UpFront
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Dilip Kumar, who brought realism to Bollywood, dies at 98
As one of the country's earliest method actors, he was often compared to Marlon Brando, another early adopter of the technique, even though Kumar credited himself with using it first
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Tokyo Olympics 2020 in numbers: 33 disciplines, 339 sporting events, more than 11,000 athletes
The Games start on July 23, after a year's postponement, despite Japan's fragile Covid-19 situation and opposition from citizens
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China's crackdown on Didi is a reminder that beijing is in charge
With 377 million active users a year in China and services in 16 other countries, Didi has been celebrated in China as a homegrown tech champion, especially after it vanquished Uber and bought its rival's Chinese operations in 2016
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Tesla says autopilot makes its cars safer. Crash victims say it kills.
Tesla, founded in 2003, and its chief executive, Elon Musk, have been bold in challenging the auto industry, attracting devoted fans and customers and creating a new standard for electric vehicles that other established carmakers are reckoning with
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Will Zomato's audacious grocery bet with Grofers pay off?
Despite grocery being a high-risk play with wafer-thin margins and dynamics that are different from food delivery, IPO-bound Zomato perhaps has little option but to take the plunge with a stake in Grofers, viewing it as a fighting chance to keep its growth story intact
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27 years and $203 billion later, Jeff Bezos is stepping down as Amazon CEO
Jeff Bezos started Amazon in the garage of his home in Seattle. A behemoth that contains ecommerce, cloud computing, and much more, Amazon's reins are going to Andy Jassy. Here's a look at Bezos' timeline from a high school in Miami to sub-orbital space
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The tech cold war's 'most complicated machine' that's out of China's reach
The complex machine is widely acknowledged as necessary for making the most advanced chips, an ability with geopolitical implications
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India wants to take CoWin global, but it remains disempowering for many back home
The technology platform at the centre of India's Covid-19 vaccination strategy is out of reach for those without digital access or know-how, while vaccine supply constraints and data security issues spark additional concerns
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How Indian Americans came to love the spelling bee
The bee has become an occasion for unity within the South Asian American immigrant community, and it all goes back to a historic victory more than three decades ago
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Leadership from sports, beyond cricket
India has fared poorly when it comes to displaying a sporting culture. And, no, a one game mania is little proof of sport being a way of life but that may be changing fast
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'Leisure travel will bounce back faster, business travel will take longer to revive'
Top bosses of the Oberoi Group Vikram Oberoi and Sanjiv Kapoor on vaccinations, travel trends and other factors driving the revival of the luxury hospitality sector