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Uniforms take the spotlight as Olympics arrives to capital of fashion

Olympic jersey is beyond just a matter of appearance for the designers




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Manish Malhotra becomes the first Indian designer to showcase his fashion line, World Collection, at Harrods, London

The couturier navigates the global fashion scene through his World Collection that modernises India’s traditional textile crafts 




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Mishru’s latest drop fuses botanical elements with architectural inspirations 

Mishru’s new couture edit of lehengas, cocktail dresses, and jumpsuits, showcases a fusion of botanical elements and architectural inspirations 




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Hyderabad | An exhibition showcases batik craft of Kutch with a touch of modernity

NGO Khamir revives the age-old craft by helping it adapt to changing times



  • Life & Style

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Upcycled denim and occasion wear highlight  Lakme Fashion Week 2024

Upcycled denim, and creations with discarded material ruled the runway this year




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How Pacho is recasting Jaipur

Padmanabh Singh is on a mission to reclaim his hometown’s place in the cultural zeitgeist. A new centre for arts and a revamped museum are a few immediate plans




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Clothing brand Qua launches a line dedicated to women cricketers

Qua’s pre-fall collection, Modern Heroine, is dedicated to women Indian cricketers




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Design should be localised

For the sake of insulation and ventilation, structures should be built in tune with the prevailing climatic conditions. By Sathya Prakash Varanashi




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Choose the right facade

The technology adopted should enhance the structural beauty as well as energy efficiency.




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Every home can be a resort

If resort architecture can create an ambience for good living, why cannot we adopt such ideas for every building, wonders Sathya Prakash Varanashi




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You can now rent an STP

EcoTec Engineers and Consultants have introduced a rental scheme for sewage treatment plants. Kannan Pasupathiraj, managing director, tells us how builders, building associations and even municipalities can benefit from the scheme




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Discarded tyres to battle earthquakes

A mixture of crushed pieces of tyres and sand around the foundations can protect buildings during an earthquake, civil engineers say in a special release from the Indian Institute of Science.




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Flexible, and caring for the environment

A look at the some of the architectural creations that related to location and culture, and won awards as well.




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Meet Faisal Manzur: the Chennai architect behind wooden doors at The Entrance Café and Pandan Club

Faisal Manzur of Faisal Manzur Design Studio on designing the stunning wooden doors at Chennai’s The Entrance Café, Pandan Club, and why he draws inspiration from TV shows and Wes Anderson movies



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Political Line | Inspector Praveen, inspired by The New York Times

The Delhi police FIR and NYT reporting on foreign influence operations share the same outlook




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The Israel model, and Indian realities | Political Line

Many in India view Israel as a model for its own security and progress. They have a lot to ponder.




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Political Line | Digital mohalla sabhas, and international relations

Diplomacy has been democratised. But there is a little trouble — the grand plans of strategic elites are increasingly constrained by public opinion, in India and all democracies, as the world stares into a new abyss.




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Corrections and Clarifications — November 7, 2023




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Corrections and Clarifications — November 11, 2023




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Political Line | The point of the temple




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Corrections and Clarifications — December 26, 2023




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SA Test team controversy | This might be an inflexion point in the game, but we need to care

Test cricket may be rushing to its end faster than we imagined, and in the next decade younger fans will need to be told what it was and why it no longer existed




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Cape Town Test | Sport, like art, need not make sense; it can be enjoyed still

You can put down the below-par performances in the Cape Town Test to technical deficiencies in batting, yet you come to the philosophical question: Can we really know anything for certain? Also, does everything have to make sense?




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Political Line | Faith and the nation




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Corrections and Clarifications — January 30, 2024




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Budget 2024 | The pace of fiscal consolidation took everyone by surprise

‘The underlying theme was clearly fiscal consolidation with an ability to maintain the infrastructure spends at the existing run rate’




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Political Line | Glories of our past — two notions that shape our present




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Corrections and Clarifications — March 1, 2024




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Column | When Phuphee became a ‘village’

With the birth of a baby you gain something precious, but you also lose something of yourself. This is when support and a sisterhood become essential




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Political Line | Unity and divisiveness: in the eye of the beholder




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Political Line | Keywords of 2024: Communalism, casteism, and constitutionalism




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When Belgian policemen become Catholic priests 

There exists a literary practice where old favourites are given fresh adventures by later writers. These are mostly well written, and respect the backstories the original authors gave their characters




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Political Line | Kejriwal, out and about




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Political Line | Siddaramaiah’s failed romance and India’s undefined borders




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Corrections and Clarifications — June 7, 2024




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T20 World Cup: Taking cricket to America involves a difficult culture transfer

It might be politically incorrect to say this, but America isn’t ready to embrace cricket yet




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No global solutions for cricket, however positive, can work without India

Currently, the future of the game is not in the hands of the WCA or indeed the ICC. It is in the hands of the BCCI




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Corrections and Clarifications — September 7, 2024




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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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Trump turns to allies on capitol hill to fill top cabinet posts

Trump will also reach into the the Senate, with the expected appointment of Marco Rubio of Florida as secretary of State, according to a person familiar with the matter




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Nifty Prediction Today – November 12, 2024: Can be range bound. Stay out of the market

Nifty 50 November Futures contract can trade in a range of 24,100-24,500




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Aluminium: Supports can limit the downside. Go long now

Support at ₹234-₹233 can halt the fall and keep the broader uptrend intact




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COP 29: Gujarat Delegation led by Minister of Finance, Energy and Petrochemicals




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GSK@100: Reinvention, resilience critical to journey, says MD

The company is listed in India for over six decades, has brands that are as old as the country




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New flights to Uzbekistan, Vietnam on cards as govt revises air service agreement

This move follows a revision in air services agreement between India and the two countries at an International Civil Aviation Organisation gathering in Malaysia last month




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Hyundai profits slip in Q2 & H1 on weak domestic demand, geopolitical tensions

Net profit skids 15.5 per cent to ₹1,375.5 crore in the September quarter; domestic sales drop 5.8% to 149,639 units in the quarter under review




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Samara Capital scouts for ₹1,500-crore investment opportunity

The private equity company has closed three deals in the last few months




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Finance Commission Conclave to map effective devolution of fiscal powers to local bodies

Organised by Panchayati Raj Ministry, the Conclave attempts to bring together key stakeholders like the Central & State Finance Commission for the development of ‘grameen bharat’




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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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CuraTeQ Biologics’ Hydrogen plant gets GMP certificate from EMA

The GMP inspection, conducted by EMA representatives from April 8-12, 2024, assessed mammalian and microbial drug substance manufacturing facility sections