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India’s most famous couturier Rohit Bal lived by his heart and died by it

A long-time fashion editor on the designer’s crowd-pulling persona that glossed over the empath he was 




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Fusion is their mantra

Picking up local ideas and incorporating them into their designs is the strategy adopted by Vijay and Meghal Arya of Ahmedabad.




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Housing the tree

Ever thought of living comfortably on a tree? Check out the concept, says Sathya Prakash Varanashi




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Designer Sanjay Garg of Raw Mango fuses Mughal and Rajputana traditions in his latest festive line

Raw Mango’s Sanjay Garg fuses Mughal and Rajputana traditions to create a joyful line in jewel tones for the festive season




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Ceramist Rahul Kumar’s installations in his new show are a deviation from his previous experiments with clay

Ceramic artist Rahul Kumar’s tenth solo exhibition, The Untold Resides Somewhere, is a labyrinth of emotive, lexical and metaphorical expressions for “preserving the discarded”



  • Life & Style

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ICC World Cup | It takes more than just teams to make a match; fans are important too 

In denying visas for fans from Pakistan for the cricket world cup, India have displayed a churlishness that sits badly on a nation of its size and influence




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Sportsmen have a platform — some use it well, others waste it

In a country of a billion and a half, you can’t make a statement without millions finding fault with it. Social media trolls are a menace, so players keep out of their way.




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Column | Inside the coastal Muslim kitchen

From kuzhi paniyarams with Dutch ties to the local cousin of the East African injera, Tamil Nadu’s coastal food shows us that history is preserved not just in our museums but also in our kitchens




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Test cricket | West Indies give us a peep into the past, England into the future

If fortune favours the brave, it also tends to desert the timid, which is what India were in the Hyderabad Test




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India’s emerging 150-plus bowlers need careful looking after

A bowler in the 150kmph category is a jewel, and needs to be handled with love, not a word used in sporting contexts.




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Incompetence rights a wrong, but for how long? | On the import of Salman Rushdie’s Satanic Verses

Perhaps the notification that banned the import of Salman Rushdie’s Satanic Verses was as fictitious as the characters in the novel




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US will stay in global climate fight despite Trump, says Podesta

Yet John Podesta, senior adviser to the president for international climate policy, also struck an apologetic tone at the start of the United Nations COP29 summit in Azerbaijan. The expected pullback by the world’s second-largest greenhouse gas emitter, he acknowledged, comes even “as the dangers we face grow ever-more catastrophic.”




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Reliance Industries to invest ₹65,000 crore in Andhra Pradesh biogas venture

This is the largest clean energy investment by Reliance Energy in India outside of Gujarat




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Zydus Lifesciences reports 13.7 per cent rise in Q2 net

The revenues rose 20 per cent to ₹5,237 crore for the period




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Host nation Azerbaijan hits out at West in defence of oil and gas industry

Comments come on the second day of summit at which close to 200 nations are meeting to discuss how they can cut fossil fuel emissions




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India’s path to a $70-billion gaming industry: GDAI President

Sridhar Muppidi, President of the Game Developers Association of India discusses gaming industry landscape, its potential, and challenges




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Excess rains spurs use of more herbicides this kharif cropping season

Agrochemical makers have seen sales of herbicides going up this kharif season, even though the offtake in other categories such as insecticides and fungicides were muted




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Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages net profit soars in FY24, revenues up 10 per cent

As part of this strategy, it divested company-owned bottling operations to independent bottlers in Rajasthan, Bihar, parts of West Bengal and North East during FY24




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Jai Balaji Industries’ net profit down 24%, shares to split 1:5

The Board approved splitting of each equity share of face value of Rs 10 each into 5 equity shares of face value of Rs 2 each




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Eveready Industries consolidated profit jumps 16% for Q2FY25

The company’s revenue remained flat at Rs ₹362.61 crore for the quarter under review as against Rs ₹364.89 crore for the corresponding period last fiscal, according to a stock exchange filing




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Russia committed on signing free trade pact between India and EAEU, says Manturov

Jaishankar, Manturov direct working groups to work towards enhancing market access to meet $100 bn trade target by 2030




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Merger regulation ushers in a regime of fairplay

It will promote ease of doing business, while at the same time safeguarding consumer welfare




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Take recovery from ‘avoidance transactions’ seriously, IBBI tells creditors. 

