special law, Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act....
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Teach children the art of long breathing
By Acharya Mahapragya An important part in building the child’s character is to teach him to concentrate. This practice should start from his childhood to get good results later. Along with the practice of concentration,...
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Paresh Maity’s most sublime painting at IHC
At the far end horizontal wall at Visual Arts Gallery hangs Paresh Maity’s painting Source of Existence an oil and acrylic on canvas that is at once an amalgam of an introspective, as well as...
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What the Republican ‘ripple’ tells us about calcification of US politics
Over the decades, the Left has acquired a reputation of conducting savage recriminations when things don’t go its way. The charge is justified. In some rarefied Marxist circles, for example, debate still rages over the...
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Get out of the job rut and embrace a ‘portfolio life’
Lately more and more people have been turning to me for career advice particularly those who are around 40-70. While I’d like to believe that this is because of my fast-growing reputation for dispensing good...
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Delhi needs brave political action but don’t hold your breath
‘Rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic’ is a phrase that seems to best describe some of Delhi’s actions these days. Let’s look at some of the items on the 15-point action plan that was announced...
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No longer ‘minnows’: T20 World Cup shows tier-2 can step up
Back in 2016, a Pakistani comedian made an appearance at a local event in Zimbabwe impersonating the beloved comedy character Mr Bean. The penny soon dropped that the Pakistani gentleman was not, in fact, the...
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When did you last Forgive yourself
We are not the same people we were a decade or two decades ago. Through life’s twists and turns and ups and downs, we win some battles, lose some battles, gain knowledge, experience and in...
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How is Bombay High Court’s blanket order a passive killing of dogs?
The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated. ~ Mahatma Gandhi Undoubtedly, the population of stray dogs is increasing at a break-neck speed. Every...
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Brain hacks!
Self-improvement is the key to unlock anything substantial. On a personal or a professional front self-improvement is the only thing that provides an underlining confidence to believe in oneself. To achieve any goal or to...
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Rural women empower a model that thrives
SSP’s investment in rural women builds their confidence to assume public leadership roles and helps them promote climate resilience, food security, and more. In a pilot project in the wake of the 1993 Latur earthquake,...
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View from the top
When the Covid pandemic stifled social lives and lockdowns closed off connectedness two years ago, a group of outdoor enthusiasts headed to the mountains in Wayanad to get up-close and personal with nature. Every hike...
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In search of Mary May
Ian Macdonell, an Australian, is in search of a ‘missing link’. He is not a geneticist but a professional researcher and writer. Ian is on a mission to trace the family of his great-great-great-grandmother who...
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Mapless journey and kindness of strangers
By Jug Suraiya Eventually, we had to admit to ourselves that we were totally lost. That was the bad news. The good news was that my wife, Bunny, and I were in Asti which is...
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The global economic impact of today
Economical changes are part of our spontaneous history. In order to define the path of Global development, the key elements from the socio-economic point of view must be understood. Through the analysis of the global...
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Best practices to secure your organisation – keeping healthy and safe in the digital world
In tech industries critical messages need to be repeated often. Sometimes they can be complicated, so we reach for analogies to make messaging, particularly around problem-solving, more relatable. Discussing cyber security and the rise of...
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Brands embracing inclusive sizing to make fashion available for all
Fashion is a form of self-expression that brings out the real personality of the one who carries it. Over the years, strong fashion trends and statements have been instrumental in driving cultural shifts and have...
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How Does Smoking Affect Your Skin & Worsen Your Psoriasis Flare-Ups?
Psoriasis is one of many complications and conditions that smoking can make more probable. Although researchers are still trying to figure out why smoking increases your risk for the skin condition, many think it has...
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Providing equal opportunities to all for becoming an airline pilot
Indian civil aviation has witnessed the opening of eight new flight training schools in the past few months, adding to the growing number of flying training organizations imparting initial training. This will not only provide...
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Is freedom from karma possible?
By Nayaswami Devi Recently, a friend commented that karma doesn’t always come back to us immediately but hangs around for a while. It isn’t like a credit card company keeping track of charges and payments...
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Recent global aviation accidents have put the focus on the foundation of pilot training
Recent global aviation accidents have put the focus on the foundation of pilot training and the conceptual understanding of the basic concepts of aviation subjects. European aviation regulatory body EASA had made a safety case...
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Quality engineering: At the heart of user experience and digital transformation
Customers love great experiences—chatbot assistants, secure and simple authentication options, smooth transitions between diverse enterprise applications are routinely taken for granted by them. From an employer perspective, phrases like onboarding, employee engagement and exit experience...
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Sex after birth: Tips for new moms
When a woman becomes mother, it takes some time for her to start feeling sexual all over again. Even physiologically, it takes few months before she starts menstruating again. Her prolactin hormone goes up at...
