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Nirmal John

Senior Editor at The Economic Times

Senior Editor @EconomicTimes I Technology + Cybersecurity + Space I Author BREACH @penguinIndia I @CheveningFCO Fellow | IE Journalism Prize | Futurism I

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  • Oct 19, 2024 | economictimes.indiatimes.com | Nirmal John

    AgenciesA 2020 study, “Trends in Snakebite Deaths in India from 2000 to 2019 in a Nationally Representative Mortality Study”, found that 1.2 million Indians died from snakebite envenoming between 2000 and 2019, with about 58,000 deaths on an average every year, the highest rate in the world. Snakebite envenoming is a potentially life threatening disease caused by the bite of a venomous snake.

  • Oct 16, 2024 | mondaq.com | Mani Gupta |Nirmal John

    Since the emergence of e-commerce food delivery platforms, consumers have been spoilt for choice as far as their choice of cuisines is concerned.

  • Oct 8, 2024 | economictimes.indiatimes.com | Nirmal John

    ISRO's PushpakBengaluru: Isro's commercial arm New Space India (NSIL) and private space company Bellatrix Aerospace signed an agreement to integrate the Pushpak Orbital Transfer Vehicle (OTV) in NSIL's launch missions. The Pushpak is an in-space transportation spacecraft designed as a shared platform for smaller satellites, to ferry them to multiple orbits. Think of it as UberPool or last mile delivery, for small satellites.

  • Sep 28, 2024 | economictimes.indiatimes.com | Nirmal John |Shabori Das

    The times they are a-changin’The question is simple enough. When it comes to dream headliners, why does India end up head-scratching rather than head-banging? This query is prompted by the huge mismatch in the demand and supply of tickets for the India leg of Coldplay ’s world tour in January 2025. And it points to something more fundamental than can be conveyed by a bunch of BookMyShow memes. It really shouldn’t be this way.One out of six people in the world is Indian.

  • Aug 17, 2024 | economictimes.indiatimes.com | Nirmal John

    Chennai-based Speciale Invest is a go-to venture capital firm for founders starting up in deep tech and space. Investing in such enterprises is not easy as it requires a deep understanding of sciences and a long investment horizon. Some of the companies it has invested in like CynLr, Ultraviolette and Agnikul are moving into the monetisation stage, and Speciale Invest is looking for the next big thing, says Arjun Rao , partner, Speciale Invest, in an interview with ET.

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Nirmal John @Utopiandevil
26 Mar 25

This entire controversy raging in the US around @signalapp being used to discuss a Military operation is probably the best ad for Signal ever.

Nirmal John
Nirmal John @Utopiandevil
25 Mar 25

I had both @JioHotstar and @JioCinema annual premium subscriptions because well, sports. Now that they merged, shouldn’t they merge the subscriptions too? Why then is @JioHotstar asking me to renew my subscription when they should just extend using the JioCinema sub?

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Nirmal John @Utopiandevil
20 Feb 25

Disappointed with @Lenskart_com Bought a couple of specs last year, they delayed delivery of one and said they will refund 50% as Lenskart Cash to be used any time within a year. Six months later, the refunded money disappear, what’s happening @peyushbansal?