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The Corporate Culture Wars Have a Strange New Coalition

(Bloomberg Opinion) — A new development in the culture wars is about to create a fresh set of headaches for corporate America. Issues that left-wing advocacy groups have been heckling companies about for decades are increasingly being taken up by the right — a shift that’s adding complexity and risk for CEOs already struggling to navigate this moment’s deep ideological rifts.

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Why Are 90% of India’s Drug-Resistant Infections Going Untreated?

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In 2019, India saw an estimated 1.07 million people infected with deadly, drug-resistant bacteria. Fewer than 8 per cent received the treatment they needed. According to a new study published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases, “only 7.8% of infections [in India] were treated appropriately,” leaving almost a million patients without life-saving care. The bacteria in

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Indian summers are getting hotter, but is it the heat or is it us?

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Every summer, a familiar question surfaces across India, echoing from homes to newsrooms: is it genuinely hotter, or have we simply become more sensitive? This isn’t just some nostalgic lament or biological quirk. The evidence is clear and uncompromising: India’s heat is intensifying, creeping in earlier, stretching longer, and striking deeper than ever before. What’s

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879 days on, senior citizens keep the fight alive for now-shut Doordarshan Kendra in Hisar

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On Sunday morning, nearly half a dozen retired government employees, including an elderly couple, a person with mobility impairment and a farmer, gathered outside the building of Hisar Doordarshan (DD) Kendra to resume their sit-in against the relocation of the public broadcaster’s operations to Chandigarh nearly two years ago. None of the protesters, who are

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LA Fires Revive Trauma For Homeowners Battling Insurance Claims

UK Shifts War Footing To ‘Always-On’ Munitions Production

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The UK will create an “always on” munitions production capacity to allow it to scale-up its defense industry when needed, as it increasingly shifts to a war footing with Russia’s assault on Ukraine showing little sign of ending. Prime Minister Keir Starmer’s government will invest £1.5 billion to build six munitions factories, designed to bolster

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Interview: Air India CEO says airline looking to replace tie-up with Turkish aircraft maintenance company

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Amid continuing military tensions with Pakistan, Air India is exploring alternatives to replace Turkiye-based aircraft maintenance provider, Turkish Technic, following boycott calls sparked by Ankara’s support for Pakistan during last month’s cross-border strikes. Simultaneously, the airline has requested the government for $600 million annual subsidy to counter losses from flight disruptions triggered by Pakistan’s airspace

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Looking Back at the Good Old Days of Growth Under Biden

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(Bloomberg Opinion) — The US economy did not quite manage 3% annual economic growth during Joe Biden’s four years as president. Real (that is, inflation-adjusted) gross domestic product grew an annualized 2.8% from his first to last quarter in office, according to data released last week by the US Bureau of Economic Analysis, and the average

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As a new academic year is set to begin, an invitation to another wave of college students

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A file photo of an annual book distribution by RYA Book Bank. If you popped by ryabookbank.com now, you would notice the home-page header has relinquished its top slot, offering it magnanimously to a tangerine-coloured panel. It is the season (one returning every year) when this transfer of power happens. Ensconced at the top, the

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Adani-owned Mumbai Airport’s cash deposit rules trigger lobbying efforts from IndiGo, Air India

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NEW DELHI (Reuters) -The airport in India’s financial capital of Mumbai, run by the Adani Group, has triggered a lobbying effort by top carriers IndiGo and Air India after it changed payment rules, citing financial needs and a risk of airline defaults, documents show. Also Read | Air India lobbies government to axe IndiGo lease

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Hegseth Wins Praise But Asia Still Has Strong Doubts About Trump

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After US military allies in Europe were torched by Vice President JD Vance in March over military spending, free speech and the war in Ukraine, America’s partners in Asia warily awaited Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s arrival at a security conference in Singapore. Turns out there was little reason to worry, apart from the perpetual anxiety

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The Corporate Culture Wars Have a Strange New Coalition

Why Are 90% of India’s Drug-Resistant Infections Going Untreated?

Indian summers are getting hotter, but is it the heat or is it us?

879 days on, senior citizens keep the fight alive for now-shut Doordarshan Kendra in Hisar

UK Shifts War Footing To ‘Always-On’ Munitions Production

Interview: Air India CEO says airline looking to replace tie-up with Turkish aircraft maintenance company

Looking Back at the Good Old Days of Growth Under Biden

As a new academic year is set to begin, an invitation to another wave of college students

Adani-owned Mumbai Airport’s cash deposit rules trigger lobbying efforts from IndiGo, Air India

Hegseth Wins Praise But Asia Still Has Strong Doubts About Trump

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