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Maximus to set up new plant in Africa, triple capacity

G-7 leaders set to commit to long haul in backing Ukraine

India, SA, Indonesia want WTO focus on e-commerce developmental aspects

South Africa’s Gupta brothers arrested in Dubai on corruption charges

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India Inc: Desperately seeking consumption

Inflation and downtrading are the two bugbears haunting companies that depend upon consumer spending for growth - will they be able to tide over this

Hybrid is the future of work

Seventy three per cent of office space occupiers in India are evaluating hybrid working arrangements going forward, finds real estate consultancy C

VUCA in a phygital world

Companies and managers must embrace versatility, agility and discomfort to progress

What charts say about 6 key sectors and how to play them

Do note that all the indices are selected purely based on the price action seen on the charts using technical analysis

Looking for safe havens? Try treasury bills

Here is a complete lowdown on treasury bills, which are a good alternative to bank deposits, small savings schemes

Mastering Derivatives: Characteristics of option vega

Vega is positive for long calls and long puts

Auroville: An utopian search for a better world

Akash Kapur’s ‘Better to Have Gone’ traces what happens when we believe deeply in a quest and give up everything in its pursuit

Lady doctors and the rocky path to healing

A handbook on India’s first women doctors holds up a mirror to the social and political realities of the 19th and early 20th century

Conquering Everest: A compelling account of how an impossible dream was achieved

Jim Davidson dwells in detail on the failure to make it in the first attempt and the harrowing return to physically and emotionally draining climb up