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Is Janhvi Kapoor out of the ‘Sridevi ki Beti’ Syndrome?
Sridevi-putri Janhvi Kapoor’s spirited performance in the freezing thriller Mili has taken the critics by surprise to see her come out on her individual performance in the Malayalam remake of the National Award-winning film Helen...
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Ukraine: Peacemaker India? Jaishankar’s Moscow visit was crucial. New Delhi seems more ready to facilitate dialogue
In the normal course a visit by an external affairs minister to Moscow would have been business as usual in the toolkit of Indian foreign policy. This time, the visit of S Jaishankar, who is...
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Know one, believe in one and become one
By C L Gulati Human life is considered a unique blessing, which in turn depends on the awareness of the Self. He who is not aware of the Self can neither have peace nor can...
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How eDiscovery can be a gamechanger for legal processes in India
The legal system in India, unlike other sectors, has been slow in digitalising. The rate of penetration of legal tech in India is very low. With an incipient 10% penetration level, the size of the...
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Adelaide: The laidback cafe of fresh food, wine, views & cricket
Virat Kohli may be living it up in Adelaide for some time now, and the pitch at the picturesque Adelaide Oval may be on fire along with the anticipation for the semi-final, but the Gold...
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Do’s and don’ts of money management to keep objectives on track and emergencies at bay
There was a sense of nervousness in the air while I was hosting a Q&A session for university students. One student stood up and asked ‘How do I manage money?’ Groans of annoyance followed due...
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How web development and software companies are helping to skill startups in the industry
Running a business from the ground up is an art, but in the real world, startups confront substantial hurdles, whether it’s their brand image, income production, business abilities, and so on. There is no barrier...
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Time please
Most of the Western World shifted their clock by one hour last weekend which was the first weekend of November. For the next four months in March, we will have more difference between the Indian...
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Education that helps uncover hidden potential
By Ashok Vohra Sri Aurobindo was very critical about the nature of education imparted in schools and universities all over the world. The prevalent educational system, according to him, is largely reductionist, materialistic, ego enforcing,...
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Can digital transformation accelerate our journey to NetZero?
Sustainability and digitisation are no longer buzzwords, but an imperative for businesses towards achieving NetZero. Over the past few years, there has been an increase in the number of companies/ businesses across the globe who...
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Co-working spaces help in driving the real-estate business in India attributed
While co-working spaces are now accepted as business and innovation hubs, what’s less understood is their impact on the wider real estate industry in India. Not only have they changed the face of commercial real...
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Financial Budgeting: Makes or breaks to persevere in the hospitality industry?
Financial management in the hospitality sector is typically used to ensure that financial planning, fiscal control and decision-making is managed efficiently. The most crucial aspect of financial planning is that it helps financial managers to...
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Let’s be clear on quotas: EWS, like OBC, is about caste, not class. We should stop pretending reservations are about the poor
Our founding fathers had set up, through the Constitution, a small gate and a narrow path that would lead the nation to a just social order by limited reservations. But over the decades, governments widened...
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EWS survives: SC rightly okays economic criteria for quotas. But questions remain on ‘breaching’ 50% quota cap
The 3-2 Supreme Court verdict upholding the 103rd Constitution Amendment Act that provided 10% reservation for Economically Weaker Sections has given the stamp of legitimacy to economic criteria for reservations. This is welcome. The poor,...
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Guru Nanak Dev’s salute to the absolute reality
By Swami Swaroopananda The Guru Granth Sahib begins with the Mool Mantra of which Guru Nanak Dev is the ‘Dhrishta Rishi’, the seer. These mantras are not created, but have come from the direct experience...
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Lighting design for homes: Fundamental principles & techniques
Summary Ambience created by Lighting goes beyond just the aesthetic (how the space it looks) – it fundamentally determines the personality of the space and how people perceive it, feel in it and how they...
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How the FMCG sector is reviving growth post-Covid
“In the midst of every crisis lies great opportunity.” This quote often attributed to Albert Einstein and as the Covid-19 crisis demonstrated, companies that utilised it to innovate are the ones that have emerged stronger...
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Putting a spotlight on dark patterns
Ever been shocked how your final checkout price on a food ordering app is more than double the originally quoted price? Or bought airline tickets in a hurry because the last 2 seats were at...
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You don’t apologise, Mr Annamalai, instead let’s play Animal Farm
We were in an edit meeting when the ‘breaking news’ happened: BJP Tamil Nadu president K Annamalai has called journalists monkeys. I laughed, and some of my colleagues in the meeting weren’t amused, probably because...
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HMV, The Wire’s retreat and Digu Tipnis
In course of politics and journalism, heated discussions took place in all spheres of the state in the last few days. Consequently, the dust accumulated on the words such as ideal journalism, journalistic values was...
