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Are we headed for another expensive nuclear arms race?
The dismantling of "arms control," is now heightening the risks of a new era when nuclear powers like India and Pakistan are clashing over Kashmir, and when nuclear Israel feels threatened by Iran, North Korea is testing new missiles, and other countries like Saudi Arabia are thought to have access to nuclear weapons or be capable of building them
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Ten interesting things we read this week
Some of the most fascinating topics covered this week are: Lifestyle (Can you afford to go green when you're not rich?), Management (What to do with a bored millennial employee?), Technology (Indonesia finds unicorns breed best without help; billion-dollar bet to reach human-level AI), Caste (English newspapers are worse than Hindi on representing Dalit, Adivasi writers), Leadership (Some wisdom from Bruce Sewell), and Climate Change (Amazon is approaching an irreversible tipping point)
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What opportunities do Jammu & Kashmir's property markets hold?
Fraudulent property ads flood social media, but experts say that real estate in the Jammu region could see positive trends; they remain sceptical over the Kashmir market, however, even as unhappy Kashmiris say they want to sell land and move on
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Uber posts $5.2 billion loss and slowest ever growth rate
The double whammy immediately renewed questions about the prospects for the company, the world's biggest ride-hailing business
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Short on cash, businesses in China rely on IOUs
Beijing needs private businesses to provide paychecks and rekindle growth. Instead, more than $200 billion in IOUs are floating around the Chinese financial system, according to government data
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How will Pakistan cutting trade ties affect India?
Pakistan says it will snap trade ties with India in the wake of the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu & Kashmir. Here's a look at what India imports from and exports to the neighbouring country
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Disney earnings disappoint in first full quarter after Fox deal
In its first full quarter since closing a $71.3 billion deal to acquire most of Rupert Murdoch's Fox entertainment businesses, Disney's profit slid 51 percent from a year earlier, missing Wall Street's revenue expectations by roughly $1 billion
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Wait, people pay for Tinder?
A Tinder Gold subscription grants users access to a feature called "Likes You," and suddenly, there's no futile swiping whatsoever. Instead, you've got a list of strangers with whom you're guaranteed to match—something like god mode, for a dating app
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RBI's lowered interest rate unlikely to revive growth: Experts
The 'ritualistic' move may not allay deeper concerns over consumption and investment, which continue to persist
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In the US, the bulletproof backpack is back in demand
In a dystopian development, a growing number of companies are offering bulletproof backpacks in back-to-school sales, marketing them to parents who are desperate to protect their children from gunmen