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Cognizant learns an HR lesson as people shortage impacts business momentum
A challenging strategy to accelerate growth has ironically dragged the former IT racehorse into bigger troubles over people management
 "Cognizant learns an HR lesson as people shortage impacts business momentum")
Decoded: Who can get antibody cocktail for Covid-19 and how it works
Used to treat only mild to moderate disease in high-risk Covid-19 patients, doctors feel the treatment can bolster the fight against severe disease
 "Decoded: Who can get antibody cocktail for Covid-19 and how it works")
Build more Scorpene subs while waiting for Project 75-I: Rahul Shrawat
Rear Admiral (Retd) Rahul Shrawat, who heads Naval Group India, talks to Ajai Shukla about Naval Group's ambitions
 "Build more Scorpene subs while waiting for Project 75-I: Rahul Shrawat")
Need better containment strategy, ramping up of infra: Dharminder Nagar
One day you were planning surgeries and doing oncology and the next day, you had converted half the hospital into a Covid facility
 "Need better containment strategy, ramping up of infra: Dharminder Nagar")
Status check: Are there enough charging points to make EVs viable?
With one-fourth the range of gasoline powered vehicles on a full tank, EVs have seldom been the primary vehicles of choice and evoke, what is called, "range anxiety"
 "Status check: Are there enough charging points to make EVs viable?")
Explained: Why tax is a dilemma for start-up founders in India
After the abolition of the dividend distribution tax, the taxability of salaries and dividends in the hands of a founder of a bootstrapped start-up will be broadly similar, says Ritesh Kumar, IndusLaw
 "Explained: Why tax is a dilemma for start-up founders in India")
Has RBI legitimised cryptocurrencies? Traders, banks think it has
Central bank goes beyond saying that its April circular banning virtual currencies is no longer valid.
 "Has RBI legitimised cryptocurrencies? Traders, banks think it has")
Maruti Suzuki digitises to click with buyers: How exactly does it work?
India's largest car maker is finding traction in the national roll-out of its digital financial services platform
 "Maruti Suzuki digitises to click with buyers: How exactly does it work?")
Statsguru: Six charts explain India's $3-trn market cap cheer amid Covid-19
The ratio of the value of all companies in the stock market to the size of the Indian economy is now in excess of 100 per cent
 "Statsguru: Six charts explain India's $3-trn market cap cheer amid Covid-19")
A no-action policy with focus on growth
'Unwinding' is unlikely to happen before the third quarter of this year even if we don't mess up in tackling a possible third wave of Covid; rate hike may have to wait for next year
Champagne of teas loses fizz amid scanty rainfall, last year's lockdown
Scanty rainfall, last year's lockdown, growing competition from Nepal and the disaster of the 2017 Gorkhaland agitation are steadily weakening exports and sales of Darjeeling tea
 "Champagne of teas loses fizz amid scanty rainfall, last year's lockdown")
Explained: What if the Covid-19 virus was leaked from a laboratory
A paper published by the WHO on March 30, 2021 claimed manmade origin of the virus was "extremely unlikely". This view is now being challenged
 "Explained: What if the Covid-19 virus was leaked from a laboratory")
Parents, school staff must be vaccinated for children's safety: Jacob John
John says that the world needs to start talking about eradicating Covid
 "Parents, school staff must be vaccinated for children's safety: Jacob John")
Despite suspension of IPL, game on for fantasy sports platforms
The suspension of the IPL put them on a sticky wicket; its resumption has them feverishly working to keep users engaged and improve their offerings
 "Despite suspension of IPL, game on for fantasy sports platforms")
High level of taxation widens divergence in diesel inflation in WPI, CPI
Diesel retail prices are back to more than Rs 80 a litre in the national capital throughout this month and remain on an upward trajectory
 "High level of taxation widens divergence in diesel inflation in WPI, CPI")
IT Rules: Legal experts weigh in on reasonable curbs to Right to Privacy
Say the new rules do not pass the test of proportionality to justify breaching a user's privacy
 "IT Rules: Legal experts weigh in on reasonable curbs to Right to Privacy")
Bharti Airtel, Jio call on the digital game, but it's a long haul yet
The big two telecom players have reorganised their digital businesses in readiness to monetise them.
 "Bharti Airtel, Jio call on the digital game, but it's a long haul yet")
Keeping politics out of CBI will be Subodh Kumar Jaiswal's major challenge
CBI has many challenges ahead of it. The most recent is the Narada scam, which relates to a sting operation by the Narada News website in 2016 that had allegedly shown TMC leaders accepting bribes
 "Keeping politics out of CBI will be Subodh Kumar Jaiswal's major challenge")
Explained: Why Tokyo Olympics will be like no other amid Covid-19
Covid-19 is still spreading but the games appear to be going ahead, in what would be the biggest world event of the pandemic era
 "Explained: Why Tokyo Olympics will be like no other amid Covid-19")
Farzad-B gas field: India one of the losers in energy politics of West Asia
Last week, after chasing India to develop the field for 13 years, Iran announced that it will develop the offshore gas field, which runs along the country's maritime border with Saudi Arabia
 "Farzad-B gas field: India one of the losers in energy politics of West Asia")