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  Environment and Sustainability

  Why the scrappage policy may be a remedy for several ills

  By Ashim Sharma

  From cutting import bill and foreign exchange savings to lower carbon footprint and reducing landfill requirements, the recently announced scrappage policy could be good news for the economy, environment and consumers

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  Work Place & Human Resources

  Influence without authority: How to be powerful irrespective of your role, position

  By Bhavna Dalal

  In the current matrixed structure of organisations, everyone needs to step up and be a leader. Using one's innate power to influence without authority helps leaders form meaningful alliances and achieve collective best.

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  Investment

  Environmental, Social and Governance Investing–A fad or here to stay?

  By Soumya Rajan

  Looking at ESG risks alongside financial metrics parameters could make us better prepared in the future for unforeseen risks, such as those we have experienced during the pandemic, and emerging risks like climate change

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  Technology

  Phygital is backbone of financial inclusion in emerging markets such as India

  By Raj Khosla

  A healthy mix of digital and brick-and-mortar presence of banking and financial services is a practical and efficient way to progress for an emerging economy such as India

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  Business & Strategy

  Veni Vidi Vici: How to navigate workplace conversations with little bit of courage

  By Shipra Biswas Bhattacharyya

  Many women find broaching topics that are out of their comfort zone to be a difficult task at the workplace. But courageous conversations are needed to end that discomfort that has been weighing them down

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  Giving

  Accelerating family philanthropy will drive India's socio-economic growth

  By Neera Nundy

  Like during the pandemic, in the coming years, we will need family philanthropies to continue to make decisions, deploy funds and play a more central role – as partners with other players – to drive more sustainable change

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  Coronavirus

  Vaccinations, increasing Covid-19 cases, and the Peltzman effect

  By Luis Miranda

  How security measures and regulations meant to protect, actually increase risky behaviour in the public, and how not to become a stereotype

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  Environment and Sustainability

  People's institutions: Rural India's secret to water sustainability

  By Pearl Tiwari

  In rural India, people’s institutions have emerged as powerful local bodies that help villagers collectively solve their water problems. To ensure success, a people's institution must take care to provide a total representation of all interests of a community