A mountain village where cashless economy has been thriving for ages

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Ancient Silk Road barter trade continues across High Asia's peaks Trader Afzal Baig tugs at his horse, frustrated by its stubborn refusal to take another step along a treacherous, snow-covered mountain pass that is peppered with the skeletons of those who have already failed the journey. All the star power at Auto Expo 2018 From master blaster Sachin Tendulkar to the king of Bollywood, Shah Rukh Khan, Greater Noida has been seing a bevy of celebrities make their way to this somewhat remote location. Kim Jong Un: North Korea is a 'world-class military power' North Korea staged a military parade in Pyongyang Thursday to mark the 70th anniversary of its armed forces, putting its intercontinental ballistic missiles on show just a day before the Winter Olympics open in the South. Indian-origin schoolgirl cracks Maths Hall of Fame in UK An eight-year-old Indian-origin schoolgirl has entered the UK's Mathletics Hall of Fame, an online mathematics-based competitive tool aimed at primary school pupils. Make money, do good: Women and young invest with purpose Investors increasingly want more than good returns - they want to do good, too, with women and millennials most likely to buy products that seek to save the world, according to a Swiss bank. Check out the art twins of famous CEOs Late last year, Google introduced a feature to its Arts & Culture app that lets you find your own museum doppelgänger. It became the most downloaded app in the iTunes store briefly. Check out some of the leading businessmen with their art lookalikes.

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