UpFront
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Airbnb Raises $1 Billion to Stockpile Cash in Pandemic
The home rental company raised new funding as its business has been roiled by the coronavirus; Airbnb's new funding points to some of the tactical measures startups are taking as they navigate the difficult period
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Covid-19 puts Indian economy on the ventilator
The government is faced with the double task of keeping companies solvent during the lockdown and reviving consumer demand once it's over
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Covid-19: The innovation rush to help hospitals around the world
Health care workers are facing a serious shortage of critical equipment needed to treat the coronavirus. We spoke to the makers who are building innovative protective gear and ventilators for them
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They were the last couple in paradise. It may bankrupt them
How the coronavirus stranded these newlyweds at a five-star resort in the Maldives, on a seemingly eternal—and expensive—honeymoon
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Two veteran CEOs risk $1.8 billion on an app. In a pandemic.
Jeffrey Katzenberg and Meg Whitman are sticking to the Monday launch date of Quibi, an ambitious short-form video app, right in the middle of the global coronavirus crisis
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Is telemedicine here to stay?
More and more Indians are turning to telemedicine services through the Covid-19 outbreak and the subsequent lockdown
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'Don't cook to be cool or cute': Floyd Cardoz in one of his last interviews
Forbes India met with chef Floyd Cardoz in Mumbai, for what turned out to be one of his final interviews, discussing the five-year journey of Hunger Inc in India, their philosophy and the road ahead
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Ten interesting things we read this week
Some of the most fascinating topics covered this week are: Podcast (Naval Ravikant: The Angel Philosopher), Prediction (Y2K disaster scenarios were a hoax), Business (Egypt's female lion tamers show the men how to do it; Homeworking experiment can be permanent; Magnus Carlsen checkmates Coronavirus virtually) and Health (Locking down the world could have saved the world)
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Coronavirus shows why India needs to invest more in mental health care
Isolation and anxiety from Covid-19 is underscoring the fact that India is under-equipped to handle psychological care to the scale that it needs, pandemic or otherwise
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Inside Kim Kardashian's Prison-Reform Machine
In two years, the reality TV star has become a force in criminal justice, all while continuing to sell body-sculpting undergarments and plugging diet products on Instagram
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Coronavirus Coping: Djokovic is playing tennis with frying pans
Roger Federer is whacking shots off a blackboard in the snow; Rafael Nadal is apparently spending some of his time on a treadmill. Athletes, they are (kind of) just like us