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Dettol’s new ad shows why emotional storytelling still sells

What could have been just another Dettol Antiseptic Liquid commercial has struck a chord with the audience. Not because of a monologue or music, but the silent pain of a four-year-old.

What was India’s disco decade like? How Dhurandhar made 1980s music & vibe cool again

On one end of the disco spectrum was the uber-cool, ultra modern Kalpana Iyer with her long legs and the other end was the saree-wearing, fully covered, big-bindi flaunting Usha Uthup. What tied them both together was music composer Bappi Lahiri.

India’s small-town sushi story. Maki rolls in Meerut, nigiri in Jabalpur

From Jabalpur to Meerut, the arrival of delicate raw fish in India’s scorching heartland is a story of how logistics helped turn sushi counters into a new stage for Tier-2 aspirations.

A Bhutan bar mixes local stories and culture in its cocktails

The bar menu of Taj Paro is inspired by Himalayan botanicals, mountain herbs, and local ingredients, celebrating Bhutan’s natural abundance.

Actor Ranveer Singh pays tributes to RSS founder Hedgewar at his memorial in Nagpur

Nagpur, Apr 10 (PTI) Bollywood actor Ranveer Singh on Friday offered tributes to Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh founder K B Hedgewar and his successor M...

Cannes, going without work and sharing charter flight with Big B: Vijay Varma on a career full of surprises

Mumbai, Apr 10 (PTI) From making it to Cannes with "Monsoon Shootout" to taking a rickshaw to the private terminal only to share a...

What happens to silk at the edge of space? Artists just found out

The Mission Taroni project sent a sculpture roughly 33 kilometres above Earth, high enough for the sky to turn pitch black and the planet’s curvature to come into view.

Sam Altman proposes a new ‘robot tax’. AI can’t benefit only the corporate elite

OpenAI’s CEO argues that for AI to succeed, it must benefit the masses through redistributed time and wealth, not just corporate giants.

Why a robot dog with Elon Musk’s head is roaming the streets of San Francisco

Besides raising its leg, following people, squatting, and attempting to interact with real dogs, the robot dog also captures pictures before “pooping” out a printed copy.

A chimp ‘civil war’ has raged for 8 years in Uganda. What it says about human violence

A study in Science this week showed how a community of 200 chimpanzees in Uganda split and started a bloody war. ‘Encourages a reevaluation of current models of human collective violence.’

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India’s EV shift isn’t about policies anymore. Now, it’s driven by cost

In March, sales of electric passenger vehicles touched an all-time high of 22,490 units of 4,40,144 passenger vehicles sold, thus crossing the important 5% mark for the first time.

Fuel shock hits Asia’s rice bowl as farmers cut planting

War-driven surge in fuel and fertilizer costs forces farmers across Southeast Asia to delay harvests, scale back sowing and risk lower output.

Iran’s Shahed vs US’s LUCAS—The drone arithmetic reshaping the West Asia war

From Kyiv to the Gulf, Iran’s Shahed rewrote the rules of aerial warfare. Now, the US has its own copy of the cheap drones, LUCAS.

The world’s in a flux. India must reform, consolidate & build a strong economy

We now live in a world order that will keep shifting. India must use this window. This also means we remain disciplined enough not to be knee-jerked into reacting to what Pakistan sees as its moment in the sun.