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The rise and rise of online food delivery market

The online food delivery market in India is expected to outpace the growth of the food services market itself between 2023 and 2028




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Letters to the Editor dated November 6, 2024




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Bridging the climate finance gap

Developed countries need to be held to account for climate finance actions. Besides, private finance and its debt burden pose difficulties




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Letters to the Editor dated November 7, 2024




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The irony about climate meets

‘PEAK’ emissions.The emissions from air travel, local transport and accommodation for COP delegates are staggering




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Letters to the Editor dated November 8, 2024




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Below the Line




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The geopolitics of natural gas trade

Changes in global natural gas trade have reflected geopolitical alignments but these may shift, depending on policies of incoming US President Donald Trump




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Letters to the Editor dated November 11, 2024




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The virtues of multi-generational teams

The key is to synergise the unique strengths that each generation contributes. This involves fostering an environment of mutual respect and a shared purpose




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The Archies Review

The Archies is an evergreen thought passed on from generation to generation. But Sukanya Verma wishes it had some of the comic's tee-hee humour and hyuk hyuk too.




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The Crown Review: Appropriate Finale

After the debacle of the first episodes of Season 6, the latter half give an even-handed treatment to intriguing not-so-well-known events of Queen Elizabeth II's reign, observes Vaihayasi Pande Daniel.




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Dunki: The Romantic Shah Rukh Returns

I was very happy to see the old Shah Rukh Khan back. Please, leave the action to Salman Khan, requests A Ganesh Nadar.




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What The Hell Navya Review

The three women, because of their names and position, would get the eyeballs anyway, but if they do not rise above the superficial, it would be a wasted opportunity to reach out to and inspire women in particular, observes Deepa Gahlot.




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The Indrani Mukerjea Story Review

If Indrani Mukerjea wanted to whitewash her image, this docu series was not the right platform, asserts Deepa Gahlot.




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The Zone of Interest Review

The Zone Of Interest is technically flawless but lacks emotional pull, observes Mayur Sanap.




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Bastar: The Naxal Story Review

The Naxal movement has such a complex history that several books have been written to understand it. Bastar: The Naxal Story seeks to reduce it to bullet points and stereotypes, observes Deepa Gahlot.




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The Goat Life Review

Aadujeevitham (The Goat Life) is undoubtedly one of the most successful experiments in Prithviraj's journey as an actor, applauds Divya Nair.




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The Goat Life Review

Aadujeevitham marks a new direction for Malayalam cinema, where ambition meets resources and the right people, all in favour of stories that deserve to be told on the biggest stage of them all, notes Arjun Menon.




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The Great Indian Kapil Show Review

Stand-up comedian Kapil Sharma is back with his show and while the set is bigger and the look is grander, the gags are still the same, feels Namrata Thakker.




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Silence 2: The Night Owl Bar Review

Towards the end of the film, when one character exclaims, 'What a crazy case!' your sentiments feel validated, observes Mayur Sanap.




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The Broken News 2 Review

The Broken News 2 is worth watching because of Jaideep and Shriya's fabulous acting, recommends Namrata Thakker.




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The Boy And The Heron Review

The Boy And The Heron offers a thrilling joyride inside Hayo Miyazaki's unquantifiable imagination, applauds Sukanya Verma.




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Chhota Bheem: The Curse of Damyaan Review

Chhota Bheem: The Curse of Damyaan is a fun movie, its adventurous story and lovable characters make it worth watching with family, notes Riddhi Soni.




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Kalki 2898 AD: The Alternate Review

A lot of time is spent on giving us the background of the story and establishing the characters but the film is named Kalki and the man is not even born, notes A Ganesh Nadar.




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IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack Review

IC 814: The Kandahar Hijack begins by asking why the hijack lasted seven days and ends in wondering if the good guys fought the bad ones hard enough, observes Sukanya Verma.




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The Diary Of West Bengal Review

How can a film that has a character declare that secularism is an illness be taken seriously, asks Deepa Gahlot.




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Lord of The Rings: The Rings of Power 2

All in all, season 2 seems a tad better than season 1 in most departments, observes Namrata Thakker.




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The Perfect Couple Review

The Perfect Couple has suspense, humour, romance and gorgeous visuals.




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The Buckingham Murders Review

Kareena's sombre performance lingered on long after I had left the theatre, notes Sukanya Verma.





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The Wild Robot Review

The Wild Robot is delightful children's fare and a meaningful watch for grown-ups, discovers Mayur Sanap.






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The Miranda Brothers Review

The Miranda Brothers is short on humour, romance and real drama, observes Deepa Gahlot.




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Mithya: The Darker Chapter Review

Mithya The Darker Chapter has a constant been-there-seen-that feeling. Everything is dialled to 11, be it the emotional rundown of the characters or dramatic moments that form their dynamic, notes Mayur Sanap.




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Punjab CM dedicates state-of-the-art Bhagwan Valmiki-ji Panorama




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No time lost: On Donald Trump and the incoming U.S. administration

In calls with world leaders, Donald Trump showed he is true to his own self 




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Debating the ‘healthy longevity initiative’

The divide between the real world and the strategy to be adopted in the healthy longevity initiative is too wide to be ignored




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Stop the free fall: On India-Canada ties

India and Canada must not allow ties to deteriorate further 




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Letters to The Editor — November 13, 2024




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A mixed report card for the India-Middle East-Europe Corridor

Implementation on the northern part of the corridor, which is mostly in West Asia, is going to move slowly until the conflict subsides, while progress is faster on the eastern leg connecting the UAE and Indian ports




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Deshwal powers Jaipur Pink Panthers with 19-point performance against Bengaluru Bulls

Arjun Deshwal scored 19 points for the two-time PKL champions, with the second-highest scorer for the Jaipur Pink Panthers being Lucky Sharma




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The quest for freedom: is the ‘will’ truly free?

Free will, simply defined, is the power to make choices unconstrained by external agencies. However, this definition might be a bit misleading, for human beings are constantly constrained by such outward forces



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NHM left over ₹324 crore unspent of the funds it got to fight COVID-19: D’Cunha commission report




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Youth arrested for thefts on suburban trains

He also extorted money from migrant labourers at railway stations by threatening and beating them up




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Education not a prerogative of the ‘upper caste‘, says Siddaramaiah

Ramayana, Mahabharata authored by “lower castes”, says CM




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MLAs chip in to improve the bus stops in Tambaram Corporation

Tambaram MLA S.R. Raja allotted ₹15 lakh under the MLA Constituency Development Scheme for building a concrete bus shelter at Sanatorium on GST Road. Pallavaram MLA E. Karunanidhi allotted funds for building a new concrete bus shelter at Chromepet




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When the Centre carried out a drive to ‘cleanse public life’ in Tamil Nadu

Immediately after the Karunanidhi government was dismissed on corruption charges, Governor K.K. Shah convened a meeting of Collectors and police officers to underscore the importance of a “clean, impartial, efficient, upright and just administration”. He said months later that he would restore Tamil Nadu’s image as the best-administered State




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Nilakanta Sastri’s take on Dravidian-Aryan divide and the claims on the Indus Valley Civilisation

In his lectures at Patna University in 1964, Sastri quotes J. Burrow, Professor of Oxford University, who had suggested that “Vedic speech was influenced not by the Dravidian languages of history as we know them, but by an earlier form, a sort of proto-Dravidian, which has long preceded them as well as Aryan advent into India”