UpFront
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How Russia is cashing in on climate change
Nowhere do the prospects seem brighter than in Russia's Far North, where rapidly rising temperatures have opened up a panoply of new possibilities, like mining and energy project
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India's online transactions in 2020 more than China, UK, US combined
At 25.5 billion real-time online transactions, India surpassed China's 15.7 billion, UK's 2.8 billion, and US's 1.2 billion transactions in 2020 pandemic year
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Succession at Scholastic seemed to be a shock, even to the new chair
Being handed control of the company, which is valued at $1.2 billion, has made Iole Lucchese, one of the most powerful women in book publishing
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In India, Facebook grapples with an amplified version of its problems
Facebook's problems on the subcontinent present an amplified version of the issues it has faced throughout the world, made worse by a lack of resources and a lack of expertise in India's 22 officially recognised languages
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Gender and climate change: Meet the women of Sanjay Gandhi National Park, Aarey, and beyond
An important goal of the UN climate summit in Glasgow that starts on October 31 is to curtail deforestation. In India, including at the 'Save Aarey' movement in Mumbai, women have been at the forefront of resisting threats to biodiversity in the name of public transport and other infrastructure projects
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Innovation during infection: On finding opportunities during a calamity
The Covid-19 pandemic is not the first infection in the past two decades to spur disruption—the SARS outbreak in China in 2002 spurred its internet economy and saw Jack Ma grabbing the opportunity with both hands. Now, coronavirus may have provided a once-in-a-lifetime launchpad for Indian companies
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As Chinese women seek to crack male professions, schools stand in the way
Across China, women's educational attainment has soared and female undergraduates now sharply outnumber males. But women still face significant barriers getting into training and academic programs as they seek to pierce the country's traditionally male-dominated professions
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We knew we were doing something India had never seen: Rana Daggubati
Rana Daggubati has played some of the biggest villains in the cinematic history of the world. He was Bhallaldeva in Baahubali and voiced Thanos in the Telugu version of Avengers: Infinity War and Avengers: Endgame. On Forbes India Beyond the Boardroom, Rana opens up about his life beyond the stardom
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Our top reads of the week
From tracing Yash's success in Kannada film industry to finding out intimate details from Razorpay co-founder Harshil Mathur's life, here are our best reads of the week
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In Australia, it's 'long live king coal'
With just days to go before a major UN climate conference in Scotland, Australia is one of the last holdouts among developed nations in committing to net zero emissions by 2050, and it has refused to strengthen its 2030 target or make plans for transitioning away from its deep investment in fossil fuel production
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Indians spend about 5 hours on mobile apps daily
Indonesians top the list with 5.5 hours spent on mobile apps on average every day, Indians spend about 4.8 hours while Chinese spend a low 3.2 hours on apps daily