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When 14-year-old Kavya Trehan told her mom she wanted to perform at an open mic (the kind where they serve alcohol too), her mom did not panic or lecture — she just said, “Cool, I will come with you.” At the event, Kavya, mostly just wanting some attention, got up and sang whatever popped into her head. It was not perfect, but that bold little moment gave her a head start in music, and by 17, she was already on tour.Midway through her Hyperreal Tour across India, singer-songwriter and producer Kavya speaks over the phone about her journey, the story…
On the map, Kodakara is a small, nondescript town in Kerala’s Thrissur district. At best, the famous Athirappilly waterfalls is located about 30 minutes from it. My interest, however, is piqued when I learn — through lens-based artist and writer S. Hariharan’s social media posts — about the existence of two art museums in close proximity to this town. They are noteworthy because not only are the two creating access and awareness about art and photography in a region where such facilities do not exist, but they are also taking such conversations beyond the urban elite.PhotoMuse, located in the adjacent…
Sunny Deol in ‘Jaat’. | Photo Credit: Mythri Movie Makers/YouTube The makers of Jaat have announced a sequel to the hit action drama. The Bollywood movie, starring Sunny Deol, hit the screens on April 10, 2025.Jaat is directed by Telugu filmmaker Gopichand Malineni. The movie is bankrolled by Mythri Movie Makers and People Media Factory. “This time the mass feat will be bigger, bolder and wilder,” wrote the makers on social media.In Jaat, plagued by injustice and brutality, an Andhra village awaits a saviour. One day, an outsider, who calls himself Jaat, discovers the sorry state of affairs and decided…
BengaluruLike many passionate artistes of classical performing arts, Bharatanatyam dancer Navyashree B.N., too realised that it would be a Herculean task to just pursue dance without the right financial backing.“It tends to also pinch your pockets if you do not have the right support,” says the dancer over a call from her dance school, Siddhidatri Natya Shale, which was founded by her in 2020 on Kanakapura Road. Hence, she pursued dance and despite it being a passion, took up a job too to financially support her art. Navyashree has, over the years, performed as a dancer with various groups and…
Gold bars are displayed at a gold jewellery shop. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Gold prices continued their upward trend for the second straight session, touched a new all-time high of ₹95,935 per 10 grams , climbing ₹274 on Thursday (April 17, 2025), driven by firm spot demand.On the the Multi Commodity Exchange of India Ltd., the precious metal contracts for June delivery hit the record high of ₹95,935 per 10 grams in the morning tradeLater, it pared the gains to trade ₹89 or 0.09% to ₹95,750 per 10 grams with an open interest of 22,403 lots.On Wednesday (April 16),…
Harvey Weinstein. File | Photo Credit: AP Nine jurors were picked on Wednesday (April 16, 2025) on the second day of jury selection in Harvey Weinstein’s Me Too rape retrial.At the same time, the disgraced movie mogul’s lawyers asked a judge to allow him to spend his nights at a New York City hospital instead of jail for the duration of the trial, citing his many health issues including cancer and problems walking that require the use of a wheelchair to get in and out of court.The jurors — five women and four men — were picked from a group…
Bengaluru-based tech firms accounted for more than 99% of all funding seen by tech companies across Karnataka. This was followed by Hubballi at a distant second. | Photo Credit: Photo for representation only Data from market research firm Tracxn Technologies showed that Karnataka startups raised $633 million in the first quarter of 2025, down 23% from the $825.5 million raised in the last quarter of 2024. Tracxn’s Q1 2025 Karnataka Tech Funding Report also revealed a substantial contraction in year-on-year funding activity. The quarter recorded a 46% drop from the $1.20 billion raised in Q1 2024. The State saw no…
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Travel booking platform EaseMyTrip on Thursday (April 17, 2025) denied any direct or indirect association with the Mahadev betting app, a day after ED searched the premises of its co-founder Nishant Pitti. Travel booking platform EaseMyTrip on Thursday (April 17, 2025) denied any direct or indirect association with the Mahadev betting app or any other betting platform, a day after the Enforcement Directorate searched the premises of its co-founder Nishant Pitti. The Enforcement Directorate on Wednesday searched the premises of online travel booking portal EaseMyTrip’s co-founder Nishant Pitti as part of fresh multi-state raids in the Mahadev online betting app…
Workers load a container on a cargo ship at an industrial port in Tokyo, Japan. File | Photo Credit: Reuters Japan recorded a trade deficit in its March-April fiscal year but racked up a surplus with the U.S., the Finance Ministry reported Thursday (April 17, 2025).Japan’s global trade deficit totalled ¥5.2 trillion ($37 billion) for the fiscal year through March, for the fourth straight year of deficits, according to the provisional statistics.The surplus with the U.S. ballooned to ¥9 trillion ($63 billion).Exports to the U.S. are a contentious issue for U.S. President Donald Trump and Japanese negotiators are in Washington…