UpFront
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New Delhi greets Bezos with an antitrust complaint
The Competition Commission of India, the country's antitrust regulator, opened a formal investigation on Monday into the practices of Amazon and Flipkart; on Wednesday, Bezos is expected to discuss opportunities for small businesses on Amazon in the capital, and is expected to meet PM Modi
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Oyo rapidly scales down, others wary of hiring former staff
Oyo has laid off more than 2,000 employees around the world since last week; In India alone, the company has lost more than 65,000 rooms since October
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Nifty posts positive 10-year performance
The Nifty outperformed gold, fixed deposits and government bonds in the last decade
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Life habits influence BP, particularly among Indians
Dr. Kumar S discusses how Indians are at an increased risk of having hypertension, and how daily living choices define this risk
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Don't hunt for VCs, let them find you': Shomiron Das Gupta
How DNIF, a home-grown, bootstrapped open analytics platform, is holding its own in a segment dominated by heavyweights like IBM and HP
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How many animals have died in Australia's wildfires?
A professor estimated this week that a billion animals had died in Australia's wildfires. But where are these numbers coming from?
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Will Cyrus Mistry walk tall after SC verdict?
Mistry was ousted in 2016, and amidst a reopened legal battle, experts say there was no compelling factor for Tata Sons to remove him as chairman
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Donald Trump, shifting arguments, urges swift dismissal of impeachment charges
An unexpected statement, arriving amid a flurry of tweets, not only appeared to put the president at odds with Republican Senate leaders moving toward a full trial but also contradicted Trump's own words from just hours earlier
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Ten interesting things we read this week
Some of the most fascinating topics covered this week are: Skills (Expertise is falling out of favour), Lifestyle (Wealthy Indians count the cost as they say 'I do'), Business ($1 billion solar plant was obsolete before it went online; How chicken became the world's most popular meat), and Book Review (Homo Deus: A brief history of tomorrow)
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Boeing employees mocked FAA and 'clowns' who designed 737 Max
"Would you put your family on a Max simulator trained aircraft? I wouldn't," one employee said to a colleague in an internal exchange
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How Rupert Murdoch is influencing Australia's bushfire debate
Murdoch's standard-bearing national newspaper, The Australian, has repeatedly argued that this year's fires are no worse than those of the past