UpFront
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Overview of Ischemic Stroke
Dr. Rahul Nag Namburi discussing basic overview of ischemic stroke & also highlighting the modalities required to be followed for treatment of Ischemic Stroke
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82.4 million people forcibly displaced in 2020; 35 million are children: UNHCR
Syria, Venezuela, and Afghanistan are among the top five countries from where refugees originated in 2020; Turkey and Colombia among the top five who hosted them
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First resistance to Taliban rule tests Afghanistan's uncertain future
Taliban fighters used gunfire to disperse demonstrations in the northeastern city of Jalalabad and the southeastern city of Khost, with some of the protesters raising the Afghan government flags that the Taliban had taken down just days earlier
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US and IMF apply a financial squeeze on the Taliban
About $7 billion of the Afghan central bank's $9 billion in foreign reserves are held by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, and the Biden administration has already moved to block access to that money
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Hero Electric is set for a high voltage fight
India's biggest maker of electric two-wheelers gears up as its rivals, including Hero MotoCorp, firm up an aggressive plan to turbo charge the EV market
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How Indians shop online: Done in 9.5 minutes, images over descriptions, voice gaining popularity
A new report by Bain & Company breaks down how Indians shop online—the e-grocery market grew at a rate twice than what was expected of it pre-pandemic, and more women and older people took to online shopping. That, and cash is still king in the digital payments era
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Can Ola kickstart India's electric vehicle revolution?
At a time its ride-hailing business is limping back to normality after months of Covid-induced lockdown, the company is building the world's largest two-wheeler factory and has already launched two vehicles from its stable
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Days may be numbered for the world's oldest bank
Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena, performed worse than any other bank in a test of its financial health by European regulators, the latest gloomy chapter in a long-running saga of ill-fated deals, financial shenanigans, criminal wrongdoing and even a mysterious death
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The Taliban's leaders: Worldly and 'inclusive' or ruthless ideologues?
Whether the Taliban's actions since taking control are signs of genuine openness or a looming power struggle between moderate and hard-line factions remains to be seen
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Afghanistan most affected by terrorism. India ranks 8th
13,826 people were killed due to terrorism in 2019 globally. Iraq, Syria, Pakistan are also in the top 10, according to Global Terrorism Index 2020
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You've never heard of the biggest digital media company in America
Red Ventures, which started as a digital marketing company, has attracted serious investments from private equity firms and is perhaps the biggest digital publisher in America, with roughly $2 billion in annual revenues