UpFront
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Our top reads of the week
From Paytm IPO's effect on the upbeat mood of the markets to Bira91's Ankur Jain on how fatherhood changed him, here are our top reads of the week
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Farm laws repeal: What lies ahead
Farmers victorious but to continue protests until formal repeal; agritech players look at contract losses, higher prices
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Will Vodafone Idea manage to stay in the game?
Vodafone Idea's Q2FY22 earnings brought some relief for the debt-ridden company, but raising funds and Arpus are critical for its survival as focus shifts towards 5G technology
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Diabetes Myths and facts
Dr. Tun Tun Naing busts various myths about diabetes and lets you know the real facts
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He helped build Tesla. Now he's gunning for it.
Peter Rawlinson, who engineered the Model S, the sedan that established Tesla as a serious carmaker, now hopes to recreate the same success with his company, Lucid Motors
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First known Covid-19 case was vendor at Wuhan market, scientist claims
A report, published in the prestigious journal Science, will revive, although certainly not settle, the debate over whether the pandemic started with a spillover from wildlife sold at the market, a leak from a Wuhan virology lab or some other way
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Investors hung their hats on Peloton and Zoom last year. What now?
Many investors are shifting their attention to corners of the market they considered no-go zones last year, with businesses including airlines, live events companies and commercial real estate firms posting large gains
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Disappointing debut for Paytm as business model questioned
Shares down 27 percent on first trading day as investors shun the digital payments company in the absence of a demonstrable business model
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How the global appetite for leather seats in luxury SUVs is worsening deforestation in the Amazon
A New York Times investigation into Brazil's rapidly expanding slaughterhouse industry has identified loopholes in its monitoring systems that allow hides from cattle kept on illegally deforested Amazon land to flow undetected through Brazil's tanneries and on to buyers worldwide
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Facebook took the longest to reach a billion monthly active users; TikTok, Messenger, the least
Here's a look at the number of years it took for social media giants to reach a user base of one billion monthly active users
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Finally, PE and VC firms are selling assets to each other at record high numbers
Alternative asset fund managers have returned $38.7 billion in 2021 by exiting 229 deals. Exits through secondaries hit $12.9 billion, signalling a deepening of an alternate asset market in India