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Word of the day - PoppycockPoppycock is a funny English word that means nonsense. Many people think it is British, but it actually started in America. The word came f...
Word of the day: GobbledygookThe word gobbledygook is back in focus after being used several times by The New York Times. It appeared in a review about pandemic life, w...
Embrace the endless bureaucracy: Ad infinitum babudom, where red tape reigns!Two babus from the ministry of dhandabaji are concerned about a crisis threatening their existence, related to the complexity of doing busi...
China's PLA undergoes major restructure as it emphasises information capabilities for warXi Jinping replaces PLA's Strategic Support Force with Information Support Force in a significant overhaul. The move aims to enhance milita...
'Haunted' ChatGPT cranks out gibberish for hoursChatGPT spewed nonsensical answers to users' queries for hours Tuesday into Wednesday before eventually returning to its senses. It wasn't ...
US economy may be heading to a place that must not be namedThis emphatically does not mean that there will be a recession - or that I or anyone else has the ability to predict one with precision. Bu...
View: Business jargon and cricket commentary are so replete with vacuous utteringsThis is especially conspicuous since McEnroe’s on-field personality as a player was, to put it mildly, not a taciturn one. Watching – or, r...
View: Fed action has implications for India’s budget, like GoI’s borrowing costs going upTantrums could mean some more selling pressure in stock and bond markets, and some cooling off in the seemingly overheated commodity market...
China: A year in review and previewIt is understandable why China is attempting a zero-cases policy, since domestic vaccines are not effective against emerging variants like ...
View: Here's how India can easily convert the coronavirus crisis into an opportunityFor optimists we must be. If we give up hope and fall into despair, we will never be able to make the Indian economy recover. We have to st...
View: Indian economy and its new theorizationThe W graphically illustrates a near perpendicular plummet prior to a slanted rise, then a similar drop, forming a hump, before zooming up ...
Can we expect a fourth successive rate cut from RBI?Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman is not remotely as intemperate as Trump. But there’s no doubt she expects monetary policy to do the hea...
Is the world simpler than it was before GST? This jury is inIt may have made life more complicated for those outside the indirect tax system. But has GST made it more difficult for those who were par...
MPC's action sets stage for another saga of government-RBI duelThere is enough grist for the rumour mills to speculate that government wanted to impose its wish on the MPC which is supposed to be indepe...
Is the government cooking up economic growth data?The question has been raised by critics after the news that statistical “discrepancies” in the January-March quarter were as high as 4.8% o...
India's best strategists: 15 dreamers who have translated their insight into realityFor some it's still work in progress, but that they are steadfast in their belief that this is the 'right' thing to do has propelled them o...
- ET in the Classroom: Understanding Aviation Industry Jargon
Aviation business is riddled with gobbledygook such as code-sharing and business aviation to name a few. ET simplifies and explains the ind...
- The wine flavour
Wine having entered retail, it’s all about a comfortable shopping experience where people choose from a wide range of wines from swanky tem...