Since the IPKF's withdrawal from Sri Lanka in March 1990, the LTTE's once-powerful influence in Tamil Nadu has faded.
'I have the courage to make mistakes,' says Designer Anamika Khanna, who has brought India international renown.
In January, SIP account closures surpassed new registrations for the first time.
'The Budget must be pro-growth, focusing on infrastructure creation while also managing the fiscal deficit.'
'Understand your financial goals. Next, categorise them by size. Then evaluate your investment options.'
'Expect India to keep doing well irrespective of geopolitics.'
'This is also a time when you realise that short-term trading and dabbling in derivatives may result in financial losses.'
I'...additional concessions, such as opening government procurement, reducing agricultural subsidies, weakening patent protections, and allowing unrestricted data flows -- demands India has resisted for decades.'
'Binary fission will happen -- startups will lead to more startups.'
If as critics point out, the environmental impact assessment study was commissioned only after the auction process got underway with not all the stakeholders getting to know of it, then the government has already compromised the trust it could have enjoyed with Kerala's public including its coastal communities, points out Shyam G Menon.
The biggest releases of 2025 will actually start arriving in theatres from the Independence Day weekend.
'Because the same stupid questions are repeated year after year when an exam should provoke the students to think and not ask repetitive questions.' 'So, what do coaching institutes do? They teach students to memorise these questions and answers without understanding the subject.'
'The size of the investments is important, but equally crucial is the number of jobs that these proposals create.'
While the capital spending is being maintained at 3.1 per cent of the GDP, a little more would have boosted economic growth even further, suggests Rajiv Memani.
Privately, many bankers admit their immediate goal is not growth but slowing the erosion of Casa deposits, reveals Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
Here are some outstanding outfits from her fashion wedding that showcase her as a global fashionista.
'Not only jobs are not being generated, but people are also losing jobs.'
Anticipating US action on tariffs, India seems to have made the first move by revamping its tariff structure by reducing the slabs to eight rates, points out Mukesh Butani.
Except for shooting, a major Olympic sport, most of the top stars in other disciplines will give the National Games a miss.
OOn Sunday, September 1, 2024, for the first time since the Russian invasion took place over two years ago, Ukraine Fashion Week returned to Kyiv.
The TMC-led West Bengal government has already started laying the groundwork for the election, setting the tone with the recent Bengal Global Business Summit and the state Budget.
'I have always looked at people and said, 'You just have to accept. You just have to love. You just have to let this person be and the trouble would be less.' 'But we keep complicating things, and that is the tragedy -- our desire not to understand.'
November was high on the fashion meter as a lot of celebs made dazzling appearances while attending promotional events and at parties.
Chinese smartphone maker OnePlus on Thursday said it plans to invest up to Rs 6,000 crore in its India business over the next three years. The company plans to make the investment in tranches of Rs 2,000 crore annually for the next three years under 'Project Starlight'. OnePlus on Thursday announced an annual investment of Rs 2,000 crore over the next three years to accelerate innovations in products and services in India.
While this will incur a revenue loss amounting to 0.2 per cent of GDP, it will provide a strong boost to consumer sentiment and spending, points out Rajani Sinha.
Uttarakhand will become the first state in independent India to implement the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) on January 27. The UCC will bring about uniformity in the society and ensure equal rights and responsibilities for all citizens. The law was passed by the state assembly in February 2024 and received presidential assent a month later. The UCC will govern and regulate laws relating to marriage and divorce, succession, live-in relationships and related matters. It sets equal marriageable age for men and women, grounds of divorce and procedures across all religions, and bans polygamy and 'halala'.
This year's Sundance Film Festival was rich with films and the theatres were warm, even as temperatures outside dipped to below freezing point. It snowed only once but the sidewalks remained slippery for a few days.
Delhi's crime rate against women stood at 144.4 in 2022 -- the highest among all states and Union Territories.
Arjun Menon looks at 2024's top Web series from South India.
Prachi Dhabal Deb, who began her career as a financial analyst, but found her heart in the field of confectionery art.
She's all the inspiration you need on spotting the happy colour.
'The finance minister has done as much as she can when you look into the fiscal constraints she had.'
'One should not invest more than 5 to 10 per cent of their overall portfolio exposure in global or international funds.'
The Ajrakh print has taken 2024 by the storm.
This will be the first full-year Budget of the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance government since it came to power for a third consecutive term in July last year.
Sedans and hatchbacks have both lost market share to SUVs, which now account for more than 50% share of the 4 million-odd-unit PV market in the country.
Sukanya Verma shows you everything you can expect from the Rohit Shetty brand of film-making.
10 largecaps stocks which stand to gain from the Budget.
Across the board, brands use influencers like a Bhuvan Bam or Kusha Kapila as the second or third rung of their strategy. The first rung is always a celebrity that has been created outside the Internet, through mainstream media.
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