“Nothing short of a miracle” – Curing blindness in Dormaba, Nepal September 21, 2022 | City Talk In March 2022, the Tej Kohli and Ruit Foundation, in collaboration with the Tilganga Institute of Ophthalmology, staged a cataract microsurgical camp in Doramba, Nepal. This turned out to be one of the biggest outreach camps held in the mountainous regions of Nepal. In total there were 333 patients with nine of them being completely [...]
If politics is about persuasion, Truss’ speeches need to be on life support September 21, 2022 So you don’t have to, I have re-watched a number of Liz Truss’ speeches.
We’re hardwired to accept bumper salaries for sports stars but not our City bankers September 21, 2022 In a bid to prove her free market credentials – and those of her chancellor – Liz Truss has widely trailed the idea of lifting the cap on bankers’ bonuses. Cue outrage from the usual quarters. At the same time, there was another headline in the Guardian on remuneration which might be thought would cause [...]
An energy cap is a start but the challenge has just begun September 21, 2022 Two days after her appointment as prime minister, Liz Truss unveiled the Energy Price Guarantee, the single largest fiscal intervention introduced in the UK in peacetime. In just over a week, household bills will be frozen at an average £2,500 per year – savings of £1,000 from Ofgem’s October price cap – for two years. [...]
Letters: Take our cues from Scandi September 21, 2022 [Re: Oslo has come up with new ideas for the housing crisis , London should do the same, Sept 16] Bravo to Copenhagen’s longest serving Mayor in “Oslo has come up with new ideas for the housing crisis , London should do the same”. Sadiq Khan should reflect on his 6 years’ of mediocre housing [...]
Dr Sanduk Ruit – Making a dream, a reality September 20, 2022 | City Talk The last few decades have seen innovation in healthcare like never before. One of the pioneers of this is Dr Sanduk Ruit. Born in 1954, Sanduk Ruit was raised in the small, remote village of Olangchunggola which sat on the border of Tibet in the Taplejung district of northeast Nepal. The ice-covered village was 3200 [...]
As politics resumes, a cold winter is closing in on Truss’ free market plans September 20, 2022 We face an autumn and winter of difficult political circumstances, it will take all the new prime minister’s deftness and agility to find a way through.
Complex but enduring and adaptable, the City can take cues from the monarchy September 20, 2022 Yesterday, the world watched as our beloved monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, was laid to rest. I had the privilege of attending the funeral and joined so many others in paying my respects to a sovereign who exemplified duty and symbolised stability. In recent days, I have been reflecting on what Queen Elizabeth II meant to [...]
US dollar this year has become the only asset in town September 20, 2022 Investors have had an insatiable appetite for US dollars this year. According to the Wall Street Journal’s dollar index, which measures the greenback against a basket of some of the world’s top currencies, the dollar is its strongest for over a decade. One dollar will buy you the greatest amount of Japanese yen since the [...]
Siloed universities risk holding back tech innovation September 20, 2022 In 2007, when I joined the London Business School, I was struck by how few of the ideas brought forward by students were based on cutting-edge science.