UpFront
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China's companies are struggling with debt, feeling slowdown stress
China now faces the difficult task of figuring out which of these companies it will allow failing. The central government in Beijing keeps a tight grip on the Chinese financial system and often rescues companies to preserve jobs
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Ten interesting things we read this week
Some of the most fascinating topics covered this week are: Culture (Moral repercussions of falling in love with your robot), Investment (Saving investors from themselves), Business (Online ad hype — no, google and Amazon aren't hacking your brain), Management (Humans 'time travel' to make decisions, Challenging consultancy 'high priests', Would punishment make good HR policy?), History (East India Company — Anarchy or Empire-building?), Genetic engineering (The great hope of organ regeneration) and Entrepreneurship (Combining incredible patience and explosi
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The Personal Data Protection Bill could be a serious threat to Indians' privacy
There are concerns that the Bill, now being tabled in Parliament, gives the government blanket powers to access citizens' data
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After SBI case, bank auditors face NPA divergence heat
The second such case at SBI puts the auditors' role under scanner; SBI becomes the 10th bank to falter in reporting non-perfoming assets based on RBI guidelines
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UK election results show Britain votes Brexit: What you need to know
A look at PM Boris Johnson's career so far, and all that transpired in UK politics since the 2016 referendum
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The epidemic of hypertension and associated myths
Dr. Rajeev Sethi highlights how hypertension continues to attain pandemic proportions, and busts myths surrounding high BP
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TikTok's biggest hits of the year—and its predictions for 2020
The most viral videos on the app included a science experiment conducted by YouTube star David Dobrik, a man doing surgery on a banana and a swimming pool stunt gone terribly wrong
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Has the United States dodged a recession?
Things look better now than they did in the summer, but there is still cause for vigilance
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Timeline: Greta Thunberg's journey to becoming Time's Person of the Year
The daughter of an actor-opera singer duo, the 16-year-old activist first learned about climate change at age 8
