UpFront
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God makes an epic comeback on television
Doordarshan's 80s show, Ramayan, brought back to entertain people through the Covid-19 lockdown, has garnered record high ratings; at the same time, viewership for devotional channels has soared
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Are you a prepper or a Covidiot? Catch up on all the Covid lingo
A primer to the new slang terms doing the rounds on social media, as the world grapples with life with the coronavirus
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Inside India's race to make hundreds of thousands of ventilators
With the number of Covid-19 cases in India surging, startups and industry heavyweights are joining hands in the rush to build breathers, as demand is expected to heavily outstrip supply
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Walking, Dodging, Hiding, Waiting: Delhi in the time of the Virus
It isn't as if people aren't bothered about the deathly coronavirus. We are more bothered about a question that has been thrown at us in the throes of the lockdown: Where do we belong? And to whom? A visual report
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What happened after 'Tiger King'
If you've watched the Netflix show, or even just heard about it, you probably have more than a few questions. Here are answers to some of them
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Why the global recession could last a long time
The abrupt halt of commercial activity threatens to impose economic pain so profound and enduring in every region of the world at once that recovery could take years. The losses to companies, many already saturated with debt, risk triggering a financial crisis of cataclysmic proportions
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How bad can Covid-19 get?
These graphics look at various intervention scenarios and how they may affect the coronavirus trajectory. While these numbers are for the US, the lessons are applicable to any country
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Podcast: How India can reclaim its lost economic glory - Part 2
In part 2 of a podcast with author and economist Arvind Panagariya, on his new book, India Unlimited: Reclaiming the Lost Glory, we take a look at governance reforms that could help attract foreign investments to India
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Government cuts rates on small savings schemes to align rates further
The move is expected to help boost monetary transmission from banks, say experts
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We need Amazon during the Coronavirus. That's a problem
Though the cracks began forming years ago, the widening pandemic could hasten physical retail's decline and strengthen the monopoly hold of Amazon and other online giants. This threatens to leave consumers with higher prices and less choice
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Wall Street's stomach-churning month ends with a drop
Asian markets drift lower on glum investor sentiment