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States fail when they let their monopolies on violence or taxation slide

Do you know of a state which has let vigilantes commit violence on its behalf and has reneged on disbursal of taxes? I can't think of any, writes Devangshu Datta

Tremors of PUBG Mobile ban shake up India's entire gaming ecosystem

The ban follows on the heels of an earlier ban that blocked 59 apps, including TikTok

India's dramatic chase for the chess gold in first online Olympiad

Win in the first online Olympiad may just have a similar impact on the game as the 1983 World Cup had on cricket

Voda Idea in danger of becoming a 'zombie' telco; may just about survive

The initial impression is that Vodafone Idea will struggle to manage this level of staggered payments, given that it owes over Rs 58,000 crore

Decisive moves defy setbacks as India beats Armenia in chess to enter semis

Grandmasters Koneru Humpy and Vidit Gujrathi suffered near simultaneous power outages, with Humpy playing from Vijayawada and Gujrathi from Nashik

The good mosquito versus the bad

Starting 2021, around 750 million genetically modified (GM) Aedes Aegypti mosquitoes will be released in batches into the Florida Keys

Degrees of control

By educating the populace, a one-party state ensures capacities in science, engineering, health care, etc

Marking out the markets as coronavirus makes economic recovery uncertain

While coronavirus cases keep rising in India, there could be more lockdowns to contain the coronavirus as the economy sputters back to life. Devangshu Datta predicts where the markets could be headed

Retail investors to lose as Sebi, brokers tussle over new margin norms

From the investor and trader perspective, higher margin with the promise of yet another margin hike by year-end could mean lower trading volumes and lower prices in the cash segment

RIL's home team advantage

India's complicated e-commerce policy with restrictions on overseas investors may help keep out global retail and e-commerce players

When tech aids free speech

One way to create a censor-resistant Web 3.0 could be via blockchain adaptations. This may radically alter internet architecture

IT sector may have weathered the worst

If industry advisories are true, that's a useful insight, given the width of US-centric exposure

CHESS #1409

While online play is fun and tournaments involving established players seem to have migrated with reasonable comfort, these have all been officially unrated

The big hack

Some people fell for the scam and transferred bitcoins equivalent to about $120,000 to the referred wallets

Getting closer to the neighbour

Perseverance remains crucial in exploring the mysteries around Mars

No market for disinformation

Facebook earned $70 billion in 2019 as advertising revenues and that amounted to 98 per cent of its total revenues

Gaming portals to the rescue of pandemic-hit rummy and bridge players

The big rollers who put down serious money have reduced their action. Free online games - like Ludo - have gained more from the lockdown.

CHESS #1407

Anish Giri to take on Magnus Carlsen in the Chessable finals at Chess24.com

The sky to get more crowded

Tracking space debris is now an area of commercial interest as satellite launches go up

Key ratios of Adani group in dangerous territory

To marry the narrative to the numbers, the group has to keep scaling up since that allows it to raise more money