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Revive NJAC: The collegium system ultimately hurts the judiciary’s credibility. Parliament’s idea was better
Union law minister Kiren Rijiju has said that the government “won’t stay silent forever” on Supreme Court’s collegium system of appointing judges, and the apex court’s 2015 rejection of Parliament-cleared NJAC. NJAC was supposed to...
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Let us all have some environmental sense
By Bhupender Yadav Our peaceful existence in society is incumbent on how well we put our senses to use. Our sense is our ability to think or act in a reasonable way. Our sense in...
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The sheer hypocrisy of western media and think tanks on democracy
When I was a journalist in the US, I saw Democracy and voting literally being decided by the Courts. This was in 2000 when George Bush’s elections in Florida was being questioned by Al Gore,...
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COP27: Recognising the value of hybrid working to the planet’s future
As the world’s eyes turn towards Egypt and the COP27 summit (Sharm el-Sheikh, 7 – 18 November), growing numbers of warnings continue to reverberate about the ever-increasing dangers of the climate crisis. As recently as...
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The future of Indian cosmetics industry: Recommendations for newcomers
For many years, the Indian beauty industry has been one of the fastest-growing markets in the world. With over a billion people and rising disposable income, India is considered one of the most promising markets...
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Make time to flirt with life
A twinkle in your eye, a bounce in your step & a tingle that only you can experience. That’s what a moment of flirtation can bring into your life. It’s amazing how the connecting of...
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Ela Bhatt: Thread That Binds
Indian embroidery is often discussed in the context of luxurious lehengas but the SEWA founder saw its unique potential as a tool of resistance and sustenance A day after Ela Bhatt passed away in Ahmedabad,...
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Cooking clever and quick: Lessons from the wonders of ‘bhaté bhat’
The world is facing an energy crisis, partly driven by Putin’s war, but only partly, since the path to minimise the climate crisis demands that we all use less energy. And one place where we...
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How UK and Indian Innovation Hubs Can Work Together to Tackle Climate Challenges
Climate change is impacting everyone, irrespective of where they are in the world. As a result, it is important for business and technology ecosystems in metropolitan cities like London and Bengaluru to work together to...
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Don’t Delhi and Punjab govts breathe the same air? There is much AAP can do to cut stubble burning and pollution, if it chooses to do so
If some Delhiites believed that the AAP government in Punjab would resolve the national capital’s air pollution woes, they couldn’t have been more wrong. Not only has Arvind Kejriwal, the national convener of AAP and...
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Turn to the Gita when overwhelmed by doubt
By Jaya Row Do you find yourself torn between the devil and the deep blue sea? Are you cruising along and suddenly you get knocked down by a challenge? Do you get overwhelmed by doubt...
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How parents & students may face financial tightening on foreign education loans
A student is going to Georgia in Europe for a medical course. The course fees cost nearly Rs 30 lakh for the 5-year course, his father is managing its expenses so that she does not...
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Upcoming trends that will shape up the fantasy gaming industry in 2023
Since the beginning of computer gaming, electronic sports have been played, but never in the same way. Thanks to online connectivity, players can now participate in officially organized events with opponents worldwide. The stereotype of...
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Energy storage: Powering India’s energy transition and decarbonisation drive
The energy storage sector is poised to play an integral role in India’s overall energy planning given the ambitious plans for low carbon transition in the electrification and mobility segments. Aggressive climate change commitments by...
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Non-alignment has begun hurting India
Chickens are coming home to roost. Our adherence to the unwise and discredited policy of non-alignment, recently expressed in its refusal to condemn Vladimir Putin’s unwarranted attack on Ukraine, has begun to hurt us. Pakistan...
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Canadian way: Ottawa is being smart about liberal immigration in ways London, for example, isn’t
Canada announced that it will absorb close to 1.5 million permanent residents over the next three years. The highlight of the plan is that it’s rooted in pragmatism. Canada’s PM Justin Trudeau has pitched his...
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Russia’s dangerous game: Moscow’s nuclear sabre-rattling confronts the West with tough choices
There is no clear end in sight to the war in Ukraine. Although Ukraine has made recent military gains, Putin has doubled down, by annexing parts of Ukraine and portraying Russia’s invasion as part of...
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An overview of building in India amidst competition
The rapidly growing tech sectors in both China and India have recently been affected by high geopolitical tensions. Over time, both nations agreed to de-escalate military threats, but it hasn’t done much to ease the...
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How to become a visual merchandiser? Here’s what you need to know!
Do you have an eye for attractive displays? How good are you at using colours, patterns, lighting and signage to draw people’s attention and increase sales? Have you tried adding a creative touch to mannequins,...
