Mr Levy defines these maxims as “one-sentence nuggets of wisdom meant to immortalise an important idea” Topics BOOK REVIEW | Literature Maxims for thinking analytically: The wisdom of legendary Harvard Professor Richard Zeckhauser Author & Publisher: Dan Levy Price: Rs 2,173 If people who have reached middle age reflected on some of their big decisions, they would…Continue Reading
The aura around the heroes of the start-up world has added to the lure of entrepreneurship Topics BS Opinion | Entrepreneurship | Startups Recent headlines across international media and in India suggest that the pandemic has pushed thousands of “employees” to realise their entrepreneurial dreams. From trudging along as “workers”, they have now taken a leap of faith and…Continue Reading
Make in India for defence equipment is languishing in the absence of large orders that can make local production viable Topics Defence | BS Opinion | Indian military A fortnight ago in Jhansi, as part of the “Rashtriya Raksha Smarpan Parv” to mark the 75th year of Indian Independence, Prime Minister (PM) Narendra Modi handed over to the Indian…Continue Reading
UIDAI is also looking forward to having more partners from India who can help it in taking the Aadhaar technology overseas. its CEO Saurabh Garg said Topics World Bank | Aadhar card | United Nations The Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is working with the World Bank and United Nations to replicate the Aadhaar architecture in other…Continue Reading
All MPs must observe parliamentary etiquette Topics Parliament | Business Standard Editorial Comment | Rajya Sabha The dramatic dharna by the 12 suspended members of the Rajya Sabha under a statue of Gandhi and further disruption in both Houses of Parliament on their behalf have only served to highlight a chronic problem in the conduct of legislative business in…Continue Reading
New Delhi: Two cases of the new Covid variant, Omicron, have been detected in India, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Thursday. Briefing the media on the situation of Covid and vaccination in the country, Health Ministry’s joint secretary Lav Agarwal said that both the cases have been reported in Karnataka, with…Continue Reading
Visakhapatnam: Cyclone Jawad is forming over Central Bay of Bengal, a region of the Bay of Bengal, parallel to Andhra Pradesh and Odisha coast, around December 3, India Meteorological Department (IMD) has stated in its latest weather bulletin on Thursday afternoon. The IMD cautioned the people and governments of Andhra Pradesh and Odisha to start…Continue Reading
Washington: Scientists have found a possible trigger behind the extremely rare blood clots linked to AstraZeneca and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccines, an advance that may help design new and improved preventives against the viral disease. An international team of researchers investigated vaccine-induced immune thrombotic thrombocytopenia (VITT), also known as thrombosis with thrombocytopenia syndrome (TTS),…Continue Reading
Kolkata: The Suryakiran Aerobatic Team (SKAT) of the Indian Air Force (IAF) will perform its famed aerobatic display over Umiam Lake at Shillong in Meghalaya on December 4 to celebrate Swarnim Vijay Varsh. Defence spokesperson in Meghalaya Wing Commander Sreeprakash J informed on Thursday that the Suryakirans would be carrying out a display in Umiam…Continue Reading
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A man accused of putting razor blades and screws in pizza dough at supermarkets in Maine and New Hampshire was sentenced Thursday to four years and nine months in federal prison.The sentencing of Nicholas Mitchell, 39, of Dover, New Hampshire, followed an agreement with prosecutors in which he pleaded guilty in…Continue Reading