Arvind's Newsletter

Early warning that I will be travelling from June 14 for 2-3 weeks and this newsletter may come out only once or twice a week at maximum.

1.PM Modi 3.0: Portfolios allocated. Amit Shah gets Home, Nirmala Sitharaman Finance. Complete list of 72 here

Modi 3.0 government: The Prime Minister Narendra Modi's third government allocated portfolios to several elected Lok Sabha members of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP). Some BJP leaders like Amit Shah, Rajnath Singh, Nirmala Sitharaman, Ashwini Vaishnaw, among 6 others retained their portfolios from Modi government 2.0.

2,Billionaires Sunil Mittal and Mukesh Ambani take on Elon Musk in India’s internet space race

Bharti Airtel’s joint venture with Eutelsat OneWeb, the Anglo-French satellite communications group, could start operating as early as June and Ambani’s JioSpaceFiber expects to follow later this year, according to four people familiar with the matter.

Musk;d SpaceX, the owner of Starlink, has been trying to enter the country for more than three years, but has not won regulatory approvals and was rebuked in 2021 by local authorities for signing up customers without having the proper licences.

Mittal’s company has taken the early lead in India’s internet space race. Unlike its competitors, it has obtained all the necessary approvals and can immediately launch once the new government allocates satellite spectrum following the national elections that ended in early June. Modi is set to govern in a coalition alliance after his Bharatiya Janata party lost its outright majority.

3.The return of the right in Europe ?
French President Emmanuel Macron called for a snap election after France’s far-right National Rally soared past his own party in the European Parliament elections.

 Macron’s move is a “huge surprise for the country” and a “huge risk” for the president, the BBC’s Hugh Schofield wrote, especially ahead of the Paris Olympics. France is not the only European nation feeling the tide turn to the right: Dutch nationalist Geert Wilders’ anti-immigration party made gains in the Netherlands while German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s coalition also suffered a blow as they polled behind the far-right AfD.

But Europe’s far-right as a whole will not be powerful — nor united — enough to govern the bloc; instead, they may have more influence over specific policies, like immigration, Politico noted.

4.Refrigerators have altered how our food tastes

Colder foods and drinks need to be extra sweet to register as sweet at all.

5.What’s It Take to Get on a Board, Anyway?

You’ve excelled in your career—now what?

You might consider joining a board of directors. Even if you haven’t quite reached the pinnacle of your leadership journey, preparing now for the endeavor is a wise strategy because it requires a specific set of skills you’ll need to showcase before you can be considered for board leadership.

But snagging a board seat isn’t like landing a normal job. For instance, you don’t apply for it, says Victoria Medvec, a professor of management and organizations at Kellogg.

“It normally starts off with someone identifying you as a candidate. You don’t apply for a board,” Medvec says.

6.Carlos Alcaraz won the French Open men’s singles title, becoming the youngest man ever to win a tennis Grand Slam on all three surfaces. 

The 21-year-old defeated German Alex Zvevrev in 5 sets. His success may finally signal an end to the era of dominance by  Big Three — Rafael Nadal,Roger Federer, and Novak Djokovic: Since 2006, only two other men — Andy Murray and Stan Wawrinka — have won three slams, and none have won more than that, while Djokovic has won 24, Nadal 22, and Federer 20. But Federer has retired, Nadal expects to this year, and Djokovic is 37. Perhaps Alcaraz can go on to have a similarly dominant career, or perhaps men’s tennis will never see an era of such superstars again.

7.Your Intuition Is Real and Research Shows How to Access It

Ever ignored a gut feeling? We all have.

Sometimes the consequence is trivial, at other times—say you marry someone you knew wasn't right for you—it can severely affect your life.

When you’re making decisions, should you listen to your gut or only lean on reason? Although society often calls intuition magical thinking, new studies I researched suggest it's a finely tuned form of cognition worth paying attention to and designed to save our lives.