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The, often inscrutable, ways of the Japanese

Working at Sony gave me an opportunity to closely observe how the Japanese communicate. This essay is a summary of my observations which could be useful to anyone planning to visit Japan or work for a Japanese company in India, or may be simply interested in Japanese culture.

Urban Governance

India’s urbanisation is progressing at an unprecedented pace, with the number of statutory towns growing significantly in recent years.

Parting shot

The outgoing Biden Administration’s authorisation for Ukraine to carry out long-range missile strikes against Russian targets using US weaponry signals a significant escalation in the on-going conflict.

Shared Interests

Since the US presidential election that shook up the nation with Donald Trump’s sweeping victory across all demographics and races, experts have addressed a range of issues that influenced the election results, including immigration, inflation, foreign policy, misinformation, and cultural issues.

Could New York show the way?

York City is poised to launch the first congestion pricing plan to reduce traffic in a major U.S. metropolitan area on 5 January 2025.

Combo Learning

In a dual degree programme, learners can broaden their knowledge and skill base and become experts in more than one field of study.

Vital Vietnam

When Prime Minister Narendra Modi and General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyen Phu Trong spoke on the telephone on Friday to mark the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, it brought into focus the vital role the Southeast Asian nation is poised to play in the Indo-Pacific region.

Media war

The notion that the free flow of information is the best weapon for the USA and Europe against foreign adversaries has been brought into question by the very powers that have championed this thesis globally, at times very patronisingly.