The Amazon fulfilment centre in Rugeley; Image: Nathan Stirk/Getty Images Since the 1960s, Aaqib Bhat’s family was in the rugs and carpet manufacturing business. Eventually, the business became a major player in handmade Kashmir silk rugs. At the time, their products were sold to pan-India wholesalers or international tourists visiting Kashmir.Bhat was working in Dubai … Read more
Poignancy is not a word we associate with surrealism, but you feel it when you walk down a corridor of blown-up photobooth pictures and enter the Pompidou’s blockbuster marking the movement’s 100th birthday. Everybody was so young when the first surrealist manifesto was published in October 1924: was it really a century ago? Painter Yves … Read more
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday launched the ‘Jal Sanchay Jan Bhagidari Initiative’, speaking at the inauguration the PM said that the country with an always visionary and comprehensive approach, needs to stand ahead to find solutions to battle with the water crisis for the whole world. Stating a Sanskrit quote, PM Modi … Read more
The NIFTY index is often seen as a measure of India’s economy. This is because it’s an index based on the top stocks from the National Stock Exchange (NSE), established in April 1996 to capture the performance of the Indian equity market. The NSE is the largest stock exchange in the country, established in 1992 … Read more
Key events Show key events only Please turn on JavaScript to use this feature Jessica Elgot Our deputy political editor Jessica Elgot has this piece today suggesting there will be a diminished presence from the left of the Labour party at this year’s conference: Senior leftwing Labour figures have said the left will have a … Read more
Benjamin Shestakofsky, assistant professor of sociology at the University of Pennsylvania. In the early 2010s, Benjamin Shestakofsky, now an assistant professor of sociology at the University of Pennsylvania, joined a Silicon Valley-startup as an intern and, as he worked his way up into middle-management, spent the next 19 months studying its functioning and ecosystem from … Read more
Elle Macpherson believes, for some reason, that disease thrives in an acidic body. The Australian ex-supermodel swears by the benefits of limiting red meat, wheat, dairy, sugar and processed food, and by something she calls “alkalising greens” (no, me neither). Through her glossy wellness brand, WelleCo, she tirelessly promotes her Super Elixir – a blend … Read more
5 min read Last Updated : Sep 06 2024 | 12:54 PM IST Indian stock market crash: The Indian stock market bled heavily on Friday, with BSE Sensex dropping 953 points or 1.15 per cent to 81,248 levels, while Nifty falling 286 points or 1.13 per cent at 24,859 level in intraday deals. This came after … Read more
The prosecution: Helen We trained our dog be gentle. Now we have a baby, why would we take such a huge risk? We got our big white German shepherd, Eddie, almost two years ago. He was a compromise: I wanted a second baby, but Roger said only if we could get a second dog. Roger is an amputee, … Read more
Behind every successfully implemented initiative is a CEO or a leader who is fully committed. Image: ShutterstockAn organisation’s work culture defines how employees interact, communicate, make decisions, and approach their tasks and responsibilities. A positive work culture includes higher employee engagement, retention, increased productivity, and customer-centric behaviours, which translates into profitable growth. Workplace initiatives may … Read more