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Leo Mirani, qz.com
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The Western world has turned its back on car culture
A status symbol no more.
Leo Mirani, qz.com
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India’s off-grid, rural mobile towers are creating new businesses – and lighting up homes
150,000 of India’s 400,000 cell towers have unreliable energy supply. Now several companies are turning attention to them.
Leo Mirani, qz.com
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Bill Gates is commissioning art to remind people why vaccines are important
The work, which celebrates vaccination, is part of a series by artists commissioned by the Gates Foundation.
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Trending
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The real reason why Modi says what he does – Hindu India accepts it
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The Assam voter who no longer supports the BJP because of the CAA
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BJP’s street-fighters in coastal Karnataka want a share in power
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Lok Sabha polls: Ladakh MP rallies supporters after BJP drops him from candidate list
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For better or for worse? Shifts in gender norms in India – in 12 charts
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Facebook, here is your year in review!
The year gone by, as told by Facebook.
Leo Mirani, qz.com
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The economies of Mumbai and Uber have the same engine: wealth inequality
The services we take for granted.
Leo Mirani, qz.com
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Facebook to start missed call ads in India
The company has a novel plan to make money through poorer users in the country.
Leo Mirani, qz.com
Video
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Watch: K-Pop singer Aoora sings in Assamese as he collaborates with Nilotpal Bora in a new folk song
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Watch Anu Malik and Sonu Nigam’s impromptu performance of ‘Main Hoon Na’ at Farah Khan’s home
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Watch: Doordarshan newsreader faints on live TV in Kolkata owing to severe heat
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Watch: Spice Girls sing ‘Stop’ as bandmates reunite to celebrate Victoria Beckham’s 50th birthday
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Watch: Over 350 ballerinas come together to break the world record for standing on tip toes
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The problem facing Asia’s emerging smartphone makers is that they don’t make smartphones
Big in India, made in China.
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The numbers that explain why Amazon and eBay are pouring millions into India’s e-commerce market
Online sales of fashion and footwear doubled between 2012 and 2013, but much of the sector remains unorganised.
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Don’t believe the headlines about the 'world’s cheapest city'
The Economist index applies to expats with benefits packages, not locals.
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The Reel
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Watch: In ‘The Big Cigar’, the Black Panther founder flees America through a fake movie
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‘Dil Dosti Dilemma’ review: A feelgood entertainer about young love and old ties
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In ‘Tahader Katha’, the many partitions endured by a freedom fighter
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Watch: Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ trailer
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Start the week with a film: A legend returns in ‘Bob Marley: One Love’