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#ForbesIndia2020Rewind What you ate, and ordered, from Swiggy, Dunzo, Zomato
200,000 pani puri orders on Swiggy, increased day-time condom sales on Dunzo, and 17 lakh pizzas on Zomato—a look at how you ate, the rise to healthy eating, and how you used food and essentials delivery apps in 2020
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No handshake 2021: Your guide to no-touch greetings
2020 is the year the handshake died and no-touch greetings took off, and they are here to stay in 2021. Learn your greetings
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The gospel of hydrogen power
Ever since Musk called fuel cells "staggeringly dumb," there has been a fierce rivalry between lithium-ion and hydrogen backers
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Hypertension care in diabetic patients during pandemic
Patients with diabetes demand extra care to manage their blood pressure during the ongoing pandemic says, Dr. Gonsalves
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A Chinese COVID-19 vaccine has proved effective, its maker says
Sinopharm, a state-controlled firm said that a vaccine candidate made by its Beijing Institute of Biological Products arm had an efficacy rate of 79%
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What happened in 2020: Beyond the virus and vaccines
Covid-19 took up most of our attention in 2020, but here's a look at some other significant events around the world, lest you missed them
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2020: Some sunny news from a gloomy year
Amid the Covid-19 gloom, many things went right too. Here are some sunny stories from the year
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AstraZeneca vaccine: From development to efficacy, everything you need to know
As the UK approves the AstraZeneca vaccine for Emergency Use Authorisation (EUA), here's everything you need to know about the vaccine, which is awaiting approval in India
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China has all it needs to vaccinate millions, except proof its vaccines work
Unlike their Western competitors, the Chinese companies have not disclosed data from late-stage clinical trials that shows vaccine efficacy, and regulators in China have not officially approved them
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Pierre Cardin, designer to the famous and merchant to the masses, dies at 98
He dressed the famous, but he was also a licensing pioneer, a merchant to the general public with his name on a cornucopia of products
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Chinmay Tumbe: Why pandemics, economics and politics will always be inter-connected
Every pandemic that tore through the Indian subcontinent like in 2020, brought businesses to a standstill. In 1907, India's GDP contracted by 5 percent, and in 1918 India's GDP fell 10 percent while inflation was high, creating a supply-side shock as 20 million Indians died. The Age of Pandemics by Chinmay Tumbe argues the close connection between pandemics, economics, and politics that have shaped Indian history and why we need to give a central role to pandemics