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Warren Buffett's exit from the Gates Foundation clouds its future
Buffett had been a huge contributor to the Gates Foundation, one of the foremost and richest nonprofit organisations dedicated to social causes, for more than a decade
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John McAfee, software pioneer turned American fugitive, dies in Spanish prison
After selling his pioneering virus-fighting firm in 1994 and losing most of his fortune during the 2008 financial crisis, McAfee led a peripatetic life that included a turn to paranoia and a string of arrests around the globe
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India is likely to spend up to $3 billion on cybersecurity in 2022
In 2020 alone, data breaches cost India an average of $2 million per such event. A look at which Indian state has the most cybersecurity cases on record, the one that has arrested the most, and more
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A year after ban, many Chinese apps make a comeback with a new interface
Experts say letting them function and allowing Chinese investments to fuel the Indian startup scene have allowed local apps to take over large chunks of the social media space
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Bitcoin tumbles below $30,000 for the first time since January
The latest drop leaves Bitcoin little changed from where it began the year, erasing a large run-up in recent months
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They relied on Chinese vaccines. Now they're battling outbreaks
Seychelles, Chile, Bahrain and Mongolia, where over 50% of the populations have been fully inoculated, mostly using shots made by Sinopharm and Sinovac Biotech, are among the top 10 countries with the worst Covid-19 outbreaks in recent times
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Cheat-sheet: Class 12th results evaluation for various boards from CBSE to state
Class 12 examinations, crucial for college admissions, have been cancelled across the country in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Here's a look at the different evaluation assessment models devised by various boards so far, to compute results for the academic year 2020-21
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How Jaspal Bindra and the Centrum Group saw an opportunity in a broken bank
Relaunching the beleaguered PMC Bank not only throws a lifeline to its existing depositors, but also gives Centrum the scope to grow beyond an NBFC
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Why did we fall for the angels?
At its height, the Victoria's Secret fashion show, which lasted from 1995 to 2018, was broadcast in more than 100 countries, seen by millions around the world and helped drive almost $7 billion in annual sales
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Finance Minister has big reform plans through bank privatisation. But are PSBs ready?
Big ticket reforms through privatisation of banks and insurance companies were announced during the Budget, but Covid-19 has played spoilsport with profitability, productivity, asset quality and financial management at the public sector banks
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Google executives see cracks in their company's success
Many of Google's problems stem from the leadership style of Sundar Pichai, the company's affable, low-key chief executive