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Manmohan Singh was asked, not once but twice, by Julius Nyerere to head the South Commission as Secretary General, a post he held for three years from 1987.

Former PM Manmohan Singh at 91: An inspiring life

4 min read . 29 Sep 2023

Higher quality theatres with the latest audio-visual technology have higher fixed costs.

Jailor, Jawan, Tinker, Spy: A tale of market distortion

4 min read . 15 Sep 2023

A politically motivated switch from ‘India’ to ‘Bharat’ for all references would not only be a waste of public resources, but also an abuse of majoritarian power.

India vs. Bharat: Another case of marketing myopia?

4 min read . 08 Sep 2023

With Chandrayaan 3, Isro has shown its prowess in robotics, precision-control of flight in rare atmospheric conditions, engineering machinery that works in extreme conditions, and much more. (Chandrayaan 3 /Twitter)

Chandrayaan didn’t need the hoopla of a live telecast

4 min read . 01 Sep 2023

Rivalry among Djokovic, Nadal and Federer pushed tennis into innovation mode and Alcaraz’s blazing entry to this rarefied club promises to act as another spur for the game’s evolution. (AFP)

Prince of tennis Alcaraz can redefine the game’s peak

4 min read . 21 Jul 2023

A Mumbai-based conglomerate’s Human Resources (HR) head described how the business house was changing and alpha team members were no longer appreciated.

The pandemic ended the regime of alpha employees

4 min read . 06 Jul 2023

Food, clothing and shelter are too unevenly accessible

4 min read . 18 May 2023

The future of AI has begun to look rather too human

3 min read . 12 May 2023

Photo: Reuters (REUTERS)

Taiwan matters more than we’d like to tell ourselves

3 min read . 14 Apr 2023

A Johnson & Johnson building is shown in Irvine, California, U.S., January 24, 2017. REUTERS/Mike Blake

Laud the failure of J&J’s shot at patent evergreening

3 min read . 30 Mar 2023

Photo: Reuters (REUTERS)

Refugees need snappy homes instead of flimsy shelters

4 min read . 16 Mar 2023

India is home to over 200 million artisans (Anshuman Poyrekar/HT PHOTO)

Storytelling and technology can empower our artisans

4 min read . 23 Feb 2023

The newly-inaugurated Delhi-Mumbai Expressway, near Gurugram (Photo: PTI)

Stay in the fast lane on today’s highway of disruption

4 min read . 16 Feb 2023

Use a clear compass to navigate our challenges and opportunities

4 min read . 16 Feb 2023

A woman sits beside a cracked wall of her house at Joshimath in Chamoli district (AFP)

Joshimath’s alert on what posterity might think of us

4 min read . 09 Feb 2023

Flowers sit atop Tyre Nichols' casket during his funeral service at Mississippi Boulevard Christian Church in Memphis. (AP)

How we mourn the departed isn’t how it always was

4 min read . 02 Feb 2023

A Sri Lankan fisherman rows his raft with the catch in a canal in Colombo, Sri Lanka (Photo: AP)

Sri Lanka today is like a postcard from another time

4 min read . 12 Jan 2023

Opinion polls and academic research confirm ageist attitudes all around.

In this age of ageism, spin a wheel of fortune for justice

5 min read . 06 Jan 2023

Those who have built inspiring careers even at such companies had some things in common.

Surviving a ‘lala company’ is hard but not impossible

4 min read . 23 Dec 2022

If the South had forged the economic solidarity and bargaining power, it should not have needed these new clubs.

The global south could’ve had its own economic club

4 min read . 16 Dec 2022