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What, I am often asked, is the most difficult thing about cooking?

The flag-bearer of Ceylon tea

I have been thinking of Sri Lanka ever since I heard of the death of the legendary Merrill Fernando, who created Dilmah Tea, last week. Everyone who visits that country is likely to taste, or bring back, Dilmah Tea.

We are rapidly running out of time and heroes

The Doomsday Clock is ticking. Ultimately, the end of the world could come not because of megalomaniacal villains but because we-literally-run out of world

Pet-safe green spaces

Choose non-toxic plants and use natural fertilisers so that your pet can play in a safe green zone

What Should Be Done If You Fail To Deduct Tax On Rent Paid To An NRI?

Under India’s income tax laws, if the payee qualifies as non-resident in India during the relevant financial year, the payer is required to effect TDS (tax deducted at source) at a specified rate (plus applicable surcharge and health and education cess) on taxable income of the payee.

Utopia Or Dystopia: Can Artificial Intelligence Really Be Regulated?

After OpenAI, an artificial intelligence (AI) company, launched ChatGPT in November 2022, followed by ChatGPT 4, a more advanced generative version of its large learning model, AI has taken the world by storm.

Europe's famous vacation spots are fed up of tourists

From Venice to Dubrovnik, top holiday cities are fighting back 'overtourism'

It's often more than a buzz that the rich get from risk

Would you spend $250,000 to venture into the deep, uncharted territories of the ocean? Would you want to “Become one of the first few to see the Titanic up-close\"? That was how OceanGate advertised its Titan submersible tours.

India's rice export curbs could prove too myopic for its good

It weakens the country's claim to leadership of the Global South

Miss World is welcome: It'll help expose a myth

News of the Miss World beauty pageant to be held in India this year after a 27-year gap has so far evoked only muted murmurs. Maybe we are spoilt for choice with public spectacles. Back in 1996, host-city Bangalore had erupted in protests that got police onto the streets and featured self-immolation bids aimed at halting the show.

Investors dumping China for emerging markets

Global investors are increasingly choosing to bypass China's markets in favour of other emerging countries that are either gaining from the geopolitical and growth risks stalking the world's second-biggest economy or are far removed from them.

Microsoft's Teams, Office tie-up faces EU antitrust probe

Microsoft on Thursday found itself the target of a European 1 Union (EU) antitrust investigation over the bundling of its chat and video app Teams with its Office product, putting it at risk of a hefty fine.

Relaunch of old hits big draw on streams

Despite the recent controversy surrounding the reboot of Pasoori in Kartik Aaryan’s Satyaprem Ki Katha, the music industry has been seeing a surge in popularity for revamped versions of old hit songs on audio streaming platforms and music labels.

FPIs resist mandatory 10% debt trade on RFQ

Lobby group says the Sebi move won't enhance liquidity in debt markets

Next up, legal, bureaucracy, currency reforms: Sanval

Reforming India’s administrative machinery and the legal system, along with making the rupee a hard currency, widely accepted for global transactions, are top on the government’s next reform agenda, said Sanjeev Sanyal, a member of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Economic Advisory Council.

Fed softens tone, but will RBI?

After a brief pause last month, the US Federal Reserve (Fed) has hiked its policy rate by 25 basis points (bps).

Together makes first close of $150 mn fund

The fund will be used for early stage investment in SaaS, AI startups

Govt weighs legal action, recovery procedure against FAME defaulters

Even as two-wheeler electric (EV) makers have written to the prime minister’s office (PMO) and the ministry of heavy industries (MHI) seeking waiver of the overall penalty of ₹469 crore, Union government is unlikely to relent and plans to take them to court if the penalties are not paid in next few days.

Jan Vishwas, offshore minerals bills passed

Government pushed through its busy legislative agenda for the monsoon session by introducing and clearing few more bills including the Jan Vishwas and Offshore Areas Mineral Amendment Bills on Thursday.

Speed up common form for tax: Panel

Finance ministry should speed up process of introducing a common income tax return form which will make tax filing easier, Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance led by Jayant Sinha said in a report tabled in Lok Sabha on Thursday.

Govt may offer PLI for chemicals, petrochem

Help on cards for sector facing challenges on pollution, skilling, labour

Panel urges govt to finalize digital competition bill

The parliamentary standing committee on finance, led by Jayant Sinha, on Thursday urged the Union government to finalise the digital competition bill at the earliest to check a slew of anti-competitive practices plaguing the digital markets.

TechM's next CEO to get ₹46.8 cr package

Tech Mahindra Ltd’s managing director and chief executive officer (CEO) designate Mohit Joshi has been offered a ₹7 crore joining bonus and stands to earn as much as ₹46.8 crore in his first year, making him one of the highest-paid professional CEOs in the country.

India, Iran set to ink long-term deal on Chabahar port

India and Iran are expected to sign a long-term deal for the development of Iran’s Chabahar Port by September before the Global Maritime India Summit 2023 scheduled in New Delhi in October, two people familiar with the matter said.

What will the museum of the future look like?

The second edition of the Bihar Museum Biennale will define the museum of the future as a dynamic interactive space

Musk in a tough banking race

Twitter has already snagged money-transmitter licenses in four US states, including Arizona and Missouri

India to be one of world's top 3 economies in my 3rd term: PM

New International Exhibition-cum-Convention Centre, Bharat Mandapam, unveiled

Bajaj Fin troubled by rapid growth of personal loans

In Q1 FY24, Bajaj Fin recorded highest quarterly growth in AUM of ₹22,718 cr and expects it to be 29-31% in FY24

Whyte & Mackay single malt whisky finds key mkt in India

India's whisky market is projected to grow from $210 mn in 2022 to $480 mn in 2027

IndiGo's Pratt & Whitney woes resurface

In another wave of engine trouble in India, IndiGo, the country’s largest airline, will need to send some of its Airbus A320neo family aircraft using Pratt and Whitney engines for inspection as the US engine maker has suggested accelerated inspection of 600 aircraft worldwide.