UpFront
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From Dhaka to Germany: Water, water everywhere, after the flood
The devastating flooding in Western Germany and Belgium took a major toll on lives as it ripped through houses and roads, leaving battered towns that shopowners described as 'unrecognisable'. But it isn't just Europe, as these photos will show, leading to an even urgent question: Are extreme downpours around the world the latest sign of a global warming crisis?
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Another climate change fallout: India sees 4.68 lakh more lightning strikes in 2020
60 people recently lost their lives due to lightning strikes. India has seen a significant uptick in lightning incidents across the country, marked by climate change, in the last one year—with highest incidents in Bihar in 2020; fatalities are highest among men, adults, and in rural India
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Byju's buys American reading app Epic! for $500 million
India's most valuable unicorn sharpens its global focus with its second kids' edtech buyout in America in two years
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Unpacking untold stories of India's banking ecosystem, with Tamal Bandyopadhyay
'Pandemonium' by veteran banking editor Tamal Bandyopadhyay narrates untold gripping stories from the Indian banking ecosystem. From the bad loans war room created far from the Mint street in Mumbai, to the arrests made in connection to the disbursal of such loans, he breaks down the nuances of bad loans in India, the key faces, and a collection of rare interviews of all the Reserve Bank of India governors on what they think has caused the big banking mess
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'Kids Do Need Healthy Screen Time'
Co-founders of Epic!, a digital reading platforms for kids, on how they've made the best use of the children's obsession with gadgets
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How companies are leveraging AI to personalise experiences
Once considered a differentiator, customisation has become an existential requirement for businesses
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The invisible hand behind the Tokyo Olympics
The force behind the Olympic curtain is Dentsu, an advertising goliath with near mythical levels of power and influence in Japan
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Jeff Bezos launches to space, aiming to reignite his rocket company's ambitions
While Bezos was beaten to space last week by Richard Branson, who flew in a rocket plane from his company Virgin Galactic, some analysts consider Blue Origin, founded by Bezos more than 20 years ago, to be a more significant contender in the future space economy
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78,533 new companies registered in 2021 so far; Maharashtra leads: Covid-19 second wave fails to dampen new founders
It seems like Covid-19 didn't hamper India's entrepreneurial spirit—78,522 new companies were registered in India in the Jan-Jun period this year, higher than the same period in 2020 and 2019; Maharashtra saw the most number of new companies registered
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Meet Sanjal Gavande, Indian engineer at Blue Origin shepherding Jeff Bezos' flight to space
Hailing from Kalyan, near Mumbai, Gavande was rejected by NASA. But now she is part of the team at Blue Origin that is sending Earth's richest man into space
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Emerging job prospects in the pharmaceutical and healthcare sectors
Staying relevant and acquiring the right skills to tap into high value opportunities