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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
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Brick, Click, Phygital...and now?
While Indians gravitated towards online shopping over the last decade, a strong undercurrent of a new consumer behaviour disrupted the business landscape
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Trump targets WeChat and TikTok, in sharp escalation with China
US President Donald Trump accused WeChat, made by Tencent, and TikTok, made by ByteDance, of providing a channel for the Chinese Communist Party to obtain Americans' proprietary information, keep tabs on Chinese citizens abroad and carry out disinformation campaigns to benefit China's interest
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Barred in India, TikTok faces bigger battle with US
US President Trump's executive order banning transactions with ByteDance amps up the pressure on the Chinese-owned video sharing app company to consider an acquisition
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News by Numbers: India's 10 most valued startups are...
Paytm, Byju's, Swiggy, Ola—a look at where India's top startups stand in terms of valuation
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Byju's acquires kids coding startup WhiteHat Jr for $300 mn
The Mumbai-based edtech startup becomes the only Indian company to reach such a deal valuation in 18 months of operation