In Photos: Afghanistan's Taliban government celebrated its second year in power while the International community denounced its ever-tightening restrictions on women's rights in the country, what the UN is now calling it a 'Gender Apartheid'
https://www.forbesindia.com/article/lifes/gender-apartheid-two-years-of-taliban-rule-and-its-impact-on-women/87653/1
#PhotoOfTheDay | Residents watch the McDougall Creek wildfire in West Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada, on August 18, 2023, from Kelowna. Evacuation orders were put in place for areas near Kelowna, as the fire threatened the city of around 150,000. Canada is experiencing a record-setting wildfire season, with official estimates of over 13.7 million hectares (33.9 million acres) already scorched. Four people have died so far.
https://www.forbesindia.com/article/photo-of-the-day/photo-of-the-day-canada-wildfires-at-record-high/87623/1
Meet the 3 Indian Americans who want to be the next US President
https://www.forbesindia.com/article/news/meet-the-3-indian-americans-who-want-to-be-the-next-us-president/87615/1
India has barely scratched the surface of the multi-billion dollar biofuels industry, say the founders of GPS Renewables that runs what is reportedly Asia's largest bioCNG plant in Indore, among 100 other tech-led captive biogas plants
https://www.forbesindia.com/article/innovation/gps-renewables-converting-waste-to-bioenergy-the-tech-way/87585/1
Energy efficiency is the lowest-hanging fruit in climate action, says Arjun Gupta, co-founder and CEO of Smart Joules—an energy-efficiency technology startup—and he claims to have saved energy costs of about Rs150 crore so far. Divya J Shekhar finds out how the Delhi-based startup is doing it
https://www.forbesindia.com/article/innovation/smart-joules-decarbonising-one-company-at-a-time/87553/1
Samsung has become a household name in India—primarily because of smartphones. In this podcast, Rajiv Singh delves deep into understanding Samsung's playbook for India, which has kept the likes of Vivo and Apple on their toes.
https://www.forbesindia.com/audio/audio/inside-samsungs-india-playbook/87539
Once driven to extinction across the British Isles, sea eagles have been successfully reintroduced in recent decades but are increasingly blamed for ravaging lambs left to roam the countryside. So now Scots are training the Roman-era Maremma breed to protect their livestock
https://www.forbesindia.com/article/lifes/scots-train-ancient-dog-breed-to-deter-sea-eagle-attacks/87523/1
📸 India's Harmanpreet Singh (R) celebrates after scoring a goal during the Asian Champions Trophy 2023 hockey tournament semi-final match between India and Japan at the Mayor Radhakrishnan Stadium in Chennai on August 11, 2023. India dominated in the match to win it by 5-0 to enter the Asia Champions Trophy Finals.
Image: R. Satish BABU / AFP
https://www.forbesindia.com/article/photo-of-the-day/photo-of-the-day-clean-sweep/87495/1
Klay, India’s largest preschool and daycare chain, survived the pandemic by sticking to the basics and thinking out of the box. Can Srikanth AK, CEO of Klay School, now post profits and script a sustainable story?
https://www.forbesindia.com/article/take-one-big-story-of-the-day/feat-of-klay-preschoolers-priceless-lessons/87481/1
Klay, India’s largest preschool and daycare chain, survived the pandemic by sticking to the basics and thinking out of the box. Can Srikanth AK, CEO of Klay School, now post profits and script a sustainable story?
https://www.forbesindia.com/article/take-one-big-story-of-the-day/feat-of-klay-preschoolers-priceless-lessons/87481/1
Disney+ Hotstar loses 12.5 million paid subscribers in the quarter ended June
https://www.forbesindia.com/article/news/disney+-hotstar-loses-125-million-paid-subscribers-in-the-quarter-ended-june/87443/1
The flow of VC money into the edtech segment soared after the pandemic in March 2020, peaked over the next year, and dipped alarmingly low in the next 24 months. Rajiv Singh analyses the disturbing report card.
https://www.forbesindia.com/article/startups/the-disturbing-edtech-report-and-what-it-says-about-the-sector/87411/1
Tech Conversations Pod: Satya Chakravarthy, head, national centre for combustion R&D, IIT Madras, and cofounder, The ePlane Company, on navigating the challenges of building a deep tech company, and busting myths. This is first in a series of conversations with entrepreneurs and VCs as India readies its own deep tech startups policy
https://www.forbesindia.com/audio/forbes-india-tech-conver-sations/deep-tech-india-s1-ep1-satya-chakravarthy-on-the-product-versus-commercialisation-funding-conundrum/87373
RBI MPC likely to hold key rates in August to tackle rising inflation due to the sudden spike in food prices
https://www.forbesindia.com/article/news/reserve-banks-monetary-policy-committee-likely-to-hold-rates-in-august/87355/1
#photooftheday | A woman takes photos at an art installation called Dots Obsession - Aspiring to Heaven’s Love by artist Yayoi Kusama’s with her signature polka dots and reflective mirrors in Hong Kong on August 4, 2023
https://www.forbesindia.com/article/photo-of-the-day/photo-of-the-day-polka-queen/87325/1
IN PHOTOS: On World Photography Day, we celebrate the gritty photojournalists dotted around the globe, relentless in their pursuit of a moment that tells a story
https://www.forbesindia.com/article/lifes/in-the-moment-celebrating-photojournalists-on-world-photography-day/87625/1
#StartupFridays Podcast | Arun Raghavan on journey from accidental investor to $40 mln fund at Arali; why he believes India is ready for the next stage in SaaS, and more
https://www.forbesindia.com/audio/the-startup-fridays-podcast/startup-fridays-s4-ep18-arun-raghavan-on-journey-from-accidental-investor-to-40-mln-fund-at-arali/87617
Sateesh Andra, managing director at Endiya Partners, on helping entrepreneurs to stay the course and run the marathon for Deep Tech, and can India find its playbook to develop a Deep Tech ecosystem?
