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COVID lockdown-related school disruptions will continue to worsen students’ exam results into the 2030s: study
The study explored the consequences of pandemic-induced school closures on children's socio-emotion…
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New variant of H5N1 bird flu spreads to marine mammals, heightening concerns for human transmission
Alarmingly, all samples from Argentina, encompassing sea lions, fur seals, and terns, tested positi…
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11.9 lakh excess deaths in 2020 during the pandemic, 8 times more than official estimates, notes a recent study
Looking at social groups, the researchers found that high caste Hindu groups experienced a life exp…
PTI
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Women-led self help groups were instrumental in ensuring Indians had food on their plates during the COVID-19 lockdown
To say that conditions were grim in the early phases of the pandemic is an understatement. Studies …
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Pop stars got millions in pandemic aid that raised red flags for their accountants but they took the cash anyways
Top accountants for superstar musicians at NKSFB worried their clients could not legally claim COVI…
Jack Newsham
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Brain scans show teen girls aged 4 years faster than boys during COVID lockdowns. We asked the researcher what that means long-term.
A study found that teen girls' brains aged 4.2 years faster than average during the pandemic. They …
Julia Pugachevsky
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China stocks have wiped out all of their gains since reopening from pandemic lockdowns
Over the past week alone, foreign investors dumped a net 24 billion yuan, or $3.3 billion, of onsho…
Jennifer Sor
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Bird flu could jump to humans any day. A former surgeon general says it feels like 2020 again.
H5N1 avian flu virus is spreading in cattle herds. Former surgeon general Jerome Adams, who served …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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The 91-year-old owner of the iconic Hollywood Arby's has closed the restaurant after 55 years due to the pandemic and California's $20 minimum wage
Since the Arby's restaurant opened in January 1969, it had only had one owner: Marilyn Leviton, now…
Grace Dean
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Boom2Bust: Streaming services slip after their pandemic-highs
The dullness that’s seeped into the OTTs is not just because of screen fatigue and too many options…
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The economy's gone from strength to strength after the pandemic but no one quite knows why, or what comes next
The US economy just keeps defying doomsayers' warnings of a stock-market crash and recession. Here'…
Theron Mohamed
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This World Mental Health Day, let's unlock the behavioural effects of lockdown
Young adults, less than 30 years old, showed significant changes in their behaviour after Covid, a …
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99% of Americans will be financially worse-off than they were pre-pandemic by mid-2024, JPMorgan says
Within months, all but the top 1% of consumers will likely be doing worse than they were before COV…
Phil Rosen
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Elon Musk dumped 75% of Tesla's bitcoin last quarter, and wants out of his deal to buy Twitter. Plunging asset prices and recession fears may explain why
Musk may be having second thoughts as Tesla, Twitter, and bitcoin have plunged in value this year, …
Theron Mohamed
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Pandemic put a break on female-led movies, says Bhumi Pednekar
Actor Bhumi Pednekar says the coronavirus pandemic-induced lockdown led to cost cutting and thus af…
PTI
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China will stick to its 'zero Covid' strategy even if it hurts the country's economy, Xi Jinping says
"Our country has a large population. Such strategies as 'herd immunity' and 'lying flat' would lead…
Waiyee Yip
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Travel jobs go up by 44% in a year, gig roles in demand
In August 2023, the Indian tourism sector experienced a surge in demand for talent, with an annual …
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The Quick and the Dead: How fast food players lost their pandemic boom effect
Fast food helped Indians get over the pandemic blues — as pizzas, burgers and fried chicken helped …
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Residential projects launched post-RERA show much better completion rate
The Real Estate Regulatory Act (RERA) was introduced in 2016-17 with the primary objective of addre…
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Zoom boomed during the pandemic, but the return-to-work drive means it's ready for a radical change
"Our logo and our brand — it's a blessing and a curse because everybody knows Zoom but everybody kn…