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The stunning pool at Anantara Bophut Koh Samui Resort | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Amidst the soft chirping of birds and stridulation of insects, mist lifts to reveal a tranquil pond with pink and white lotus flowers at a swish villa in Phuket. Despite the picture of calm it exudes, a sense of foreboding hangs in the air, especially for those who have watched the previous two seasons of HBO’s popular series The White Lotus. They know that the new set of guests arriving at the fictional resort in the third season of the satirical comedy-drama will be witnessing plot…

Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE). | Photo Credit: ANI Benchmark indices Sensex and Nifty began the trade on a weak note on Wednesday (February 19, 2025), but later bounced back, driven by buying in blue-chip bank stocks and fresh foreign fund inflows.The 30-share BSE benchmark Sensex declined 386.01 points to 75,581.38 in early trade. The NSE Nifty dropped 130.45 points to 22,814.85.However, later both the benchmark indices recovered the early lost ground and were trading in the green. The BSE benchmark gauge quoted 134.16 points higher at 76,120.85, and the Nifty traded 38.60 points higher at 22,983.90.From the Sensex pack, Zomato,…

Not many have mapped the inner lives of middle-class India as Mohan Rakesh has. One of the foremost proponents of the Nayi Kahani (new story)movement that swept the Hindi literature scene in the 1950s and 1960s, Rakesh explored the moral architecture of the burgeoning middle class when a feudal India was gingerly pacing towards modernity after Independence.This week, the National School of Drama Repertory paid a fitting tribute to Rakesh in his centenary year by staging his iconic play Aadhe Adhure with the same lead cast, Pratima Kannan and Ravi Khanvilkar. The duo performed it three decades ago under the…

KASSIA President M. G. Rajagopal addressing a press conference in Mysuru on February 18, 2025. | Photo Credit: M A Sriram While demanding separate industrial areas for small and micro enterprises (SMEs) in the State, Karnataka Small Scale Industries Association (KASSIA) has urged the government to bring amendment to the Land Reforms Act suitably for enabling Karnataka State Small Industries Development Corporation (KSSIDC) to acquire land directly. Otherwise, the Karnataka Industrial Areas Development Board (KIADB) should allocate 30% of land it acquires to KSSIDC at the acquired price without charging any development fees.Addressing mediapersons in Mysuru on February 18, KASSIA…

Jack Reacher (Alan Ritchson) walks into a record store with a box full of vinyl, and into trouble as always. This is the opening of Season 3 of Reacher, an adaptation of Lee Child’s Persuader, the seventh in his Jack Reacher series, which details the adventures of a retired Military Policeman, who walks into a town, smells something rotten, investigates and rights the wrongs, beating up the bad guys along the way.“We had strategised it from the very beginning,” says Child over a video call from London. “We felt season one and season two introduced Reacher to the wider TV…

Toyota Land Cruiser 300  | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Toyota Kirloskar Motor has announced the opening of bookings for Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) the Land Cruiser 300, known for power, luxury and off-roading capability.The Completely-built unit (CBU), will be an imported model from Japan and be available in two grades — ZX and GR-S.Powered by a Twin-Turbo V6 diesel Engine, the vehicle is available in “Precious White Pearl and Attitude Black” colours.The Land Cruiser 300 is priced ₹2.31 crore ex-showroom for ‘ZX Grade’ and ₹2.41 crore ex-showroom for ‘GR-S Grade’ (Prices will be same across the country, at ex-showroom level).Varinder…

Rare photos from film sets take over Chennai park | Video Credit: The Hindu A young Rajinikanth clad in a white vest, is halfway through an expressive rebuke — perhaps some expletives are also involved. Behind him, is a towering Kamal Hassan mid-smoke, the eerie consternation on his face befitting a ruthless serial killer. Emerging from between Parattaiyan in 16 Vayadhinile and Dileep from Sigappu Rojakkal, are a couple of women hand in hand, on their daily evening walk at the sparsely populated Thiruvanmiyur MRTS park. This scene, as bizarre as it is lovely, is a telling cross-section of the city and cinema…

View of Container Terminal at Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Jawaharlal Nehru Port Authority (JNPA) said it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with NMDC Group PJSC (Formerly National Marine Dredging Company PJSC) for the construction of the Vadhvan Port Project Ltd. in Maharashtra.As per the MoU NMDC Group PJSC has proposed to invest an estimated ₹21,000 crore for the development of the Land Offshore of Vadhvan Coast by Dredging, Reclamation and Shore Protection of Vadhvan Port. NMDC Group PJSC, with its headquarters in Abu Dhabi, UAE, works throughout the Middle East and beyond and is…

Three artists, three distinct styles, one family. Meet the De Sousas — Francis, Verodina and Nadia — whose works are on display at Gallery Time And Space. Through their work, one not only gets a glimpse of life in Goa, but also an insight into human nature. Tinged with equal parts of humour and reality, this familial display of creativity will have viewers either wanting to revisit their favourite beach town or wondering how human beings can be the same everywhere, or perhaps both.Over a phone call from Goa, the family spoke about their work, their lives and A Separate…

Congress MP Jairam Ramesh. File photo | Photo Credit: Sansad TV The Congress on Wednesday (February 19, 2025) claimed that the talk of reciprocal tariffs by U.S. President Donald Trump is calling into question a consumption tax like GST, and wondered whether his “good friend in New Delhi” would stand up to it when national sovereignty is at stake.Congress general secretary in-charge communications Jairam Ramesh said his party has long been calling for a GST 2.0 that will make GST a truly Good and Simple Tax, as it was intended to be.It has called for the barest minimum of rates…