UpFront
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News By Numbers: How sanitation and hygiene saves time, money and lives
New study shows the economic benefits of Swachh Bharat Mission outstrip the investment in sanitation and hygiene
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How Route Mobile became a darling of investors
The cloud communications platform provider which started with an investment of $2,000 in 2004 and a second-hand computer, has seen its stock listed at an 86% premium, and has risen over 92% over the past two months
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Layoffs and Losses: Can Sports recover in 2021?
The sports economy has been ravaged by the pandemic. The absence of live fans alone has forced the thousands of people who once put on games at these venues out of work, including ticket agents, hot dog vendors, bartenders and janitors
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Russian hackers break into US federal agencies, US officials suspect
Several said a series of national security-related agencies were also affected, though it was not clear whether the systems contained highly classified material
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EXPLAINED: Why Facebook could lose Instagram, WhatsApp
A look at the anti-trust lawsuit against the social media giant, and why the US government wants it to unwind WhatsApp and Instagram acquisitions
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Ten interesting things we read this week
Some of the most fascinating topics covered this week are: Technology (The story behind Kindle designs), Sports (Pain, pressure and pleasure of tennis top couple), Business (Inside the battle for the soul of HBO), Parenting (Do these 7 things if you want to raise kids with flexible, resilient brains), and Productivity (What high achievers do differently)
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Marvel, Star Wars on Disney's new streaming line-up
A blitz of new projects includes 10 series from the "Star Wars" universe for Disney+, which now has 87 million subscribers
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Airlines gear up to transport vaccines. Could this revive travel?
Planes are one part of an elaborate supply chain to move billions of doses of vaccines around the world
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Biden and Harris Are Time's Persons of the Year for 2020
The magazine chose the president-elect and the vice president-elect over frontline health care workers (along with Dr. Anthony S. Fauci), the racial justice movement and President Trump
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Airbnb Tops $100 Billion on First Day of Trading, Reviving Talk of a Bubble
On Thursday, Airbnb sold investors on an even unlikelier story: that it is a pandemic winner
