Special
Special
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Is your money safe at Indian banks?
Cases of banking fraud have seen a significant jump this year, according to RBI's annual report
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Ten interesting things we read this week
Some of the most fascinating topics covered this week are: Business (Learning from comedians), Operations (Mathematical solution to hospital overcrowding!), Management (Joy of absence; How explorers handle high stress), Technology (Streaming returns bad old days of TV), Sports (Fairytale rise of Real Kashmir), Economy (Obscure world of negative yields), and Capitalism (Back to basic liberalism)
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Jazz musician Sarathy Korwar is breaking global stereotypes of Indian music
Korwar moved to Britain from India a decade ago and found a following on the London jazz scene with smart, political concept albums that effortlessly splice genres together. His latest album, More Arriving, is a vibrant cacophony of Indian classical music, jazz and hip-hop that takes aim at cultural stereotypes and negative attitudes to immigration
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Karachi faces plague of flies, and it's affecting businesses
The infestation is creating havoc in the city, and various vendors say business has "completely ended", spotlighting the city's haphazard waste management and inert local politics
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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announces mega bank mergers
Fears of slowing credit flow, change in DNA of the organisation are real concerns to cope with
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India's April-June GDP slows to 5%; private consumption, manufacturing hurt growth
Private consumption, manufacturing hurting pace of growth the most
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Restaurants' frustration with delivery apps goes beyond India
The revolt in India underscores how tense the relationship between restaurants and the dining apps has become. Restaurateurs and delivery workers around the world are questioning the small share of the pie they get from powerful gatekeepers like Zomato in India, GrubHub and DoorDash in the United States, and Deliveroo in Europe
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WeWork is going public. Are its numbers too private?
The world's hottest real estate company released the paperwork for its IPO, but it lacked insight into its operations—by not disclosing certain information, WeWork is taking a risk
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India in midst of a cyclical downturn across sectors: RBI report
RBI's total income surges 146 percent in FY19; Commercial banks' financial health on the mend
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National Sports Day: Where does India stand on the global sporting stage?
From cricket to football, hockey to athletics, here's a look at how Indian teams stack up against others