Driven by reforms: Weaker players exit, quality players will benefit, doubling their market share to 20% by FY24 The real estate sector is headed for consolidation with the organised players expected to gain, driven by reforms such as Rera which is improving transparency and raising consumer activism on account of ... Read More »
Contrary to the general perception that real estate has been going through a bad phase for the past few years, according to Knight Frank Global House Price Index Q2 2017, prices in the residential real estate market in India appreciated 10.5% in 12 months or 70% (absolute) in 5 years ending ... Read More »
Patna: The poor show in the Bihar School Examination Board’s (BSEB) Class 12 or intermediate examination, 2017, had a fallout today in the form of violent student protests outside BSEB offices early on Wednesday. Soon, it spread to other districts as well. Out of the 12.40 lakh students, just 4.37 ... Read More »
As chancellor of the state Board of Regents, Betty Rosa is as well informed as anyone on issues affecting education in New York. But when it comes to the shape of national policy under President Donald Trump and Betsy DeVos, his nominee for secretary of education, she knows as little as anyone ... Read More »
“The internet is still at the beginning of its beginning,” writes Wired co-founder and Silicon Valley guru Kevin Kelly in his new book The Inevitable. Kelly argues that adding machine intelligence to everyday objects — a process he calls “cognifying” — “would be hundreds of times more disruptive to our ... Read More »
The trend of “Specu-lecting” hit the art market like an all-consuming wildfire in the midst of the 2008 economic crisis. One part speculation and one part collecting, the idea of art as investment came with the foremost goal of profit. It made some of us winners, but plenty of the rest of ... Read More »
Will redecorating be one of your New Year’s resolutions this time around? Start here — we’ve scoured all of our best design resources to predict what you’ll want in your home in 2016. 1 The “Glamily” Room What’s an immaculate aesthete to do with a dog around — or a ... Read More »
“The crisis will be upon us. It is not in the future but right now and everywhere you look,” said Amitav Ghosh, addressing the issue of climate change extensively at the Express Adda here on Saturday evening. In conversation with The Indian Express Deputy Editor Seema Chishti, Ghosh said dealing ... Read More »
In late May T&C revealed that the Obama family is moving to an 8,200-square-foot house they’ll be renting in the exclusive Kalorama neighborhood of Washington, D.C. after they leave the White House. And now we can give you a tour of the inside, thanks to listing agent Mark McFadden. Scroll ... Read More »
Google today announced a deal to buy Moodstocks, a French startup behind technology that helps smartphones recognise whatever they are aimed at. Moodstocks caught the US technology giant’s eye for its work in computer vision and machine learning, as well for accomplishments in enabling smartphones or other mobile devices to ... Read More »
A vote by Britons to leave the European Union on Thursday may not drag the United States into recession, but its effects on U.S. monetary policy, trade and corporate profits are causing concern in Washington D.C. and boardrooms alike. Market volatility in the immediate aftermath of such an unprecedented decision ... Read More »
Home buyer dreams deferred: Aspiring owners put the brakes (mildly, at least) on the torrid pace of buying in January, according to the latest report on pending home sales. But one area in the U.S. still seems to be going stronger than ever: the South. The number of houses across the ... Read More »
