UpFront
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Indian passport? Travel visa-free to these countries
Plan your holidays for 2020 with this nifty GIF—you could travel to Barbados or the British Virgin Islands without visa hassles
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Amrapali case ensnares JP Morgan
The court has allowed the Enforcement Directorate to attach JP Morgan's properties in India, on account of violations to the Foreign Exchange Management Act in the case
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New Delhi greets Bezos with an antitrust complaint
The Competition Commission of India, the country's antitrust regulator, opened a formal investigation on Monday into the practices of Amazon and Flipkart; on Wednesday, Bezos is expected to discuss opportunities for small businesses on Amazon in the capital, and is expected to meet PM Modi
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Oyo rapidly scales down, others wary of hiring former staff
Oyo has laid off more than 2,000 employees around the world since last week; In India alone, the company has lost more than 65,000 rooms since October
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Nifty posts positive 10-year performance
The Nifty outperformed gold, fixed deposits and government bonds in the last decade
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Life habits influence BP, particularly among Indians
Dr. Kumar S discusses how Indians are at an increased risk of having hypertension, and how daily living choices define this risk
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Don't hunt for VCs, let them find you': Shomiron Das Gupta
How DNIF, a home-grown, bootstrapped open analytics platform, is holding its own in a segment dominated by heavyweights like IBM and HP
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How many animals have died in Australia's wildfires?
A professor estimated this week that a billion animals had died in Australia's wildfires. But where are these numbers coming from?
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Will Cyrus Mistry walk tall after SC verdict?
Mistry was ousted in 2016, and amidst a reopened legal battle, experts say there was no compelling factor for Tata Sons to remove him as chairman
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Donald Trump, shifting arguments, urges swift dismissal of impeachment charges
An unexpected statement, arriving amid a flurry of tweets, not only appeared to put the president at odds with Republican Senate leaders moving toward a full trial but also contradicted Trump's own words from just hours earlier
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Ten interesting things we read this week
Some of the most fascinating topics covered this week are: Skills (Expertise is falling out of favour), Lifestyle (Wealthy Indians count the cost as they say 'I do'), Business ($1 billion solar plant was obsolete before it went online; How chicken became the world's most popular meat), and Book Review (Homo Deus: A brief history of tomorrow)