UpFront
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US and EU end aviation trade spat and turn to China's rise
The US and Europe have agreed to put aside a 17-year dispute over aircraft subsidies for Boeing and Airbus and work together to counter China's global ambitions to dominate key industries
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Why Asia, the pandemic champion, remains miles away from the finish line
While the US, which has suffered far more grievous outbreaks, is now filling stadiums with vaccinated fans and cramming airplanes with summer vacationers, the pandemic champions of the East are still stuck in a cycle of uncertainty, restrictions and isolation
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England postpones 'Freedom Day,' extending Covid-19 restrictions a month
Hospital admissions have begun rising and the impact of the Delta variant across the country has already incited alarm in other European countries including Germany, which has introduced a travel ban
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Work from home: This future of work may not be sustainable
A year on, the model evokes survivor's guilt, productivity shame, lack of motivation and attention for some, while for employers, it's a situation far from ideal
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A top virologist in China, at center of a pandemic storm, speaks out
The idea that the virus may have escaped from a lab had long been widely dismissed by scientists as implausible and shunned by others, but fresh scrutiny from the Biden administration and calls for greater candour from prominent scientists have brought the theory back to the fore
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Career highlights of Benjamin 'Bibi' Netanyahu, now the former prime minister of Israel
Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel's longest-serving prime minister, was ousted by a coalition of eight parties led by Naftali Bennett—a right-wing Jewish nationalist and a former tech millionaire. Netanyahu has been a prominent figure in Israeli politics since the late 19780s. Here's a look at key milestones in his political journey so far
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The heat is on for Lloyd
Four years ago, Anil Rai Gupta's Havells gate-crashed the consumer durables club by pocketing Lloyd. As it now trails behind the big boys, can the challenger brand step up its game?
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In a crisis, Narendra Modi could always change the narrative. Then came Covid-19
Modi's approval rating is still above 60%, but the growing dissatisfaction suggests the prime minister may not so easily be able to change public sentiment by pushing emotional nationalist causes or shifting his image as he has done in the past
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Bitcoin and Encryption: A race between criminals and the FBI
The qualities that make cryptocurrencies attractive—decentralisation and anonymity—make them great for theft, ransom and selling drugs
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How Microsoft is ditching the video game console wars
Microsoft is betting that the future of gaming will be a post-hardware world where people may not want to spend hundreds of dollars for a console
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News By Numbers: Record $62 billion pumped into Indian startups by PEs in pandemic year
Key highlights of the India Private Equity Report 2021 by Indian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association and Bain and Company show that healthcare and consumer tech witnessed an outpouring of big deals