This article is part of a special Scroll reporting project: Gujarat’s ‘dhandho’ elections, exploring the state’s complex relationship between business and politics as it heads into elections. To contribute to our reportage, click here. In the villages and small towns near the Mundra port, on the north coast of the Gulf of Kutch, one meets … Read more
Belinda Joslin has owned, raced, maintained and repaired boats all her life. So when she was looking for work after her children started school, she approached her local boatyard in Ipswich. They offered her a job as a finisher and her life was quickly taken over by sanding, painting and varnishing. “I turned up at … Read more
Earlier this week, we talked about Michael Saylor’s take on the impact of Ethereum’s transition to proof-of-stake verification, a massive change from the previous proof-of-work consensus mechanism. Saylor’s assertion was that the move to PoS could devalue the future use of Ethereum because it will be relegated to a security rather than a commodity through … Read more
With the attention on energy usage reduction, what will become of decentralization? It’s been a little over a week since the Ethereum Merge, and already the ripples are starting to show. Energy usage is down, even more than expected, according to a report commissioned from the Crypto Carbon Ratings Institute (CCRI). The CCRI report from … Read more
The Tamil Nadu government recently made Tamil language proficiency compulsory for entry to state government services and state-run public sector enterprises. All state government held competitive exams would from now on have a compulsory paper in the Tamil language and a pass in the subject is the basic qualifying norm for entry to Tamil Nadu … Read more
Comment on this story Comment Credit Suisse Group AG’s poaching of Dixit Joshi from Deutsche Bank AG to become its new chief finance officer means the Swiss bank now has outsiders in three top executive roles. They all have plenty of experience fixing problems in their former roles. The new leadership team should have the cool ruthlessness … Read more