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Detailed stories on technology startups, business and economic current affairs.
There are two issues roiling world cricket currently: racism and sexism. The third part of the dark triad is corruption, which, it seems, we are happy to ignore.
Editor's note: It’s been one heck of a month since the last edition of this newsletter. India crashed out in the league phase of the T20 World Cup hosted in the UAE—to the surprise of absolutely no one who was paying attention to the squad selection, and to the selection of the playing XI for key games. Virat Kohli officially handed over the T20 captaincy; the selectors somewhat belatedly put their official imprimatur to Rohit Sharma’s elevation after the coach, captain and sundry others had declared it a fait accompli; coach Ravi Shastri finally came to the end of his tenure and Rahul Dravid took over as team coach… Dravid accepting the role came as a bit of a surprise, because he has thus far opted out of having to deal with the outsized egos in the national team. He had been offered the post at least once before, and on that occasion he opted to work with the junior team instead. What he does with the national team—and more importantly, how he deals with a selection process that picks players for …
There are two issues roiling world cricket currently: racism and sexism. The third part of the dark triad is corruption, which, it seems, we are happy to ignore.
Editor's note: It’s been one heck of a month since the last edition of this newsletter. India crashed out in the league phase of the T20 World Cup hosted in the UAE—to the surprise of absolutely no one who was paying attention to the squad selection, and to the selection of the playing XI for key games. Virat Kohli officially handed over the T20 captaincy; the selectors somewhat belatedly put their official imprimatur to Rohit Sharma’s elevation after the coach, captain and sundry others had declared it a fait accompli; coach Ravi Shastri finally came to the end of his tenure and Rahul Dravid took over as team coach… Dravid accepting the role came as a bit of a surprise, because he has thus far opted out of having to deal with the outsized egos in the national team. He had been offered the post at least once before, and on that occasion he opted to work with the junior team instead. What he does with the national team—and more importantly, how he deals with a selection process that picks players for …
A Delivery Hero deal will hand the American company control of "Talabat", setting off a turf war with regional rivals in the small but lucrative market.
Venture capital funding is showing signs of a slowdown; the US opens access to advanced technologies for the UAE; and other updates.
A Julius Baer index says the emirate slipped seven places in 2026, Dubizzle is making new investments, and other news updates.
A Delivery Hero deal will hand the American company control of "Talabat", setting off a turf war with regional rivals in the small but lucrative market.
Venture capital funding is showing signs of a slowdown; the US opens access to advanced technologies for the UAE; and other updates.
A Julius Baer index says the emirate slipped seven places in 2026, Dubizzle is making new investments, and other news updates.
