Long Read

As youth migrate and palatial homes stand silent, Keralam is crafting a new blueprint for elderly care. From vibrant daycare centres to innovative ‘time banks’, explore how the rapidly ageing state is transforming loneliness into companionship.

From high-tech scans to continuous AI monitoring, new-age clinics are turning your body into a living data stream. But as healthcare shifts from treating sickness to predicting it, are we truly getting healthier—or just handing over our most intimate biology?

The chipmaker remains dominant for now, but an onslaught of companies is encroaching on its territory.

When the US and Israel launched their aerial assault on Iran on the last Saturday of February, the world’s main oil markets were closed. The price of crude kept moving anyway.

The pharmaceutical company rode one copycat drug to record profits. Now, co-chairman G.V. Prasad has to prove the company can grow without it. Biosimilars and innovation may hold the answer.

Without CIA funding that helped keep NeXT afloat in the ’80s, Steve Jobs might not have made a triumphant return to Apple—and the iPhone might not have its foundational operating code.

A convocation controversy at Nalsar has sparked a backlash that has widened into a debate over the Bar Council of India’s powers, accountability and functioning.

The day Tata Sons failed to hold its AGM, the curtain rose on Noel Tata’s real problems. N. Chandrasekaran leaves behind a more powerful Tata Sons, and a clutch of unfinished mega bets.

During the recent students’ protest at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar, Gen Z youth and their parents spoke of a growing sense of helplessness—of sky-high education costs and the difficulty in finding a decent job, going beyond the feelings of betrayal evoked by the NEET paper leak.

Bloated budgets, formulaic writing, and overpriced tickets are driving audiences away from South Indian cinema. As big-budget star vehicles flop and footfalls plummet, the region’s once-unshakable box office faces an unprecedented reckoning.