The New Normal in Pandemic Response

Number of words: 2,272 As COVID-19 vaccination rates pick up around the world, people have reasonably begun to ask: how much longer will this pandemic last? It’s an issue surrounded with uncertainties. But the once-popular idea that enough people will eventually gain immunity to SARS-CoV-2 to block most transmission — a ‘herd-immunity threshold’ — is … Read more

The Anti-Consumerist Manifesto of China’s Young Generation

Number of words: 500 Lying flat’ gains traction in China as youngsters defy norms, Beijing not happy Chinese millennials are taking part in the ‘lying flat’ (tangping) movement, defying the country’s long-held prosperity narrative of working hard. There have been protests in the country against the prevalent 996 regime, which means working from 9 am … Read more

The Importance of Operational Risk Management in Banking

Number of words: 245 Bankers working in sensitive positions, including treasury operations and currency chests, will get a surprise holiday of at least 10 working days in a single spell every year under the modified risk management guidelines of the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). As a prudent operational risk management measure, banks should have a “mandatory … Read more