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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.

Study reveals empathy prevents Covid-19 spread

"We saw that empathy for the most vulnerable is an important factor, and that it can be used actively to combat the pandemic," said study author Stefan Pfattheicher from Aarhus University in the UK.

Breast cancer cases on rise due to Covid fear: Report

The report from Indraprastha Apollo Hospital in New Delhi found that women seem to be putting their breast health on the backseat by neglecting their screening and visit to physicians owing to the possibility of contracting Covid-19.

Why you shouldn’t get paranoid about coronavirus on bank notes

Researchers at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Australia's national science agency, claimed that that SARS-CoV-2 can remain infectious on surfaces for long periods of time as it can survive for up to 28 days on common surfaces including bank notes, glass such as that found on mobile phone screens and stainless steel.