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SUITED FOR CHANGE

Innovation and flexibility are the buzzwords for b-schools in these testing times

Strength in numbers

Parties in Jammu and Kashmir join hands to restore the former state’s special status, but the Centre has other plans

Managers as plumbers

Managers are increasingly working in volatile environments. This requires that they focus on the big picture and pay attention to detail. As MBA graduates enter the real world, theoretical knowledge equips them to think through the problems at hand. But, they also learn which analytical models and theories do not give much guidance.

Light comes alive

Fireflies took Mumbai girl Aishwarya Sridhar to the podium in the 56th Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition

Labour pains

Severe unemployment and anti-incumbency could dampen Nitish Kumar’s bid for another term in Bihar

Cashbacks Are Not Sustainable

Rahul Chari, cofounder and chief technology officer of the company, talks about the opportunities, challenges and intense competition in the segment and what the future holds for the digital payment platforms.

Bihar Elections - Brash Tejashwi Woos Youth

While Nitish Kumar & Co are confident of retaining power, an assertive Tejashwi Yadav is causing some concern

Katie Comes To Party

A professor-politician mom with a lethal whiteboard looks like a future president

The Great American Election Heist

Donald Trump discredits mail-in votes, undermines the postal service, encourages far-right hooligans, fast tracks his nominee’s supreme court confirmation, ignores Covid protocols to hold raucous rallies and remains reluctant to guarantee a peaceful transfer of power. Democrats fear the president plans to unleash mayhem to stay on in the White House even if he loses the November 3 election

Too many cooks

A clutch of agencies is investigating the Hathras case, but there is no assurance of speedy delivery of justice

Personal purposes

The bypolls are about Shivraj Singh Chouhan’s popularity, Jyotiraditya Scindia’s prestige and Kamal Nath’s survival

MASTER OF SUBTLETIES

How a quiet, understated Vikrant Massey owns every character he plays

Knight now, king next

Even as he waits to seal his berth in the national side, KKR opener Shubman Gill is being groomed for a bigger role

Roots of rancour

The alleged highhandedness of the BJP top brass is driving many saffron workers to the Trinamool Congress

It is NDA's money power against the Grand Alliance's people power

It is NDA’s money power against the Grand Alliance’s people power

Modi Builds Muscle

Realising Atmanirbhar Bharat calls for boosting government spending, attracting investments, supporting entrepreneurs, and resolving short-term difficulties to ensure long-term rewards. So how well has the government begun?

THE BEAUTIFIED GAME

Football gaming giant FIFA is back, with fancy footwork and spectacular goals

SONNETS OF HOPE

C IS FOR CAT, D IS FOR DEPRESSION By Kairavi Bharat Ram

LIFE AS TRESPASS

THE BRASS NOTEBOOK: A MEMOIR By DEVAKI JAIN

Lost sheen of the IFS

On October 9, the Indian Foreign Service entered the 75th year of its existence.

Problem peaks

For saving his salary, an adviser-level officer in the Union ministry of environment, forest and climate change is bearing the entire weight of the Western Ghats, with its 77 high peaks, more than one lakh square kilometres and valleys.

People are investing in a new ‘workstyle' in this new world

VERY INFORMED PERSON Devita Saraf chairman & CEO, Vu Group

Supreme showdown

By accusing Justice N.V. Ramana of abetting corruption and hindering administration, Chief Minister Jagan Mohan Reddy launches an all-out war against the second senior-most judge of the apex court

Unfriendly fire

Ordnance factories say the Army’s complaint against the quality of their ammunition is a ploy to promote privatisation

THE SHOW GOES ON

In a year-long project, former cinematographer Hemant Chaturvedi travelled across 11 states to document 525 single-screen cinemas

Barking news

India’s television news is in meltdown. Channels are fighting among themselves.

Battleground ready

With a major reshuffle in alliances and the emergence of a new set of leaders, the political equations in Bihar are changing

Antivirus programme

The Gujarati entrepreneurial spirit makes many an opportunity out of the pandemic

Hunting Dirty Money

With fewer jurisdictional constraints and a wider functional ambit, the Enforcement Directorate has surpassed the CBI as India’s most prominent investigating agency

TIGHTROPE WALK

Even as Rambo Circus launched its first digital show, most circus companies in India are reluctant to go online despite taking multiple hits