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North Korea reports more fevers as Kim claims virus progress

The Daily Dose: May 16, 2022

North Korea reports 8 deaths as the country’s leader laments virus response

How North Korea's Covid-19 outbreak could ignite a major health crisis

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Tourism marketing: A new pitch from God’s Own Country

Kerala’s tourism revival package has new products and a unique positioning with an eye on the post-pandemic domestic traveller

‘Arbitrability’ in times of fast emerging techno-centric businesses in India

The Supreme Court has presented what is called a “four-fold” test to determine the question of arbitrability of the subject matter

India spotlights green shipping

Guidelines for incorporation of green initiatives across ports are in the works

Are these stocks still ‘bank’able?

Lack of enough re-rating drivers is a concern

Why banks may not be able to pass on rate hikes

Being the first major interest rate hike since 2018, banks may have to weigh profitability vs. loan growth

Index Outlook: Will resistance cap the upside in Sensex, Nifty 50?

The broader trend is down and any further rise from here may not sustain

Auroville: An utopian search for a better world

Akash Kapur’s ‘Better to Have Gone’ traces what happens when we believe deeply in a quest and give up everything in its pursuit

Lady doctors and the rocky path to healing

A handbook on India’s first women doctors holds up a mirror to the social and political realities of the 19th and early 20th century

Conquering Everest: A compelling account of how an impossible dream was achieved

Jim Davidson dwells in detail on the failure to make it in the first attempt and the harrowing return to physically and emotionally draining climb up