UpFront
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Our top reads of the week
From 'Asish Mohapatra's incredible journey with OfBusiness,' to 'Disney+Hotstar's tall ambition' and 'Sunil Chhetri's leadership mantra,' here are the top reads of the week from Forbes India
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Breaking into the discriminatory wedding industrial complex
Unless you're married or likely to soon, you haven't heard of vendor lists—a list of djs, venues, florists, decorators, caterers—that are supposed to make your life easy. But breaking into these lists is not easy--they are kept private, are discriminatory, and often lack diversity
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Employees who'd rather quit than take the Covid vaccine shot
Employers across the US are now confronted with the same question of whether to fire workers who refuse to get vaccinated, a dilemma that carries new urgency as the rapidly spreading delta variant leads to a surge in hospitalisations among the unvaccinated and threatens to stall the economic recovery
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From Louis Vuitton to Cartier, these are the world's most valuable luxury brands of 2021
The other most valuable luxury brands include Prada, Rolex, Gucci among the top 10, according to a study by Brand Z/Kantar
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Dr RS Sharma responds to Forbes India's CoWin story
Dr RS Sharma writes a letter in response to Forbes India's story on India's vaccination platform CoWin, dated July 5, 2021, by Divya J Shekhar. Also, Forbes India editor Brian Carvalho responds to the letter
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FY23 growth: Finding a way amid uncertainties
High frequency economic indicators for India all point to a positive bounce-back for FY22. But there are several moving parts and uncertainties which could still impact normalisation of growth in FY23
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Richard Branson is raising the price of a ticket to space
If you were hoping to buy a ticket to space on one of Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic space planes, you'll probably wish you bought one seven years ago, like 600 others who put down a $1,000 deposit
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Messi's departure is a mess everyone could see coming
It is not yet a year since the last time a curt communiqué from Camp Nou declared that Lionel Messi's long affair with the only club he has ever played for was over, and yet here we are again, with the greatest player on this planet slipping from its grasp
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From Amazon to Netflix: Here's how much big tech companies earn per minute
In the first quarter of 2021, the biggest tech companies of the world earned millions per minute; Apple, Google, and Facebook are among the top seven
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What if highways were electric? Germany is testing the idea
There's a debate over how to make the trucking industry free of emissions, and whether batteries or hydrogen fuel cells are the best way to fire up electric motors in big vehicles. Then there's the idea of electrifying highways—it checks many boxes
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Why India struggles to win Olympic Gold
Aside from a string of men's hockey wins generations ago, India has won only one other gold in its Olympic history, in shooting in 2008. But every four years — in this case, five — the same questions are posed in India. Why is the country so bad at the Olympics? And does it even matter?