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Fresh investments in edtech sector to address urgent need

With the pandemic making online learning urgently relevant, some of India's edtech startups including Unacademy, Byju's and Eruditus, are getting fresh funding to ramp up operations

Brucellosis outbreak in China: What you need to know

More than 3,000 people in northwest China have tested positive for brucellosis, a highly contagious bacterial disease

IPL: Indian Profit League?

How much money is involved in the T-20 extravaganza? Take a look

Johnson & Johnson's vaccine advances, sparking optimism in race

Unlike some of its competitors, Johnson & Johnson's vaccine does not need to be frozen and may require just one shot instead of two

How Covid-19 forced Nippon Paint to reinvent

The pandemic has caused the producer of paints for automotive, industrial and decorative purposes, to take a fresh look at their business, making it more innovative and agile, says Sharad Malhotra of Nippon Paint India

356 elephants dropped dead. Did this bacteria poison them?

With no bullet holes nor removal of tusks, the cause of death has remained a mystery, creating fears among some experts about the future of the mighty mammals in Botswana, where their conservation has largely been a success story

Envisioning a future that orbits around digital

Work-from-home fatigue setting in: Neetish Sarda of Smartworks

Founder of Smartworks, a managed office provider to enterprises and MNCs, reckons that flexible workspaces or co-working will no longer be an option for organisations but will become part of their core strategy

Ayushmann Khurrana joins Narendra Modi on Time's most influential list

Actor "humbled with recognition" from international magazine, whose top 100 for 2020 also includes US President Donald Trump, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and Oscar-winning filmmaker Bong Joon-ho

Podcast: Why leadership is like climbing Mount Everest—and how to get to the top

Leadership coach Shital Kakkar Mehra talks about how to get from the cubicle to the corner office, and in the age of remote work, why influencer skills are important. Kakkar Mehra discusses her book 'Executive Presence: The POISE Formula For Leadership' on this episode, and how the idea of leadership has evolved during Covid-19

Opinion: Vladimir Putin thinks he can get away with anything

Why has the poisoning of Alexei Navalny been met with Western silence?