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Why calls to boycott 'Mulan' over China concerns are growing
Several social media users noticed that in the film's credits, Disney thanked eight government entities in Xinjiang, a region in China's far west that is home to the Uighurs. The predominantly Muslim, Turkic-speaking ethnic minority have lived for years under increasingly expansive surveillance and repression in the region
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'Keeping Up With the Kardashians' Is set to end in 2021
Kim Kardashian West alerted fans in an Instagram post that her family will "say goodbye" to the popular reality show after 20 seasons
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Know about Silver Lake, which will invest Rs7,500 cr in Reliance Retail
A global leader in technology investing, Silver Lake has stake in companies such as Airbnb, Alibaba Group and Ant Financial
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'NLP is not hypnosis, has incomparable results': Pamela 'Puja' Kirpalani
The practice of Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), a pseudoscientific method of self-development, has large potential but is yet to strike it big in India as people are still understanding what it means, says the NLP entrepreneur
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International Literacy Day: India's literacy rate showcases inequalities
The male literacy rate in India is 14.4% higher than that for females; that in urban areas is 15.2% higher than in rural regions. Take a look at this snapshot
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China: Xi Jinping's post-virus economic strategy looks inward
The Chinese leader's latest approach calls for a more robust domestic economy to insulate growth from tensions with the United States
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World Literacy Day: Kerala tops India list, AP comes in last
In terms of literacy rates for those aged 7 or more, here are the top 5 and bottom 5 states in India
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Why Djokovic's drama is often self-inflicted
Novak Djokovic, the elastic winner of 17 Grand Slam singles titles, remains a work very much in progress: capable of charm, magnanimity and deep reflection but also capable of turning too much of what he touches into ash
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India second in terms of cases, but fatality remains low
In today's edition of News by Numbers, have a look at the Covid-19 case-fatality ratio in the three countries with the highest number of coronavirus cases—the US, India and Brazil
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Vodafone Idea announces unified brand but deeper concerns remain
The company will need to increase its current ebitda by at least 4 times or find investors who can make substantial investments, in the light of the AGR verdict and mounting losses, experts say
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Forget TikTok. China's WeChat is the one you may worry about
For most Chinese people in China, WeChat is a sort of all-in-one app: a way to swap stories with old pals, pay bills, work, post vacation photos, buy stuff and get news. But as also a cornerstone for China's surveillance state, the app is now considered a national security threat in the US