Topic: Workplace
A new study reveals that open-plan offices are not as effective as we think
Increased interaction & collaboration will come at the expense of ability to concentrate, hence making work less productive.
Raya Sarkar’s ‘list’ forced difficult conversations, but due process got Lawrence Liang
Raya Sarkar’s list began a conversation that must be continued. But the conversation must be on sexual harassment and not the lists.
On Camera
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Pakistan can learn from Israel’s secret weapon and arrest its intellectual decline
How did Israel, a country of nine million — between one-half and one-third of Karachi’s population — manage to subdue 400m Arabs?
Keep calm and carry on: Unlike wheat, rice isn’t hot yet
The world is worried that India might restrict exports of rice after wheat, pushing prices higher and worsening global food security.
Defence
India’s Eastern Seaboard gets its first naval air squadron INAS 324
With INAS 324, the Indian Navy's Eastern Seaboard will now operate a naval air squadron with HAL’s indigenously built Advanced Light Helicopter.
Moral, political & ideological questions on Maharashtra: 1st is simplest to answer, 3rd trickiest
What is Shiv Sena’s ideology? We might say it’s been a convenient mix of extreme ethnic chauvinism & unforgiving Hindutva. Within the second, the party retained space to manoeuvre.