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The Tamil Nadu government has issued Standard Operating Procedure (SOPs) for re-opening schools for 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th standards from September 1. The procedure has four broad themes.

AI is already at work all around us. It is gradually becoming a standard in many businesses. Each and every field is going to feel the impact, and almost everyone is actively thinking about how to compete in the age of AI. In this episode, we discuss with TalentSprint CEO Santanu Paul, who believes it's wiser for students and working pros to take incremental steps to embrace technology and equip themselves with the new-age skills instead of treading with fear throughout one’s career. We need computational and analytical thinking, whether we like it or not, because AI is coming for all of us, he says.

The Ministry of Civil Aviation announced the Drone Rules 2021, under this, the number of forms that need to be filled to operate drones has been reduced from 25 to 5 and the types of fees charged from the operator have been decreased from 72 to 4. Besides that several approvals that were previously needed under the previous Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Rules, 2021 has been abolished and new procedures are in place. BusinessLine Shishir Sinha tells us more about Drone Rules 2021.

A powerful cartel of politicians across political parties has created an empire of co-operative sugar mills. The mills, in the name of helping lakhs of farmers receive massive government subsidies and large tracts of land virtually for free. The mills borrow money from co-operative banks never to be returned, and the politicians first bankrupt the mills and then conspire to take private ownership at throwaway prices. TR Vivek is in conversation with BusinessLine's correspondent in Pune, Radheyshyam Jadhav about the unfixable rot in the State's sugar sector. 

Do read Jadhav's recent three-part special investigation on the issue here:  

Part 1 | How politicians are pocketing sugar mills and their vast lands

Part 2 | Maharashtra co-operative fraud: How co-op sugar mills become private properties

Part 3 | Maharashtra co-operative fraud: Endgame for co-operative sugar factories?

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A little over a week ago, the Union Finance Ministry imposed the definitive anti-dumping duty on Phthalic Anhydride imports from China, Indonesia, Thailand and South Korea. Now, the Finance Ministry has revoked existing anti-dumping duty on barium carbonate imports from China. What exactly is anti-dumping duty and how does it affect trade and different industries? To answer these questions, we have with us BusinessLine's Senior Deputy Editor KR Srivats.

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Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, on Monday, launched the National Monetisation Pipeline, which is an asset monetisation mechanism of Central public sector entities. The Centre wants to generate ₹6-lakh crore between 2021-22 and 2024-25 and create new assets. The scheme was announced in this year’s Budget.

What is the scheme all about? BuisnessLine's Shishir Sinha explains in this podcast.

Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar led a delegation of politicians from the State, including RJD's Tejashwi Yadav, Congress' Ajeet Sharma and HAM's Jitan Ram Manjhi, to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday. The chief minister urged the prime minister to take the decision on the issue of the caste-based census. What did they discuss? Why this issue now? Listen in.

The All India Gem and Jewellery Domestic Council has called a nationwide ‘token strike’ on Monday (August 23) to protest against the government’s new mandatory hallmarking norms.

What is the controversy all about? BusinessLine's Deputy Editor Suresh P Iyengar explains in this podcast. Listen in.

 The Taliban has stormed Kabul and seized power. With this, the US’ two-decade-long war against terrorism came to a futile end.

There are two issues at play here—why the US left and how they left. Critics of the US govt say that they left in a hurry and they did so at the cost of the Afghan people. ORF’s Kriti Shah explains what lead to the crisis in the nation and the various players and factors at play there.

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There seems to be a lot of action in the credit card space. HDFC Bank said it is ready with strategies to ‘come back with a bang’ in the arena. So, are you wondering what the context is? Our Deputy Editor Surabhi tells us more about the story. Listen in.