Fourth seed Iga Swiatek solved crossword puzzles during an hour-long rain interruption on Thursday but kept her focus to earn a 6-4, 7-6(5) victory over Russia's Ekaterina Alexandrova and reach the Bad Homburg Open semi-finals.
The entire impact of Trump's tariff policies over the last six months or so has taken the whole world back, and India too had a bit of a jolt just two to three days ago, Tharoor said.
The LBSNAA in Mussoorie is a premier research and training institute on public policy and public administration in India.
According to three people in the know, it is exploring various options, including alliances and joint ventures, and may even exit the business altogether.
'I enjoyed my fiery exchanges with Akshay Kumar, who was extremely gracious and generous when the camera was not rolling. I enjoyed locking horns with him in court.'
Prajakta wears many hats-YouTube creator, influencer, actress but now she is a romance novel author.
The country's oldest book awards saw some interesting wins.
Translated works were also given their due, while Kiran Desai won the popular fiction award.
Sari tips to nick from Esha Gupta's wardrobe.
For Sanjeev Kumar, it was the role, and what he could do with it, that mattered.
These are some of the controversial but interesting questions the late Alyque Padamsee has raised in his last book, Let Me Hijack Your Mind.
'Rani has changed Adi for the better. If he is happy, why should I not be happy?'
India's largest bookstore chain Crossword released its annual list of the bestselling books of the year. Keep clicking to find out what India has been reading this year.
When it comes to books, it's been a year of plenty.
The attack on Rushdie sent shock waves around the world, with world leaders and literary stalwarts saying they were appalled at the attack on the author who championed free speech and lived under the threat of assassination for nearly half his life.
Every twist and turn in KMC's civil service career is attributed to serendipity, an aptitude for making desirable discoveries by accident. He plays down his capabilities, which took him to the top of the civil service as the Cabinet Secretary or his misfortune in losing a daughter in her prime and suggests that his career was indeed serendipitous, observes Ambassador T P Sreenivasan.
'Kalnirnay is like a bible for any family.'
At a time when even family relationships have come under strain over political differences, how have Mahesh Bhatt and Anupam Kher remained friends despite their ideological differences?
The Income-Tax (I-T) Department nowadays provides pre-filled forms to make the filing of income-tax return (ITR) easier. Nonetheless, you must have a number of documents handy at the time of filing return so that you can cross-check the data in the pre-filled form. "Filing ITR doesn't require you to upload any document. But in case an assessing officer makes an inquiry, you will need to present documents and certificates as proof," says Deepak Jain, chief executive, TaxManager.in.
Down-to-earth and realistic as always, Ghosh's message to young aspiring writers was, "My advice to writers is to work hard. What you see here is not even the tip of the iceberg; barely 1/100th of what one writes that actually makes it to the pages of a book."
"They were not profitable. We open new stores without much information and when we close them, we have complete knowledge about them,'' said Shoppers Stop MD B S Nagesh.
Jeffrey Archer talks cricket, and more.
Read. Meditate. Take a short nap. Take up activities that strengthen and sharpen your brains, and enhances your mood and memory, suggests stress management expert Dr Khushboo Thakker Garodia.
A guide to post-COVID care to be followed at home.
Roshani Sonawane tells us how parents can use the time to teach the right values and build important skills in children.
Stand a chance to win special book sets from Crossword Book Store.
The film could have been more light- hearted rather than being preachy.
Author and journalist Chandrima Pal who launched her book, A Song for I at an event in Mumbai, talked about music, musicians and just why women fall for rockstars.
The actor said he was humbled in the presence of people who worked so hard to better the lives of a marginalised section of society.
The movies name when translated in English means a new, youthful and a pleasant love story in the cyber age.
With a few flicks of the end-stub, the ink disappears almost instantaneously, allowing users to write, delete and repeat with no worries, making it perfect for secret messaging, crossword puzzles and everyday use, it added.
People has come out with its annual list of most beautiful Indian women.
At a recent discussion in Crossword bookstore in Mumbai, Dr Shashi Tharoor spoke on a wide range of topics -- from Nehru and the concept of India to the lessons we haven't learnt from modern history and just why it is impossible to have heroes in our times. In this series of videos, we bring you excerpts from the conversation between Dr Shashi Tharoor and senior journalist Anil Dharker.
Reader Saurabh Tandon spotted Prakash Padukone in Bangalore.
On the eleventh anniversary of her father's martyrdom during the 26/11 terror attacks on Mumbai, Jui Karkare Navare remembers her father, Mumbai ATS Chief Hemant Karkare.
Journalist and author Sudeep Chakravarti he explains that today's Maoists aren't motivated so-much by a desire for full revolution or for more money, so much as they are motivated by a desire for equality, purpose and dignity.
Journalist and author Basharat Peer reveals how the Indian and state government in general, and Chief Minister Omar Abdullah in particular, have mismanaged and mishandled incidents in Kashmir, notably the Shopian rape and murder cases.
This week's digest of stories that are weird, true and funny.
The award-winning team of producer Ram Mohan and Indraganti Mohankrishna have come out with a new untitled venture that will see the nation's obsession enter the Telugu silver screen shortly.
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