UpFront
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Rare whiskey collection expected to fetch $10 million at auction
Among the bottles to be sold in two separate auctions in February and April are some from Scottish distilleries that are no longer operating, including the Stromness Distillery, which closed in the 1920s, and Dallas Dhu, which closed in 1983 and now houses a museum
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High blood pressure linked to Indian ethnicity and salt consumption
Dr. RM Saboo talks about the high risk of hypertension in Indians, and why salt is one of the major causes
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High blood pressure: A condition worth avoiding in everyone
Hypertension can lead to severe health complications, and can even harm the Fetus during Pregnancy, says Dr. Balwant Kumar
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Gujarat salt industry hit by US-China trade war
China is the largest importer of Indian salt, 80 percent of which comes from Gujarat. As demand for its finished products is falling, so is that of the raw material used, causing the state's salt manufacturers and farmers losses of more than Rs 100 crore
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Will Russia be thrown out of the 2020 Olympics on Monday?
A primer on the latest doping scandal engulfing Moscow, and why this story sounds familiar
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U.S. job growth stays on streak, defying anxiety
At 3.5%, November was the 21st consecutive month with an unemployment rate of 4% or lower and the employment report featured payroll increases of 266,000, offering a counterpoint to recent anxieties about an escalating trade war and weakening global economy
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Best Books of 2019, picked by The New York Times critics
It has been a year of big, bold literary ambition. The New York Times' three daily book critics—Dwight Garner, Parul Sehgal and Jennifer Szalai—share their thoughts about their favorites among the books they reviewed this year, each list alphabetical by author
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Who's hacking your Spotify?
Digital incursions can be unsettling but often impersonal—one doesn't think about one's hacker too often. That seems to be less true when it comes to music. When a Spotify account gets hacked, the hackee is able to see the music the hacker has chosen, and a portrait of the hacker often emerges
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Ten interesting things we read this week
Some of the most fascinating topics covered this week are: Investment (What millennials want from their personal finances), Technology (Oil is the new data; An epidemic of AI misinformation), Business (GM crops like Golden Rice will save the lives of hundreds of thousands of children), and India (Nine women scientists who are doing phenomenal work; Why is India staring at a middle —income trap)
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Saudi Aramco to raise $25.6 billion in biggest IPO ever
And the total could go higher. The company said underwriters could decide to sell an additional quantity of shares that would raise the proceeds to $29.4 billion
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Uber: 3,045 sexual assaults reported in U.S. rides last year
Uber offers a rare window into its safety records, choosing to be transparent about cataloging sexual assaults, murders and crash fatalities as it has faced growing pressure over these issues