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Monday, November 4, 2024
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Topic: Bias

Why do people fall for misinformation? These 2 internal biases are to blame

Anyone can make a claim, start a conspiracy theory or post a statistic. If people want it to be true it will go viral. But we have the tools to combat it.

Study finds recruiters discriminate against Muslim women in hiring at entry-level jobs

LedBy Foundation had conducted a survey for 10 months to find out the hiring bias that is prevalent against Muslim women in Indian offices

Inequality isn’t always a bad thing

When some people are more productive for the benefit of the group than others, moderate inequality can actually help further cooperation.

On Camera

Trudeau is nursing snakes in his own backyard. Misguided Sikhs in Canada are losing the plot

By turning a blind eye to the snakes in his own backyard, Trudeau is setting the stage for a disaster of epic proportions for his country, his people, and the world at large.

Watch CutTheClutter: Flattening INR-USD rate, and debate on pros and cons of a ‘strong’ rupee

In Episode 1544 of CutTheClutter, Editor-in-Chief Shekhar Gupta looks at some top economists pointing to the pitfalls of ‘currency nationalism’ with data from 1991 to 2004.

India carries out 1st patrol in Depsang since disengagement with China, to take things ‘slow’

While there are patrolling points (PP) 10, 11, 12, 12A and 13 in the Depsang Plains, the patrol in the region Monday was carried out to only one point as decided by India and China.

Xi wanted to teach India about imbalance of power. We should take a budgetary lesson from it

While we talk much about our military, we don’t put our national wallet where our mouth is. Nobody is saying we should double our defence spending, but current declining trend must be reversed.