UpFront
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The diplomatic boycott shadowing 2022 Beijing Olympics
Joe Biden and US diplomats, New Zealand and Australian diplomats are all staying home while Vladimir Putin may attend the 24th Winter Olympics in Beijing which is due to open in less than two months—the diplomatic sit-out intends to protest China's repressive policies
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Delivery is on: Can Pizza Hut grab a bigger slice?
Twenty-five years in India and the world's biggest pizza player is still a distant No 2 to Domino's. Can Pizza Hut's latest brand positioning—Dil khol ke delivering—help it deliver a sucker punch?
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Omicron is fast moving, but perhaps less severe, early reports suggest
In the absence of more hard information, governments have reacted to omicron with sharp restrictions on international travel and new vaccination requirements
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Indian mutual funds' AUM jumps five-fold in 10 years to Rs 37.33 lakh crore in 2021
A look at the key numbers and milestones of the mutual fund industry in India, including assets under management, total folios, and more
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Inside Tesla as Elon Musk pushed an unflinching vision for self-driving cars
Unlike technologists at almost every other company working on self-driving vehicles, Musk insisted that autonomy could be achieved solely with cameras tracking their surroundings
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How Venkat Viswanathan built LatentView Analytics into India's IPO blockbuster
The 15-year-old data analytics company has taken the conventional road to growth and profitability by focussing on global clients and Indian talent
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Obesity: Impact on Blood pressure and Tips to tackle it
In this video, Dr. Kyi Soe Tun explains what is obesity and its impact on the heart and blood pressure
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On Syria's ruins, a drug empire flourishes
The drug trade emerged in the ruins of a decade of war, which shattered Syria's economy, reduced most of its people to poverty and left members of Syria's military, political and business elite looking for new ways to earn hard currency and circumvent US economic sanctions
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How TikTok keeps you watching
The app, 2021's central vehicle for youth culture and online culture, displays an endless stream of videos and, unlike the social media apps it is increasingly displacing, serves more as entertainment than as a connection to friends
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How NoBroker turned house-hunting on its head
The proptech company recently became India's first unicorn in the space by directly connecting property owners with property seekers. But can real estate brokers, ubiquitous in India, really be eliminated from deal-making?
