UpFront
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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
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Azim Premji to Akshay Kumar, the top 10 donors to India's Covid-19 fight
As of April 3, these were the largest contributors to the country's efforts to contain the coronavirus pandemic and the PM CARES fund
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Covid-19 or common cold? How to tell the difference
Compare the symptoms of the coronavirus with a regular flu, common cold and allergies
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UN Security Council 'Missing in Action' in Coronavirus fight
Secretary-General António Guterres has called for a halt to all armed conflicts. But without the muscle of the 15-member Security Council, in Syria, Yemen, Libya, Afghanistan, Mali and Colombia, fighting continues unabated
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Asian stocks fall, Wall Street's rally fades: Catch up on world business news
Oil prices surge after Trump tweets about production cuts; the monthly US jobs report Friday is expected to end almost a decade of gains; Boeing announces voluntary layoffs
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Mark Blum to Floyd Cardoz: Celebrities who have died from the coronavirus
The rapidly spreading Covid-19 pandemic has taken the lives of artists, actors chefs and musicians from around the world
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Covid-19 lockdown: Does the F&B industry need to rethink its business models?
The coronavirus outbreak has spelt disaster for the industry—already running on wafer-thin margins—as fears of restaurants shutting down and mass layoffs loom large
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God makes an epic comeback on television
Doordarshan's 80s show, Ramayan, brought back to entertain people through the Covid-19 lockdown, has garnered record high ratings; at the same time, viewership for devotional channels has soared