Emotions and health

The Covid-19 pandemic has shifted the focus to health. Health was never an individual duty or a part of our daily chores. It was something to be...

Exclusive: BJP mayor’s kin bought land for 20 lakh, sold to temple trust for 2.5 crore

It’s a prime property of 890 sq meters, a piece of land where the grand Ram temple complex will soon come up. Until February this year, it belonged...

Why SUGAR wants to win the offline game

SUGAR also managed to raise $21 million funding in February 2021, which reinforces its strong fundamentals backed by its investors, who are pushing...

Startup news and updates: daily roundup (June 19, 2021)

YourStory presents this daily roundup of the latest startup news and updates from the Indian startup ecosystem and beyond. Here's the roundup for...

India hopes to resume vaccine exports once domestic needs are met: Covid task force head

Dr. Vinod K. Paul said India hopes to export vaccines once its immediate need of vaccinating a significant proportion of its people is achieved.

[The Turning Point] 5 years on, here’s a look at what led 3 former Flipsters to launch B2B ecommerce startup Udaan

The Turning Point is a series of short articles that focuses on the moment when an entrepreneur hit upon their winning idea. Today, we look at...

100 artists, 100 artworks: DAG’s Centum Series II exhibition showcases depth and diversity of Indian art

DAG Curatorial Director Kishore Singh joins us in this interview on the inspiring range of Indian art, along with exhibition highlights.

[Jobs Roundup] Work at India's latest unicorn and SaaS startup BrowserStack with these openings

BrowserStack plans to use its fresh capital to make strategic acquisitions, expand product offerings for developers, and ramp up scale across the...

These 3 brothers reinvented their family business and are Good to Go with their meat delivery startup

Angad Singh and his two brothers leveraged the supply chain and connections of their 57-year-old family business to set up Delhi-NCR-based online...

Not ‘Ultimate Test’?

Some blunt words from Indian captain Virat Kohli have poured water over the final match of the inaugural World Test Championship (WTC), which...

Plug testing gaps

INDIA’s Covid testing has been a cause for concern ever since the outbreak of the pandemic. The country is conducting a modest 2.8 lakh tests per...

Over Rs 20,700 crore: That's how much money Indians have stowed in Swiss banks

Timeless final

And Sachin Tendulkar said, ‘Let there be hype,’ and there was hype. So much so, truth to tell, that a very interesting point made subsequently by...

काले धन को रोकने की कोशिशें विफल

काले धन की महिमा अपरम्पार है। इसे जितना रोकने की कोशिश की...

It's time to impose an exit tax on the rich and educated who're fleeing India, says Bharat Jhunjhunwala

Consultancy company Henley and Partners assists the rich in migrating from one country to another. It has said that the number of the rich wanting...

Farrukh Dhondy | BoJo, Dombo & Carrie: The 'weird' trio at 10 Downing St

In the neighbourhood in which I grew up in Pune, there was, at the end of Synagogue Street -- you guessed it -- a synagogue! Made entirely of red...

शरीर ही ब्रह्माण्ड : अबला ही बलवान है

- गुलाब कोठारी सूर्य अग्निमय और चन्द्रमा सोममय है। इनका...

FPJ Edit: Class 12 students go from agony to uncertainty - will the results be a fair evaluation of their performance?

The agony of millions of Class 12 students and their parents has finally come to an end, with the Central Board of Secondary Education proposing a...

Decoding self-oppression

There is a particular way in which the feeling of inadequacy sits inside the body. I imagine that it first floats around the periphery of your...

Collective efforts needed to keep youngsters off drugs

A report in this paper cited senior officials from the Narcotics Control Bureau talking about well-heeled youngsters in the drug trade. Their...

Can the future of ecommerce be beyond home deliveries? This Polish parcel king bets on it

Image: Sandra Sobolewska It was the summer of 2016, and the walls were closing in on Rafał Brzoska. The then-38-year-old Polish entrepreneur had...

Provide for putting off polls amid pandemic

Vivek Katju Ex-Secretary, Ministry of External Affairs There is little doubt that the attention of the political class will, over the coming...

A pill to treat Covid-19? The U.S. is betting on it

Image: Shutterstock The U.S. government spent more than $18 billion last year funding drugmakers to make a COVID vaccine, an effort that led to at...

Sunday bonding

How do you spend ‘quality time’ with your spouse? Most couples have their own little thing they like to do. Some watch movies together. Others...

Will government slash fuel prices ahead of assembly elections?

The Narendra Modi government is back with its diabolical game on fuel prices. With crucial assembly elections on the way, including in the all-...

EDM festival Tomorrowland 2021 cancelled by Belgian officials

Due to concerns about rising cases of the COVID-19 Delta variant EDM festival Tomorrowland scheduled for August 27-29 and September 3-5...

