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Turn the Tide: How the auto industry is leveraging zero contact consumer journeys to drive sales conversion

Chingari raises $1.3 million in seed round funding, will improve camera

The homegrown TikTok rival has seen exponential growth since the government ban on Chinese apps. Chingari co-founder Sumit Ghosh says the funding will be used to expand their existing tech team, build camera features and roll out an improved app

HDFC Bank's new chief will have to rebuild trust

Sashidhar Jagdishan inherits a proven entity from predecessor Aditya Puri. However, the 'bank insider' will have to rebuild trust among business leaders and devise his own strategy when NPAs rise

Key to pandemic recovery? Put women in decision-making roles, leader says

As the world sketches out post-pandemic plans, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, the head of U.N. Women, explains why having more women in leadership positions could lead to better results

Saudi Aramco says profit fell 73% as demand for oil shrank

Despite the steep fall in earnings, to $6.6 billion from $24.7 billion, the company said it would continue paying a quarterly dividend of $18.75 billion, almost three times its cash flow

Cholesterol: A key risk factor for High blood Pressure

Dr. Amitabh Biswas highlights various complications of Hypertension and focuses on role of Cholesterol in High Blood Pressure.

News by Numbers: How women self-help groups helped India fight Covid-19

About 17 crore masks, 53 lakh PPE kits and 51 lakh litres of sanitiser have come from rural SHGs, said the government

'Now you are going to die': Beirut bride recounts moment of blast

As Israa Seblani posed for her wedding video, an explosion tore through the city, devastating much of central Beirut and blowing windows from their frames for miles

Mumbai put female figures on traffic signals. Some women are not impressed

Last week, the city installed 240 pedestrian signals that replaced male stick figures with female silhouettes along a stretch of road in the Dadar neighborhood

Kerala air crash: A look at India's history with plane accidents

At least 18 people, including both pilots, have died in an Air India Express crash in Kozhikode. In Saturday's News by Numbers, we look at fatalities from air accidents over the past two decades in India

Ten interesting things we read this week

Some of the most fascinating topics covered this week are: Education (B-schools face a moment of reckoning; Teacher who decided to 'unschool' her own children), Business (Kat Cole on brand, leadership and more; Sculpt yourself into a future-ready leader), Technology (Fear of robots returning to work) and Productivity (Tips to help with work-from-home burnout; 9 tips to avoid procrastinating)