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Drinking in the office

Don’t ban, don’t binge and don’t badgerA RATHER GOOD black comedy called “Another Round” depicts what happens when a bunch of disenchanted Danish school teachers constantly top up the levels of alcohol in their blood. At first the experiment goes well: the students respond enthusiastically to their newly inspiring teachers. But unconsciousness, bed-wetting and worse…

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12 Things That Could Increase Your Heart Failure Risk

Heart failure is one of those conditions that you rarely (or ever) think about—until it personally affects you. Maybe someone you love was recently diagnosed with heart failure or your doctor warned you about it during a recent physical. Whatever the reason is for it to be on your radar, heart failure sounds pretty scary.…

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Here’s How to Actually Cook Asparagus

As soon as you get back from the store, it’s chill time. But don’t just stuff that bunch in the fridge; you’ll retain max freshness and flavor by taking a few minutes to prep your spears for storage.Start by removing the tough, woody ends at the bottom of the asparagus spears—they’re not something you want…

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Can Silicon Valley still dominate global innovation?

TAKE AN EVENING walk on 17th Cross Road in Bengaluru’s HSR Layout district, and you bump into tech types stepping out of their startup’s office and into one of the local microbreweries. They might work for Udaan (e-commerce), Vedantu (education technology) or another of the growing herd of private startups valued at $1bn, whose proliferation…

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