ENVIRONMENT
Delhi metro should consider fare offs during peak traffic hours
How to encourage more people to use public transport, and reduce the carbon footprint and congestion during peak hours.
TRENDS
Saying goodbye to the internet
A recent survey across France, UK, Canada, Australia, Germany, Spain, the Netherlands, Sweden, Poland, Japan and South Korea found that 31 percent respondents didn't trust the Internet.
INDIA
Phone cameras are spurring temper tantrums in public
Perpetrators performing for the cameras is a well-documented phenomenon and is termed the "online disinhibition effect", wherein going online seems to lower people’s inhibitions.
TRENDS
Enid Blyton’s magic has outlasted wokes and cancel campaigns
Enid Blyton was born this month, 125 years ago.
BUSINESS
Indian business held out great promise at the time of Independence
If you had looked out of the window during a cross-country drive on August 14, 1947, Indian business would have looked full of promise - thanks to the entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering zeal kept alive by merchants like Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy and Premchand Roychand.
TRENDS
True crime: You can't outrun the long arm of the law
Louis Flood and Charles Sobhraj belong to that breed of criminals who found that the long arm of the law eventually caught up with them. No shootouts, or filmy fights marked their eventual capitulation.
WORLD
The cussed resilience of Davos Man
Davos Man certainly knows a thing or two about being resilient. Not even the most trenchant criticism has been able to dim the elite's determination to save the world from them.
TRENDS
Indian coffee to shake off colonial hangover
The current session of Parliament will take up the repeal of the Coffee Act of 1942, which was enacted in the middle of World War II, ostensibly to safeguard the industry from its effects.
TECHNOLOGY
Book review: Accenture’s top minds on humanizing AI
'Radically Human' draws on research which shows that most companies use emerging technologies as a lifeline, not as engines of innovation. And the few that do the latter, have reaped huge rewards.
TRENDS
Cricket viewing on TV is being wrecked by pliant commentators
Why do so many commentators treat us as idiots who can be entertained with either clichés or liberal doses of jingoism?
TRENDS
Can IKEA turn mile-long queues into profitable sales?
Regardless of their budget, Indian buyers will check out everything that is available. But as many have discovered, seeing isn’t always buying in India.
BUSINESS
Reliance succession plan is a classic playbook for other businesses
Ambani's succession plan comes against a backdrop of financial stability and is part of an overall group restructuring.
TRENDS
SpaceX tells the world its boss Elon Musk can do no wrong
When it comes to thin-skinned leaders, employees are better off playing cheerleaders. It is a lesson that employees in Indian companies have known all along.
TRENDS
Thank god Internet Explorer won't respond ever again
Internet Explorer (August 8, 1995 - June 15, 2022)
TRENDS
Despite his checkered legacy, Jack Welch remains a presence in corporate boardrooms
At a time when most companies struggle to survive beyond a few years, the Welch premise that a company is in the business of making profits through sustained market leadership holds some validity.
TRENDS
Russia Ukraine conflict: The fine line between misreporting and propaganda about Ukraine
TRENDS
The pioneering spirit of Seth Walchand Hirachand Doshi
Walchand Hirachand Doshi established a shipyard and aircraft manufacturing facility. Both were later nationalized, and became Hindustan Shipyard Ltd and HAL, respectively.
TRENDS
Billionaires ain’t getting no love
The way things are going, they’ll soon take the blame for global warming or for the inequitable distribution of vaccines...
TRENDS
Retirement dilemma: When should superstars hang up their boots?
While there examples of super-achievers who achieved little by dragging on their careers, there are also examples like P.G. Wodehouse who wrote 'Much Obliged Jeeves' when he was 90.
BUSINESS
MNC investment dollars flow to states that offer best soft infrastructure
Karnataka and Tamil Nadu’s predominance in IT-related businesses stems from how tech-ready the residents are.
TRENDS
Academics is rife with research that’s bizarre but fun to read
The world of research is littered with studies where the real question at the end is who wants to know?
BUSINESS
Forgive me if I don't shed a tear for Netflix or cheer the successful listing of Zomato
How tech-enabled firms destroyed the old order without creating anything new.
TRENDS
Giving bulldozers a bad name
The bulldozer as an idea has always had a life beyond the construction site.
SCIENCE
Fly me to the moon with a QUID or two
A 15-year-old technology is all but ready to be deployed as a space currency, for when you want to buy snacks or knick-knacks at duty-free shops on the moon and Mars.
