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Mint Chennai
On land and in water, a shining summer of striving
July sweats and bleeds and vomits into August. In Toulouse, during the Tour de France, Jonas Abrahamsen, who starts the race 10 days after fracturing his collarbone, wins a stage. In Singapore, in a draining heat, 10km open water swimmers at the world aquatics championships are handed mid-race feeds and then regurgitate part of this gruel into the water.
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August 09, 2025
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Myth-making in a modern context
In 'The Personal is Mythical', three artists connect the personal and the universal, the real and the imaginary
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August 09, 2025
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Keswani to be executive chair as Lemon Tree splits top roles
Lemon Tree Hotels Ltd's chairman and managing director Patanjali G. Keswani will become executive chairman of both LTH and its subsidiary Fleur Hotels as part of a leadership change effective 1 October.
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August 09, 2025
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Making sense of 'Sholay'
'Sholay', perhaps the greatest popular film made in India, turns 50 this month. To fans, the film can resemble an oral epic, constantly surprising those who believe there is nothing more to learn
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August 09, 2025
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Apple Got the Jump on Tariffs, Deciding Years Ago to Make iPhones in India
Dozens of women wearing ID badges streamed from their rooms in a year-old dormitory for Foxconn workers and headed to a company cafeteria on a recent day for a menu of lentil-and-vegetable stew, beetroot and rice.
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August 09, 2025
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Industry body flags concern on EPFO's facial authentication rule
On 30 July, EPFO mandated facial authentication via Aadhaar for generating UANs only through the UMANG app
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August 09, 2025
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Next focus for AU Small Fin is creating hold co, rebranding
Lender must change its company structure in 18 months to meet universal bank requirements
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August 09, 2025
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A stent, low fats and high spirits
Two days after his arrival from Australia and a day after he had a stent shoved up into one of his arteries, my friend Roger Galway sat up brightly in bed and watched as a young woman made her way into the hospital room.
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August 09, 2025
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India, Russia vow to deepen ties; China welcomes PM Modi
Talks followed Trump's move to impose additional 25% tariff on Indian goods over Russian oil import by New Delhi
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August 09, 2025
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Tasmania's superpower is its fresh produce
The rugged island is home to creative mixologists and chefs who make local ingredients shine
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August 09, 2025
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Antwerp's other diamond: Rubens
The legendary painter's legacy can be found everywhere in the Belgian city
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August 09, 2025
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Horsing around in a Sunil Shanbag play
Based on Hungarian playwright Julius Hay's 'The Horse', Sunil Shanbag's play has both scale and satire
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August 09, 2025
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Blue Jet top brass in Worli lux realty rush
The promoter family of drugmaker Blue Jet Healthcare has joined Worli's luxury property rush, snapping up three high-end Mumbai homes for over ₹202 crore amid a wave of record-setting deals in the city's most expensive real estate strip.
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August 09, 2025
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Native cotton in the spotlight
The second edition of 'Weave the Future' focuses on the resilience of local cotton in the face of climate change
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August 09, 2025
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States Step Up Borrowings in July as Capex Drive Gains Pace
₹96,769 cr allotments made through state development loans, well above ₹68,383 cr a year ago
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August 09, 2025
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Embracing the slow life in Aurangabad
Luxury farmstays and bespoke dining experiences are transforming the home of the Ajanta and Ellora caves
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August 09, 2025
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The Hidden Gems From India's Rap Scene
As a professional music critic, my inbox is always overflowing with new music—advance copies of major label albums pushed by corporate PR, indie artists sending me their new EPs, even demos from teenagers just starting out on their musical journey.
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August 09, 2025
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Andhra's Delicate Dessert Art
A trip to Atreyapuram village in East Godavari to see first-hand how 'pootharekulu' is made
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August 09, 2025
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New Delhi Plans Policy Reset to Offset Trump's Tariff Blow
India plans reforms to boost manufacturing, attract FDI and remove procedural bottlenecks
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August 09, 2025
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Bang bang, he shot us down
Today's villain is less a character than a stepping stone for the hero's glory. Gabbar, in contrast, is a charismatic force of nature
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August 09, 2025
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CapitaLand Reit to develop IT parks across key cities
The trust will sell 33% in its data centre projects to bring in global investors, free capital for other deployments
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August 09, 2025
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Let's hear it for the new music bars
Listening rooms inspired by Japanese 'kissas' are showing up in India, with a focus on intimate bar experiences
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August 09, 2025
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The Friend Is The Benefit
There are times when friends are fighting when no punches are pulled. In the second season of the exceptional Apple TV+ comedy Platonic, we see Rose Byrne's Sylvia and Seth Rogen's Will really going at it.
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August 09, 2025
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A dictionary on Vidarbha textiles
'Threaded Tales of Vidarbha' documents the region's saris but leaves you asking for more
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August 09, 2025
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Jeet Thayil's new book, 'The Elsewhereans', is a hybrid of fiction, biography, history and imagination, revisiting the story of his parents
Jeet Thayil's new book, The Elsewhereans, has been published as fiction, but it defies neat generic classifications.
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August 09, 2025
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SAT relief to Warsi in Sadhna case
The Securities Appellate Tribunal (SAT) has stayed the markets regulator's disgorgement and debarment order against Bollywood actor Arshad Warsi in the Sadhna Broadcast Ltd (SBL) stock manipulation case, pending the outcome of his appeal.
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August 08, 2025
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Russia and India Talk Up 'Strategic Partnership'
Russia and India stressed their commitment to a \"strategic partnership\" in bilateral security talks in Moscow on Thursday, a day after US President Donald Trump announced higher tariffs on imports from India because of its purchases of Russian oil.
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August 08, 2025
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SoftBank Swings to Profit After Masayoshi Son's AI Bets Pay Off
As part of its multi-pronged push into AI, SoftBank is slated to invest as much as $30 billion in OpenAI
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August 08, 2025
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Adani group to build biggest coal plant
Billionaire Gautam Adani's group will build and operate a $3 billion coal-fired power plant in Bihar with a 2.4 GW capacity, it said on Thursday, the biggest coal plant constructed in India via private investment in a decade.
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August 08, 2025
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Retail powers workforce surge at Reliance
Reliance Industries, one of India's top private sector employers, saw its consolidated workforce rebound in FY25 following a sharp correction in FY24 led by retail.
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