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'Don't seek compliance until Delhi HC decides on Code of Ethics validity': Online news publishers to MIB
As their main petitions are pending before the Delhi HC, The Wire and The Quint want the court to restrain government from taking coercive action against them for not furnishing information. Alt News has also joined the fray against the Code
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In the wake of India's Covid-19 crisis, a 'black fungus' epidemic follows
The coronavirus pandemic has drawn stark lines between rich nations and poor, and the mucormycosis epidemic in India stands as the latest manifestation
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Soviets once denied an Anthrax leak. US scientists backed the story
Many scientists believe that the virus that caused the Covid-19 pandemic evolved in animals and jumped at some point to humans, but scientists are also calling for deeper investigation of the possibility of an accident at the Wuhan Institute of Virology
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Real estate: Still a land of plenty?
Your need for and use of the physical spaces you had grown accustomed to have either changed or been eliminated, at least for now, amid the pandemic. This in turn has billion-dollar implications for the industry that builds and leases out such spaces: real estate
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Can FamPay slay it in India's fintech space?
The neo-banking startup for teenagers has whipped up excitement among users and VCs, but can navigating the regulated fintech ecosystem be child's play?
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A pill to treat Covid-19? The U.S. is betting on it
If all goes well, some of those first pills could be ready by the end of the year
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Why American women everywhere are delaying motherhood
A major reason women are able to be more intentional about when to have children is better access to birth control
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Ten interesting things we read this week
Some of the most fascinating topics covered this week are: Productivity (From John Steinbeck to Maya Angelou all swore by this weird productivity trick), Investing (Guy Fieri Theory of Investing in the Internet Age; Don't call bitcoin a bubble), Technology (Facebook is a doomsday machine?), Management (Engineering a culture of psychological safety) and Covid (Meet the group giving virus-origin theories a DRASTIC reality check
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Can the future of ecommerce be beyond home deliveries? This Polish parcel king bets on it
Five years ago, Rafał Brzoska was on the brink of bankruptcy. Now, his bet has made him into a billionaire
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Over Rs 20,700 crore: That's how much money Indians have stowed in Swiss banks
In 2020, Indians parked 2.55 billion Swiss francs or Rs 20,700 crore in Swiss banks, up from 899 million in 2019. Here's an approximate breakup of the holdings
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Knocking at the door of stagflation or merely a few quarters of rising inflation?
Every household in India has been paying more for groceries over the last year. In May, India's retail inflation rose sharply to 6.3 percent on a year-on-year basis and breached RBI's 4 percent threshold