UpFront
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Innovation during infection: On finding opportunities during a calamity
The Covid-19 pandemic is not the first infection in the past two decades to spur disruption—the SARS outbreak in China in 2002 spurred its internet economy and saw Jack Ma grabbing the opportunity with both hands. Now, coronavirus may have provided a once-in-a-lifetime launchpad for Indian companies
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As Chinese women seek to crack male professions, schools stand in the way
Across China, women's educational attainment has soared and female undergraduates now sharply outnumber males. But women still face significant barriers getting into training and academic programs as they seek to pierce the country's traditionally male-dominated professions
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We knew we were doing something India had never seen: Rana Daggubati
Rana Daggubati has played some of the biggest villains in the cinematic history of the world. He was Bhallaldeva in Baahubali and voiced Thanos in the Telugu version of Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame. On Forbes India Beyond the Boardroom, Rana opens up about his life beyond the stardom
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Our top reads of the week
From tracing Yash's success in Kannada film industry to finding out intimate details from Razorpay co-founder Harshil Mathur's life, here are our best reads of the week
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In Australia, it's 'long live king coal'
With just days to go before a major UN climate conference in Scotland, Australia is one of the last holdouts among developed nations in committing to net zero emissions by 2050, and it has refused to strengthen its 2030 target or make plans for transitioning away from its deep investment in fossil fuel production
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Indians spend about 5 hours on mobile apps daily
Indonesians top the list with 5.5 hours spent on mobile apps on average every day, Indians spend about 4.8 hours while Chinese spend a low 3.2 hours on apps daily
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China Evergrande makes payment before deadline, official media says
Evergrande sent an $83.5 million interest payment to bondholders, China's Securities Times reported without providing details
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Rise in cases and deaths tests Britain's gamble on few virus restrictions
The sudden resurgence of the virus is a rude jolt for a country that believed it had put the worst of the pandemic behind it
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China's bullying is becoming a danger to the world and itself
Everything Xi Jinping is doing today is eroding trust among Chinese and foreign entrepreneurs about what the rules of business are now inside China
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In a first, surgeons attach a pig kidney to a human—and it works
The transplanted kidney was obtained from a pig genetically engineered to grow an organ unlikely to be rejected by the human body
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India crosses 100 crore vaccination milestone; 31% Indians fully vaccinated
The country crossed the one-billion vaccines landmark on Thursday, with an estimated 74 percent Indians receiving the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine