UpFront
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Lionel Messi in numbers—hits, misses, and silverware
Barcelona FC is never going to be the same without the man. As Messi bids adieu to the club he joined over two decades ago, here are some stunning statistics that illustrate his contribution to Barca and to the Beautiful Game
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Ten interesting things we read this week
Some of the most fascinating topics covered this week are: Science (Discovery of 'Dragon Man' skull in China), Life & Investing (Getting one percent better with Manish Chokhani), Leadership (Ego can kill a good leader), Digital (Content is king for OTT platforms) and Art (This Indian singer's international musical career has scaled exceptional heights)
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In India, 81.9 percent content actioned on Facebook is spam
Facebook's interim transparency report for India, released after Google and Koo, states that country-level granular data is less reliable and is 'directional best estimate'
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Tech startups and new laws can disrupt India's agri sector. Here's how
With a host of agri-tech startups taking root across India, technology being deployed across the production and supply chain, and the government introducing new regulations last September, the agriculture sector is witnessing some significant changes. Bain & Company, a US-headquartered management consultancy, highlights in a recently released report how these changes can be disruptive for the country's farming sector
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How HDFC Bank's litany of crises has spelt opportunity for ICICI Bank
As HDFC Bank awaits the lifting of its credit card ban, it is strengthening its technology architecture. But will it be able to recover lost ground?
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Does India care about free speech? Lesser than Russia
India ranks 25th out of 33 countries in its support for free speech, a survey of 50,000 people done by Danish think tank Justitia and British data analytics firm YouGov found. It further assessed that while 'in principle' support for free speech is high everywhere, it drops significantly, even in India, when confronted with competing values like religion, health, and national security
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Richard Branson will try to beat Jeff Bezos to space with July 11 flight
If all goes as planned, Branson will make his flight nine days before Bezos, the founder of Amazon, straps into the New Shepard capsule built by his rocket company, Blue Origin
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Trump's business is charged with 'audacious' tax fraud
Although Trump was not accused of a crime, an indictment of the company that carries his name strikes a blow to the former president just as he has resumed holding rallies
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News By Numbers: New Delhi joins Canadian, US cities to ride the unprecedented heatwave
New Delhi, India's capital, was among the hottest cities—Lytton, Canada and Salem, US— in the world on June 30. Alas, the reason wasn't the thriving culture
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After 20 years of bootstrapping, is Bhavin Turakhia switching from value to valuation game?
For over two decades, serial entrepreneur Bhavin Turakhia stayed bootstrapped. With Zeta now a billion-dollar company, can he script bigger success with loads of external money and his obsession with focus?
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Didi, the Chinese ride-hailing giant, makes its debut on Wall Street
In April, Didi was one of nearly three dozen Chinese internet companies that were hauled before regulators and ordered to ensure their compliance with anti-monopoly rules and to "put the nation's interests first"