UpFront
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Rejecting Covid-19 inquiry, China peddles conspiracy theories blaming the US
This week, a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman repeatedly used an official podium to elevate unproven ideas that the coronavirus may have first leaked from a research facility in Fort Detrick, Maryland
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Few women ascend Japan's corporate ladder. Is change finally coming?
The efforts in Japan are intended to overcome decades of unkept promises from political and business leaders to increase opportunities for Japanese women, who face some of the starkest inequality in the developed world
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How four ex-Flipsters built Groww into a unicorn
The online investment platform flipped traditional investment logic and scaled at a staggering pace in four years. Can it keep growing?
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Delhi, Chennai among most surveilled in the world, ahead of Chinese cities
Data for the world's most surveilled cities shows that India's capital city New Delhi ranks first with 1,826.6 cameras per square mile, while Chennai which has 609.9 cameras per square miles ranks third; London is second (1,138.5 cameras) and Mumbai at 18 (157.4 cameras)
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Under Taliban rule, life in Kabul transforms once again
Banks are closed, cash is growing scarce and food prices are rising, as residents struggle to lead their daily lives in an economy that is now suddenly in free fall
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Charlie Watts, bedrock drummer for the Rolling Stones, dies at 80
While some rock drummers chased after volume and bombast, Watts defined his playing with subtlety, swing and a solid groove
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Indian family businesses resilient to pandemic; only 30% needed more capital in 2020: PwC report
Even though 52% of Indian family businesses saw a decline in profits in 2020, majority of them expect to recoup their losses by 2022. The recent report outlines how they fare when it comes to digitalisation, sustainability and governance too, compared to global peers
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What an adult tricycle says about the world's bottleneck problems
Supply-chain disruptions are rocking companies in the United States and around the world, pushing inflation higher, delaying deliveries and exacerbating economic uncertainty
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FDA fully approves Pfizer-BioNTech's vaccine, a first for a Covid-19 shot
The approval came as the US's fight against the pandemic has intensified again, with the highly infectious delta variant biting deeply into the progress that the country had made over the first half of the year
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IPO listings disappoint on debut
Market flotations are at an all-time high but the party seems to be fizzling out
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SPACs went up, then down, but they are not out
Special-purpose acquisition company, known as a SPAC were seen as sidestepping the rigour and regulation of a traditional public offering, with features unfavourable to small investors