UpFront
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Internet suspension in the Valley causes decline in handicraft exports
Kashmir's carpet, shawl and other cottage industries are crippled without the internet, and exports have suffered dramatic losses; the region has faced an Internet shutdown since four months
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Gen-Z shoppers want cute, cheap, Instagrammable outfits
Their purchasing choices—fueled by influencer culture and catered to by a new wave of ultra-fast-fashion retailers—are as much about how an outfit will look on social media as in the real world
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Spying tools turn China into surveillance state, with powerful police
The authorities can scan your phones, track your face and find out when you leave your home. One of the world's biggest spying networks is aimed at regular people, and nobody can stop it
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High Blood Pressure? Watch your lifestyle and salt intake
Lifestyle, particularly salt consumption is a major governor of your blood pressure, says Dr. P Guru Prasad
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For Perfetti in India, it's Happy and No Dent
After battling macroeconomic headwinds for three years, Italian confectionery major Perfetti Van Melle hits a high-growth trajectory in India
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Manufacturing: Too much slack again
A fall in manufacturing should take capacity utilisation to levels last seen in 2014-15
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Why investors are pulling out of equity mutual funds
Indian investors are getting nervous about their equity investments; mid and small-cap funds seem to have been the worst-hit
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Piramal partners with Rockefeller Foundation for mother-child health care in Assam
Dr Swati Piramal tells Forbes India that the partnership will pilot in five districts, which include both tribal and non-tribal vulnerable communities
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Hypertension: Importance of diagnosis and self-management
Unidentified high blood pressure, and lack of self-management heighten the risk of complications associated with hypertension, says Dr. S. Palekar
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Netflix looks abroad as growth slows in the U.S.
The United States has also been its slowest-growing market in recent years. Netflix now wants to be seen as an international business whose growth (and value) will come from India, Mexico, Brazil and elsewhere
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Boeing to stop making 737 Max jets, for now
The decision, after a two-day board meeting, is the culmination of the worst crisis in the company's 103-year history and follows two crashes that killed 346 people