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Trash vigilantes wield tech for a clean India

Bloomberg If you were a pile of garbage on the street in India, here’s what might happen to you now: A concerned citizen takes your picture, then sends it by WhatsApp to the smartphone of the garbage police. Khaki-clad cops jump in their vehicles, rush over and order your cleanup. City officials fine the offender and maybe reward the whistle-blower, ...

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Nothing plain about vanilla

Bloomberg There’s nothing plain about the vanilla market. The price of the bean used to flavour everything from ice cream and chocolate to cola and pastries more than tripled in the past year as output slipped and quality suffered. That should have been a boon for top producer Madagascar, the island nation off Africa’s southeast coast. Instead, the government is ...

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An expression of luxury

Sunaina Rana / EMIRATES BUSINESS Karim Gerber, Middle East Region Manager of Oris watches, is a real man of action. He is devoted to bring brand’s exclusive and latest collection of timepieces to their customers in the region. Oris is a premium luxury brand of watches and Gerber is no stranger to the rarefied world of luxury. He started his ...

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