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Mint Kolkata
Can we leave the turtle nesting beaches alone?
The sound of the sea was music—rock music. Hum, roll, crash, cymbal, hum, roll. We were on the shore, just behind the surf, in complete darkness.
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March 29, 2025
Mint Kolkata
Feb core sector growth at 5-month low of 2.9%
Output dips
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March 29, 2025
Mint Kolkata
Finding a Sense of Belonging in a Himalayan Valley
A writer revisits their childhood home in Bhutan's Haa Valley, now on lists of 25 'must-visit' destinations for 2025
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March 29, 2025
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The arts create social change: Mallika Sarabhai
As Darpana Academy of Performing Arts celebrates 75 years, Sarabhai talks about social projects that have driven her dance
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March 29, 2025
Mint Kolkata
The kid stays in the pictures
Creative organisations are divided into The Creatives and The Suits. In order to make something original, The Creatives are encouraged to think outside the box, but in order to make money doing it, The Suits have to keep boxing them in.
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March 29, 2025
Mint Kolkata
'Old sari box'—make your own wine tasting notes
A part from sneaky sips from my parents' wine glasses and surreptitious glugging of Christmas wine offered in church, my real tryst with wine began years ago at a swish wine bar in Mumbai.
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March 29, 2025
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Spend a day with tea pluckers
When I see the image of a woman tea plucker—versions of it are used by businesses in their marketing of tea—it rather bothers me. Perhaps it's because when you walk into a tea estate and see women at work, they smile in greeting, they allow you to photograph them, and they make a pretty picture. But can we stop and see beyond the picture to truly understand the contribution of these women to tea making?
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March 29, 2025
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'Hamlet' Returns to the Kolkata Stage
Through the ages. Be it in terms of Bengali translations of his plays or his influence on writers in Bengal, Shakespeare claims a strong place. Rabindranath Tagore, who was set passages from Macbeth to translate into Bengali as a boy, would go on to acknowledge his enduring influence on Bengali writers. As quoted by Chaudhuri, in the preface to his own play Malini, Tagore wrote, \"Shakespeare has always been for us the ideal of drama.\" Through the Ages As far as \"the ideal of drama\" goes, Hamlet epitomises its spirit, perhaps most intensely among all of Shakespeare's tragedies, which makes it incredibly difficult to stage it without a touch of melodrama.
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March 29, 2025
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Steel Baron LNM May Leave UK Over Tax Curbs: Report
This places Mittal among a growing number of wealthy foreign residents leaving UK in response to the tax reforms
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March 29, 2025
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The stamp of the cotton trade
An exhibition of 19th century textile labels, 'Ticket Tika Chaap', provides a glimpse of global business history
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March 29, 2025
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Who will tame the beast at the Indian Open?
Players will be sweating bullets at the 2025 Hero Indian Open finale on DLF's Gary Player Course
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March 29, 2025
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It's time Snow White learnt stranger-danger
We need respite from stereotypes of good and evil—and protagonists waiting to be rescued
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March 29, 2025
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IPL Has Space For Only One Thing: A Big Swing
As IPL administrators push for a game where every ball results in a boundary, is there any hope for the art of bowling?
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March 29, 2025
Mint Kolkata
Wild getaways: Can luxury tourism be green?
Luxury ecotourism might seem paradoxical, unsustainable even. But unforgettable, indulgent experiences that prioritise wildlife conservation are topping bucket lists as more travellers seek to be one with nature
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March 29, 2025
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Qcomm's market share grows 5x from 2022
India's quick commerce sector accounted for over two-thirds of all e-grocery orders last year, with its total market share growing about five times to $6-7 billion from 2022, a report by Bain and Flipkart showed.
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March 28, 2025
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Saudi Aramco eyes Indian refineries
Saudi Aramco is in talks to invest in two planned refineries in India as the world's top oil exporter looks for a stable outlet for its crude in the world's fastest-growing emerging market, several Indian sources with direct knowledge of the matter said.
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March 28, 2025
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The Ford executive who kept score of colleagues' verbal flubs
The list became so known and feared that one executive cursed O'Brien's name in a meeting after tripping up on an expression
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March 28, 2025
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Parliament Approves Finance Bill, Completes Budget Exercise
The Rajya Sabha on Thursday returned the Finance Bill, 2025, to the Lok Sabha, along with 35 government amendments, including one that abolishes a 6% digital tax on online advertisements, thus completing the 2025-26 budgetary exercise that started on 1 February.
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March 28, 2025
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Govt upgrading its vaccine storage infrastructure to aid other countries
In a show of soft power, India is upgrading and expanding its vaccine storage infrastructure into an international centre to handhold other developing countries in harnessing the global immunization supply chain.
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March 28, 2025
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Trump Plans To Impose 25% Tariff On Imported Vehicles
The US President Leaves Little Room For Exempting Canada Or Mexico
3 min |
March 28, 2025
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Grok is a chatbot that does what Musk often likes to do: Entertain
This chatbot's outrageous answers have technical reasons but it's also designed to be like its owner
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March 28, 2025
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Marico Faces a Test as Costs Rise
Marico Ltd has held up better than its FMCG peers amid muted urban demand. While Nifty FMCG index has dropped 19% over the past six months, Marico's stock declined by just 6%, showing its relative resilience.
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March 28, 2025
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I-T dept flags HRA claims for TDS lapses: your action plan
Taxman warns tenants to ensure compliance, file corrections by 31 March to avoid penalties
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March 28, 2025
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Indkal Tech to raise $100 mn by June: CEO
The funding will be the largest capital raised by electronics manufacturing services firms in India this year
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March 28, 2025
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Big Tech Sees Limited Gains as India Scraps Google Tax
The move marks a win for Big Tech in India and opens up domestic market to foreign firms
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March 28, 2025
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Studds Accessories files IPO papers
Helmets manufacturer Studds Accessories has filed preliminary papers with capital markets regulator Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) to float an initial public offering (IPO).
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March 28, 2025
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FROM PRESCHOOL TO IVY LEAGUE-WHY EDUCATION PLANNING IS NON-NEGOTIABLE
Education today is more than survival. Parents make careful choices about where and how their children study, from preschool to college, shaping their future academically and in life skills.
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March 28, 2025
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Imitation game: Can Big Auto emulate Xiaomi's EV strategy?
Big Auto may be left in the dust as Chinese carmakers zoom ahead
3 min |
March 28, 2025
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Pizza tops as Jubilant steps up plans for 3k Domino's stores
The group has franchise rights for three global brands—Domino's, Popeyes, Dunkin
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March 28, 2025
Mint Kolkata
Meta eyes allies for mega cable project
In a bid to meet growing data demand and provide faster speeds for apps like Instagram, WhatsApp, and YouTube, tech giant Meta has moved a step ahead on its Project Waterworth.
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