Are you reflective, careless or hopeless? The answer might affect your ability to spot fake news
Political inaction is causing undue harm to Indians from air pollution. It is ironic that lawmakers do not attend to their own health hazards from this
There is a push and pull effect linked to government spending as we approach elections, which can affect fiscal deficit calculations and in turn, valuations. What’s the scenario investors should prepare for?
Even the mere fact that quality of participation will be looked at by third parties might be enough to generate healthier board practices
Humans have finite mental resources, and they’ve been decidedly depleted by years of dealing with Covid and its fallout, plus economic woes and worries about geopolitical upheaval
Murthy, and fellow captains of industry are wrong. Indians should be encouraged to work smarter, not longer. Instead of worrying that young Indians aren’t working enough hours, Murthy should criticise his own generation for not improving India’s education system and giving today’s workers the skills they need to compete
Merging a fintech, which has agility and digital in mind, with banks which are used to hierarchy in everything they do, won’t solve for financial inclusion
A concerted global effort is required to frame governance rules for the evolving cutting-edge technology space
A proposed merger of two media giants where a promoter-controller family would get hefty non-compete fees has put focus on the practice
Governments with already existing fiscal imbalances are the ones hurt the most and finding themselves at the brink of default amid a secular rise in interest rates across geographies
Brands seeking to make more sustainable materials using less energy, water and biodegradable are ironically relying on fibres extracted from forest produce like wood pulp. An estimated 300 million trees are cut down for these manmade cellulosic fibres every year, and there have been reports linking rampant deforestation with some of the world’s largest pulp and viscose producers
At least 30% of the country is littered with landmines, Amputations in Ukraine are already on a scale of World War I. It could take decades — or, at existing capacity to decontaminate territory, hundreds of years — to make Ukraine’s territory safe
In today's edition of Moneycontrol Pro Panorama: IT sector’s refusal to take risks affects jobs, what’s firing up the IPO market?, can BJP and allies tackle the Maratha Reservation challenge, NTPC’s new capex plans should reassure investors, and more
The Conservative Party is lurching to near certain defeat in the next general elections, which are due before January 2025. Despite falling approval ratings, the spectre of defeat may just be helping Sunak cling to the Prime Ministership without challengers as no one wants the ignominy of helming the government at this late juncture
The information needed to make ECL provisions has characteristics akin to a public good. While procuring and aggregating them may entail private costs, the communal benefits from their dissemination are substantial
The thermal capacity awards target has been raised to 11,200 MW from 7,200 MW
Chair Jay Powell says US central bank will proceed ‘carefully’ with any change to monetary policy
After some initial hiccups, the success of its e2W iQube has set the stage for more domestic launches and exports
Since Hezbollah is the most valuable of Iran’s assets, Tehran is reluctant to have it damaged and degraded, as it would inevitably be in a direct confrontation with the Israel Defense Forces. The other reason Iran needs to keep Hezbollah fighting fit is that it props up Bashar al-Assad's regime in Syria
India’s share in the global ER&D sourcing market is expected to increase more than three-fold by 2030, says LTTS CEO
Had IT firms embraced disruptive new technologies such as generative artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning, they would still need fewer people. The difference though is that margins would have remained unaffected
The latest spell of Maratha agitation has more to it than meets the eye
This year's IPO market is more broad-based and the momentum is likely to continue into 2H2024
With the advent of shareholder and media activism, the Companies Act allowing class action suits, increasing oversight by regulators and action by enforcement agencies, the position of independent directors has become highly vulnerable to civil and criminal liability
A policy that fed Hamas and encouraged the expansion of Jewish settlements on the West Bank to weaken the more moderate Palestinian Authority has left Israel with no good choices. A second “Nakba,’’ or catastrophe, as the Palestinians call their 1948 expulsion, is no way to ensure Israel’s security
