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Special
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Amazon Prime Video enters live sports streaming arena in India
The OTT vertical of the tech giant will compete with Disney+ Hotstar and Sony Liv in India for sports broadcasting
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Who is Vivek Murthy, who could play a key role in Biden's Covid-19 task force?
A former surgeon-general under Barack Obama, Murthy has been privately advising Biden on the pandemic for months
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Ten interesting things we read this week
Some of the most fascinating topics covered this week are: Stock Market (ASK Group's Bharat Shah on why the market is guidepost), Social Media (Boomers are getting sucked into misinformation rabbit hole), Technology (Is crypto making a comeback?), Business (New push for diversity in funding tech start-ups), and Space (Who owns our orbit?)
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I learned to run again during lockdown, but blade-running isn't easy: Para-shuttler Manasi Joshi
The 2019 world champion shuttler says she has three sets of prosthetics for walking, running and badminton. Having recently made it to the cover of Time and with a Barbie doll modelled on her, Joshi hopes her global recognition will break stereotypes, and help people to be inclusive and empathetic
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Despite modest market, India may emerge a strategic bright spot for Apple
As three major vendors get clearance to expand operations in India, the country could become a large hub for Apple exports to the world. Local manufacturing also means Apple will surely expand its premium segment market share in the country
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WhatsApp finally approved to provide payments services across India
With this, WhatsApp, which has some 400 million users in India will directly compete with Google Pay, PhonePe and Paytm, providing the popular UPI-based payments service
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US Elections 2020: 7 Indian-Americans who have won their seats
Kamala Harris isn't the only person of Indian origin to be running for office in these elections. Take a look at the others who've staked their claim
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Ten interesting things we read this week
Some of the most fascinating topics covered this week are: Parenting (The joy of reading with Bindu Agarwal), Business (Getting started on the ROI of Customer Experience; Indian auto's big bet amid a bleak year), and Technology (The perils of Generative Adversarial Networks; Dealing with free speech on social media)
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Twitter bots poised to spread disinformation before election
These bots are operating on both sides of the political spectrum, according to a study from the University of Southern California. But right-leaning bots outnumbered their left-leaning counterparts by a ratio of 4-to-1, and were more than 12 times more likely to spread false conspiracy theories
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Cardi B's 'WAP' proves music's dirty secret: Censorship is good business
Scandalised parents and politicians ushered in warning labels in the 1980s. Now making clean versions of explicit songs means taking advantage of every possible revenue stream