(From left) Eoin Morgan, Brian Lara, Sachin Tendulkar, Jonty Rhodes, Romesh Kaluwitharana, Shane Watson, former international cricket stars from England, West Indies, India, South Africa, Sri Lanka and Australia, respectively, at the launch event of the International Masters League. Image: Courtesy IML In November, cricket will board a time machine as a stellar cast—comprising … Read more
Inequality often hides in plain sight, and it can be obscured by the fault lines of segregation. Image: Shutterstock Wealth inequality, long a pressing issue that was exacerbated by Covid-19, remains a significant problem to governments and policymakers around the world. Many nations including the United States, Japan and France have recorded skyrocketing income disparities in … Read more
TCS finds itself reporting quarterly earnings on the day Ratan Tata, embodiment of the group, died. Image: Shutterstock Tata Consultancy, India’s biggest IT services company and historically referred to as the crown jewel of the Tata Group, finds itself reporting quarterly earnings on the day Ratan Tata, embodiment of the group, died. TCS does not … Read more
An image of Ratan Tata with his dogs from 2007. Image: Fawzan Husain “A pet is no different from a member of one’s family today,” Ratan Tata had opened his speech with this quote at the inauguration of the Small Animal Hospital in Mumbai on July 1, 2024. The hospital, which was his last significant contribution … Read more
Some hardliners in Israel are still discussing whether their air force should launch a strike in response to the 180 ballistic missiles fired by Tehran into Israel on October 1st Image source: FT, US Airforce, A/P Analysts suggest that without backing from the US, the Israeli air force may find it difficult to carry out … Read more
JRD Tata Along with Ratan Tata and Russi Modi at the meeting in New Delhi, India Image: Hemant Pithwa/The The India Today Group via Getty Images The Indian government’s go-ahead to Tata Electronics earlier this year to build a mega semiconductor fabrication facility in Dholera in Gujarat in partnership with Taiwan’s PSMC is in many … Read more
Ratan Tata carried this philanthropic legacy forward from his ancestors Image: Pradeep Gaur/Mint via Getty Images Through the course of his lifetime, Ratan Naval Tata showed how businesses can—and should—move beyond the pursuit of profits. In keeping with the legacy of his predecessors, the former chairperson of the Tata group not only steered billions of … Read more
CashKaro co-founders Swati and Rohan Bhargava, with Ratan Tata In early October, Upstox flaunted a staggering data point. “Mr Tata’s stake in Upstox has registered a whopping 23,400 percent return on the investment made in 2016, based on Upstox’s last round valuation of $3.5 billion,” the digital broking and wealth management platform underlined in its … Read more
A view of the Tata Steelworks in Scunthorpe, UK. The largest steel making plant in the UK and apparently the largest industrial site in the UK too. Once called British Steel, then Corus and now part of the Tata brand. Image: Paul Simpson/Getty Images Till the turn of the century, or 132 years after its founding, … Read more
Ratan Tata, Image: Fabrice COFFRINI / AFP and Noel Tata, Image: Amit Verma While the nation mourns the death of Ratan Tata, questions about his successor are swirling once again. In 1991, following JRD Tata’s hospitalisation due to a heart condition, Ratan Naval Tata took over as chairman of Tata Sons and Tata Trusts. Successions often bring uncertainty, … Read more