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US to send vaccine materials and other supplies to hard-hit India, officials say
The announcement, an abrupt shift for the administration, came after Jake Sullivan, President Biden's national security adviser, held a call earlier in the day with Ajit Doval, his counterpart in India, and as India reports higher case numbers each day
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The billionaires list got longer, and they got richer in 2020
Thanks in the main to skyrocketing stock prices, the number of billionaires on the Forbes annual list of the world's wealthiest hit 2,755—660 more than in the 2020 list. India reinforced the trend with 140 new billionaires
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Moving to a big city humbles you: Mayank Kumar on Forbes India Beyond the Boardroom
Mayank Kumar, co-founder and MD of edtech startup upGrad, shares bizarre anecdotes from his travels, chooses a side in the Mumbai vs Delhi debate, and rates himself as a father. In this latest episode of Forbes India Beyond the Boardroom, learn more about the perspective that became the seed idea behind upGrad.
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An EV startup backed by UPS does away with the assembly line
Arrival, is creating highly automated "microfactories" where its delivery vans and buses will be assembled by multitasking robots, breaking from the approach pioneered by Henry Ford and used by most of the world's automakers
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Jake Paul promised them fame. Was it worth the price?
The 24-year-old Vine star turned vlogger has polarised viewers with videos of dangerous pranks and is a serial entrepreneur linked to several dubious and misleading business ventures
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Oxygen crisis: What are Cyrogenic containers, how is oxygen stored and transported?
As India battles the second wave and oxygen is in short supply, we look at how this life-saving gas can be stored and transported to facilities where doctors are racing against time to save lives
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Ten interesting things we read this week
Some of the most fascinating topics covered this week are: Lifestyle (There's a name for the blah you're feeling), Leadership (4 important lessons from the pandemic for the future of work), Healthcare (Inside India's big pharma-drug distributor team-up) and Climate Change (We're hurtling toward global suicide).
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Tackling India's oxygen emergency: Can there be a timely, cost-effective solution?
Hospitals and individuals are raising an SOS, civil society is on its toes, courts are stepping in, and industries are diverting resources for medical use. As caseloads increase, Forbes India explores the way forward to ensure timely and cost-effective access to oxygen for Covid-19 treatment
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How the Super League fell apart
While soccer is the biggest business in sports, it remains, at heart, an intensely local affair with teams rooted in neighbourhoods and based in small towns, competing in leagues that have existed for more than a century
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Jack Ma shows why China's tycoons keep quiet
Under the Communist Party's top leader, Xi Jinping, China has punished and shamed a series of tycoons who amassed enormous wealth and influence but were seen to overstep their bounds
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How to double mask correctly
Double masking, now validated by the CDC and Dr Anthony Fauci, can help filter more particles than a single mask or cloth mask. Here are the crucial dos and donts