UpFront
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Indian real estate: A house of cards
The liquidity crisis of 2018 left the real estate sector floundering. Will Covid-19 be the last straw on the sector's back?
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Japan falls into recession, and worse lies ahead
That makes it the largest economy to officially enter a recession. Other major economies around the world are set to follow, joining Japan as well as Germany and France in recession, as efforts to contain the coronavirus outbreak ripple around the globe
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Lockdown 4: What's new and what's still restricted
Some measures have been relaxed in inter and intra-state travel in the fourth phase of the Covid-19 lockdown that begins today, along with those in retail and e-commerce
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Jack Ma Leaves SoftBank board as record losses loom
The Chinese tycoon’s disclosure came just hours before the company was preparing to announce a major financial hit to its annual results from the coronavirus and a slump in the tech sector
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General Atlantic becomes fourth big investor in Reliance's Jio Platforms
Jio has now raised nearly Rs 68,000 crore in under four weeks
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Sitharaman announces stalling of fresh insolvency proceedings for a year
Experts caution that this may lead to greater flux and unintended consequences; meanwhile, expenditure on public health has been hiked, MGNREGA allocation increased
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FM Sitharaman announces mega reforms in defence, coal mining
These reforms will give impetus to the 'vocal about local' strategy that PM Modi announced, say experts
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Amazon to the rescue of the fashion world!
With some help from Vogue and the CFDA, the e-commerce giant is opening a new store to showcase independent designers. Does this mark the moment the two worlds finally get hitched?
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McDonald's details what dining in will look like
The fast food giant recently distributed a 59-page 'Dine-In Reopening Playbook' to franchisees, outlining procedures for safely reopening dining rooms across the US
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Ten interesting things we read this week
Some of the most fascinating topics covered this week are: Investing (Detecting business fraud), Economy (Case for negative interest rates), Integrity (Tim Cook says no to FBI's backdoor entry to iPhone), Business (Can Neobanks succeed in India?) and Technology (Big Tech got even bigger in the Covid-19 era)
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Covid-19 economic package: Farmers' turn to get relief
Day 3 of Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's announcements focused on agriculture and a reiteration of a past promise to amend laws to make it easier to sell produce