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What is gender lens investing? Sangita Reddy, Kiran Mazumdar Shaw, Nandini Piramal, and Vani Kola share their thoughts
In 2018, a McKinsey report suggested that India — then the world's fastest-growing economy — cou…
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Remdesivir drug fails to reduce mortality or hospital stay of COVID-19 patients, says WHO study
Remdesivir, one of the earliest touted treatments for COVID-19 in the world, is not effective in pr…
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India’s second richest woman nearly doubles her wealth to $4.6 billion during the COVID-19 pandemic
India’s super-rich club of 100 people has added nine new faces and about $88 billion collectively d…
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India’s surging COVID-19 infections is testing the health infra once again — beds added during lockdown aren’t enough
Soon after he had the stroke, his family rushed to Zen Hospital in Chembur, where the doctors su…
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What India’s rising COVID-19 infections don’t reveal — the lack of health infrastructure in remote areas
India is fast losing the benefits of the lockdown, which was one of the most stringent ones in the …
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Jeff Bezos becomes the first person on Earth to be worth more than $200 billion
Jeff Bezos just became the first person on earth to be worth more than $200 billion. Bezos is…
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An Indian multiplex chain is turning empty theatres into cloud kitchens for home delivery via Zomato— taking on Domino’s and McDonald’s
Carnival Group, which runs India’s third largest multiplex chain by screen count, is set to deliver…
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Mukesh Ambani recovers all the wealth lost early in the lockdown phase— and some more, becoming the world’s ninth richest
Mukesh Ambani made more than what he lost during the lockdown. Just today, the rally in the shares …
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DMart owner Radhakishan Damani added more than $5 billion to his wealth in a year — and the billionaire now wants to take over India Cements
The 74-year old Radhakishan Damani, India’s second richest person and the owner of Avenue Supermart…
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Mukesh Ambani may now partner with Netflix to up the content game
After at least eight investments worth $13 billion in its three-year old Jio, including a stake sal…
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“ALT Balaji was never formed to compete with Netflix or Amazon,” says founder Ekta Kapoor
ALT Balaji, a home grown streaming platform, says it doesn’t want to compete with the giant over-th…
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Indian filmmakers should cut production cost by at least 30%, says Ekta Kapoor
Indian film and television producer Ekta Kapoor believes the budgets for movies should go down by a…
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A Chinese company trump Tata Nano by selling the world’s cheapest car — but it still looks like a giant matchbox
Ratan Tata’s teensy minsy car, the Tata Nano, will no longer be called the world’s cheapest car at …
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Arun Bharat Ram and Arvind Lal — the two businessmen who became billionaires during the lockdown
Coronavirus pandemic has led to a lot of bloodbath in the stock markets around the world. Thousands…
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INOX has 8 movies lined up for release — and it has enough cash to go 6 months without revenue
After being shut for more than 60 days, people might finally be able to go to theatres in the next …
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Akshay Kumar made more money than Jackie Chan, Will Smith, and even Rafael Nadale last year
His upcoming fims include Laxm…
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Vikings Season 5 blurs cooked meat and nudity in India — Netflix pushes blame on Network18
Netflix India has carried a different version of Vikings season 5 where some of the scenes showi…
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Herd immunity in India is a terrible idea, says Harvard Professor
As the number of coronavirus infections increases rapidly, scientists and health experts are clear …
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TikTok looks at an uncertain future in India after downloads fall by 51% in the last two months
India is one of the key markets for TikTok.
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TikTok’s Google Play rating improves to 1.6
TikTok’s Google Play rating for android improved to 1.6 after nearly 4 million views disappeare…
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Tiktok got 4 million comments on Google Play Store dragging down its rating to 1.3 — but it may not disappear yet
Millions of people in India are bombarding 1 star along with negative comments about TikTok on the …
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Faizal Siddiqui’s TikTok acid attack video is adding to the growing list of problems for the platform in India
Twitter users who saw the video are angry and furious saying that Siddiqui should be behind the…
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Here's a breakup of Narendra Modi's ₹20 lakh crore stimulus— RBI measures make up for nearly half of it
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on May 18 announced the last tranche of the ₹20 lakh crore At…
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India to increase expenditure on health — will set up public health labs at block levels in all districts
In a bid to make India ready for future epidemics Nirmala Sitharaman announced that the government …
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From Shakuntala Devi to Ponmagal Vandhal — 7 movies across languages will release first on Amazon Prime and that’s making PVR and INOX anxious
Amazon Prime Videos is hitting the theatres it hurt the most. After announcing the digital release …