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What we know about the new coronavirus strain discovered in the UK
The new variant of the virus is capable of spreading faster and more easily.
 "What we know about the new coronavirus strain discovered in the UK")
ATC sees huge opportunities in a challenging and competitive market
The firm bought out, recently, Tata group's 12.3 per cent stake in ATC Telecom Tower Infrastructure for Rs 2,480 crore, raising its stake to 91 per cent
 "ATC sees huge opportunities in a challenging and competitive market")
Insurers are going digital, but their systems are far from robust
Many companies are using the building blocks in which they have invested to expand their digital offerings instead of taking the bold gambit of installing a new operating system
 "Insurers are going digital, but their systems are far from robust")
Past imperfect, present better, future uncertain
Incidents of corporate loans turning bad could be less than anticipated, but the banks' challenge will be retail loans. Large-scale job losses will have a bearing on the retail portfolio
 "Past imperfect, present better, future uncertain")
PE/VC investments decline 8% to $41.4 bn during January-November 2020
PE investments in Reliance Group entities accounted for 42%
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Laxmi Prasad: Air India bidder who tried to buy everything under the sun
Prasad is putting his financial muscle behind the employees' resolve to run the airline
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Lakshmi Mittal's journey a year after he came home to buy Essar Steel
It has been a mixed bag for the firm he renamed AMNS India, and while the pain of the downturn and the pandemic has subsided, other issues remain
 "Lakshmi Mittal's journey a year after he came home to buy Essar Steel")
Quiet mediator: Tomar now in the driver's seat amid farmers' protest
Tomar is a mild-mannered man. Never in his life has he been pitchforked into the kind of controversy in which he finds himself
 "Quiet mediator: Tomar now in the driver's seat amid farmers' protest")
Tube Investments looks to reduce dependence on automobile industry
With the largest acquisition in its history, the Murugappa flagship is looking to reduce its dependence on the automobile industry and find new markets
 "Tube Investments looks to reduce dependence on automobile industry")
SC in many shades of grey
In 2019, the SC passed about 1,300 judgments, filling 17 volumes of law journals. In 2020, the output was about 800, though the noise the court created for wrong reasons was far above its performance
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Burger King India vs McDonald's: A new appetite for stock markets
A stock market debut sets up a clash between US rivals as listed peers in India
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Ownership and governance of private sector banks - Part III
The way forward for banking in India: Further issues
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WTO fishing subsidy talks to miss 2020 deadline as China, India baulk
Negotiators were tasked with eliminating subsidies for illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing and prohibiting certain subsidies that contribute to overcapacity and overfishing
 "WTO fishing subsidy talks to miss 2020 deadline as China, India baulk")
Ownership and governance of private sector banks: Part II
Ownership of banks by corporate or industrial groups: What is the need?
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New guidelines likely to make online taxi-hailing business much tougher
The reason: Just a few weeks ago, the Centre has come out with the long-awaited Motor Vehicle Aggregator Guidelines, which have drawn a dismayed response from the companies concerned
 "New guidelines likely to make online taxi-hailing business much tougher")
Respiratory infections in children are up: National Family Health Survey
Adult morbidities rose and child malnutrition worsened in four years
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Move to create an 'integrated doctor' by 2030 will backfire: IMA President
In an interview with Ritwik Sharma, IMA National President Rajan Sharma says that allowing postgraduate ayurveda practitioners to perform surgical procedures will harm ayurveda and health care
 "Move to create an 'integrated doctor' by 2030 will backfire: IMA President")
Decoded: Why Facebook is being sued by the US government and 48 states
Facebook may have to sell Instagram and WhatsApp
 "Decoded: Why Facebook is being sued by the US government and 48 states")
More NREGA job cards, but dip in houses getting 100 days of work
The MGNREGA gained greater significance this year as the pandemic crushed livelihoods across the country
 "More NREGA job cards, but dip in houses getting 100 days of work")
Space wars: Mittal, Musk bet on satellite broadband as telecom's new star
Mittal is planning to invest $2 billion on a once bankrupt low earth orbit constellation satellite company OneWeb to put up more satellites
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