The study, 'socioeconomic effects of broadband speed: a microeconomic investigation', says in emerging countries like India, setting up a new broadband connection of speed 0.5 Mbps could lead to an increase in household income by $800 a year, which means Rs 50,168, according to the latest currency conversion rate (a dollar was Rs 62.71 as on Friday).
Volkswagen mess costs Germany its strongest nation brand position.
Aseem Chhabra lists his favourite films, most of them shown at international film festivals held virtually (Berlinale and Rotterdam), hybrid (Toronto) or physical (Cannes and Venice).
'I want to show that we are also part of this society and want to participate just as much, whether it is for security or whatever community work there.'
'COVID-19 will not stop the expansion of China's 'infrastructure power'.'
The Adhyayan Quality Standard engages schools in self-review to improve education standards, says Anjuli Bhargava.
In an online chat with readers, overseas consultant NNS Chandra offers career advice.
'We cannot be naughty and expect the government to do good!' 'We have to behave ourselves and then we can expect the government to support us.' 'If we are able to protect ourselves well, then we should not be having deaths.' 'Unfortunately, people have gotten into this super scary event participation (mode) -- birthday parties, large gatherings.' 'Among the people who have attended those, 80 to 90 per cent of them have come down with COVID-19.'
Even as plans to redevelop Dharavi continue to gather dust in government files, its young residents have chalked their own course and chosen to fly high. Hepzi Anthony recounts a few inspiring tales.
About 98.5 per cent of all spam calls in India originate from domestic numbers. However, spam calls received by users in India have decreased by 34%.
Overseas education consultant NNS Chandra offers advice on how to pick the right international university.
The survey, conducted by non-profit organisation Catalyst in 2013, covers 5,977 companies in 44 countries and draws on work done by GMR Ratings.
He possessed an IQ of 180, higher than Albert Einstein's, but his life and career took unexpectedly bizarre routes. Dhruv Munjal salutes the strange genius of Bobby Fischer.
Pakistan is once again becoming a frontline State in big-power rivalry. But this time around, Pakistan stands to gain out of its geography, observes Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
'India does not have the wherewithal to successfully manage a full blown covid-19 crisis,' warns Vivek Gumaste.
Why are students being forced to go abroad to study?
India lost around 38.5 thousand hectares of tropical forest in the last decade. Nearly 14 per cent of the country's tree cover! It is one thing for Modi to announce that India will reach a net-zero level of emissions in 2070. But if it is serious, it needs to start today, points out Ramesh Menon.
Overseas education consultant NNS Chandra offers advice on how to pick the right international education.
Consultant NNS Chandra shares advice on how to pick the right international education.
This is one of those crises where it does not only matter that you do something, but how you do it, suggests Mihir S Sharma.
In an online chat with readers overseas education consultant NNS Chandra addressed queries related to international admissions
The growth in imports was led by product categories such as diagnostic items, ultra-sonogram machines, MRI and ECG apparatus, syringes with needles, suture needles, digital thermometers, malaria diagnostic kits, and hearing aids.
In an online chat with readers, overseas consultant NNS Chandra shares career advice.
A summary of Thursday's finals in Track and Field at the Tokyo Olympics.
Ajit Balakrishnan on how Indian society and the polity need to be carried along.
'Prevention plus vaccination is what is going to take us into better territory by September or October.'
The Bombay Hemp Company offers goods fashioned out of hemp, the lesser known cousin of ganja.
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Denmark has been rated as the country with the best retirement system in the world.
UAE has the cheapest passport.
The benefits of modern medicine have led people to demand more from the State, and to value every life. Even a modest death toll caused by an epidemic today is unacceptable, says Dipankar Gupta.
Marriage is the most common purpose of migration, with 49 per cent migrating for marriage, followed by moving with households (15 per cent) and work/employment (10 per cent), discovers Devanik Saha.
'We lost our place in being first in the epidemic, when it hit India so hard, but we were actually the epicentre of the epidemic from essentially April 2020, for almost an entire year. We had such high cases. We were the country that had the most mixed response.'
'For people in the fashion industry or any job that is unconventional, it is hard to find a place (to stay). Loans are denied to anyone who doesn't have a salaried job,' says leggy model Radhika Nair
President Mukherjee warned that "worst impulses of intolerance" are confronting the world and the time has come to reinforce civilisational values that bind us together.
'In a part of the world where the government tells people what not to eat and what slogans to shout and not shout, it is beneficial to develop a mentality that is science minded and therefore open-minded.' 'That is possibly why the space programme has always had support from all sides of the political divide,' says Aakar Patel.
Britain has ordered a scoping review into the police handling of hate crimes after a sharp rise.
China's National Space Administration landed the Chang'e 4 lunar probe at 10:26 am Beijing time on Thursday, in the South Pole-Aitken Basin which is an impact crater, China Central Television reported.
'I have a voice and must use it to do as much as I can.'
'Studying History, we come close to all of the messiness of human life -- we understand what motivates people, what makes them get along or go to war, what dreams they had for themselves and their futures.'
Gareth Southgate's England team has started a new chapter, and rekindled genuine hope.
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