Hey Hanuman, have patience! I may still need your services in 2024 or before

My dear Hanuman, I know you must be annoyed with me for not coming to your rescue in your fight with other members of your ‘Vanar Sena’. I do...

The Milkha-Nirmal Love Story: When the Flying Sikh Told an Angry Punjab CM He Wanted to Marry Nimmi

Wake up, grand old party: Regional parties do not add up to a pan-Indian whole. Opposition desperately needs a Congress revamp

Two myths about the Congress party need to be re-examined. The first is that, given its electoral reversals, it is of little consequence in...

An Atlantic illusion: Nato wants to deter China. But it may have few answers to what Beijing offers to countries like those in Asean

Nato reckons China can undermine its security interests and that China’s behaviour presents systemic challenges to a ‘rules-based international...

What the G7 message on net-zero emissions means for India

The Cornwall G7 summit sought to re-establish a common purpose among the richest democracies of the world. It also continued with the recent...

Chirag Paswan put hopes on ‘Bihar first, Bihari first’. He is now having to save LJP first

The Lok Janshakti Party’s ‘chirag’ is surrounded by many shadows, one of which threatens to hurt the two-decade-old socialist party’s legacy...

WHO accepts Bharat Biotech's expression of interest for Covaxin, pre-submission meeting on June 23

Though the meeting will not be a detailed review of the product, Bharat Biotech will have an opportunity to submit a summary on the overall quality...

RBI allows Centrum to take over PMC, re-launch it as a small finance bank in joint venture with BharatPe

Centrum hopes to complete the licence terms and conditions within the next 120 days, and seek the RBI's final approval to launch the small finance...

[Weekly funding roundup] Unicorns boost venture capital activity; startups raise $740M in third week of June

The month of June has already crossed $1.3 billion in total venture funding, setting the stage for a likely record year in terms of capital inflow...

Grofers Co-founder Saurabh Kumar steps down from operational roles after 8 years

Saurabh Kumar co-founded Grofers, along with Albinder Dhindsa, in 2013 and will continue to remain as a shareholder in the startup and a board member.

വായനദിനമോ 'വായല' ദിനമോ?

ജൂണ്‍ 19, വായനാദിനം! വായ'നാ'ദിനമാണ്‌ പലര്‍ക്കും....

മിഴിനീരില്‍ കാളിന്ദിയായ്‌... എസ്‌. രമേശന്‍ നായര്‍: പുതിയ കാലത്തിന്റെ പൂന്താനം

മലയാളത്തിലെ പുതിയകാലത്തിന്റെ പൂന്താനമാണ്‌ എസ്‌....

World Central Kitchen’s José Andrés and Sanjeev Kapoor: the chefs on the frontlines fighting a global pandemic

World Central Kitchen Founder José Andrés has been on the frontlines of world crises feeding the people who need it the most. He joins Chef...

G7: A strong message on democratic values

Could the PM’s public support for the values of democracy mean that he now plans to stop his government from veering further towards limiting the...

From 1991, the lessons for the India of 2021

Thirty years ago, reforms energised the Indian economy and lifted millions out of poverty. As India grapples with a post-pandemic economic crisis,...

Kenneth Kaunda: A Gandhian in Africa

To watch KK as a ruler was a lesson in not falling for stereotypes. He was the reverse of the stereotypical “big man” image of the flamboyant,...

The roots of the India-China discord

India and China are not friends for four key reasons: They are “deep seated differences over their perceptions of each other”, “their...

Agree to Disagree

There was arguably a measure of pregnant symbolism when Joe Biden shook hands with Vladimir Putin in Geneva on Wednesday. The Presidents of the...

स्वास्थ्य : सवालों के घेरे में क्यों है एफडीए

आम तौर पर किसी भी भयावह रोग के लिए फूड एंड ड्रग...

आत्म-दर्शन : बंधुत्व की भावना

पोप फ्रांसिस, ईसाई धर्म गुरु कोरोना महामारी की भीषणता कम...

[The Outline By Inc42 Plus] The Dawn Of Tata’s Super App

Tata’s digital ambitions have grown in recent years and its acquisitions this year have thrown the spotlight on how it's going about building its...

Ground Report: Palestinians want a One State Solution – Not Two States

Fresh violence erupted between Israel and Hamas, who rule the Gaza Strip, on June 16th. The first spate since the precarious May 21st ceasefire was...

Supreme Court must look into the abuse of UAPA by govts

The euphoria over the release of the three student activists after one year of their stay in Tihar jail is being re assessed just within 24 hours...

Will politics be the last refuge of Mumbai's encounter specialists ?

Who’s afraid of the Antilia explosives scare case? So far five “policemen” are in the NIA net. Two of them encounter specialists of the ‘Ab...