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When a Heart Gets the Right of Way: How India’s Green Corridors Turn Traffic into Lifelines
When a Heart Gets the Right of Way: How India’s Green Corridors Turn Traffic into Lifelines
7 min read
A donated heart travelled 178 km across Tamil Nadu in 114 minutes. Behind that extraordinary journey lies the story of a simple Indian innovation that gives an organ the privileges once reserved for V ...
TIGER WOODS DUI CASE | Can Golf’s Greatest Comeback King Escape Himself Again?
9 min read
Tiger Woods rewrote golf at 21, lost his family and reputation, rebuilt his body, won the Masters again and survived a crash that nearly cost him a leg. Now, as he prepares to change his not-guilty pl ...
BRICS is coming: What did FSSAI find behind the doors of Delhi’s 5-star kitchens?
4 min read
From hygiene checks and pest control to expired food and kitchen segregation, here’s what happens behind the scenes before luxury hotels serve an international summit
Dyson Wants to Make Toothbrush the Next Status Symbol. Will the Dyson Effect Work?
6 min read
Dyson has turned vacuums and hair tools into objects of desire. With its ₹50,000-ish CameraJet, it is now betting that consumers will pay a luxury-tech premium for something they traditionally buy for ...
Levi’s Original Sin: If Alia Bhatt Can Be Everyone, Can the Brand Sell Everything?
6 min read
After building an empire around the original blue jean, Levi’s wants Alia Bhatt’s many identities to stretch it into a head-to-toe lifestyle brand. India revenue has reached ₹2,223 crore. Now comes th ...
What did Tamil Nadu CM Vijay announce in the Assembly? A simple guide to the big changes
3 min read
From drinking water and waste-to-energy projects to digital driving licences and withdrawal of cases against protesting farmers and teachers, Tamil Nadu has announced a broad set of new measures.
Is Your Friendship Worth ₹1.89 Lakh? De Beers Wants a New Diamond Ritual
8 min read
De Beers helped make diamonds inseparable from engagements and marriage. Now it is targeting a relationship that traditionally survived on loyalty, laughter and unpaid dinner bills. With paired natura ...
‘Why are people triggered?’ Swara Bhasker hits back after her Padmaavat jauhar remark sparks trolling
4 min read
Eight years after her controversial open letter to Sanjay Leela Bhansali, actor Swara Bhasker has revisited Padmaavat’s jauhar scene — and her question about rape survivors’ right to live has triggere ...
Trump again claims 'almost total control' of Hormuz as Iran reports deaths and Houthis warn US allies
3 min read
From missile strikes in Iran's oil-rich southwest to fresh threats from Yemen's Houthis and Donald Trump's latest Hormuz remarks, the battle over the world's most strategic waterway has entered a vola ...