 | While it is true that biometric data is collected globally to aid criminal investigation, lawyers and activists question the need for the wide scope of the law in India. |  |  | During the pandemic, as Dhawan and his team at CSF watched schools across the country shut down and the delivery of education to millions of children fall apart, they decided to set up an organisation to leverage edtech for this segment. The outcome — the ACT Edtech Ambition Fund, which aims to provide quality edtech to 50 million underprivileged kids by 2025. | |  | Hydrogen, as an energy carrier, is key for achieving decarbonisation of hard-to-abate sectors. Many sectors such as iron ore and steel, fertilisers, refining, methanol and maritime shipping emit major amounts of CO2, and carbon-free hydrogen will play a critical role in enabling deep decarbonisation. | |  | A look at how the new-age workplace tools, which are part of our vocab now, help in improving productivity | |  | Leading parts makers such as Lumax, Sona Comstar, Minda Industries, and Sandhar Technologies have been forced to look at other de-risking options due to rising input costs, thereby giving the country an opportunity to become a major manufacturing hub. | |  | Tech firms are going the whole hog to develop software that will engage with and address the dissatisfaction quotient of their remote workforce, at a time of high attrition and mounting talent crunch. | | |  | Foo Fighters are blessed. Grohl is at the height of his musical powers - along with writing books, making movies, producing albums. To take a line from the title of the Foos' 2007 studio album, with Hawkins' departure, the band is displaying amazing patience, silence and grace. May their future be everlong. | |  | Rajeev Chandrasekhar said cyberspace is currently governed by the IT Act, which is a 22-year-old piece of legislation, and that there was a need for a more contemporary Act. | |  | The Oscars have not had a great viewership in the past decade. This slapper-slappee incident put it back at the centre of the cultural conversation for a month - or at least till you finish reading this column. The outcome for all parties involved have been overwhelmingly positive. While Will Smith still keeps his Academy Award for Best Actor, Rock's cheapest comedy show ticket prices shot up from $47 to $150. | |  | Informed, engaging, critical opinion on fashion – especially on the whole nine yards – is woefully missing in a country that is opinionated about everything else under the sun. | |  | In an interview with Prerna Katiyar, Choudhary said Mufti says one thing when she is in power and another when she is not. Excerpts: | |  | In our limited intel, Russia was an open book. And when we got to Moscow, we found it was an open book, but its pages were blank, or displaying the Cyrillic script we couldn't read. Thanks to the hospitality of an Indian contact, we were provided gratis accommodation in a guest house in a high-rise apartment block in the suburb of Krylatskoye. | |  | Today, the national transporter consumes about 2 billion litres of diesel annually (2021-22). But if GoI has its way, by 2030, it will be run entirely on electric power, that too, renewable energy. The railways' target is to build an installed capacity of 30 gigawatts (GW) of renewable energy in the next eight years, reducing the yearly consumption of diesel to 0.2 billion litres. | |  | Industry insiders told ET that astronomical hikes to attract talent may likely see some correction in the coming quarters, but the sector itself will continue to draw professionals for its wealth creation opportunity, the intellectual stimulation it provides and for being a learning ground for aspiring entrepreneurs. | |  | Ask Bryson DeChambeau, the mad scientist who is trying to make a career out of experimentation. The world No. 19 went away to nurse an injury after a missed cut in the Farmers Insurance Open at the end of January. | |  | The government has said that the museum aims to sensitise the younger generation about the "leadership, vision and achievements of all the former Prime Ministers." | | |
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