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Toughest of tightrope walks | Guest column by Navtej Sarna
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Israel-Iran war | Uneasy truce
Donald Trump has made quite a habit of pulling rabbits out of his hat, especially while dealing with international conflicts. Just when the 12-day Israel-Iran war threatened to engulf the Middle East and along with it his own presidency, Trump bullied the two countries into agreeing to a seemingly impossible truce on June 24. It…
First class – India Today
Was it an acting class or a class act? At a workshop organised by Anupam Kher (he plans an acting school next year), the teachers included the man himself, Naseeruddin Shah and Seema Biswas (“Anupam insisted and I agreed”). ISSUE DATE: Dec 22, 1997 | UPDATED: May 21, 2013 13:25 IST Source link
Trading Apps & Finfluencers | The D.I.Y. revolution
A quiet revolution has reshaped India’s financial landscape over the past five years. What began during the Covid-19 lockdown as a digital detour for bored young Indians has morphed into a full-fledged retail investing movement, fuelled by smartphone apps and financial influencers. Together, they’ve turned stock trading from a specialist’s game into a mass-market phenomenon—one…
Stock markets | The new bulls: Small investors
Lunchbreaks are when Anjali Mehta, a 29-year-old schoolteacher in Kanpur, finds time to think about her investments. She checks the latest options on her cell phone and recently earmarked Rs 5,000 for her fifth contribution to a mutual fund this year. The amount was small. But the decision was anything but casual. “I consider these…
Straws in the wind – India Today
Kitu Gidwani has bagged the Best Actress Award for her role in the film Dance of the Wind at the prestigious Festival of Three Continents in Nantes, France. It’s a rare honour, it’s also her first international award. ISSUE DATE: Dec 29, 1997 | UPDATED: May 22, 2013 11:52 IST Source link
Shubhanshu Shukla | The new space odyssey
When Group Captain Shubhanshu Shukla floated into the International Space Station (ISS) from the Crew Dragon capsule that had docked with it on June 26, he wasn’t feeling too good. Despite being a test pilot in the Indian Air Force, like most astronauts on their maiden flight into orbit, Shukla admitted that his head felt…