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5 best practices for green and sustainable warehousing
With the growth of direct-to-consumer (D2C) and e-commerce enterprises, the warehousing sector in India has expanded significantly. However, it has also increased the carbon footprint in supply-chain management, inadvertently making warehouses a major source of...
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Ed-Tech creating an egalitarian educational environment and addressing employability issues
India has made great strides from being the land of gurukuls to being competent in becoming the world’s Ed-tech capital. Taking an egalitarian approach, the Ed-tech industry emerged as a saviour to provide online education...
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The ‘Temple Run’
We almost jogged through the convoluted lanes on the banks of the river Yamuna, on our way to a very old temple of Lord Krishna, called the Banke Bihari, in Vrindavan. It required us to...
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When your sexual desires don’t match
In a conjugal relationship, it is commonly seen that one partner wants to have sex more often, while the other one doesn’t want it that often. This situation is known as ‘discrepant libidos’. This is...
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India bosses over cricket off the field. So what?
Partisan cricket fans in Pakistan and Bangladesh are foaming at the mouth on social media over India purportedly bossing over the game outside the field, enablings its team to boss over other sides in the...
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Learn from Morbi: Fix local government – Municipal bodies should raise more funds, do mandated audits, invest in staff competency
The probe into the deadly collapse of the footbridge over Machchhu river in Morbi must go into all the different levels of upkeep of this 143-year-old bridge. Only this will enable the proper identification of...
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Why is it so difficult to forgive?
By Osho The ego exists on misery –more the misery, more the nourishment for it. In blissful moments, the ego totally disappears and vice versa; if the ego disappears, bliss starts showering on you. If...
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India’s path to adopting electric vehicles in the future
Dependency can be backbreaking, but when there is a will, there is a way. Being among the most populated countries in the world, India has been dependent on oil imports from the middle east, or...
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Analyzing the core skill set of the founding team and how to build a successful startup
Harvard Business School professor Noam Wasserman in his book The Founder’s Dilemma, states that 65% of high-potential firms fail due to conflicts among founders. According to Wasserman, there can be as many different and distinct...
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Kristine Michael’s Ceramic Cluster at British Council Delhi
Kristine Michael the ceramic artist , ceramic guru, author, the country’s finest ceramic curator sent me an invitation to a small Charles Wallace scholarship artists exhibition at the British Council Delhi that made me sit...
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Flagging of consciousness: Be attentive, alert
By The Mother Accidents do happen in our life. Outwardly there are many causes, but there is a deeper cause which is always there. If the nervous envelope is intact, accidents can be avoided, and...
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‘Compress Earth’s history into 24 hrs. Humans came at 11:58 pm, yet killed 70% of wildlife’
Last night, I was watching Rocket Boys, a web series based on the lives of two great Indian scientists – Dr Homi Bhabha and Dr Vikram Sarabhai. It is overall an enjoyable series except for...
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Donum Estate’s ode to three women sculptors
Louise Bourgeois’s captivating Crouching Spider 2003 , Yayoi Kuasama’s Pumpkin 2014, and Amer Ghada’s calligraphic charisma in The Words I love the Most 2012. The Donum Estate Winery in California celebrates the practice of 3 stellar women...
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The Metaverse of beauty retail
The Indian beauty industry has been thriving for the past few years and has witnessed enormous innovations. Countless homegrown brands have been created, and numerous international beauty brands have made their way to India, given...
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What Lula’s thin win in Brazil tells the world: To take on the Right, the Left should always move towards the Centre
Brazil joined the “pink tide” in Latin America as Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva staged a political comeback that will be the stuff of breathless storytelling. Narrowly squeezing past Jair Bolsonaro, who was the ‘Trump-lite’...
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Tom, Dick … or Larry? British politics, they say, needs feline intervention
Doughty Larry. They call him the ‘boss’ at 10 Downing Street, the British PM’s official residence. Prowling the corridors of (transient) power for 11 years now, he’s ‘chief mouser to the cabinet office’. Some cattily...
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Ego is a tool we master, or one that masters us
By Thomas Easley From the moment we’re born, whether our birth arrives in Africa, China, Mexico, the Caribbean, Europe, America, whether we’re born black or white, rich or poor, tall or short, capable of wisdom...
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The hidden side of working in the food business
As with other industries, working in the hospitality industry comes with its own set of challenges and rewards. While patrons often see the glamour and glitz side of it, they often don’t realize the hours...
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Validation: A price worth paying?
Here is a scene that is perhaps familiar to many readers. You have probably seen it sometime in reel life if not in real life. . Someone works really hard to put a project together...
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Morbi bridge tragedy: Will there be accountability for negligence this time?
At least 134 people have been reported dead in the bridge collapse in Morbi, Gujarat. When the century-old suspension bridge broke apart yesterday evening, it was loaded well beyond capacity. The Chhath Puja crowds along...
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