WORLD
Taylor's Version: As the Eras Tour film hits the silver screen, here's how Swift is fueling the economy
Early in 2023, Hollywood icon Taylor Swift announced her second stadium tour, the “Eras Tour”, that commenced in March this year. As the musical star continues to break records worldwide, the film version of the tour debuted in India on November 3 and needless to say, the fans are enchanted by it.
TECHNOLOGY
One billion bipedal robots to AI-based doctors: Ace entrepreneur Vinod Khosla's predictions for upcoming decades
Right from the growth of one billion bipedal robots in the next 25 years to finding efficient sources of plant protein to replace animal protein, these predictions mostly encircle technology and AI that will soon reinvent societal structure.
INDIA
Why does Bangladesh form a crucial part of the G20 summit?
In its efforts to influence the global agenda within the G20, India relies on Bangladesh's support to turn many of these ideas into practical initiatives in its surrounding region
INDIA
National Handloom Day: Former HR professional carries the legacy of Indian weavers
A first generation social entrepreneur, Anshula Yuvaraj, walked away from her corporate life as an HR manager in 2017 to create an impact in the social space. She founded and created her brand Vinusto, in 2018, a socially conscious enterprise within the e-commerce space that makes and sells designer wear using authentic handloom that caters to audiences within India as well as North America.
TRENDS
Travel blogger Aakanksha Monga provides hacks to make solo travel easier
Travel blogger Aakanksha Monga believes that challenges are merely a perception, and all one has to do is change one’s perspective. But start small, she advises, since you're leaving behind your safety bubble.
ASSEMBLY-ELECTIONS
Karnataka Elections: Will HD Kumaraswamy continue to rule in Channapatna?
Kumaraswamy is facing stiff competition in his home base from BJP leader CP Yogeshwara, who has won the Assembly polls five times but was defeated by Kumaraswamy in 2018.
WORLD
Silicon Valley Bank shut down: What we know and how big is the problem
Shares of SVB Financial Group, the parent company of Silicon Valley Bank, plummeted nearly 70 percent before trading was halted before the opening bell on the Nasdaq on March 10.
ENVIRONMENT
Asia’s largest bird park to close after over 50 years
Asia’s largest and Singapore’s oldest, the Jurong Bird Park has announced the ceasing of its operations after 52 long years.
BUSINESS
SEBI suspends trading in cotton futures on MCX for a month
The trading will remain suspended to revise contract specifications in consultations with various stakeholders and also allow "wider value-chain participation"
BUSINESS
Kumar Mangalam addresses shareholders at Aditya Birla Capital AGM. Here's the full text
He said that the Covid 19 Pandemic in 2020 and the supply chain whiplash made 2020 and 2021 unprecedented years, and disruption now feels like “business as usual”.
BUSINESS
Keerthi Prakash to head Renault Nissan Chennai Plant as Managing Director
Keerthi Prakash will replace Biju Balendran to lead the operations of Renault’s Nissan’s Alliance plant in Chennai from September 1.
ECONOMY-2
Airports Authority of India partners Sweden for smart aviation solutions
Taking into account the demands of smart airports, the MoU entails a technical transfer programme.
BUSINESS
Samvardhana Motherson partners Saudi Arabia for industrial development in the kingdom
Fahad Almaeem, the deputy minister of investment and development, Saudi Arabia, said, “This MoU aims to complement the efforts made in the development of the auto industry in the kingdom. We shall continue exploring collaboration opportunities with Motherson in different sectors.”
BUSINESS
Open English acquires India's mobile English-language learning platform Enguru
Open English currently has a widespread audience in Latin America due to their 24/7 live classes which are taught by Native-speaking teachers, educating about 1.5 million students.
BUSINESS
Apollo Hospitals | Digitalisation is future engine of growth, prepared to deal with losses: Suneeta Reddy
Although the Apollo digital business reported a big EBIT loss of Rs 140 crore, the MD of the company reposed faith in digitalisation being the main driver of growth and revenue in the future.
POLITICS
BSP extends support to BJP-led NDA's presidential candidate Droupadi Murmu
Murmu on June 24 filed her nomination papers for the July 18 presidential election, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi handing over the set of papers to Returning Officer PC Mody.
WORLD
Metaverse has huge potential for high risk jobs that don't need much training: HCL tech chief at Davos
Kalyan Kumar talked about education, Web 3.0, and enterprises harnessing the immersive tech for growth and more.
BUSINESS
IMD warns of fresh heatwave spell in Northwest and Central India
According to IMD, temperatures are expected to hit a high of 42 to 44 degrees Celsius in several parts of the country.
BUSINESS
First shipment of Vande Bharat Train wheels from war-torn Ukraine to reach Chennai on May 12
The wheels will be used in the first set of prototype Vande Bharat Trains, thus enabling their trial run from July this year.
BUSINESS
Amazon removes option to purchase digital books from Kindle on Android amid new Google policy
Something similar happened in 2011 when Amazon had removed the purchase of books from iOS devices in accordance with the policies of Apple’s App Store.
WORLD
Xi Jinping warns public against criticising country's zero-COVID policy
This is the first time that the Chinese president has made an “important speech” that contained public remarks regarding the country’s fight against COVID-19.
WORLD
Paul Tudor Jones expects cryptocurrency to have a bright future
The billionaire hedge fund manager spoke of crypto being a borderless internet where one has a blockchain as the verification code that allows any individual on the web an instant access to connectivity, which "opens up just huge possibilities”
ENVIRONMENT
One-of-its-kind gene bank project worth Rs 172 crore gets approval by Maharashtra Govt
This project was piloted by the Maharashtra Government’s Rajiv Gandhi Science and Technology Commission. It will now be continued by the State Biodiversity Board, to ensure the sustenance and growth of the project.
ECONOMY
Over 650 passenger trains told to stand still so that coal carriages can zip freely around to rush fuel supplies amid power crisis
Cancelled trains will stand still till the third week of May.
