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How Chinese firm Club Factory is challenging Amazon, Flipkart in India
The ecommerce platform is seeing a surge in growth from Indian users, and is unique in that it doesn't charge its sellers a commission
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Coronavirus: Full list of India's districts on lockdown
India has placed 75 districts on lockdown, with rail, metro and bus services stalled across the country until March 31
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Ten interesting things we read this week
Some of the most fascinating topics covered this week are: Lifestyle ('Managing' and 'Measuring' your life; Young golfer needs a good read to succeed), Business (Vontobel's Matt Benkendorf on managing equities; Built leather bag business with just 25k and a cobbler), Leadership (Leadership qualities from a failed expedition) and Travel (Is Ladakh being loved to death?)
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Smile? The Results From the 2020 World Happiness Report Are In
An odd time to release this report, but the authors believe this is precisely the right moment to consider why Finland has once again made the top of the list
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Coronavirus: Sequoia, Y Combinator accelerator programmes go online
The venture capital ecosystem is going digital to continue their startup programmes even through the pandemic, arranging remote sessions that cover the same content as the offline programme would
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'India needs public health surveillance'
As the Covid-19 situation continues to evolve in India, infectious diseases expert and veteran virologist T Jacob John speaks to Forbes India about the challenges the country faces
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'I need to keep the lights on': One man's battle to keep his small business alive
For small-business owners across the country, the past week has brought a sinking feeling of catastrophe. For salon owner Zach Edwards, it has been the economic equivalent of a punch in the face
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This is the only way to end the coronavirus financial panic
Governments could offer every business, large and small, and every self-employed—and gig—worker a no-interest "bridge loan" guaranteed for the duration of the crisis to be paid back over a five-year period
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Investors will look to younger countries once coronavirus dust settles: Saurabh Mukherjea
The Covid-19 pandemic will redefine supply chains and investment metrics, and Asia could benefit from the renewed focus on youth demographics, says the founder of Marcellus Investment Managers
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The Mask: Fashion statements in the age of the coronavirus
Even more than bottles of hand sanitiser and disinfectant wipes, the mask has become the virus' avatar; shorthand for our looming dread, desire to hide, inability to protect ourselves, and desire to do something—anything—to appear to take action
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SoftBank may not buy $3 Billion in WeWork shares
The surprise move comes as the coronavirus outbreak diminishes demand for the troubled company's shared office space