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TopicThe Learning Trap: How Byju’s Took Indian Edtech for a Ride

Topic: The Learning Trap: How Byju’s Took Indian Edtech for a Ride

Byju Raveendran’s upbringing was remarkably unremarkable—only two things stood out

In 'The Learning Trap', Pradip K. Saha anaylses the rise of Edtech giant Byju's and its charismatic founder, Byju Raveendran.

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No amount of welfarism and futurist illusion can remove poverty of Indian people: BS Sanyal

The methods of the welfarist reduce the productivity of human effort and thus affect the welfare of the invalids as well as of the able-bodied. This is a greater injustice, BS Sanyal wrote in 1957.

SEBI proposes return of open market share buybacks to support stocks

Regulator seeks feedback on allowing firms to repurchase shares via exchanges after tax changes, as markets reel from war-led selloff and foreign outflows.

South Korea’s Cheongung-II missile system makes its mark in West Asia war. Here’s why

UAE has been using this defence system, which is similar to America's Patriots, against Iranian missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.