When Charles Bryan stopped drinking alcohol, he wished for an alternative beverage suited to events like weddings or birthday parties. “I didn’t have a desire to get wasted, but to have a mood boost or a social lubricant,” Bryan, a personal trainer in his 40s based in New York, said. In early 2023, he started … Read more
4 min read Last Updated : Aug 30 2024 | 4:49 PM IST State-owned Bharat Petroleum Corporation Ltd (BPCL) is exploring setting up an oil refining and petrochemical complex over the next 5-7 years as it steps up capacity to meet India’s rising energy demand, chairman G Krishnakumar told shareholders on Friday. BPCL, … Read more
For the second summer running, women with places to go and bling on all their fingers have heralded the sunshine with fizzing orange manicures: Aperol spritz nails. “It is refreshing and puts you in a good mood,” wrote one journalist after the actor Zendaya posted an apricot-tipped selfie last year, listing the many ways (ombré, … Read more
India’s foreign exchange reserves refer to assets held by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) in foreign currencies. These reserves act as a cushion and provide liquidity, ensuring our country can meet its external obligations. The importance of Indian forex reserves cannot be overstated, as they play a vital role in maintaining the stability of … Read more
It was a “disaster”. It was “so drastically wrong”. Its creator was “ashamed” and “embarrassed”. “No one will ever see it.” It was “bad, bad, bad”. The film that triggered this outpouring was Jerry Lewis’s catastrophic Holocaust drama The Day the Clown Cried. Shot in the early 1970s, it has notoriously never been officially released … Read more
Pattaya, the ever-popular beach and family destination for Indian tourists, now aims to become a film city. In fact, it’s working at becoming a “Unesco Creative City” for films. The Pattaya Film Festival, now in its second year, is a starting point. Although no Indian films were screened this year, festival director Chalida Uabumrungjit let … Read more
7 min read Last Updated : Aug 30 2024 | 4:21 PM IST Dividend stocks: Shares of Gulf Oil, IRCON, NBCC, Deepak Fertilisers and Petrochemicals Corp, and as many as 82 other companies will remain in focus during the next week as they will turn ex-dividend in the course of the upcoming five trading … Read more
The superyacht that capsized off the coast of Sicily this month, in which the British tech magnate Mike Lynch and six others died, could only have sunk because of human error, according to the chief executive of the company that owns the vessel’s manufacturer. It is thought that the Bayesian was struck by a downburst … Read more
6 min read Last Updated : Aug 30 2024 | 3:35 PM IST The ASUS Vivobook S15 is among the first-generation consumer laptops based on the revamped Windows on ARM experience, powered by the Qualcomm X Elite. This model offers more than its non-Qualcomm counterparts, distinguishing itself as a unique Windows laptop. Key features … Read more
It probably shouldn’t come as a huge shock that Hugo Weaving has admitted to not really feeling The Lord of the Rings movies. After all, if you were stuck in Rivendell playing Elrond the half-elven for years with lines that only ever seemed to be given to you for the purpose of haughty, eyebrow-arched exposition, … Read more