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A temporary telecom glitch at India’s largest stock exchange has rattled the country’s government and regulators.On Feb. 24, the National St...

With an economy in slow recovery, and the burden of education loans higher than ever, US president Joe Biden is facing increasing pressure f...

India’s Covid-19 vaccination drive for a part of its general population came with teething issues on day 1.On March 1, the Indian government...

The white hatchback slowed down as it approached the toll plaza. At the wheels was a middle-aged Sikh man and in the passenger seat an old w...

As Indians sit down to register their eligible family members for the Covid-19 vaccine, one question dominates the decision to take the shot...

If you like movies but hate other people, theaters have created a solution that could last even after the pandemic: renting out your own aud...

In the early days of Covid-19, people from Zimbabwe to Tanzania turned to home remedies for a disease about which little was known. But now,...

Good morning, Quartz readers!Here’s what you need to knowThe US House passed the stimulus bill. The Biden administration’s $1.9 trillion rel...

The alleged crime: democracy. The punishment: up to life imprisonment.Nearly 50 prominent Hong Kong democracy activists who were formally ch...

Mukesh Ambani has yet again displayed his seriousness towards technology but experts believe it might be too soon to call his oil-to-telecom...

India has pushed the pedal on its Covid-19 vaccine drive.Beginning today (March 1), Indians above the age of 60, and those below 60 but with...

While Bitcoin is scaling new heights and is embraced by heavyweights like Elon Musk, India’s central bank doesn’t seem to have faith in cryp...

The US Small Business Administration (SBA) is expected to issue a rule as soon as Monday that will make loans from the Paycheck Protection P...

African entertainment startups had their best funding year on record last year, even as they struggle to find business models that work in t...

Years of water contamination from raw sewage is plaguing one of South Africa’s biggest water bodies, the Vaal Dam, on which about 19 million...

Hi Quartz Africa readers!African entertainment startups had their best funding year on record in 2020, even as they struggle to find busines...

The US government has spent lavishly to boost the economy during the pandemic, and Americans like it—like it so much, in fact, that history...

What do Tesla, Square, bitcoin, and Shopify have in common? Yes, they are all red hot and bubbly. But they have also been blessed by Cathie...

Intellectual property is the lifeblood of entertainment, and Hollywood badly needs a transfusion.Stuck recycling the same ideas and producin...

In the second quarter of 2020, as the Covid-19 pandemic kicked off in earnest and personal protective equipment grew scarce, face masks acco...

New reports of Ebola in Guinea are causing anxiety given the history of the west Africa outbreak of 2014-2016. This was the largest Ebola ou...

Good morning, Quartz readers!In a few months, Jeff Bezos will step down as CEO of the sprawling empire that he founded nearly 27 years ago,...

In a few months, Jeff Bezos will step down as CEO of the sprawling empire that he founded nearly 27 years ago, taking on the role of executi...

Compared to other regions, Amazon’s physical presence in Africa is limited. And yet at the same time, Amazon is everywhere.The company has n...

Every year, Jeff Bezos, like the CEOs of many publicly traded companies, writes a letter to shareholders. Reading through those letters now,...