4 months ago
Unlocking the Customer Value Chain: How Decoupling Drives Consumer Disruption
Based on eight years of research visiting dozens of startups, tech companies and incumbents, Harvard Business School professor Thales Teixeira shows how and why consumer industries are disrupted, and what established companies can do about it—while highlighting the specific strategies potential startups use to gain a competitive edge.
9 months ago
Engineered COVID-19-Infected Mouse Bites Researcher Amid ‘Explosion’ Of Risky Coronavirus Research
University researchers genetically engineer a human pandemic virus. They inject the new virus into a laboratory mouse. The infected mouse then bites a researcher…..It is a plot worthy of a Hollywood blockbuster about risky coronavirus research.
9 months ago
India’s Uncertain Future in Bangladesh
With Sheikh Hasina out of office, New Delhi’s influence may wane—with ripple effects for its own politics.
9 months ago
Need to create between 60 million and 148 million more jobs in 6 years till 2030: IMF’s Gita Gopinath
In her interview with The Indian Express’s Udit Misra, Gita Gopinath, IMF’s First Deputy Managing Director, says India needs to create anywhere between 60 to 148 million additional jobs between now and 2030 cumulatively.
9 months ago
The Californium that wasn’t — how ‘radioactive’ substance kept Bihar’s Gopalganj police on edge
On August 9, Bihar’s Gopalganj police seized what they suspected was Californium, a highly radioactive synthetic metal that’s prohibitively expensive. The seizure shook the entire district police set up, prompting scientists from the Department of Atomic Energy to get involved
9 months ago
Epic judge says he’ll ‘tear the barriers down’ on Google’s app store monopoly
Eight months after a federal jury unanimously decided that Google’s Android app store is an illegal monopoly, Judge Donato repeatedly shut down any suggestion that Google shouldn’t have to open it up to competition.
9 months ago
Exclusive: Oil Drilling in Assam National Park Can Put Biodiversity at High Risk
Oil India Limited wants to drill at seven locations inside a national park in Assam. This after a fire lasting more than five months resulted in the loss of an estimated 55 percent of the biodiversity in the Dibru-Saikhowa landscape in Tinsukia.