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Chingari raises $1.3 million in seed round funding, will improve camera
The homegrown TikTok rival has seen exponential growth since the government ban on Chinese apps. Chingari co-founder Sumit Ghosh says the funding will be used to expand their existing tech team, build camera features and roll out an improved app
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HDFC Bank's new chief will have to rebuild trust
Sashidhar Jagdishan inherits a proven entity from predecessor Aditya Puri. However, the 'bank insider' will have to rebuild trust among business leaders and devise his own strategy when NPAs rise
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Key to pandemic recovery? Put women in decision-making roles, leader says
As the world sketches out post-pandemic plans, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, the head of U.N. Women, explains why having more women in leadership positions could lead to better results
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Saudi Aramco says profit fell 73% as demand for oil shrank
Despite the steep fall in earnings, to $6.6 billion from $24.7 billion, the company said it would continue paying a quarterly dividend of $18.75 billion, almost three times its cash flow
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Cholesterol: A key risk factor for High blood Pressure
Dr. Amitabh Biswas highlights various complications of Hypertension and focuses on role of Cholesterol in High Blood Pressure.
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News by Numbers: How women self-help groups helped India fight Covid-19
About 17 crore masks, 53 lakh PPE kits and 51 lakh litres of sanitiser have come from rural SHGs, said the government
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'Now you are going to die': Beirut bride recounts moment of blast
As Israa Seblani posed for her wedding video, an explosion tore through the city, devastating much of central Beirut and blowing windows from their frames for miles
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Mumbai put female figures on traffic signals. Some women are not impressed
Last week, the city installed 240 pedestrian signals that replaced male stick figures with female silhouettes along a stretch of road in the Dadar neighborhood
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Kerala air crash: A look at India's history with plane accidents
At least 18 people, including both pilots, have died in an Air India Express crash in Kozhikode. In Saturday's News by Numbers, we look at fatalities from air accidents over the past two decades in India
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Ten interesting things we read this week
Some of the most fascinating topics covered this week are: Education (B-schools face a moment of reckoning; Teacher who decided to 'unschool' her own children), Business (Kat Cole on brand, leadership and more; Sculpt yourself into a future-ready leader), Technology (Fear of robots returning to work) and Productivity (Tips to help with work-from-home burnout; 9 tips to avoid procrastinating)
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Michelle Obama says she is dealing with 'Low-Grade Depression'
In her new podcast, the former first lady connected her experience with the effects of quarantine and news about civil unrest and politics