UpFront
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Bhavish Aggarwal wants to change India's automotive landscape. Can he?
Ola Electric is setting up a two-wheeler manufacturing facility in Tamil Nadu with 10 million-a-year capacity to herald an EV revolution that is likely to make it a frontrunner in the segment
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Learning apps have boomed in the pandemic. Now comes the real test
The pandemic has accelerated the spread of laptops and learning apps in schools, normalising digital education tools for millions of teachers, students and their families
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Suspect in Atlanta spa attacks is charged with 8 counts of murder
A gunman's rampage that killed eight people, including six women of Asian descent, in the Atlanta area this week has set off a new wave of fear and outrage among Asian Americans, coming in a year of anti-Asian violence across the country
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IT House Panel quizzes ministries over code of ethics for OTT platforms
In two different meetings, the Shashi Tharoor-chaired committee asked the government if they had the legal mandate to regulate streaming services and digital news portals under the IT Act
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Jeff Immelt: My legacy was controversial at best
GE was created in 1892 and it finds its roots with Thomas Edison. But after 110 years, in 2018, GE was booted from Dow Jones. Many pointed fingers at the senior management. In this tell-all podcast, Jeffery Immelt the ex-CEO of GE talks about his time leading the conglomerate, including decisions that went wrong and some which will bear fruits later. In his book Hot Seat, Immelt talks about the various business verticals in detail, especially the breaking up of GE Capital which was one of the drivers of the conglomerate
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Can traceability and end-to-end encryption co-exist? Here's the legal view
In the first part of our deep dive into the government's new IT rules, we examined, from the technological point of view, why implementing traceability on end-to-end encrypted social media platforms will erode privacy and increase misinformation. In the second part, we now look at the legal challenge of implementation and the potential contradictions
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Europe's vaccine suspension may be driven as much by politics as science
No causative link has yet emerged between the AstraZeneca vaccine and blood clots or severe bleeding, and the European Union's medicines agency has said the vaccine should remain in use
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Moderna begins testing Covid-19 vaccine in babies and children
Many parents want protection for their children, and vaccinating children should help to produce the herd immunity considered crucial to stopping the pandemic
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Perfect Match: Why brands love the Indian Premier League
As IPL gets bigger in scale and viewership, marketing tie-ups with the tournament are fetching greater visibility and returns for brands across sectors
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How Netflix went from one Oscar nomination in 2014 to 35 this year
A look at Netflix's Oscar nomination journey from its first nomination in 2014 to 35 nominations this year
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Should you be concerned about blood clots, bleeding and the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine?
The cascade of decisions to pause the use of AstraZeneca's vaccine, mainly by European countries, followed reports of four serious cases in Norway, which were described among health workers under age 50 who received the vaccine.