UpFront
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Mutual funds: Risky business?
With Franklin Templeton India winding up six debt schemes, India's mutual fund industry has faced a major jolt apart from highlighting the risks investors face
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Amid rising death toll, Trump leaves the grieving to others
Empathy has never been one of President Donald Trump's political assets. In leading no national mourning for the more than 63,000 Americans who have died from the coronavirus, his differences from his predecessors is more stark than ever
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How AI Steered doctors toward a possible Covid-19 treatment
Specialists at the London start-up BenevolentAI helped identify the arthritis drug baricitinib, which is now part of a clinical trial
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PHOTOS: With humans locked up, wildlife roams free
As public spaces empty out of people thanks to restrictions imposed to contain the coronavirus spread, wild animals are roaming human settlements, reclaiming some of their freedom
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Ten interesting things we read this week
Some of the most fascinating topics covered this week are: Investment (Howard Marks on the current situation; You can be one of the world's great investors), Lifestyle (Tricking your brain to like doing hard things), Obituary (John Conway — The mathematician and inventor of the Game of Life) and Covid (Turning the epidemic into an epic opportunity; Realty check for India's unicorns)
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Apple's first-quarter sales are up despite coronavirus slowdown
Apple said on Thursday that its revenue rose nearly 1% to $58.3 billion in the first three months of the year, despite coronavirus lockdowns in China, where Apple assembles nearly all of its products and sells almost a fifth of them
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Business news brief: US stocks have best month since 1987
The rally, even in the face of crushing economic data, highlights investors' confidence that things will return to normal sooner than they thought when stocks were collapsing in late February and early March
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How the coronavirus will impact Indian luxury
Sectors such as automobile and real estate will be worst hit by the pandemic, while those like beauty and wellness will see quick recovery; we could expect to see a bout of revenge spending in India
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Packed with migrant workers, dormitories fuel coronavirus in Singapore
Singapore Health Ministry officials suspect that Mustafa Center, a 400,000-square-foot mall, is the starting point for the infections at the dormitories. The shopping center is popular among migrant workers, local residents and tourists
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The Covid-19 opportunity for big tech
From supporting work-from-home now to strategising for their customers' long-term shift to cloud-based models, large technology companies see many growth areas amid the pandemic
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Irrfan Khan: Mira Nair remembers her 'Namesake' star
The friendship and collaboration between director and actor endured for decades, and Nair was a stepping stone in Irrfan's transition from India to Hollywood