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How extreme heat affected Delhi street vendors

Over 80 per cent of the street vendors surveyed in Delhi reported a decline in customers during heatwave days in April and May, and around 50 per cent experienced significant income loss, according......

Now, Indian-origin elderly motel owner shot dead in US

A 76-year-old Indian-origin motel owner was shot dead by a customer in the United States state of Alabama following an altercation over a room, the latest in a string of tragedies to shock the......

Death would have been better, cry Shimla landslide victims

"Death would have been better than going through this nightmare with nowhere to go and no shoulder to cry on," says Promila who lost everything when a room in a building she stayed in crumbled in a......

The Village of Heroes

The village in Maharashtra has continuously sent soldiers to the army since World War I. Every other person you meet is a soldier or a retired soldier or is aspiring to be a soldier. Text: Archana......

PM's gifts to 80-yr-old Biden include traditional 'Das Danams'

Prime Minister Narendra Modi has gifted United States President Joe Biden a special sandalwood box which highlights the value and respect Indian tradition associates with experience, officials......

The Lives PSU Bankers Lead

A peek into the life of a public-sector banker who did well professionally, but paid a price for it, points out Tamal Bandyopadhyay. Illustration: Dominic Xavier/Rediff.com A column on what......

Budget 2024: KPMG urges FM to double standard deduction

Doubling standard deduction to Rs 1 lakh, increasing tax break on interest paid on housing loan and rationalisation of capital gains tax regime are some of the expectations that consultancy firm......

Ultra-luxury housing in India sees shift to ultra-customised marketing

With the rise of ultra-luxury housing in India comes ultra-customised marketing. Photograph: Christopher Pike/Reuters Developers selling high-end homes, priced above Rs 20 crore, are moving away......

40-year-old fintech gurus need 60-year-olds to handhold them

The message is clear: The 60-year-old wise uncles need to handhold the 40-year-old entrepreneurs when, obsessed with ambition and greed for growth, they become a victim of hubris, points out Tamal......

What Led To Paytm's Big Fall

At the heart of Paytm's slide lies the abject failure of its Super App strategy, notes Indrajit Gupta. IMAGE: Vijay Shekhar Sharma. Photograph: ANI Photo For more than three weeks now, the......

The Crown Has Lost Its Way

Was descending into the telling of only Diana's tale in four long, slightly-draggy soap-opera-ish episodes of the last season the original premise of The Crown? asks Vaihayasi Pande Daniel. IMAGE:......

'India Is Ready For The World!'

'Never in the history of Indian cinema did we have a distribution system for 240 countries, but we have it now.''And if we still keep catering to the B and C-tiers of our country, and not the whole......

Have You Read This Story About Hope?

'The Elephant Whisperers is a hopeful story of respect and cooperation with nature in an era rife with conflict and threat to our beautiful planet.' IMAGE: 'There was never a moment when......

80 Moments of Amitabh Bachchan Magic!

This isn't a compilation of his best films, biggest blockbusters or important milestones, but moments that swept Sukanya Verma off the floor, blew her heart into smithereens, regaled her with their......

'Where did Kapil Sharma learn to act like this?'

'Karenge aur kaam, sir. Zindagi bahut choti hai, ideas bahut sare hain.' IMAGE: Kapil Sharma as Manas in Zwigato. Kapil Sharma has made a career laughing at and with Bollywood stars like Shah Rukh......

PIX: F1 die-hard fans follow the action from hills

IMAGE: Fans watch on from a hill outside the circuit during qualifying for the F1 Grand Prix of Hungary at Hungaroring on Saturday. Photograph: Joe Klamar/Pool via Getty Images The novel......

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