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‘Pedagogy must be flexible’

In an exclusive interaction with Ritwik Mukherjee of The Statesman, Srikrishna G Kulkarni, chairperson, Board of Governors, Indian Institute of Management Calcutta (IIMC), outlines how the first national institute for post graduate studies and research in management, has evolved and emerged as an international centre of excellence in all facets of management education.

Policy balance

The recent appointment of Sanjay Malhotra as Governor of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), replacing Shaktikanta Das, signals a pivotal shift in India’s monetary policy dynamics.

Rewind 2024: India’s bittersweet campaign in Paris

Last minute preparations, exposure camps abroad, TOPs funding, overlooking administrative mess-ups to pick the crème de la crème of Indian sports for the biggest show on earth that unfolded in Paris three years after COVID-19 pushed the Tokyo edition of the Olympics by a year.

UN chief urges global readiness for future pandemics

In his message marking the International Day of Epidemic Preparedness, UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has emphasized the imperative for global preparedness against future pandemics, drawing on the lessons from the Covid-19 crisis.

Relief: No JN.1 case found in state so far

In a relief for West Bengal, swab samples of Covid-19 patients sent to the National Institute of Biomedical Genomics (NIBG) in Kalyani for genome sequencing were tested JN.1 negative, a sub-variant of Covid.

New Covid variant: Experts advise 60+ to mask up

With a sharp rise in the number of Covid-19 patients caused by JN.1, a sub-variant of novel coronavirus, in the country experts have advised people above 60 years with comorbidities must wear masks to prevent the virus that had ravaged the world during 2020 and 2021.