Billie Eilish has always been quite open about her songwriting process and has always been quite adamant on putting more focus on the words, rather than the external beats that go along with the lyrics. This quote for the day, from when she was a mere 15-year-old, is a resonant reminder about how important it…
Achieving the perfect boiled egg, with its creamy yolk and tender white, is not luck but physics. Boiling an egg feels like the kind of thing that should not require a tutorial. Water, heat, timer and yet, the results are rarely quite right. It is either too rubbery, too chalky, or has that faint greenish…
Jyotivardhan Jaipuria, Founder & MD of Valentis Advisors, remains positive on banks, citing strong credit growth, improving net interest margins and attractive valuations despite recent senior management changes across private lenders. He also continues to favour pharma, particularly US generics and CDMOs, on easing pricing pressure and China-plus-one opportunities. Jaipuria stays underweight on large IT,…
Well-known cinematographer Manoj Paramahamsa has been appointed as the Chairman of the MGR Government Film and Television Training Institute by the Tamil Nadu government. The appointment has drawn attention from both the film industry and the public, given Manoj’s long and successful career behind the camera. Popular in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada, and Hindi cinema, he…
MUMBAI: Mumbai on Friday recorded its fifth highest Air Quality Index (AQI) of February at 130, categorised as ‘moderate’ by the Central Pollution Control Board’s SAMEER app.This was recorded in the evening based on data collected from various monitoring stations across the city, the CPCB-run official AQI monitoring application showed.Earlier this month, AQI had touched…
Filmmaker Vasanthabalan has strongly criticized recent movies. He stated that films like ‘Kashmir Files’ and ‘Dhurandhar’ are spreading hate in a planned way. Vasanthabalan believes cinema should unite people, not divide them. Director Vetri Maaran also made indirect comments against hate politics in films. The discussion highlights the responsibility of filmmakers in shaping public opinion…
Fundamentally, remittances are cross-border money transfers to support families back home. (AI image) ‘Gulf se paisa aaya hai’ – it’s a common statement in several households across India whose family members work in the Middle East countries. But will this money keep flowing in as much as it does in the wake of the US-Iran…
Polish author Olga Tokarczuk, who won the 2018 Nobel Prize in Literature, has found herself at the centre of a debate over artificial intelligence after remarks she made at Impact’26 in Poznań were widely interpreted as an admission that she uses AI in her writing process. During the talk, she described AI as a tool…
The upcoming live-action adaptation of ‘Street Fighter’ made a big impression at CinemaCon 2026, with the ensemble cast taking the stage at a special event. Directed by Kitao Sakurai, the film was one of the highlights of the event, showcasing character posters across the venue, while official social media handles released a teaser and confirmed…
SBI Mutual Fund has launched two Constant Maturity Index Funds in the financial services segment, tracking short-tenor debt indices. The New Fund Offer (NFO) opens on April 15 and will close on April 20. The schemes include the SBI CRISIL-IBX Financial Services 3–6 Months Debt Index Fund and the SBI CRISIL-IBX Financial Services 9–12 Months…
