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How Gupshup turned into a profitable unicorn despite a pivot and two near-deaths
The company has emerged as a global leader in B2B conversational messaging and claims to have over a lakh developers and businesses as its clients
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Extremists find a financial lifeline on Twitch
Twitch, a livestreaming video site owned by Amazon, has become a new mainstream base of operations for many far-right influencers. Streamers turned to the site after Facebook, YouTube, and other social media platforms clamped down on misinformation and hate speech before the 2020 election.
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'This is a catastrophe.' In India, illness is everywhere
India is recording more infections per day—as many as 350,000—than any other country has since the pandemic began, and that's just the official number, which most experts think is a vast underestimation
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How to choose the right oxygen concentrator
As Oxygen cylinders are in short supply, the O2 concentrator has become one of the most sought after devices. A look at how to pick the right one
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From March 2020 to now: How has pandemic evolved in the three most-affected countries?
India, US and Brazil have taken turns to top the Covid-19 charts in terms of new cases, active infections and 7-day moving average. A look at how the pandemic has evolved in the three countries from March last year to now
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Amid India's second virus wave, the world responds distress call
Facing increased pressure, the White House said that it had removed impediments to the export of raw materials for vaccines and would also supply India with therapeutics, test kits, ventilators and personal protective gear
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India's Covid-19 vaccines can definitely be cheaper. Will its makers agree?
As vaccine manufacturers announce higher prices for states and the private sector, we find out that it's actually possible to make vaccines affordable. A look at the factors that influence prices, and who stands to benefit
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Prince Philip's death adds new urgency to UK monarchy's transition plans
While the queen has gone back to work since Philip's death, she is never going to return to the hectic schedule of meetings, receptions and garden parties that she plowed through for decades
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What Tiger Global's bet on CoinSwitch Kuber means to India's crypto startup story
The US firm's first investment in a cryptocurrency company in India, having earlier backed global crypto leader Coinbase, suggests investors are confident that the Indian government will eventually regulate the industry instead of blocking it
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US to send vaccine materials and other supplies to hard-hit India, officials say
The announcement, an abrupt shift for the administration, came after Jake Sullivan, President Biden's national security adviser, held a call earlier in the day with Ajit Doval, his counterpart in India, and as India reports higher case numbers each day
