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FIFA races toward a plan to help soccer clubs survive shutdown
FIFA is trying to come up with a plan to deal with the aftermath of the frozen seasons and the eventual restart of soccer and all of the business that goes along with it. Estimates for the costs of the shutdown vary widely, but industry leaders are bracing for an enormous impact
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Couples have a Working-From-Home Revelation: That's what you do all day?
Is it bad if we aren't able to pass the Turing test when answering questions about our loved one's job—especially now, when those of us who are healthy and still employed are working close together, side by side?
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Ten interesting things we read this week
Some of the most fascinating topics covered this week are: Lifestyle (Habits vs Goals, who wins?), Social Media (Secretive world of the Indian content moderators), Quantum Computing (Are we prepared for the end of Moore's Law) and Health (World after Coronavirus; Learnings from Singapore; Home quarantine won't help much)
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Coronavirus timeline: How did we get here?
Tracing from when Covid-19 was a mysterious illness in China, to how it became a pandemic affecting millions of people all over the world
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Oh God! Devotional channels viewership falls 13% in Covid-19 lockdown
With a likely surge in coronavirus infection over the next few days, people might flock back to religious discourse for a sense of sanity and security, say analysts
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During the lockdown, the only vision is television
How TV, especially in regional languages, has emerged as the fastest and most credible source of information and entertainment during India's coronavirus lockdown
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How the US became the leader in confirmed coronavirus cases
A series of missteps and lost opportunities dogged the nation's response
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Moratorium on loans: What this means and other FAQs
The Reserve Bank of India on Friday morning announced a slew of key measures to fight the Covid-19-triggered economic crisis. This included a moratorium on repayment of term loans from banks and NBFCs. Forbes India breaks it down to explain what it means for retail borrowers
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Domestic workers clean our homes. Should we keep them out?
The pandemic has caused deep concern among domestic workers who have lost once-steady gigs cleaning the homes of not only upper- and middle-class families, but also elderly and disabled people who are unable to scrub their own toilets and floors
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Coronavirus: RBI boosts liquidity, lowers rates and eases loan repayments
Central bank governor Shaktikanta Das cut the repo rate down by 75 basis points, and offered a three-month payment extension on loans and EMIs; experts say banks will lend more but worst-hit sectors might still be ignored
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Long and Winding Road
A crisis is a good time to look at the opportunities for the Indian auto sector