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40% marginalised persons had no access to sanitation during Covid-19: Oxfam India report
Low-income households, and the marginalised experienced poor quality of care, slow response from the government for treatment; more males, and urban India are vaccinated thanks to the digital divide and abysmal provisioning at India's primary healthcare level
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Disinformation for hire, a shadow industry, is quietly booming
The result is an accelerating rise in polarising conspiracies, phoney citizen groups and fabricated public sentiment, deteriorating our shared reality beyond even the depths of recent years
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Toyota led on clean cars. Now critics say it works to delay them
Toyota currently does not sell any electric vehicles in major markets outside China, but it said in April that it plans to sell 15 battery-electric models globally by 2025, part of a wider lineup of 70 battery-electric, hybrid and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles to offer "diverse choices" to buyers
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ASHA workers: The underpaid, overworked, and often forgotten foot soldiers of India
While doctors and nurses have been lauded during the pandemic, ASHA workers, who have been battling Covid-19 in rural India, are neglected. Will the overworked and underpaid health activists get the acknowledgment and respect they deserve?
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Tesla's factory in Berlin runs into activists, red tape and lizards
Tesla's first major assembly plant in Europe has strong support from regional political leaders, but it has been held up by legal challenges from environmental groups, delays in the approval process by regional and national agencies, and the carmaker's own revisions to the plan
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India's 2020 Olympics contingent in one chart: 127 athletes, 56 women, across 18 sports
All you need to know about the Indian Olympic contingent for Tokyo 2020 in one definitive chart
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Our Top Reads of the Week
From why reopening India may not lead to a recovery in spending, to how Adani became an airport behemoth in under one year, and a roundup of our Olympics special videos and infographics, catch up on our best reads with Forbes India's Top Reads of the Week newsletter
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The 1964 games proclaimed a new Japan. There's less to cheer this time
For both Japan and the Olympic movement, the delayed 2020 Games may represent less a moment of hope for the future than the distinct possibility of decline
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Naomi Osaka only woman among highest paid Olympians at Tokyo 2020. Meet the others
With a majority of basketball and tennis players on the list, here's a look at the richest Olympians ready to fight for the gold at Tokyo Olympics 2020
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When gender equality at the Olympics is not so equal
Of the nearly 11,000 athletes arriving in Tokyo, almost 49% will be women, according to the International Olympic Committee, up from 45.6% at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games and 44.2% at the 2012 London Olympics
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For airlines, it's looking more like 2019 again
A full recovery rests on the return of two pillars of the business, corporate and international travel, but executives said they expected both to improve meaningfully over the coming months