UpFront
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Ten interesting things we read this week
Some of the most fascinating topics covered this week are: Business (Searching for resilience), Managing Yourself (Learns the tips and tricks to promote yourself), Technology (Tech startups are helping coders build/test software faster), Work Culture (Why you hate work), Science (What made early hominins smart) and Health (Reasons why you can't get back to sleep once you wake up in the night).
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Inside Facebook's data wars
The more Facebook shares about what happens on its platform, the more it risks exposing uncomfortable truths that could further damage its image
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China criticised the Afghan War. Now it worries about the withdrawal
While China has not called on President Joe Biden to reverse the military withdrawal he ordered, statements by senior officials made it clear that they would blame the United States for any insecurity that spreads in the region
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In these uncertain times, cocoon yourself in comfort, warmth and well-being
Six 2021 Fall/Winter collections that are all about colour and light, the indoors and outdoors, and solidarity and connection
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Tribute: Danish, now, above the line of fire
Pulitzer Prize winning Reuters' photojournalist Danish Siddiqui was killed in in Spin Boldak district, Kandahar, Afghanistan, while he was embedded with Afghan Special Forces on a combat-and-rescue mission which came under attack from the Taliban. Earlier this week, his humvee was targeted and Siddiqui managed to capture a visual of one of the rockets hitting the armour plate overhead. He was brilliant at in-depth features, delving deep to reveal the human face caught in conflicts. A selection of his recent works, in tribute to a man who was both brave and empathetic
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Tearing through India's sex paradox: Rising infertility, less condoms, more babies
The country is grappling with rising infertility rates and stagnant growth in condom usage. Is there a way out?
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China's growth slows as pandemic fears persist
After a year of leading the global economy out of the pandemic slump, China's growth is now starting to level off, as the world tries to assess whether the country's recovery will continue or peter out
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Jeff Bezos picks 18-year-old Dutch student for Blue Origin rocket launch
Oliver Daemen will be the youngest person ever to go to space
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84% millennials use audio to reduce stress; mental health podcasts most popular among India's Gen Z too
According to a recent study by Spotify, podcast listenership increased 300% among millennials and Gen Z during the pandemic, who see it as a tool to beat loneliness and stress
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What India's youth want: Skill-based hiring over work experience
As work experience is hard to come by in the pandemic, Gen Z is invested in learning skills and want more time off to upgrade them
