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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