LIFESTYLE & LEISURE


Moneylife Digital Team 04 August 2021
While dismissing a special leave petition (SLP), the Supreme Court has upheld that the online fantasy sports format offered by Dream11 is game of skill. The SLP has alleged that the online fantasy sports (OFS) format offered by Dream11 amounted to gambling, wagering and betting and is not a...

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N. Lothungbeni Humtsoe (IANS) 28 May 2021
Almost a year ago, one of the busiest airports in the world- Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi had a deserted look brought about by the coronavirus. A year later, the airport has terminated operations on terminal 2 as a result of the reduced number of flights due to the second...

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This is a big question – and a very important one, and becoming more important with every passing year. The question applies to individuals, to companies, and even to nations. It was mentioned in an article earlier, that a 2015 survey had found that China, Indonesia and India were rated as...

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SIddhi Jain (IANS) 23 April 2021
Starting a fitness routine is a tough and overwhelming choice. Especially if you are a beginner and can barely differentiate between a bench press and a cross trainer, let alone know what goals you can achieve with either. Staying motivated to work out may very well be hard, but not...

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SS Kaimal 20 April 2021
Readers may perhaps find the following rather difficult to believe. But I swear by all that I hold sacred that it is the truth and nothing but the truth.   As I had mentioned in some earlier articles that the Central Public Works Department (CPWD) in which I worked is responsible for...

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Even after a year of Covid-19 pandemic and remote working, are you still struggling to strike an efficient balance between your home office and life?   Run a white-noise machine to mask household clatter, make your noisy neighbours aware of your work schedule, and resist the...

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International property consultant Knight Frank has observed in its recent Attitudes Survey 2021 that 14 per cent of India's ultra-high net worth individuals (UHNWIs, $30 million plus) are from the salaried employee segment.   This makes India the fourth highest contributor in the Asia...

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Indians spent 188 billion minutes on various OTT platforms -- the highest 69 billion minutes on daily soaps followed by movies with 31 billion minutes -- in the month of February as free telecom bundling helped increase the number of OTT subscriptions via smartphone users, a report showed on...

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When I worked for Glaxo 60 years ago, it was accepted that a weekend was ‘leisure time’. It was a break – and one came back on Monday, fresh from whatever you had been doing on the weekend. It was only when I joined a company with a young Indian heading the company as chief executive (CEO),...

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SS Kaimal 24 March 2021
On the 15 August 1947, when India awoke to light and freedom, I, a college boy then, was not a citizen of India. I was a subject of the Maharaja of Travancore, a princely state, which had declared independence. The Maharaja of Travancore was a devout Hindu whose family deity was Sri...

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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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