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Mankind Gets A Booster Dose
The pharma company under Sheetal Arora is looking to increase its footprint on foreign soil by leveraging its recent acquisitions and increasing investments in R&D
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June 2025
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Our Tier-II and Tier-III cities present youthful demographics and cost-efficient operations
Ekroop Caur, secretary, Department of Electronics, Government of Karnataka in an email interview with Shruti Tripathi discusses the state's vision to strengthen the digital ecosystem. Edited excerpts:
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June 2025
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Taste of Tradition
An iconic sweet shop from Pune is defying the three-generation rule to scale up the business and take its products global
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June 2025
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Window of Opportunity
India's emergence as a serious player in the global defence-technology landscape is not a matter of aspiration, it is a geopolitical and economic necessity.
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June 2025
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'Plastic recycling is very much an at-scale business'
Harsh Mariwala, Marico chairman and Masood Mallick, managing director and CEO of Re Sustainability, share with Sudipto Dey their experience of setting up a joint recycling venture.
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June 2025
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True security demands self-reliance
As Chief of the Army Staff during the 1999 Kargil conflict, General VP Malik led India to a heroic victory. In an interview to Sridhar Raman, he reflects on the hard lessons of Kargil, among them, the urgent need for self-reliance in defence. Edited excerpts
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June 2025
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Pulling the Plug
The much-awaited EV revolution in the ride-hailing space has yet to take place. And it's not going to happen any sooner
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June 2025
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Dairy Divide
Despite bold trade moves, India's dairy sector remains off-limits as a mix of protectionism and concerns over rural job loss continues to shape FTA negotiations
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June 2025
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Fighting the Plastic War
India generates over 10mn tonne of plastic waste annually. To just contain this amount of waste, we would need to build a landfill nine times the size of the Taj Mahal, every year! It gets worse.
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June 2025
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Status Quo is Not an Option
Historically, plastic polymers were put to use for packaging applications due to their low cost, light weight, their impervious nature to moisture and the different shapes into which they could be moulded.
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June 2025
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'Great Nicobar mega port or Char Dham highway are ideological assertions'
Eminent writer Amitav Ghosh in an email interview to Nandini Keshari speaks about climate fiction, implications of Trump's climate actions, development in ecologically sensitive areas and India's net-zero-emission targets. Edited excerpts
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June 2025
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Plastic Fantastic
Four friends in Amravati are transforming trash into a trend, crafting sustainable furniture from 100% recycled plastic waste
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June 2025
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Ready to Take Off
Regional aviation is experiencing a resurgence thanks to the Udan scheme. However, airlines are likely to face air pockets
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June 2025
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Recipe for Risk and Resilience
Cooking is not the only interest of chef Ranveer Brar. His creative spirit finds expression in poetry and photography as well
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May 2025
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CALL ON HOLD
The jury is out on whether the Union government should artificially prop up Vodafone Idea, a struggling private company
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May 2025
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THIS CRISIS FEELS PERSONAL
Young people are aware of the mental toll of climate change, but stigma, lack of information and insufficient school infrastructure prevent effective intervention
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May 2025
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Drop by Drop
High in the Himalayas, a start-up is building automated ice reservoirs that can irrigate fields during the driest stretches of the year
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May 2025
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Tackling Trump's Tantrums
The US president's U-turn on tariffs offers short-term relief and just about enough time for India to figure out its best course of action
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May 2025
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No Returns, Only Rhetoric
India's green bonds are struggling to find takers. And that failure isn't just a fiscal footnote—it strikes at the heart of the country's climate-change goals
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May 2025
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'Al-powered health care to transform drug discovery and R&D'
Amitabh Dube, country president and MD, Novartis India outlines the vision and industry commitments needed to position India as a global leader in pharmaceuticals
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May 2025
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TAKING ITS TOLL
While statistics track physical injuries, malnutrition or the spread of disease in disaster-hit regions, emotional suffering frequently goes unreported
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May 2025
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ON THE CLIMATE FRONTLINE
Today's youth are growing up in an era shaped by climate uncertainty. And as the crisis worsens, so does the emotional burden on an entire generation
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May 2025
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We are enabling both [public and private] sectors to flourish
Pinarayi Vijayan, Chief Minister of Kerala, tells Pushpita Dey about how a Left government has taken measures to promote industry in the state. Edited excerpts
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May 2025
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Spicing It Up
A memoir as well as a cookbook, economist and Nobel laureate Abhijit Banerjee playfully makes unexpected connections between food, economics and social issues
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May 2025
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The Future of Content Creation
The landscape of content creation is evolving, with creators exploring new platforms, formats and collaborations. At the heart of this transformation is India's thriving creator ecosystem, which boasts the largest community of Instagram creators in the world.
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May 2025
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The Deep-Tech Pivot
The start-up story has been in the limelight for over a decade, but it is time to shift focus from consumer tech to patent-led innovation
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May 2025
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Content creators are closest to consumer demand
With WAVES 2025, the government aims to unite filmmakers, influencers, animators, investors and tech innovators under one roof. Information and Broadcasting Secretary Sanjay Jaju talks to Shruti Tripathi and Deepsekhar Choudhury about the government's vision to turn content into commerce and creators into global brands. Edited excerpts
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May 2025
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Stealth Wealth
A recent paper shows that India's richest report only a fraction of their income and wealth, enabling a culture of tax avoidance
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May 2025
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Wealth Creation is About Effective Financial Management
Ravi Kumar Jha, MD & Chief Executive Officer of LIC Mutual Fund Asset Management Ltd., talks about the joys of providing for his family right from his first salary and achieving financial goals by building his savings brick by crick over his long innings in the company
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May 2025
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CALL TO ACTION
Climate change is not a distant threat. But we already have the tools to act. What we need now is the will to treat this with urgency
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