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Top music and podcasts India streamed in 2021
Spotify's third annual Wrapped report highlights the artists, albums, songs, playlists and podcasts India heard this year. Did your favorite make it to the list?
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In China, Tesla is a catfish and turns auto companies into sharks
China is poised to become a major player in electric cars, and Tesla and a slew of Chinese electric vehicle upstarts are helping its companies become even more competitive
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How Twitter can fix itself
Twitter has lagged behind its social media peers in recent years, failing to keep pace in new services, acquisitions, user growth and stock price
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Decoding Uni's Pay 1/3rd Card
The fintech startup promises a customer-friendly credit experience to solve short-term liquidity woes, but does it really stand out in India's competitive buy now pay later space?
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IPL 2022: At 40, MS Dhoni oldest player retained by CSK; Rajasthan's Yashasvi Jaiswal youngest
At Rs 16 crore each, Rohit Sharma, Rishabh Pant, and Ravindra Jadeja are the most expensive players retained by Mumbai Indians, Delhi Capitals, and Chennai Super Kings, respectively. Here are more fun numbers associated with the retention window ahead of the mega auction for IPL 2022
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World AIDS Awareness Day: New HIV infections down 31% in the last decade: UNAIDS 2021
On World AIDS Awareness Day, here's a glance at HIV in numbers, the treatment that is giving people living with it a new lease at a longer and healthier life, and some optimistic statistics
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Slam Dunk: Can Rajan Bajaj grab a big slice of the fintech pie?
New unicorn Slice is fast becoming a darling of millennials, Gen Z, and Tiger Global. Can the credit card challenger live up to its billing?
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How two flights to Europe may have spurred spread of new variant
The flights, like the cruise ships of the early pandemic, have prompted fears of superspreader events and raised concerns about lessons unlearned
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China's silence on Peng Shuai shows the limits of Beijing's propaganda
On China's social media platforms and other digital public squares, the censors' meticulous work has left almost no sign that Peng had ever accused Zhang Gaoli, a former vice premier, of sexual assault
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Ballon d'Or: How Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo stack up
As Messi wins his seventh Ballon d'Or, a look at all the players in the history of the France Football award who have won it more than once
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Who is Parag Agrawal, Twitter's new CEO?
Agrawal, the chief technology officer since 2017, is little-known to the public, with even some Twitter insiders saying they were surprised by his appointment