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Why are sitcom dads still so inept? Look at Homer Simpson

We studied how often sitcom dads were shown together with their kids in three key parenting interactions: giving advice, setting rules or reinforcing their kids’ behaviour.

Why Google is going to regret its threat to disable search engine in Australia

The online advertising giant's suggestion to remove its search product from Australia is further-reaching than anything it has tried before.

In India’s job market, women have higher exit rate, lower entry rate than men: Study

Researchers from IIM Bangalore and Warwick University analysed IHDS data from 2004-05 and 2011-12 to find that the situation is especially stark for women in urban areas.

How blockchain can bring unicorns to millennials

Until its recent initial public offering, the moneyed folk who would never deign to set foot in an Airbnb Inc. property could buy in, whereas a younger, regular user could not.

Sensex crossing 50,000-mark belies all logic. Or does it?

The magic of the Sensex lies in looking at it as a long-term asset. There has not been a single 5-year period in which the Sensex has not recovered its value.

Why a ‘mucosal’ Covid vaccine has a better shot at ending the pandemic

Novel coronavirus is a pathogen of a ‘mucosal’ organ, different to ‘systemic’ organs. Current vaccines are systemic, and can only reduce disease severity.

For OTT platforms in India, Tandav blurs the line between self-regulation and censorship

By apologising and cutting out scenes from Amazon Prime web series Tandav, the makers have set a precedent for the OTT industry in India.

Like it or not, future of Indian economy will have to be built on services, not manufacturing

It’s time to acknowledge that India is not going to replicate the export orientation of the East Asian manufacturing story, or even that of Bangladesh.

It’s easy for BJP to claim Netaji, far harder to read his works on secularism & Indian Muslims

Ahead of the Bengal election, citizens should know Gumnami Baba did not produce a single writing that would be helpful for Indian democracy — Bose did.

Putin critic Alexey Navalny dares to expose Russian president’s ‘weakness’

Navalny’s campaign to expose the nature of Russian power has been successful. He’s shown that one extraordinarily brave person can focus attention on the iniquity of an entire system.

On Camera

English didn’t enslave India. It was the harbinger of a new creative consciousness: A Ranganathan

Rabindranath Tagore stood apart from his contemporaries by infusing poetry and universalism into Indian nationalism, opposing chauvinism and blind obedience, wrote A Ranganathan in 1962.

Nodal officers to fast-tracking NOCs, Kerala govt’s heeding investor concerns, and it means business

As many as 21 policy reforms are under implementation following Invest Kerala Global Summit, as LDF govt works to change perception that the state is not conducive to businesses.

Army chief’s big warning to Pakistan: Stop sponsoring terrorism if you want to exist geographically

Amid continued concerns over cross-border terrorism, General Upendra Dwivedi further warned the neighbour that India will not show restraint if there is an Op Sindoor 2.0.

How Pakistan thinks: Army for hire, ideology of convenience

Pakistan’s army has been a rentier force available to a reasonable bidder. It has never come to the aid of any Muslims including Palestinians or the Gazans, except making noises here and there.