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The stock market vs. the hunger index: The painful display of India’s inequality during the pandemic
Quartz ( Middle East ) 2021/1/18One of the world’s top 10 richest men is Indian, but nearly a fourth of the world’s poorest people live in India. And Covid-19 only made thi...
- Quartz ( Middle East ) 2021/1/18
At Quartz at Work, we often think about the workplace as just another arena in which life happens. It’s a setting for relationship building,...
- Quartz ( Middle East ) 2021/1/18
The era of New York Police Department (NYPD) officers supervising, arresting, and fining street vendors in New York City is officially over....
- Quartz ( Middle East ) 2021/1/17
The plane had hit turbulence—the rollicking kind that makes some people cry out, while others grip their armrests tightly, and mutter a pray...
- Quartz ( Middle East ) 2021/1/17
Sit down, buckle your seatbelt, take the key out of the ignition, close your eyes—and breathe.Now, imagine your car as a sanctuary. Can you...
- Quartz ( Middle East ) 2021/1/17
If you’re looking for a way to feel more centered these days, one of the best things you can do is to take up a mindfulness practice—and the...
- Quartz ( Middle East ) 2021/1/17
Take a deep breath through your nose and count to five, filling your lungs like a balloon. Now let it all out, exhaling a long, slow breath...
- Quartz ( Middle East ) 2021/1/17
The ability to adapt to changing environments has deep roots. In a technology-driven world, people tend to conflate adaptability with techno...
- Quartz ( Middle East ) 2021/1/17
Despite a downturn in Africa’s economy for the first time in 25 years in the wake of the global pandemic, investor interest in the continent...
- Quartz ( Middle East ) 2021/1/16
Uganda’s president Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, has been declared winner of the country’s controversial election putting him on a journey to exte...
- Quartz ( Middle East ) 2021/1/16
WhatsApp may have delayed its plans to share its commercial user data with parent company Facebook due to global outcry over privacy but eve...
- Quartz ( Middle East ) 2021/1/16
To call the forthcoming US presidential inauguration of Joe Biden unprecedented would be an understatement. Covid-19 demands social distanci...
- Quartz ( Middle East ) 2021/1/16
Leaders with authoritarian tendencies and social media don’t mix well. There’s evidence of this in India, and most recently in the US, when...
- Quartz ( Middle East ) 2021/1/16
“Climate risk is investment risk,” concluded BlackRock CEO Larry Fink in his annual letter to chief executives this month. With climate chan...
- Quartz ( Middle East ) 2021/1/16
Do you have a stock portfolio, retirement account, or pension in the US? You’re probably invested in multiple S&P 500 companies.In light of...
- Quartz ( Middle East ) 2021/1/16
Millions of Americans are still unemployed months into the pandemic, but there is one segment of the economy where hiring is booming.As more...
- Quartz ( Middle East ) 2021/1/15
As US president-elect Joe Biden prepares to be sworn into office next week, he’s assembling a team to lead some of the most important initia...
- Quartz ( Middle East ) 2021/1/15
In the aftermath of an insurgency that briefly occupied the US Capitol, corporate America is flexing its political muscle. Unfortunately for...
- Quartz ( Middle East ) 2021/1/15
On Dec. 30. the EU and China agreed in principle on a deal that will govern their bilateral investment going forward.The Comprehensive Agree...
- Quartz ( Middle East ) 2021/1/15
India’s mass immunisation plan for Covid-19 hinges on some of the lowest-paid workers in its healthcare system.The first phase of the vaccin...
- Quartz ( Middle East ) 2021/1/15
With Democrats unexpectedly set to control both houses of Congress for the first time in over a decade, US president-elect Joe Biden has lai...
- Quartz ( Middle East ) 2021/1/15
Netflix has produced diversity reports every quarter since 2013, but this week it released its first inclusion report, meant to be a holisti...
- Quartz ( Middle East ) 2021/1/15
The urgency of vaccinating nursing home residents is evident in the numbers. The Covid-19 pandemic has claimed the lives of more than 136,00...
- Quartz ( Middle East ) 2021/1/14
The next phase of Marvel’s superhero cinematic universe—the most expensive and highest-grossing film series of all time—will begin with a te...
- Quartz ( Middle East ) 2021/1/14
Word came down to the Bureau of Economic Analysis in 2019: We’d like you to measure the American space economy, please.The task fell into th...