Thursday, January 24, 2019

Quick notes: Gigafactory, Oil addiction...

  • 30 GWh: BHEL-led consortium may build India’s first Li-ion Gigafactory


  • Costly addiction to oil: In 2019, India’s demand for crude oil will grow faster than China’s. In 2018, the rupee was Asia’s worst-performing currency as higher crude prices triggered a sharp depreciation


  • One-way-street: Chinese online retailers doing brisk business in India


  • Local is key: Indian startups are taking baby steps towards a vernacular internet. . . Amazon spends record on lobbying in 2018.


  • Is fasting the fountain of youth?: How fasting may help you live longer


  • Shia leader: Madrasas producing IS supporters, ban them


  • Core Right agenda for a modern India:



  • Solitude: If we lose our capacity for solitude, we risk getting caught up in the crowd. We risk being ‘swept away’ by what everybody else does and believes in. Before we can keep company with others, we must learn to keep company with ourselves.


  • Black lotus: When Ola's Bhavish Aggarwal was stumped by an Indian monk who sold his Porsche 


  • Post-Work: The radical idea of a world without jobs


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