Surojit Gupta
How the middle class has turned cities into India’s growth engine
India’s 63 biggest cities are now home to more than a quarter of its middle class. They also generate 29% of the country’s disposable income that drives demand for goods and services, fuelling an economic boom
‘For the next pandemic, we’ll have gigantic mRNA factories in India’
Bill Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, says the Delta variant will make it difficult for the world to end the pandemic by 2022, missing his last year’s estimate. In a telephone interview to TOI+, Gates spoke on a range of issues, from vaccinating the elderly to creating factory capacities large enough to supply vaccines for the entire world within 200 days. Excerpts:
Choking funds pipeline is key to beating terror
Gaps in the global regulatory framework have created huge vulnerabilities for terrorists and criminals to exploit and abuse
- Surojit Gupta
- TIMESOFINDIA.COM
Sorry women — only 1 in 10 employees are female
A report that analysed 225 companies shows that gender diversity in Indian companies is very low, not just on the shop floor but in boardrooms as well
Why Indians beat Chinese to CEO jobs in US
Though there are 1.6 times more East Asians than South Asians in the US, it's their argumentative side that works to the latter's advantage
How tech is helping truckers say goodbye to hardships
Logistics firms build pit stops and use app-based relay systems to ensure that drivers get rest, and a chance to head back home for dinner