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Every week, catch up on the best long form stories from Forbes India. Often peppered with our binge-worthy podcasts, videos or infographics too. Image: Shutterstock
1) Live and learn
Akash Jain, a 34-year-old crypto investor and miner, is a true new-age investor. Investing full time in cryptocurrencies since 2015-16, he thought he spotted an opportunity and invested nearly Rs 2 lakh ($2,600) into what had become a nearly worthless risky digital coin Luna, just before it got delisted at the major crypto exchanges. Luna was one of the digital coins that triggered a sell-off in the global cryptocurrency market which saw an estimated $2 trillion of losses in May. How is the great crypto crash affecting the ecosystem? What should be the investor's next move? For more
2) Go local
The theme of International Day for Biological Diversity, May 22, 2022, is ‘Building a shared future for all life’. To share that future, local biodiversity needs to be celebrated and accommodated. The English ‘discovered’ the Gulmohar in Madagascar in the 19th century. Its flaming orange sounds the arrival bells of summer. Non-native palm trees, African tulip trees, and Australian eucalyptus remind people of holidays abroad and picture-perfect postcards of far-flung holiday destinations, but they do not offer refuge to local fauna. The need to accommodate local biodiversity is pressing in the efforts of turning around climate change. For more
3) Building a fortress
In 2005, Rituraj Kishore Sinha was only 25-year-old when he stood in front of Thomas Berglund, the then president and CEO of Securitas, proposing a joint venture with Security and Intelligence Services (SIS). The deal didn't happen but junior Sinha started the cash logistics business on his own. As the world entered recession in 2008, Sinha decided to expand business outside India, and SIS bought Chubb Australia for $238 million. Over the last decade, Sinha has been diversifying domestic play and expanding with an aggressive inorganic route overseas. The gambit seems to be paying off. Can he keep up? Find out here
1) For fans by the fans
2) Milking the market
3) Finding acceptance
4) Freshworks: Life after IPO
