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Coping in a world of work

A fortnightly column about emotional well-being Workplace resilience is more about the culture created within an organisation than about individual employees

DeChambeau Bonanza for Golf Fans in India

Golfer Bryson DeChambeau will be playing at the International Series India in Gurugram

Tech Mahindra, Wipro Q3 revenues shrink; margins up

HCL Technologies Ltd. Infosys reported a revenue of $4.94 billion, up 0.92% sequentially; whereas HCLTech's revenue rose 2.55% to $3.53 billion.

Where Are Indians Headed In 2025?

Community, immersive experiences and personal growth—Indian travelers are attempting to ditch the herd mentality and travel to expand their horizons, and connect with themselves

Enjoy your tea like a fine book

started the year with the good intention of reading more and reading more attentively. I reached for Mortimer Adler's How to Read a Book for advice.

In defence of being untrendy

I am writing this column in Coonoor. I'm sitting on the front lawn of award-winning designer Pavitra Rajaram and her husband Paul Abraham's home. It is a beautifully sunny temperate day.

The heartiness of white beans

Bean varieties are staggering, and their nomenclature can be confusing. For example, white beans are also called navy beans—a term not related to the color navy but because the US Navy served these beans to their sailors since the mid-1800s.

Biden warns of oligarchy and tech industrial complex in farewell address

President Biden said Wednesday that an oligarchy and a tech industrial complex were taking hold in America, warning of the risks of unchecked power in a farewell address that served as a bittersweet coda to his 50-year political career.

Calls for overwork take home labour as a given

Corporate advocacy of a long work-week assumes people's reliance for home chores on either low-paid labour toiling under harsh conditions or unpaid work—usually done by women

Govt may propose duty cuts for rare-disease and cancer drugs

The government's National Policy for Rare Diseases lists 63 ailments

Superman, Snow White key to Hollywood's 2025 comeback

Actors' & writers' strike in the US in 2023 delayed the release of several films, but experts see its impact waning now

There's a better way to predict a technology's future: Follow the rate of change

Evaluating a rising technology is often a binary operation, stuck in time. Does it work well? Yes or no? Has adoption lived up to expectations? Are the products and services built on the tech meeting revenue forecasts? Or not?

Farmers, Consumption, Jobs, Small Biz Budget Priorities

The finance minister's proposals will be closely watched amid global uncertainties

Reserve Bank keeps Tata Sons in upper-layer NBFC list

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) on Thursday retained Tata Sons—the principal holding company of the Tata Group—in its list of 15 upper-layer non-bank financiers for FY25, but said it is \"without prejudice\" to the company's application to get itself deregistered.

Isro Achieves Satellite Docking Milestone

India is now only the fourth country to achieve the feat

India Net user base set to cross 900 mn

The Internet user base in India is set to cross 900 million this year, propelled by the growing use of Indic languages for digital content, according to a report by the Internet and Mobile Association of India and Kantar.

LTIMindtree beats revenue estimate

TIMindtree on Thursday reported third-quarter revenue above estimates, helped by the execution of large deals won in previous quarters, although its profit fell on account of an uptick in expenses.

Blue Origin reaches orbit, booster misses landing in debut

Blue Origin LLC's new flagship rocket lifted off for the first time and successfully reached orbit in a crucial test of the Jeff Bezos-backed firm's ability to challenge SpaceX's ironclad grip on the launch market.

Luxury Automakers Set to Make a Comeback at Auto Expo This Year

After skipping the 2022 edition, luxury automakers Mercedes-Benz and BMW have returned to the Auto Expo 2025, now rebranded as the Bharat Mobility Global Expo.

Is online shopping a watershed or blip? Let's look at HCES data

E-commerce penetration is deepening but this doesn't herald a new retail landscape with no space left for physical stores

Risk of RBI's approach to rupee

Holding on The Indian rupee has held up over the medium-term even as it has fallen sharply recently

China ramping up grid spending after green power boom

After launching the biggest boom in renewable power in history, China is now paying up to make sure all that clean energy can get to homes and businesses.

AI Democratizing Tech Deployment in Organizations: Buch

Madhabi Puri Buch, the chairperson of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi), underscored the pivotal role of technology in driving the remarkable transformation of the country's capital markets in a pre-recorded address at the symposium on India's Securities Market Tech Stack (SMART 2025).

Versace Is Not the Right Fit for Prada's High Fashion Strategy

A mix of two distinct aesthetics will risk a wardrobe malfunction

Hospital Chains Set for Stable Q3 Despite Challenges

Indian hospitals are likely to witness steady year-on-year (y-o-y) earnings growth in Q3FY25, even as sequential performance may be impacted owing to seasonality.

Even Harvard M.B.A.s are struggling to land jobs

Landing a professional job in the U.S. has become so tough that even Harvard Business School says its M.B.A.s can't solely rely on the university's name to open doors anymore.

India, US agree borders sacrosanct, says US envoy after new sanctions

Middle Eastern, N. American oil, that can replace the Russian oil that's really funding a war, we all want to stop Eric Garcetti Outgoing US ambassador

Google, Varaha in carbon credit deal

Alphabet Inc.'s Google will buy carbon-removal credits based on projects using biochar that's made by heating organic waste, one of the biggest such deals to date.

Oil giant BP cuts thousands of jobs

British energy giant BP on Thursday said it would axe 4,700 staff jobs, or about five percent of its workforce, and is cutting thousands of contractor roles to reduce costs.

No Fresh F&O for Kalyan Jewellers

India's stock exchanges have banned fresh trading of Kalyan Jewellers Ltd's stock futures and options (F&O) contracts in the derivatives segment after trader outstanding positions in the counters came close to the threshold or limit for these positions.