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Cyclones and the pressing concern for India's western coast
The regular occurrence of cyclones off the warm waters highlight the pressing concern for India's Western Coast as surface sea temperatures rise. The possibility of severe cyclonic damage to natural resources is just as grave as it is for man-made infrastructure
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Internet and Indians: Growth in new active users higher in rural than urban India in 2020
India's active internet users is likely to reach 900 million by 2025, a new report estimates—here's a quick look at where India's internet users live, the digital divide in urban vs rural, and the gender divide
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New NASA missions will study Venus, a world overlooked for decades
In the past year, a neglected Venus reentered the planetary limelight after a team of scientists claimed they had discovered compelling evidence for microbes living in the clouds of Venus where temperatures remain comfortably warm instead of scorching
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Why China's hated tech titan decided to play nice
No longer Public Enemy No. 1, Tencent now enjoys a status akin to an enlightened ruler of an expansive tech empire, with a big chunk of the Chinese internet industry now belonging to what's known as the Tencent ecosystem
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News By Numbers: Paytm's $3 billion IPO is on the horizon
A look at the key numbers of the mobile wallet-to-fintech decacorn
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How Tata Motors became India's third-largest carmaker
From a paltry 4.8 percent market share in FY20, Tata Motors today has a market share of over 9 percent. The company, with a 69 percent growth in sales in FY21, is now busy scripting a remarkable turnaround
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Naomi Osaka and the changing power dynamics in sports
Intentionally or not, Osaka stands at the leading edge of a broad, transformational movement in athlete empowerment, and what she does with this role will say a great deal about the power shift, for better or worse
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How the world ran out of everything
As the pandemic hampered factory operations and sown chaos in global shipping, many economies around the world have been bedevilled by shortages of a vast range of goods, from electronics to lumber to clothing
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From ride-hailing to micro-blogging, how Aprameya Radhakrishna flew the Koo
In 2015, the founder of TaxiForSure had no choice but to sell the capital-starved startup to rival Ola. The serial entrepreneur learnt his lesson: Start a business that doesn't guzzle capital—and it helps if it's an early (desi) bird
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News By Numbers: India's GDP contracts for the first time in 40 years, sharpest since 1950s
A snapshot of the key annual and fourth quarter GDP figures, and fiscal numbers released Monday, reveals the strain of the Covid-19 pandemic on the economy amid the devastating second wave
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Delhi reopens a crack amid gloomy economic forecast for India
On Monday, India released a new set of numbers that showed the country's economy grew by 1.6% for the three-month period ending in March