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Our Prime Minister has said that gas will shift to the GST regime. For the sake of efficiency and equity, the Centre should give up its oil-revenue addiction and shift all hydrocarbons

Eva Repková, who heads the commission for women’s chess at the International Chess Federation, says women are ‘naturally’ disadvantaged in chess

Short selling of bonds typically involves selling security which the seller borrows from the repo market

How green are digital fashion shows? Moschino pushed the envelope at the Milan Fashion Week, held September-end, by sending puppets wearing its spring/summer collection down a miniature runway. 6 min read Share Via Read Full Story Aarushi Kilawat isn’t sure what she’s feeling. Three weeks from now, she will be presenting her women’s collection, for the first time, at one of India’s biggest fashion events, the Lakmé Fashion Week (LFW). “Let’s just say I have butterflies in my stomac...

Is it a good time to invest in the commercial real estate sector? Photo: iStockPremium Office properties in the right location attract quality corporate tenants and can yield very good rental returns Share Via Read Full Story Real estate has always been one of Indians’ most favoured investments. People invest in real estate for price appreciation as well as rental income. However, as the residential sector has been going through a tough phase over the past few years, there has hardly been any...

Why Twinkle Khanna wants you to try tendli Twinkle Khanna.Premium Share Via One would think that movie stars would be above dabba envy but my partner once returned from a shoot with a grievous complaint. I was sending him chauli and tendli, while his co-star, a long-standing bachelor, was unpacking lunch boxes filled with prawns and lobster," writes Twinkle Khanna in the foreword of her new book, What’s In Your Dabba?. As a reader, it’s interesting to know that celebrities are just like e...

Understanding MK Gandhi’s ‘love’ for his ‘spiritual wife’ Gandhi with Manu Gandhi (left) and Abha Gandhi. 7 min read Share Via Read Full Story If you run a cursory internet search for M.K. Gandhi’s relationship with Sarala Devi Chaudhurani, you are likely to come across articles with headlines referring to a love affair between them, even salaciously pointing to the Mahatma’s lust for her. The reality was far more complicated, as a newly published collection of letters between the...

Smriti Irani buys land in Amethi to make house for herself, takes a dig at Rahul Gandhi Premium (PTI) . Updated: 22 Feb 2021, 08:54 PM IST PTI Without taking names, Smriti Irani said the history is witness to the fact that no Amethi MP ever built his house and stayed here Share Via Read Full Story AMETHI : Union minister Smriti Irani on Monday bought a plot of land in Amethi to make a house for herself and, in an apparent dig at Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, said no MP from here ever made the...

Shield harmony but don’t wield a sword against dissent Photo: ReutersPremium Rahul Narayan Conventional wisdom on free speech favours the regulation of social media now but let’s not overdo it Share Via Read Full Story The 6 January incident in Washington DC and its aftermath online can be seen as pivotal events informing conventional wisdom about social media regulation. First, with the exception of free speech absolutists, most people now agree that some level of content regulation is nec...

Serious Men: Sudhir Mishra and Nawazuddin Siddiqui on their new film Sudhir Mishra and (left) Nawazuddin Siddiqui on the sets of Serious Men. Courtesy: NetflixPremium 5 min read Share Via Read Full Story Between Sudhir Mishra and Nawazuddin Siddiqui, theres been plenty of memorable Mumbai-centric cinema made. The director has given us the searing Dharavi and the underrated gangster film Iss Raat Ki Subah Nahi. And Siddiqui has played Mumbaikars of all stripes, from politician Bal Thackeray an...