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'It's all just wild': Tech startups reach a new peak of froth
The funding frenzy follows nearly two years of a pandemic when people and businesses increasingly relied on tech, creating bottomless opportunities for startups to exploit
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Rajasthan, Odisha, Maharashtra among the top five states with most human trafficking victims
As per latest numbers from NCRB, more than a thousand human trafficking cases were reported in 2020, but more than 4,000 people, minors and adults included, were trafficked
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80 years ago, the Nazis planned the 'final solution'. It took 90 minutes.
The anniversary of that fateful meeting has a special resonance at a time when survivors of the Holocaust are dwindling and antisemitism and the ideology of white supremacy are resurgent in Europe and the United States, along with attacks targeting Jewish people and ethnic minorities
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99% humanity is worse off since the pandemic; world's 10 richest got richer
The ever widening inequality in gender, income, and race and between countries is stripping the majority of basic human rights while equipping those at top to sit atop their dollar bills to literally reach the moon
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Why sovereign funds are lapping up tech IPOs
During 2021, three sovereign wealth funds—GIC, CPPIB and ADIA—made it to the top ten anchor investor list in India, a reflection of trends like internet penetration, the increasing size of IPOs and their belief in the India story
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What to wear in the metaverse
As more people dip their toes further into the virtual world and need correspondingly more options for self-expression, and more brands and designers step up to provide them, the more liberating and potentially messy the choices become, the more what you put on your avatar is going to matter
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She flew around the world in 155 days. She's only 19
Zara Rutherford dodged giant clouds in Colombia, lightning flashes in Mexico, visa delays and even smog in India to become the youngest woman to circumnavigate the globe solo
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How 5G clashed with an aviation device invented in the 1920s
The radio altimeter, first developed in the 1920s, still plays a crucial role in planes, helping pilots determine a jet's altitude and its distance from other objects
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Storyboard18 - The Great Reshuffle: How are agencies handling it?
From hiring fests to on-boarding regional recruits, advertising and marketing agencies are trying to fill talent gaps in various ways. Here are some measures to stop the talent drain, re-populate quickly, and inject new blood in the industry
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It's not complicated. Microsoft wants activision for its games
In recent years, Microsoft has shifted its focus from its Xbox console to a gaming environment where high-powered devices matter less than the flexibility to play games wherever and however consumers want, whether on an old iPhone or a cheap laptop
