UpFront
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Govt schooling should see more public-private partnerships: EnglishHelper CEO
Sanjay Gupta, global chief executive officer of language education startup EnglishHelper, speaks about how technology can help give India's low-income population access to language tools, and the troubles of working with government schools
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AI can now solve the Rubik's cube
Though it could be dismissed as an attention-grabbing stunt, the feat was another step forward for robotics research, indicating that they could train machines for far more complex tasks
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Mona Lisa is getting a makeover
To help visitors get past the throngs of selfie-snapping tourists, Paris's Louvre museum is fine-tuning a virtual reality tour with 3D views of the portrait that look beyond the crowds, the glass case and the layers of varnish from restorations
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Healthy living: Salt and hypertension
A high sodium intake also stresses the kidney by excreting more water and less toxic waste, says Dr Balakrishna GK
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DHFL seeks two-way carve-out of its wholesale lending business
Oaktree Capital bids Rs 2,700 crore for the last-mile funding business; Piramal Group, Adani Group separately bid Rs 1,000-1,200 crore to become development managers
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Now, big meat companies are making plant-based versions
In recent months, major food companies like Tyson, Smithfield, Perdue, Hormel and Nestlé have rolled out their own meat alternatives, filling supermarket shelves with plant-based burgers, meatballs and chicken nuggets as their popularity grows
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Inside a brazen scheme to woo China: Gifts, golf and a $4,254 wine
Millions of dollars were paid out to Chinese consultants and more than 100 relatives of the Communist Party's ruling elite were hired, all part of Deutsche Bank's strategy to become a major player in China
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A look at Nobel Laureate Abhijit Banerjee's CV
The Mumbai-born economist is the son of professor parents, and has worked key positions at Harvard, Princeton universities
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Lifestyle: the cause and the most effective treatment for hypertension
The good news is that like most of the lifestyle disorders, hypertension is preventable and even reversible to some extent, says Dr. M. Ramakrishna
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Abhijit Banerjee and Esther Duflo, and other Nobel Laureate couples
The couple is set to win the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for 2019, for their experimental approach to alleviating poverty
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A kilo of rice, a pound of flesh
With one such dish ordered every 3.5 seconds in the country, biryani has become India's new F&B battleground. Can Vishal Jindal and Kaushik Roy, who have their goals set at a Rs 500-crore brand by 2023, dominate the market with Biryani By Kilo?