Word of the day: AltruismAltruism means helping others without expecting anything back. This selfless act builds trust and cooperation. It makes families healthier ...
27 Jan, 2026, 10.14 AM IST
Who is Sam Bankman-Fried, whose fraud trial starts this week?In 2017, Sam Bankman-Fried started a cryptocurrency hedge fund, setting off a sequence of events that culminate on Tuesday in his trial for...
02 Oct, 2023, 10.58 AM IST
Sam Bankman-Fried, the fallen wunderkind of cryptocurrencyHe was the face of cryptocurrency, and a young one at that -- a media darling seemingly destined to unite the sector. The young man known a...
29 Sep, 2023, 11.49 AM IST
Who is Sam Bankman-Fried, whose fraud trial starts next week?Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder of cryptocurrency hedge fund Alameda Research and exchange FTX, is set to go on trial for what federal prose...
27 Sep, 2023, 06.40 PM IST
Inside the white-hot center of AI doomerismAt long cafeteria tables dotted with Spindrift cans and chessboards, harried-looking engineers are putting the finishing touches on Claude'...
12 Jul, 2023, 12.16 PM IST
Consumer goods companies score big green goalsThe maker of Surf and Dove decarbonised operations with 97% reduction in CO2 emissions per ton of production against the 2008 baseline. It ...
02 Jun, 2023, 12.22 AM IST
How the collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried's crypto empire has disrupted AIAfter FTX's sudden collapse, a leaked balance sheet showed that Bankman-Fried and his colleagues had fed at least $500 million into Anthrop...
02 Dec, 2022, 12.05 PM IST
Solidarity in tackling climate change is not about altruism but has hard core of self interest: Timmermans"CBAM is about one thing only: how to avoid carbon leakage; it is not a trade measure. We will introduce CBAM in a way that it is fully in ...
25 Oct, 2021, 08.35 AM IST
View: Five reasons for unlocking to be a function of positivity rates, not vaccination ratesWith lockdowns being lifted across the country, only 31% (seven-day moving average) of districts in the country now have a positivity rate ...
21 Jun, 2021, 11.07 PM IST
It's tough, not impossible, to maintain social-distancing without feeling depressed. Turn to tech, set a routine to keep things normalSocial media and virtual communication are the most effective tools we have to restore some semblance of normalcy to our lives.
07 Apr, 2020, 11.34 AM IST
How PM Modi used Houston event to tactfully reset the India-US relationshipThe event revealed a hardnosed economic and political calculus underlying the soft glow of cultural and people-to-people links between the ...
24 Sep, 2019, 11.01 AM IST
Here's why Steve Jobs is a terrible role model for most aspiring leadersTrying to emulate a personality like Steve Jobs's will backfire for most people, Chamorro-Premuzic says.
27 Oct, 2015, 12.28 PM IST
Companies need to evolve beyond CSR, speak for the good of all citizens and for democratic valuesBusiness leaders have a duty to promote the welfare of all citizens, to democratic & egalitarian values and to the country.
07 Jun, 2012, 09.21 AM IST
- Whose corporate social responsibility?
The attempt by some NGOs and activists to impose a straitjacket on CSR is misguided and must be rejected.
29 Oct, 2010, 09.19 AM IST
The beast and the beautyDo animals have mystical moments, that fleeting ineffable sense of a cosmic connect? Despite the fact that this may sound laughable to some...
12 Oct, 2010, 05.29 AM IST
The sound of one cheek slappingTwo versions of dealing with wrongdoing are mentioned in the Bible. The Old Testament, for example, explicitly endorses the ancient Babylon...
27 Mar, 2009, 02.43 AM IST
- Patil's policy worsening J&K crisis
By contradicting himself on the Kashmir economic blockade issue, Mr Patil managed to simply earn bad publicity for the Centre.
13 Aug, 2008, 05.29 AM IST