UpFront
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Unlock 3.0: Cinema halls, gyms likely to open
Inter-ministerial consultations have begun for unlock 3, which is likely to be notified from August 1
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WATCH: India records almost 50,000 Covid-19 cases in 24 hours
India witnessed yet another highest ever single day spike with 49,931 new COVID-19 cases being recorded in the last 24 hours. The national tally has now climbed to 14,35,453. The death toll is at 32,771 and the number of recoveries currently stands at 9,17,567
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Insiders pocket $1 billion in rush for Coronavirus vaccine
Across the pharmaceutical and medical industries, senior executives and board members are capitalising on the corporate race to develop a Covid-19 vaccine, where winners stand to earn vast profits from selling billions of doses to desperate public
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Ep 23. Urjit Patel's 'Overdraft': Is the govt to blame for the bad loan mess?
The former RBI governor pens down the government's habit of shaping macroeconomic policies through government banks and LIC and what happens to the savers money when the government is busy lending to the "living dead" borrowers through public sector banks. Patel also talks about the dilution of IBC laws and the implications of the same on the banking ecosystem. On this episode, economic journalist and author of The Lost Decade Puja Mehra discusses why this book is important and well-timed
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Online gaming: A boom waiting to happen
The e-sports industry in India has entered a tremendous growth phase over recent years. A look at the engagement growth and the effect of lockdown on this burgeoning sector
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Bytedance may sell a majority stake in TikTok
TikTok could receive new investments from existing ByteDance investors—including the Sequoia and General Atlantic—with the Chinese company retaining a minority holding
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Prince Harry and Meghan Markle sue over photos of Archie
The photos show the Duke and Duchess of Sussex with their 14-month-old son in the backyard of a secluded estate in the Los Angeles area where the family has been staying since earlier this year, the lawsuit said
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Ten interesting things we read this week
Some of the most fascinating topics covered this week are: Leadership (Team management lessons from a naval captain), Business (When bosses shared their profits; Make your next pitch instantly more compelling by using this one philosopher's framework), Technology (India Inc wakes up to march of the machines) and Productivity (You need to ask yourself this question every day)
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'Women face a double burden': Pink Ladder's Karthik Nagendra
A report by the Bengaluru-based startup that works on gender diversity at companies shows that more than 40 percent women are experiencing high stress, and 75 percent believe they will be working longer hours
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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez rises against being called 'that word'
Few prominent women in power have publicly addressed a particular vulgarity that men have leveled against them for years. Today, on the floor of the House, that changed
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Who gets the COVID-19 vaccine first? Here's one idea
A weighted lottery gives everyone a chance at a drug or vaccine in short supply. But some have a better shot than others