LIFESTYLE & LEISURE


IANS 12 September 2020
Global populations of mammals, birds, amphibians, reptiles and fish have suffered an average two-thirds' decline in less than half a century. This has contributed to environmental degradation, leading to the emergence of zoonotic diseases such as Covid-19, according to WWF's Living Planet...

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The Consumer Complaints Council (CCC) of the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) has barred Muthoot Fincorp Ltd from showing its campaign 'Restart India’ for depicting wrong use of facemask during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. On 31 July 2020, I had filed a complaint to ASCI...

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Elizabeth Weil (ProPublica) 10 September 2020
Record high temperatures. Record fires. Record smoke. ProPublica reporter Elizabeth Weil spoke to former California Gov. Jerry Brown about the state’s converging apocalypses.   Two weeks ago, after freak lightning strikes torched Northern California but before the inferno of Labor Day...

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A new fortnightly column by marketing whiz Walter Vieira   It was Peter Drucker who set the example. By writing an interesting and immensely readable book, titled “My Times, Others’ Lives”. So, when Debashis Basu, the editor of MoneyLife and I were swapping stories one evening, he...

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Sanjeev Sharma (IANS) 07 September 2020
The Central Consumer Protection Authority has issued draft guidelines for the prevention of false or misleading advertisements and the due diligence to be carried out for endorsements.   These guidelines will be called the Central Consumer Protection Authority (Prevention of...

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IANS 28 August 2020
This year, many Bollywood actors including Sonakshi Sinha, Saqib Saleem and Sayani Gupta, have logged out of social media. Most of them state that social media platforms, which started as channels to connect stars with fans, have now become breeding places of negativity and...

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IANS 24 August 2020
The IIT-Bombay on Sunday held its 58th Convocation in which the personalized 'avatars' of students were awarded degrees from the 'virtual figure' of the Director Suhasis Chaudhari, in what is described as a global first.   "We thought it best to arrange such a virtual reality...

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IANS 19 August 2020
The Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered CBI probe into the death of actor Sushant Singh Rajput and asked Mumbai Police to hand over all evidence collected so far in the case to CBI.   Justice Hrishikesh Roy said the CBI will be competent to probe not only Patna FIR but any other FIR in...

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Sukant Deepak (IANS) 18 August 2020
It was a long journey for the six-year-old who, on his way to school stopped the moment Begum Akhtar's ghazal 'Deewana banana hai to deewana bana de' wafted from a small shop. They say everything changed for that little boy in that pause. The one who the world would later know as Pandit...

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PUJA GUPTA (IANS) 03 August 2020
Though India has entered Unlock 3.0, the pause in the fitness industry is likely to last longer. The new normal is here to stay as gyms will not be re-opening to the world as they used to be.   It has become important for the fitness industry to be very careful, maintain proper...

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In an otherwise non-controversial career, the row over the payment of royalty is what irked the even-tempered Mohammed Rafi. In the early 60s, Lata Mangeshkar demanded a half-share from the 5% royalty that a film’s producer obtained from the music company. But Rafi did not support her in this...

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In a major development, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has filed a case of money laundering over transactions worth Rs15 crore related to the alleged suicide of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput. An ED official said that it has registered a criminal case under the Prevention of Money...

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Renee Dudley  and   Jeff Kao J (ProPublica) 31 July 2020
The broadcasting icon’s fake interview with a Russian journalist went viral on social media, spread by accounts tied to China’s government.   Jacobi Niv had paid Larry King a few thousand dollars apiece to narrate half a dozen videos for companies or projects in Israel, where King is...

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31st July happens to be the 40th death anniversary of Mohammed Rafi. Here is a look at some of the things not many people may know about the legendary singer, in a three-part series. This is second part of the series.   Did you know that when Rafi was recording “Babul Ki Duayein Leti...

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31st July happens to be the 40th death anniversary of Mohammed Rafi. Here is a look at some of the things not many people may know about the legendary singer.   Rafi was the second of six sons born to Haji Ali Mohammad. The family belonged to Amritsar. His nickname was Pheeko. He made...

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Dr Shreeram Lagoo, who had mostly played avuncular characters on the screen, passed away last December at the ripe old age of 92 years. An ear-nose-throat (ENT) surgeon by profession, he drifted onto the stage which finally led him into accepting roles in innumerable Bollywood flicks and...

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Puja Gupta (IANS) 13 July 2020
There is a certain distinction in the concept and coinage of the term 'cloud kitchen'; the concept of takeaway or delivery only, without dining, has been around for over half a century globally. While pizza and burger delivery points were prevalent in the West, in India we have the long...

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Carrying their own make-up kits, wearing masks and gloves when not facing the camera, maintaining social distance as much as possible and small crews define the New Normal on TV shows as Mumbais studios cautiously reopen, and the actors are not complaining.   The coronavirus pandemic...

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Several friends and colleagues have forwarded me an article by Srinivas Kantheti, in CNBCTV18 titled “How one Indian industry beat China at manufacturing and creating a global footprint". It is an excellent piece that explains how India’s two-wheeler industry has 'overtaken' that of China,...

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The ongoing pandemic has reinforced the value of good hygiene and self-care in our lives. Observing the best hygiene practices is the new norm, which means not only washing and sanitizing your hands regularly but your footwear as well, to get rid of any potential virus on...

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