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The Codes rewrite the architecture of wages, flexibility, digital compliance, gig work and industrial relations. But the real transformation depends on how states implement them—and how leaders rebuild trust, dignity and fairness inside workplaces
When innovation icons turn into liability machines, it’s not chemistry that fails—it’s governance, incentives, and courage
Living wills remain on the fringes, but they are forcing India to confront family power, cultural taboo, and the realities of end-of-life care—signalling a profound shift in how the country thinks about dignity and medical decision-making
In an age of noise, overload and drifting meetings, facilitation is no longer a “tool”, it’s a core leadership discipline
2025 in Review
Justin Logan of the Cato Institute on how Trump’s second term reshaped global trade, defense alignments, and America’s domestic equilibrium—and why the turbulence may be far from over
Three competing visions inside the MAGA movement—over AI, immigration and national sovereignty—may determine America’s technological doctrine for the next decade
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In memory of a friend, mentor, and conservationist, we present the 2025 Ramki Sreenivasan Conservation Photography Award—images that reveal the startling, intimate, and often uncomfortable ways in which human lives now intersect with the wild
2025 in Review
Sundeep Waslekar, president of Strategic Foresight Group, on a West in turmoil, an international order in free fall, and an AI race racing ahead of rules.
When machines, like humans, fail to see difference—and turn bias into code
2025 in Review
How does China see the Trumpian reset of the global order? What's really happening inside its domestic economy? And are we seeing signs of a thaw with India? A conversation with Chinese economist Prof. Yao Yang
Products succeed when they answer what people feel, not just what they need
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John Kay—one of the world’s leading thinkers on economics, corporate purpose, and capitalism—explores why individualism remains so deeply entrenched, even as it fuels inequality, populism, and institutional decay. Part 1 of a two-part conversation
Inside the growing chorus of doubt from AI’s own pioneers
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The government is not as a machine to fix, but a living system to serve: a conversation with Subroto Bagchi, entrepreneur, author, and public servant
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Sangeet Paul Choudary in conversation with Shrinath V on how AI is changing business strategy. Part one of the two-part podcast: “The Next Game: Competing When AI Changes the Rules.”
What the rise of contract labour reveals about the health of India’s factories — and the future of India Inc.
A small turbine and a flicker of light tell a different story.
When every team has access to the same AI tools, your advantage will be in knowing what wasn’t said
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The rising incidence of critical illnesses and the growing cost of hospitalisation hangs like a Damocles sword over us. My personal journey of how to deal with growing health risks, smartly buy health insurance—and save my family from financial ruin
Tanuj Bhojwani and Anmol Shrivastava answer questions on how to make AI a part of your lives
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