Nikita Puri
Tech in Asia
Bengaluru, KA, India
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Nas Academy bags $11m in series A round led by Lightspeed
Nuseir Yassin, founder of Nas Daily and Nas Academy, said the money will also be used to get more trainers on board. → Read More
How Carsome and Carro’s are altering the way people buy cars
Carro and Carsome have taken the Singapore-Malaysia rivalry to a new front. That’s a good thing for Southeast Asia’s used-car market. → Read More
An award-winning journalist tracks humankind's migration out of Africa
Read more about An award-winning journalist tracks humankind's migration out of Africa on Business Standard. Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Paul Salopek is on an intercontinental journey of 24,000 miles, tracing humankind's movement out of Africa right down to South America → Read More
The pilot who called out swift but faulty action by airlines and a minister
Read more about The pilot who called out swift but faulty action by airlines and a minister on Business Standard. The running joke on social media is that the now-famous Indigo's captain might be forced to jump ships, or airlines → Read More
The infinitely accommodating but very underrated khichdi finds patronage
It was a risk for sure, but every home across India makes khichdi and it still isn't as celebrated as it should be, said Praneet Singh, senior director, Ola Foods → Read More
Meet Bengaluru's buskers, who make art, type poems and charm strangers
Read more about Meet Bengaluru's buskers, who make art, type poems and charm strangers on Business Standard. Busking is traditionally defined as the act of putting up a street performance for voluntary donations → Read More
Bengaluru's licence rules are shutting down many iconic live music venues
Read more about Bengaluru's licence rules are shutting down many iconic live music venues on Business Standard. Two iconic venues will shut shop by next week. Another 100-odd are at risk → Read More
The Indian AI-driven artist who'll show her works at the Florence Biennale
An Indian AI poet-artist will display her work at the Florence Biennale. Nikita Puri on how projects such as this are pushing the boundaries of what it means to be human → Read More
The Surrogacy Bill is an assault on the idea of a progressive nation
Read more about The Surrogacy Bill is an assault on the idea of a progressive nation on Business Standard. India's new Surrogacy Bill is nothing less than an assault on the idea of a progressive nation → Read More
A new Bengaluru restaurant that has polite lady robots for waitstaff
Bengaluru's new space-themed restaurant isn't shy about revealing its star (and arguably only) attraction, says Nikita Puri. The place is called Robot → Read More
Hard holidays: Vacations peppered with radiations and ghost town tours
Read more about Hard holidays: Vacations peppered with radiations and ghost town tours on Business Standard. HBO mini-series Chernobyl has triggered a tourist rush to the nuclear disaster site. But then dark vacations have always been an attraction, writes Nikita Puri → Read More
How Bhushan Kumar made T-Series world's most subscribed YouTube channel
Read more about How Bhushan Kumar made T-Series world's most subscribed YouTube channel on Business Standard. Bhushan's single-minded dedication and passion has helped T-Series scale up from a music company to one of the biggest film studios, says Ankur Garg → Read More
How Indian cartoonists are using the limitless potential of social media
Read more about How Indian cartoonists are using the limitless potential of social media on Business Standard. Instagram's format is especially suited to promoting causes through the arts → Read More
India's growing Chinese community inches closer to a place it can call home
Read more about India's growing Chinese community inches closer to a place it can call home on Business Standard. The story of the Chinese in India is one that is slowly developing. It is also a quiet narrative, writes Nikita Puri → Read More
After a wait of 12 years, neelakurinji flowers will return to Western Ghats
Read more about After a wait of 12 years, neelakurinji flowers will return to Western Ghats on Business Standard. While a standalone neelakurinji flower is pretty, it's the 'carpeting' feature of the plants seen en masse that paints a majestic sight → Read More
How organic labels and conscious users are shaping an industry on trust
Read more about How organic labels and conscious users are shaping an industry on trust on Business Standard. Organic labels and conscious customers are manoeuvring policy potholes to shape an industry based on mutual trust → Read More
Hannah Gadsby quits stand-up over 'abusive relationship' with comedy
Read more about Hannah Gadsby quits stand-up over 'abusive relationship' with comedy on Business Standard. Gadsby's tired of how queer people are supposed to behave a certain way → Read More
Inside the uber-luxury world where the homes choose their owners
Read more about Inside the uber-luxury world where the homes choose their owners on Business Standard. The Camellias exists in a unique world of by-invitation-only properties - those that are never advertised and which money alone cannot buy → Read More
Secret watch: Inside the thriving world of private detectives in India
Read more about Secret watch: Inside the thriving world of private detectives in India on Business Standard. An increasing demand for detective services points to a growing need to regulate the unorganised and unlicensed world of sleuths → Read More
From food to skin, allergies are rapidly on the rise, and here is why
Read more about From food to skin, allergies are rapidly on the rise, and here is why on Business Standard. The rare allergy to water might seem like plain bad luck but doctors across the board agree that allergies are on the rise → Read More