By David Frankel Storage prices are dropping much faster than expected, due to the growing market for consumer electronics and demand for electric vehicles (EVs). Major players in Asia, Europe and the US are all...
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In a quiet, definitive way, GoI has changed the rules of bureaucratic play
By Pranab Dhal Samanta The bureaucracy is on tenterhooks these days, abuzz with how uncertain the lives and careers of bureaucrats have become under this government. There is almost no formulaic solution at sight to...
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Consumers, brand bajao: The cornerstone of brand success
By Monojit Lahiri To the common man, away from the universe of fancy jargon, what is a brand? It is essentially an identity. The process of branding is the process of creating and managing this...
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Farmer agitations point to a deeper problem in our agricultural system
By Prakash Bakshi With loan waivers granted on Sunday to farmers in Maharashtra, and to farmers in Uttar Pradesh in April, Madhya Pradesh’s agriculturalists continue to demand waivers and the revision of the minimum support...
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Hitch on to the learning curve
By Amit Malviya Education was originally in the state list of the Constitution. In 1976, the Swaran Singh Committee deliberated on matters pertaining to the Constitution, and stated that “agriculture and education are subjects of...
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Tracking ego to its source
By AR Natarajan The vision of the self and awareness of it as the abidance in the heart — where the unbroken awareness of one’s existence can be felt spontaneously as the ‘I-I’ — has...
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India’s legion of cricket fans have given the sportcolour, gloss and, yes, muscle
By Boria Majumdar It was 8.13 am when my Uber dropped me in front of the Oval Underground Station. I had deliberately reached early to soak in the atmosphere. To my surprise, Oval and its...
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The seat of power
By Sri Sri Ravi Shankar A ministership purports to serve the people. However, if it is perceived as a means to derive pleasure or prestige, it will only infest society with corruption, stymie growth and...
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Showing a healthy interest
By Preetha Reddy Over the last three years under the present government, healthcare, along with other key social development sectors, has started to move centre stage in India’s mind space. Under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan,...
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How to cut across corridors
By Sachin Chaturvedi Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s idea of the Asia Africa Growth Corridor (AAGC), as reflected in the joint statement with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in November 2016, has got enhanced attention, particularly...
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Atheistic roots
By Mahesh Daga The core of Hindu scriptural tradition, it is commonly thought, is all about theism or belief in God. But that is a huge misconception. Even disregarding the ‘heterodox’ streams like the charvaks,...
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Banking on growth
By Aditya Sharma India’s banking sector is a study in contrasts: it supports the world’s fastest-growing large economy but is grappling with challenges that test its strength and resilience. Primary among them is the burden...
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Bitcoin, the new hawala
By Atanu Biswas & Bimal Roy Hawala is a system of transferring money and property in a parallel arrangement avoiding the traditional banking system. It is a simple way of money laundering and is banned...
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Waiving farm loans is not only bad for the economy but also detrimental to interests of the farmer
By Ram Singh Farmers, from Punjab in the north to Tamil Nadu in the south, have started agitations demanding farm loans be waived. The Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra governments have already considered it politically expedient...
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Bangladesh’s attitude undermines the talent they have in their ranks
By Boria Majumdar ICC Champions Trophy semi-final against defending champions India is the biggest game in Bangladesh’s cricketing history. By qualifying ahead of Australia and New Zealand from what was considered a group of death,...
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Vedantic wisdom
By Pranav Khullar The Ramayana is the story of Rama. But more significantly, the epic provides a peephole into Vedantic wisdom on the nature of existence, reality and governance. Vasishta’s sagacious discourse to Prince Rama...
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Unhealthy tendency
By Elisabeth Rosenthal I trained as a physician and then came to The New York Times in the 1990s to cover the Clinton Health Reform Act…Whether it’s the Affordable Care Act or a Republican replacement,...
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Global innovations force-fitted in India won’t make an impact
By Binny Bansal There are few countries that enjoy the advantages India does when it comes to its ability to stimulate growth. We are in a sweet spot on the demographic curve, with the majority...
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AI replicating same conceptions of gender roles that are being removed in real world
By Vidisha Mishra & Samir Saran A recent article in The Guardian (goo.gl/UajcTp) estimated that the sex tech industry, which is less than adecade old, is already worth $30 billion. This estimate is expected to...
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Presidential elections will test the skills of the ruling dispensation
By Arati R Jerath The president of India is the titular head of the nation with a largely ceremonial role. And yet, the process of electing him or her can generate as much political heat...
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