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Soon, get drones to deliver medicines in under 30 minutes
Medikabazaar and Zipline sign contract to facilitate just-in-time delivery of critical products, to pilot in Maharashtra
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EXPLAINER: What to do if coronavirus is airborne?
What this now means, and how you can better protect yourself
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Trolls won't stop me from speaking out: Irfan Pathan
The former cricket all-rounder speaks to Forbes India on why he will continue to air his views on social media
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Harvard and MIT sue Trump for foreign student visa rules
Universities opposed a policy that would require students to take at least one in-person class or be denied permission to study in the United States
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Woman says she was fired because her children disrupted her work calls
Drisana Rios of San Diego said in a lawsuit that she lost her job with an insurance brokerage firm after a supervisor complained that her children were being noisy during meetings
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What happens if you let coronavirus play out? Ask Sweden
Sweden has captured international attention by conducting an unorthodox, open-air experiment. It has allowed the world to examine what happens in a pandemic when a government allows life to carry on largely unhindered. This is what happened: Not only have thousands more people died than in neighboring countries that imposed lockdowns, but Sweden's economy has fared little better
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Mark Zuckerberg fails to appease ad boycott organisers
In a Zoom call that lasted over an hour, Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and Sheryl Sangberg along with other executives, discussed the company's handling of hate speech with representatives of the major groups that have recently helped push hundreds of companies, such as Unilever and Best Buy, to pause their advertising on Facebook to protest its handling of toxic speech and misinformation. It didn't go well
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Share the ride, not the virus
As the pandemic influences what commuters want, ride-sharing startups are innovating with products and services
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Ep. 20. Brian Dumaine: What does Amazon really want?
Journalist and author Brian Dumaine decodes 'Bezonomics', which is also the name of his new book, on this week's episode. We trace the rise of Amazon, its new foray into finance, the AI flywheel it has become and the all-important question: What does the future looks like for the ecommerce behemoth?
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Atmanirbhar is the call of the day: K V Kamath
In an exclusive interview to CNBC-TV18 a day after he stepped down as the chief of the National Development Bank, veteran banker KV Kamath talks about how India can become an alternative manufacturing location to China for global companies, why recovery is certain in the aftermath of the Covid-19 challenge and why lower interest rates are critical for banks' survival
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Asian Paints gets a fresh lick of paint in hygiene category
After killing bacteria on the walls, Asian Paints guns to kill germs on your hands, in your bathrooms and on your floors. Can it don the FMCG coat successfully?