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A great power reset to combat climate change
October 21, 2020, 7:01 PM IST
The move toward clean energy can only be sustained if we strategically invest in transformative technologies, build the right infrastructure and supportive services Climate change is undeniably one of the most pressing problems of our…
October 21, 2020, 7:01 PM IST
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The human at work in the new world
October 21, 2020, 12:48 PM IST
During the voyage of the HMS Beagle to the Galapagos Islands in 1830, among the many observations Charles Darwin made, an interesting one was on the adaptation of beaks in finches. With their diversity in…
October 21, 2020, 12:48 PM IST
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One reform to make India ‘caste invisible’
October 21, 2020, 12:06 PM IST
Casteism, like a termite, is eating into the Indian society from within. It permeated the entire social fabric of Indian society irrespective of the religion and is damaging polity, bureaucracy, judiciary and society. In rural/suburban…
October 21, 2020, 12:06 PM IST
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New investment needs insentives, not only ease of doing business
October 21, 2020, 11:24 AM IST
The Union Acts on agricultural markets (a state domain until now) are aimed to create one nation one market and provide choice to farmers for selling their produce for better price besides attracting private investment…
October 21, 2020, 11:24 AM IST
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Pakistan Army’s ‘Operation Gulmarg’: Oct 1947
October 20, 2020, 9:57 PM IST
As the British rulers refused to revoke Durand Line Award on the eve of Indian Independence Act, King Zahir Shah of Afghanistan secretly recruited the tribesmen to raise a lashkarfor capturing Peshawar. Pakistani army planners hoodwinked…
October 20, 2020, 9:57 PM IST
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What is the recipe for sustaining a business for a start-up amid Covid-19?
October 20, 2020, 7:50 PM IST
Agility and persistence seem to be the two mantras to live by, especially if you’re a startup in the current economic climate. 2020 has been a challenging year for businesses, both big and small, with…
October 20, 2020, 7:50 PM IST
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When moisture is torture: Environment control solutions to the rescue in our daily lives
October 20, 2020, 6:21 PM IST
What is your biggest worry when you go out to buy groceries wearing your latex gloves with a mask on trying to avoid any possible contact with any surface or any person? It is that…
October 20, 2020, 6:21 PM IST
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Human trafficking: An affront on human dignity we must overcome
October 19, 2020, 10:11 PM IST
The alleged sexual assault and violence against a 19-year-old Dalit woman in Hathras, Uttar Pradesh, which led to her death at a Delhi hospital, has shocked the collective conscience of our nation. The Indian Constitution…
October 19, 2020, 10:11 PM IST
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Beta Samjhao!
October 16, 2020, 3:56 PM IST
Past weeks have been full of stories about violence against girls and women in public spaces…markets, streets, bus stand, in trains! These stories seem to indicate that public spaces are unsafe, so girls and women…
October 16, 2020, 3:56 PM IST
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Loans sourced by banks and NBFCs over digital lending platforms: A solution for the fintech industry
October 15, 2020, 11:26 PM IST
India remains one of the largest markets where the structural enablers to incubate and exponentially leverage fintechs have come together strongly. As the broader economy shifts from respond to recover, new opportunities for fintechs are…
October 15, 2020, 11:26 PM IST
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Here’s how tech will empower banks to revive the Indian growth story
October 15, 2020, 11:19 PM IST
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a far greater impact on global economic activity in the first half of 2020 than originally anticipated, and what’s even more worrying is the shape of the recovery. Some experts…
October 15, 2020, 11:19 PM IST
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Solving India’s power struggle through tariff reforms
October 15, 2020, 11:12 PM IST
Distribution utility reforms of state power utilities have been work-in-progress for three decades. Nevertheless, the aggregate loss in distribution utilities (among about 100 such utilities) increased from ₹ 340 billion in 2009 to ₹860 billion…
October 15, 2020, 11:12 PM IST
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The rise and rise of trolls
October 15, 2020, 7:16 PM IST
It took us thousands of years to figure out how to live with one another. Laws and social norms, developed slowly and painfully, enabling us to form societies. Armed with rulebooks, and a list of…
October 15, 2020, 7:16 PM IST
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Pandemic’s introduction to edutech reducing education disparity amongst the differently abled
October 14, 2020, 11:17 AM IST
While the Pandemic has caused a stir not just affecting the routine lifestyles and the economic turmoil that it has shown up, what’s exciting is the number of years it has pushed us to ahead…
October 14, 2020, 11:17 AM IST
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Mission ‘Karmayogi’ – Move to reincarnate Indian Bureaucracy
October 13, 2020, 8:00 PM IST
It is after over 70 years of independence that Prime Minister Narendra Modi has initiated a serious exercise to transform the governance mechanism in this country. True to his style, he has gone ahead to…
October 13, 2020, 8:00 PM IST
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FROM TOI PRINT EDITION
Forensic DNA is a quick way to bring rapists to justice. But awareness and testing levels are low in India
October 13, 2020, 2:10 AM IST
Just days before India went into a nationwide lockdown in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic, four men convicted for raping a 23-year-old medical student in a moving bus were finally brought to justice, seven…
October 13, 2020, 2:10 AM IST
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Strategy for states to prepare and tune their EV policies
October 12, 2020, 3:54 PM IST
Transition to green mobility is quickly picking up and with the rapid decline in battery prices in the last decade from 1,000 $/kWh to 150 $/kWh (Expected to cost 100$/kWh by 2026) the Total Cost…
October 12, 2020, 3:54 PM IST
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Future is female
October 10, 2020, 6:00 PM IST
To say that men dominate the world of entrepreneurship would be a gross understatement. According to the Reserve Bank of India only 5.9% of the start-ups in India in the last financial year were led…
October 10, 2020, 6:00 PM IST
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Preparation and recovery – What is the trauma of living through a natural disaster?
October 10, 2020, 7:00 AM IST
In June 2020, the city of Mumbai was plagued with uncertainty and anxiety as Cyclone Nisarga was reported to be nearing. Days after Cyclone Amphan ravaged the east coast, Mumbaikers recognised the need for being…
October 10, 2020, 7:00 AM IST
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Rare health reforms to re-form our fighting spirits
October 9, 2020, 11:10 PM IST
As getting back to our mother’s womb is impractical, we did better in dire straits & fight back, stimulating our pissed-off attitude towards Healing. Our combined endeavor to help global victims of rare health conditions…
October 9, 2020, 11:10 PM IST
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