INDIA
Blind belief in Western institutions is colonialism’s unfortunate legacy to India
It is an all too familiar story. A new report is issued by a Western institution criticizing some aspects of India's polity or economy. Instantly a howl of protest follows.
TRENDS
Zuck and Musk show represents the trivialisation of business
The Musk and Zuck showdown reeks of the kind of megalomania that only billions can fuel. Two men engaging in the kind of braggadocio that would make a responsible teenager squirm
TRENDS
A sin tax on online gaming allows the government to sidestep the morality debate
Gaming and casinos have joined crypto trading, cigarettes and liquor in the category of activities which fall under the dreaded sin tax bracket in India. But do sin taxes work, and how?
BUSINESS
What’s driving M&M’s move to buy a stake in RBL Bank
For now, M&M remains a group which derives the bulk of its revenue - 55 percent - from its automotive business
TRENDS
Why startups aren’t a great place to start your career
An employee at a clueless startup is like the blind leading the blind.
BUSINESS
The rebranding of Vistara and Twitter defies understanding
The Tatas’ move to subsume Vistara which stands for high quality into Air India that evokes shoddy customer service is a move that defies common sense, if not logic. The morphing of Twitter into an ambivalent X by Musk is equally perplexing
BUSINESS
Institutional activism an effective check on unbridled promoter power
Given the notorious pusillanimity of independent directors, whose role in Indian companies is in marked contrast to their rising levels of independence in both the US and UK, the onus of raising corporate governance standards in the country falls upon the powerful institutions
BUSINESS
50 years on, Watergate is a reminder of journalism’s power to do good
On July 23, 1973, then US president Richard Nixon refused to turn over presidential tape recordings in an investigation into one of the biggest political scandals in US history - Watergate.
BUSINESS
Companies that ignore weather risks do so at their own and shareholders' peril
Indian companies need to incorporate extreme weather events and how to prepare for them in their strategic plans
BUSINESS
Tata aims for global EV supply chain dominance with £4-billion gigafactory
Its two captive auto-making units, Tata Motors at home and Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) in Europe give it the advantage of two anchor customers already in place, a definite edge over other pure play battery makers.
LIFESTYLE
Call it tomato or tomahto, the price is still too high
After the onion, it is the turn of the ruddy tomato to make the Indian house husband weep.
BUSINESS
Foxconn-Vedanta deal breakup brings out government’s dilemma in picking national champions
Across the world countries have picked business houses to make investments that can push their development agenda. India is no different
HEALTH-AND-FITNESS
WHO put aspartame in the same cancer 'hazard' category as aloe vera extract and some pickles
Many food scientists are coming around to the view that anything artificial is potentially carcinogenic. Others say that aspartame cancer risk is just one more ill-advised piece of communication from WHO.
BUSINESS
With new sub-Rs 1000 phone Jio looks to prise open bottom of the pyramid
Jio is addressing the challenge of low features and underpowered phones by simultaneously announcing two new prepaid recharge plans for Jio Bharat users
CRICKET
BCCI needs to get rid of its colonial legacy of control
TRENDS
Meltdown at Byju’s should end the free pass for startups
INDIA
How the Emergency of June 1975 helped us grow up
BUSINESS
Solo or partnership, MNCs find their own recipe to do business in India
INDIA
Rajan Anandan, not Sam Altman, holds the answer to his question
BUSINESS
US drug shortages as much a threat as an opportunity for Indian pharma
INDIA
What's ailing Indian railways
INDIA
Airbus vs Boeing sign of coming battles for the Indian market
TRENDS
Raj Reddy, the AI pioneer from India
BUSINESS
Indian conglomerates have to make risky bets on the future