Recovery for creditors could go up at least 10 per cent on such approach, says IBBI Chief Mital; Till Sep 2024, total clawback on avoidance transactions applications stood at ₹7,516 crore




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Mobile display assembly with or without support to attract basic custom duty of 10 per cent: CBIC

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence recently booked Vivo and Oppo for mis-declaration of certain items




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Lenovo M10 Plus tablet launched

The Tab M10 Plus (3rd Gen) is powered by an octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 680 chipset with 6GB RAM and 128GB storage​ to deliver good multimedia experience and mobile gaming performance



  • Mobiles & Tablets

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Apple cuts production of iPhone 14 Plus: Report

The company is re-evaluating demand for the mid-range model, the report said




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Nokia G11 Plus review: Plain Jane, but a keeper?

The Nokia G11 Plus offers a few goodies in terms of its display and battery, but falls short in other ways.




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A refined revision: OnePlus 11R

A more affordable version of the flagship, this one is designed to be a crowd favourite. 




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Optiemus enters into JV with Corning International to produce ‘Made in India’ mobile glass covers

The 70:30 JV between Optiemus and Corning will help expand India’s electronics manufacturing ecosystem



  • Mobiles & Tablets

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Apple Event 2023: iPhone 15 to come with USB-C

This move is the most radical change for iPhones since the lightning port standard was adopted by Apple in 2012.




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Apple iPhone 15: Pricing in India versus other countries

Apple’s iPhone 15 series includes iPhone 15, iPhone 15 Plus, iPhone 15 Pro, and iPhone 15 Pro Max




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OnePlus launches specially designed Genshin Impact smartphone 

The OnePlus 12R Genshin Impact Edition will be available for purchase in India from March 19




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Apple apologises for iPad Pro 'Crush' ad, Ad Age says

The advertisement titled "Crush" has over a million views on Apple's YouTube channel




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ASUS expands in south India, opens new store in Bengaluru

PC maker has increased its market share from 6 to 18 per cent and plans to capture 25-30 per cent of the consumer PC segment in the country




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Maharashtra Polls Exclusive: `Rs 125 Cr Transferred To 200 Accounts, Withdrawn Overnight`; Deal Done For Muslim Votes?

In today's DNA, the Zee News anchor analysed the transfer of a huge amount of money to 200 Accounts ahead of polls in Maharashtra.




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Kerala`s `Collector Bro` And Fellow IAS Officer Suspended Over ‘Indiscipline’

The government’s suspension orders on Monday night cited both officers’ actions as serious indiscipline and violations of the All India Service Conduct Rules, 1968. 




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Jóhann Jóhannsson's powerful music-narrative




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It’s Australia again




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Customer sensitivity – begins with appreciation of ourselves

To be effective in a selling profession, whether it be sales or after-sales requires two distinct attributes; the skill or knowledge and the will or willingness.




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We grow as human beings because of the relationships we nourish, foster





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The house hunt: The tale of every single woman with a career




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Capitalism Re-jigged, you must be joking

Surviving Self-Distancing - Day 2




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Let us start at the beginning

Surviving Self-Distancing - Day 20




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#BlackLivesMatter: Is America on the road to justice?

Will the Black Lives Matter live up to the legacy set forth by Martin Luther King Jr and others?




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Why parties must choose democracy to end generational fights

The ‘high command’ culture must give way to intra-party democracy.




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Amused of being human

Community is more than just a mere word, it defines our existence




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India equity market’s dominance is susceptible

India’s valuation premium of over 100 percent over EM rivals is a bit discomforting, say experts




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Of demanding customers ... or not




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Plus-sized clothes and the economics of sales