https://www.forbesindia.com/audio/forbes-india-tech-conver-sations/deep-tech-india-sateesh-andra-on-whether-after-saas-deep-tech-can-find-its-playbook/87587
From Reykjavik to Split, the world's top five coastal cities
https://www.forbesindia.com/article/lifes/from-reykjavik-to-split-the-worlds-top-five-coastal-cities/87555/1
A fresh rush of foreign tourists are flocking to Japan for a look inside the insular world of sumo. Here's why
https://www.forbesindia.com/article/lifes/renewed-interest-in-sumo-proves-big-pull-for-tourists/87541/1
Jim Detert, an expert in leadership and organizational behaviour, wants management to take a long, hard look at the underlining causes of dissatisfaction among their people and then do something meaningful about them.
https://www.forbesindia.com/article/darden-school-of-business/how-changing-the-connotation-of-quiet-quitting-can-benefit-the-workplace/87521/1
📸 Billy Crudup, Sam Rockwell, Patricia Clarkson and Leslie Bibb join SAG-AFTRA members as they maintain picket lines across New York City on August 11, 2023 in New York City. Members of SAG-AFTRA and WGA (Writers Guild of America) have both walked out in their first joint strike against the studios since 1960. The strike has shut down a majority of Hollywood productions with writers in the third month of their strike against the Hollywood studios.
Image: John Nacion/Getty Images
https://www.forbesindia.com/article/photo-of-the-day/photo-of-the-day-rebels-with-a-cause/87497/1
Nitin Gadkari, minister of road transport and highways, explains why he cannot rush to launch Series 3 of NHAI InvIT in an exclusive and wide-ranging conversation on Forbes India Pathbreakers Season 2
https://www.forbesindia.com/article/take-one-big-story-of-the-day/we-need-to-increase-the-speed-of-road-construction-nitin-gadkari/87485/1
Nitin Gadkari, minister of road transport and highways, explains why he cannot rush to launch Series 3 of NHAI InvIT in an exclusive and wide-ranging conversation on Forbes India Pathbreakers Season 2
https://www.forbesindia.com/article/take-one-big-story-of-the-day/we-need-to-increase-the-speed-of-road-construction-nitin-gadkari/87485/1
From taking in the glittering billboards of Time Square in New York City and catching the spectacle of Burj Khalifa to admiring the cityscape from Marina Bay Sands in Singapore, here are the most picturesque cities to explore at night.
https://www.forbesindia.com/article/lifes/from-dubai-to-new-york-city-the-worlds-most-picturesque-cities-to-explore-at-night/87449/1
The theme for International Day of the World's Indigenous Peoples 2023 is 'Indigenous Youth as Agents of Change for Self-Determination'. Here's a glance at the lives of tribals in contemporary times
https://www.forbesindia.com/article/lifes/world-tribal-day-2023-youth-as-the-agents-of-change/87413/1
Rain Watch for Aug 3-9: Monsoon slows down, pulses sowing still a lag, increase in reservoir levels over the past few weeks likely following 2021 pattern, and more
https://www.forbesindia.com/article/monsoon-tracker-2023/rain-watch-for-aug-39-monsoon-slows-down-pulses-sowing-still-lagging/87377/1
Meet JB Park, Samsung's President and CEO, who loves Hindi cinema, butter chicken, and believes the India growth story presents a big opportunity for the global electronics corporation
https://www.forbesindia.com/article/take-one-big-story-of-the-day/i-have-to-make-samsung-a-local-indian-brand-jb-park/87357/1
#photooftheday | Robot dog G4t0 walks among members of the Writers Guild of America and the Screen Actors Guild as they walk the picket line outside of Universal Studios in Burbank, California, on August 4, 2023.Tens of thousands of Hollywood actors went on strike at midnight July 13, 2023, effectively bringing the giant movie and television business to a halt as they join writers in the first industry-wide walkout for 63 years.
https://www.forbesindia.com/article/photo-of-the-day/photo-of-the-day-g4t0-at-strike/87327/1
Aakash Ranison on climate action, AMD's investment in India, and JOMOSepiens of Kota are some of the stories that piqued the interest of our readers this week
https://www.forbesindia.com/article/special/from-foodpharmers-crusade-to-indigos-exceptional-flight-path-here-are-our-mostread-stories-of-the-week/87309/1
