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How two IITians shunned the herd mentality to sell cattle online
Neetu Yadav and Kirti Jangra hustled hard to make it to the IIT, and then the duo stunned all by selling cows and buffaloes online. Can they hit the bull's eye with Animall?
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No more apologies: Inside Facebook's push to defend its image
The company has begun a multipronged effort to change its narrative by distancing Mark Zuckerberg from scandals, reducing outsiders' access to internal data, burying a potentially negative report about its content and increasing its own advertising to showcase its brand
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Evergrande crisis shows cracks in China's property market
Evergrande's troubles have raised fears that China's residential and commercial property market, which drives up to a third of the world's second-largest economy, could crumble
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8.6% increment likely in 2022; IT sector most promising for pay hikes
Salary increment went up by 3.6 percentage points in 2021 to become 8% according to the latest Deloitte's Workforce and Increment Trends survey report. Here's how hikes and promotions improved this year
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Jet Airways, Akasa plan to fly next year. Then there's everything at Air India. Is it getting better for Indian airlines?
Amidst all the action, India's aviation sector is expected to see debt levels rise to Rs 1.2 lakh crore in FY22, requiring additional funding of Rs 45,000 crore in the next two years even as passenger traffic will take longer to return to pre-pandemic levels
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A harsh new reality for Afghan women and girls in Taliban-run schools
Just as they did when they ruled most of Afghanistan in the late 1990s, the Taliban seem intent on ruling not strictly by decree, but by inference and intimidation
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Global markets swoon as worries mount over superpowers' plans
The catalyst for the swoon was the continued turmoil at China Evergrande Group, one of that country's top three developers of residential properties
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Timeline: A look at the life and work of Angela Merkel
As Germany's second longest-serving chancellor bows out of politics, here's a look at her life, journey, and work of the scientist turned political leader
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Women earn 84 cents for every dollar a man earns: UN Women Global Gender Equality report
While there have been significant gains on key parameters, women still lag considerably behind men when it comes to holding public office and top jobs, earning wages, literacy, and more, according to the latest UN Women report
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Britain signals intent to revert to the imperial system
The British government said it was taking steps to return to its traditional system of imperial weights and measures, allowing shops and market stalls to sell fruits and vegetables labeled in pounds and ounces alone, rather than in the metric system's grams and kilograms
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How the US helped, and hampered, the escape of Afghan journalists
Major American news organisations ended up dealing directly with Qatar's government, which had cultivated a relationship with the Taliban