UpFront
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Ten interesting things we read this week
Some of the most fascinating topics covered this week are: Sports-Tech (How the Nike Vaporfly war was lost), Society (Scandals catch up to private Chinese hospitals, after fortunes are made), Technology (Test for machine consciousness has an audience problem), Behavioral Psychology (Why we are not living in a post‑truth era) and Lifestyle (Everything you know about obesity is wrong; Chemical toxicity is affecting fertility rates).
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How the Coronavirus numbers changed so sharply
The toll jumped sharply on Thursday as the way to calculate cases changed. Here is a look at what we know—and what we don't—about the new coronavirus numbers and what they say about the scope of the crisis
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The drama behind Rishi Sunak's accession to UK's finance minister
Treasury chief Sajid Javid abruptly resigned on a difficult day for Prime Minister Boris Johnson. While there had been tension between 10 Downing St. and Javid's Treasury, no one predicted that he would lose his job in a reshuffle that was expected to be relatively modest
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Hypertension Knowing Your Numbers Can Make a Difference
Dr M Shunmugavelu says that understanding your BP numbers and monitoring them regularly helps to achieve healthy blood pressure targets
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Rishi Sunak, son-in-law of Infosys founder Narayana Murthy, named Britain's Finance Minister
Sunak, 39, is married to Murthy's daughter Akshata and was chief secretary to the treasury in the UK government
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Voting on your phone: New elections app ignites security debate
A startup called Voatz says it has developed an app that would allow users to vote securely from anywhere in the world—but where optimists see a more engaged electorate, critics are warning that the move is dangerously irresponsible
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In coronavirus, $45-billion cruise industry faces a big challenge
The cruise lines have faced crises before, but COVID-19, as the virus has been named, whose ultimate worldwide spread is still to be seen, could be its biggest challenge yet
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Tobacco as a culprit for high blood pressure among Indians
A high tobacco consumption among Indians, predisposes them to have hypertension says Dr. Mohd. Rizwanul Haque
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The new school
More edtech subscribers are willing to move from brick-and-mortar classrooms to online
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Coronavirus shock could push Europe into a downturn
The shock may be severe enough to push the vulnerable German economy, and perhaps the entire eurozone, into a recession
