UpFront
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Trump Visit: For a President Who Loves Crowd Size, India Aims to Deliver
At a time when world leaders are vying to appeal to Trump's vanity, Prime Minister Narendra Modi hopes to satisfy his need for affirmation—Trump will almost certainly not be greeted by the 10 million people he expects, but it will look like an enormous crowd nonetheless
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Ten interesting things we read this week
Some of the most fascinating topics covered this week are: Business (Leaked! What gave Zuckerberg sleepless nights), Politics (Coronavirus reveals hidden sickness of China), Society (The anxiety pandemic that's eating at India's human resources), Technology (Secret history of facial recognition; Indian tech savvy start-ups are rebooting banking), Corporate (Food is on the menu for new office design) and Communication (Original sins of grammarians still plague us)
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The Brand That Won't Stop Trying to Be Cool
St. John Knits, a "chic grandmother" label, has tried for years to attract a more modern clientele. Can a new designer and flock of influencers (plus Zendaya) make it happen?
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The iPhone at the Deathbed
Families are photographing death at home. These photos may feel jarring on Facebook, but the practice itself has a long history
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Manchester City defiant despite Champions League ban
The football club's chief executive, Ferran Soriano, said charges of financial violations were "simply not true" in the club's first on-camera comments since the ban
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Vape shops face a choice: Close or Rebrand
Faced with growing fear about the risks of vaping, New Jersey last month became the second US state to adopt legislation outlawing nicotine vaping liquids, casting new shadow on the industry
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Knowing Your Medications and Yoga Practice Important for Managing Blood Pressure
Dr Ajay Kantharia says that knowing you antihypertensive medications and practicing yoga is important to manage high blood pressure
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Why Quikr's valuation has rapidly dropped
The online classifieds company, which was a unicorn at one time, has been riddled with issues that have taken off its shine over time
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Coronavirus live update: China changes diagnosis criteria, causing confusion
The new criteria resulted in a dramatic decrease in new infections calculated, excluding patients from Hubei province, the hardest-hit area of the outbreak
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Airline Scorecard: Flight Delays Got Worse In 2019
In the US, more than 2.9 million bags were lost, damaged, delayed or stolen out of the more than half a billion bags the major airlines processed last year
