UpFront
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United Airlines wants to bring back supersonic air travel
The airline said it was ordering 15 jets that can travel faster than the speed of sound from Boom Supersonic, a startup in Denver, with an option to increase its order by up to 35 planes
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Facebook plans to end hands-off approach to politicians' posts
The change, which is tied to Facebook's decision to bar former President Donald Trump from its site, is a retreat from a policy introduced less than two years ago, when the company said speech from politicians was newsworthy and should not be policed
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Binod Chaudhary: Making it big in Nepal
Binod Chaudhary is Nepal's sole billionaire according to Forbes World Billionaires list for 2021. In his autobiography, 'Making it Big', he writes about building his business, the impact of monarchy and politics, running 160 companies and how he plans to consolidate them now. His company CG Corp Global manufactures the widely popular Wai Wai noodles and has a controlling stake in Nabil Bank. Chaudhary now dreams of a NYSE-listed company—the first one from Nepal
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Cyclones and the pressing concern for India's western coast
The regular occurrence of cyclones off the warm waters highlight the pressing concern for India's Western Coast as surface sea temperatures rise. The possibility of severe cyclonic damage to natural resources is just as grave as it is for man-made infrastructure
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Internet and Indians: Growth in new active users higher in rural than urban India in 2020
India's active internet users is likely to reach 900 million by 2025, a new report estimates—here's a quick look at where India's internet users live, the digital divide in urban vs rural, and the gender divide
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New NASA missions will study Venus, a world overlooked for decades
In the past year, a neglected Venus reentered the planetary limelight after a team of scientists claimed they had discovered compelling evidence for microbes living in the clouds of Venus where temperatures remain comfortably warm instead of scorching
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Why China's hated tech titan decided to play nice
No longer Public Enemy No. 1, Tencent now enjoys a status akin to an enlightened ruler of an expansive tech empire, with a big chunk of the Chinese internet industry now belonging to what's known as the Tencent ecosystem
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News By Numbers: Paytm's $3 billion IPO is on the horizon
A look at the key numbers of the mobile wallet-to-fintech decacorn
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How Tata Motors became India's third-largest carmaker
From a paltry 4.8 percent market share in FY20, Tata Motors today has a market share of over 9 percent. The company, with a 69 percent growth in sales in FY21, is now busy scripting a remarkable turnaround
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Naomi Osaka and the changing power dynamics in sports
Intentionally or not, Osaka stands at the leading edge of a broad, transformational movement in athlete empowerment, and what she does with this role will say a great deal about the power shift, for better or worse
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How the world ran out of everything
As the pandemic hampered factory operations and sown chaos in global shipping, many economies around the world have been bedevilled by shortages of a vast range of goods, from electronics to lumber to clothing