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Over the course of his career, he’s also ventured into online retail, banking and even gaming. ### But he’s not done yet. Sharma wants to bring at least half a billion Indians into the banking system through Paytm’s app. He also wants to put Paytm on the global map alongside the Googles and Facebooks of […]

To solve the mystery, the state’s Forest Department set up a special task force. Ritesh Sarothiya, head of the task force’s wildlife division, told CNN that its agents had a suspect in mind: in 2014, a man had been arrested for poaching sloth bears and tigers. After spending a year in jail, he skipped bail […]

Володимир Павлів, мій брат, загинув на війні на сході України у 2017 році. Він прослужив у Збройних силах України майже два роки, перш ніж його вбило осколком поблизу Попасної, в Луганській області. Після його смерті в місцевих та національних українських ЗМІ була опублікована низка некрологів. Не вся інформація, яку вони подали, була точною, але точність […]

Brexit is a moving target. Each time we think we have a deal, the British House of Commons decides to re-think. It’s like the famous passage from T.S. Eliot: “Time yet for a hundred indecisions/And for a hundred visions and revisions,/ Before taking a toast and tea.” On Saturday, Boris Johnson expected the Parliament to […]

Only a week after the huge mobilizations in Ecuador that successfully toppled the controversial ‘paquetazo’, the financial plan imposed on the South American nation by the International Monetary Fund, another Latin American country has risen up against the economic policies of its government. In a country where the minimum wage of 70% of the population […]

This article is a response to 'British journalists have become part of Johnson’s fake news machine' by Peter Oborne. The issue of anonymous briefings by senior officials is an important one, but not new. Jill Rutter won't mind me reminding her that her life as the director of communications at the Treasury was made a […]

At this year's The World Transformed, we chatted to Novara Media's Ash Sarkar. Click Here: habitat tord boontje She spoke to us about the coming UK general election and a possible Labour Party agenda of zero carbon by 2030, a four day working week, universal basic services, dismantling the hostile environment and abolishing private schools.

‘Congratulations on your achievement’, ‘I heard congratulations are in order’, ‘well done’. I look at my interlocutor undecided on what to reply. A smiling face looks at me, expecting a response. Eventually I put an end to the awkwardness by smiling back politely. ‘Thank you’, I hear myself saying unconvincingly and rapidly move on. What […]

Precarious workers need Asia’s unions In the Global North, changes in the organisation of work and employer strategy have rendered existing unions less powerful and put unionism out of reach for large groups of workers. In Asia, the situation is even more complex. Many Asian countries have large informal sectors, unregulated by labour law and […]

Pep Guardiola’s side won the Premier League title in record-breaking style last season, but their own claims there is even more to come in the future Manchester City owner Sheikh Mansour has promised supporters there is much more to come following the 10th anniversary of his takeover, adamant they are still “only half way up […]