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Coronavirus: A look at the world's deadliest pandemics
As COVID-19 tightens its grip across the world, take a look at the 100-year history of pandemics and how it compares
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So we're working from home. Can the internet handle it?
As millions of people shift to working and learning from home to limit the spread of the coronavirus, they will test internet networks with one of the biggest mass behaviour changes in modern history
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RBI 'ready' for measures to tackle Covid-19 impact: Shaktikanta Das
Central bank announces a dollar-rupee sell-buy swap on March 23 as an immediate measure to cushion Coronavirus impact; allays fears of Yes Bank's depositors
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How contagious is Covid-19?
A look at how the coronavirus spread compares to that of other infectious diseases like SARS and measles
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The man with 17,700 bottles of hand sanitizer just donated them
On Sunday morning, Matt Colvin, an Amazon seller outside Chattanooga, Tennessee, helped volunteers from a local church load two-thirds of his stockpile of hand sanitizer and antibacterial wipes into a box truck for the church to distribute to people in need
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When Facebook is more trustworthy than the President
After years of viewing social media as an anti-social force, the crisis is revealing something surprising: Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and others can actually deliver on their old promise to democratize information and organize communities
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Ten interesting things we read this week
Some of the most fascinating topics covered this week are: Management (Sleeping your way to the top, CEOs that read the business like a book), Lifestyle (The parent trap — control!, Taking time to recharge), Business (multi-million-dollar 'dummy director' scam), and Health (Revolutions against the emperor of maladies)
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India's wine country: A charming work in progress
No one would mistake Nashik for California's Napa Valley, nor is it anything like Italy's Tuscany. Yet, Nashik's lack of a tourist-industrial complex is part of its charm
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Luxury's hidden Indian supply chain
For many years Dior, Saint Laurent, and other fashion brands have been quietly using Indian embroiderers for their goods, depending on their expertise while offering little in the way of employment protection
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How the Coronavirus changed the 2020 US Presidential campaign
Almost overnight, everything has changed. Amid deepening uncertainty over a spreading virus and growing anxiety about an economic meltdown, something extraordinary has begun: a life-or-death test of leadership for those seeking the White House this November
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Airlines Cancel Flights and Lay Off Workers as Stocks Plummet
Already reeling from a steep decline in bookings because of the coronavirus outbreak, airlines now stand to lose millions of dollars in revenue from a dramatic decline in trans-Atlantic flights, which account for a big chunk of their business