For Sudha Nair, jointly winning the inaugural edition of Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing’s Pen to Publish 2017 literary contest along with J Alchem meant much more than just the attractive cash prize; a publishing deal with Westland and global acclaim. “Winning taught me that it wasn’t about the applause or the adulation, but about the satisfaction of having created, without […]
Walkers has announced what it says is the first ever UK-wide recycling service for crisp packets, featuring collection points and a free courier service Prompted by environmental concerns, thousands of people took part in the #PacketInWalkers campaign. One by one, they posted empty crisp packets back to Walkers, one of the UK’s best-known crisp manufacturers. […]
Founded by three engineers, Mumbai-based Eventuate Innovations is designing products that make people’s life simpler. After a food-dispensing aquarium and self-watering planter, they are launching an energy and water-efficient cooler. In a world where Alexa can order a cab for you and Siri can give you a weather update, can’t daily-use products around the home simplify your life? Eventuate Innovations works […]
1. Listen to other people’s views It can feel impossible in the heat of the moment, but remembering there is usually more than one side to conflict can pay dividends: fresh knowledge and insight. If you can manage it, suspend your ego – and the planning of your next counterattack – and really tune in […]
Speaking at the Global Venture Capital Summit 2018 Union Minister of Commerce and Industries Suresh Prabhu said the country will need more ideas and more capital to multiply its wealth. The Global Venture Capital Summit 2018 kicked off in Goa on December 7. An initiative of the Departmental of Industrial Policy & Promotion (DIPP) and […]
A non-resident Indian (NRI) who moved to Orlando, Florida, from Karnataka way back in 1989 was trying to teach his children their mother tongue without much success, but not because of a lack of effort. A simple query from his son stumped him. “Dad, do you not have a keyboard for this language?” That one […]
Beautiful handwoven Mayan textile designs are often copied by foreign designers and mass produced. It amounts to intellectual property theft, say the Mayan women who are fighting back “Red. That’s the colour we use the most. It represents our blood,” says Marina Rodríguez from Tecpán, Guatemala. Rodríguez has been weaving since the age of eight. […]
IKEA has completed the replanting of three million rainforest trees at Luasong in east coast Sabah, Borneo, as part of its efforts to rehabilitate the degraded forest since 1998. The Swedish furniture retailer’s “Sow a Seed Foundation” was initiated by the IKEA Group in 1998 to rehabilitate rainforest devastated by logging and forest fires in […]
Partners of new mums with mental illness are set to get targeted support on the NHS New and expectant fathers will be offered mental health checks and treatment under “radical action” to support families, NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens announced this week. The partners of pregnant women and new mothers who are themselves suffering from anxiety, […]
Look at my baby dragons,” says three-year-old Rubens, gently stroking three polished stones. “They are sleeping now. Shhhh,” he whispers. Sitting under a tree nearby, two other boys hammer sticks into the ground. They are building a house for “the little people” – wooden figures, which staff have provided to inspire the children around this […]