UpFront
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Ten interesting things we read this week
Some of the most fascinating topics covered this week are: Friendship (It's more than what you think it is), Business (Will the IPO bonanza last?; Decency pays off in business as well as in life), Sports (Can Sports recover in 2021?), Education (Rural schooling is going into the dark), and Podcast (Can Substack CEO Chris Best build a model for journalism).
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How SpiceJet scion Avani Singh is championing the group's vaccine play
From drones to cold storage, the CEO of SpiceHealth has laid out some elaborate plans, apart from making testing cheaper
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The WTO Is Having a Midlife Crisis
The WTO is all washed up, gets no respect and its two biggest economies are in a trade war. No one fears the wrath of its Appellate Body anymore because that body has ceased to function
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We have invested about Rs 7,000 crore in India: Ikea's Preet Dhupar
With Ikea India's second store set to launch in Navi Mumbai on December 18, CFO Preet Dhupar gives insights into home office trends, and the company's expansion plans for the Indian market
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Only 32% Indians expect a salary hike in 2021: Linkedin survey
A survey carried out by the professional network platform Linkedin to gauge the Indian workforce's sentiments highlights the expectations of employees in the new year. Find out more
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Hospitals discover a surprise in their vaccine deliveries: Extra doses
How an inadvertent error by Pfizer could improve the supply of the Covid-19 vaccine to more people
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Facebook takes the gloves off in feud with Apple
After years of discord, Apple is making changes that threaten Facebook's business
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50 years on, how Medimix is keeping itself relevant
Legacy soap brand Medimix is adding swag to ayurveda, reimagining itself, and making a transition to become a personal care brand. Will it work?
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U.S. and Pfizer are negotiating deal for more vaccine doses next year
The Trump administration is negotiating a deal to free up supplies of raw materials to help Pfizer produce tens of millions of additional doses of its COVID-19 vaccine for Americans. It could at least partially remedy a looming shortage that the administration itself arguably helped create
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The virus trains: How lockdown chaos spread Covid-19 across India
Tens of millions of desperate migrant workers who were stranded without work or food after the nationwide lockdown took government-provided emergency trains to go back to their home villages. They became the virus trains.
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Covid-19 fallout: Child trafficking may see a spike, new survey predicts
A new survey by the Kailash Satyarthi Children's Foundation which spoke to 245 households found that due to financial hardships emerging out of the Covid-19 pandemic, more children may enter the workforce while many minor girls may be forced to marry