LIFESTYLE & LEISURE


The Supreme Court on Tuesday stayed the proceedings in pleas connected with the regulation of content on over-the-top (OTT) platforms in various High Courts.   Solicitor General Tushar Mehta submitted before a bench headed by Justice D.Y. Chandrachud though the top court had issued...

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TruthInAdvertising.org 18 March 2021
Instagram stories used filters that ASA said misleadingly exaggerated results tanning products could achieve.   Last month, the Advertising Standards Authority banned three influencer ads that applied skin-darkening beauty filters to Instagram stories promoting tanning products that...

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SS Kaimal 15 March 2021
Recently, there were reports in the press about lavish amounts being spent on renovation of toilets in the office of the Planning Commission in New Delhi. In response, Planning Commission officials stated that the works were done by the Central Public Works Department (CPWD).   Having...

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When it comes to Twitter which has become a political battlefield and an arena for troll armies, Indian women are busy sharing their passions and interests the most, talking about fashion, books, beauty, entertainment and food on the service, the micro-blogging platform revealed on...

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Reliance Industries (RIL) Chairman Mukesh Ambani is now the eighth richest person in the world with a fortune of $83 billion, according to the Hurun Global Rich List 2021.   Ambani's wealth increased 24 per cent on a year-on-year basis on the back of a surge in the value of...

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Yashika Mathur (IANS) 27 February 2021
The government has decided to introduce a new set of guidelines for OTT platforms, which has left content creators wondering what will come next. Many on social media have speculated if this is indirect censorship.   Filmmaker Vikram Bhatt, who has created web series such as...

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Some time back, I had written about a chief executive officer (CEO) who was insecure, worked for 12 hours a day in the office, had no hobbies, was married to his assignment foot, arm and shoulder, and expected undiluted loyalty (adulation) from his subordinates.    I worked on his...

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I met someone recently, whom I had known over 50 years ago. We did not stay in close touch—but I had never forgotten him, because when I was in my twenties he had taught me a useful lesson. I had thought it was silly at that time—because why should someone joining a company at the lowest...

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As new professions emerge in the new environment, we become aware of their impact in due course. There are opportunities in the information technology (IT) sector; in the information technology enabled services (ITES) sector; in the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector; in the financial...

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Parvathi Sajiv (The Leaflet) 09 February 2021
Internet Outrage grew louder as FIRs were registered against Tandav, the series on Amazon Prime. The battle between creative freedom and censorship has always existed which is now taking place on the OTT platforms. Since independence, censorship has found its way into other forms of media...

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In the 1960s and earlier, the arrival in the corner office, was the final achievement. And one stayed there till retirement—whether within five years or 20 years of arrival.    In Glaxo, in my time, the managing director was appointed by the head office in the UK and he came to India...

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On Sunday 17 January 2021, we lost another icon (after FC Kohli) in the management consulting world in India – the passing away of Sharu Rangnekar, a titan for 40 years in the field.    A great thinker; author of books and producer of management videos; speaker at seminars and a...

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IANS 18 January 2021
The good old traditional snack food Papad or Pappadam as it's known in South India cannot be equated with packaged 'un-fried fryums' and this cannot have similar tax treatment, the Authority for Advance Rulings (AAR) had ruled.   In its order rejecting a petition seeking to bring...

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Many decades ago, Swamy, who worked at the Air India counter in Mumbai, was asked by a friend who worked in Johnson & Johnson (J&J) for a favour. The international managing director (MD) of the company was visiting Bombay and the local MD thought he would make a great impression if he was...

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In October 1999, I had written about an old building in my neighbourhood, which still exists in 2021, in the same condition. It has been neglected by the owner, who receives just Rs150 as monthly rent from each of the six tenants in this two-floored apartment building, built in about...

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IANS 30 December 2020
In a year dominated by Covid realities all around us, one absolute truth that emerged is that viewing patterns of audiences all over the world were in the for a change this year. With cinema halls facing closure owing to lockdown, OTT platforms became the primary source of entertainment....

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The city of Mumbai is crumbling under the weight of about 16 million people, that is, over 1% of India’s population. Half of Mumbai lives on the streets or in slums. The road system, the public transport of rails and buses, the water and power supply, and the sanitation, just cannot take...

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My friend Homi told me that his father, the late and legendary CH Bhabha, who was one of the most reputed bankers of yore, kept dinning into the children—that there were only two things worth accumulating in life—education and reputation. Both of these cannot be stolen from you. Both take a...

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Sugandha Rawal (IANS) 09 December 2020
There is a new tide seeping into the world of showbiz, with Warner Bros. planning to simultaneously release films in theatres and on OTT platofrm. The decision is subject of much discussion and debate. Many industry insiders have called it a disturbing move for the film trade. In India...

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Top executives in the corporate world are quite often heard interspersing their conversation with 'to be very frank' or 'to tell you very frankly.'  And I find a lot of the time, when they say this, it is exactly then, that they are 'not very frank.'   Why do top executives shy away...

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