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The rapid depreciation of the Argentine currency and one of the world’s highest inflation rates has made it difficult for Argentines to make ends meet

Apple in 2017 can be considered symbolic of how the company grew after its visionary co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs' death in 2011. Feeling creatively unfulfilled, Imran Chaudhri, a top software designer who had joined Apple in 1995 and was part of the teams that developed the iPhone’s multitouch technology and later Apple Watch interface, started planning his exit. He told his bosses he would leave in a few months after collecting equity shares that he was due to earn as part of his compensation, a normal practice at Apple. A month before leaving, Chaudhri wrote a farewell email to colleagues announcing his planned exit.

Picasso masterpiece, the late Spanish painter's "Femme a la montre" from 1932, is expected to fetch at least $120 million, Sotheby's announced Wednesday. The painting, which depicts Picasso's mistress wearing a watch, will be sold as part of a two-day auction of late New Yorker Emily Fisher Landau's prestigious collection. Other works up for sale include pieces by Jasper Johns, Willem de Kooning, Mark Rothko and Andy Warhol. Fisher Landau, a longtime board member of the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York and a renowned art patron and collector, passed away in March at age 102. Sotheby's said in a statement that around 120 pieces from her collection would be for sale and «estimated to bring well over $400 million» in total, with «Femme a la montre» making up a significant portion.

A Californian lawmaker has introduced a bill to protect actors, artists, and entertainers from artificial intelligence, by mandating employment contracts to include informed consent when it comes to digital replicates.

Mint journalist Nandita Venkatesan on Wednesday was named in the top 100 emerging leaders globally in TIME magazine’s TIME100 Next list, following her successful challenge against a patent renewal application earlier this year for a key tuberculosis drug. Venkatesan, 33, shared the honour with her co-petitioner Phumeza Tisile, a South African health activist. Both Venkatesan and Tisile are tuberculosis survivors who lost their hearing due to side effects of a drug administered to them.

Mahabharata which were commissioned by Udaipur's Maharana Jai Singh and painted between 1680 and 1698 by his court painter Allah Baksh. «The Mahabharata: Mewari Miniature Paintings (1680-1698) by Allah Baksh» is authored by Chandra Prakash Deval (an expert in Rajasthani literature) and Alok Bhalla (academic-translator). The selection of the paintings, published in the four volumes, is enhanced by designed covers, gilded pages and translations. Each exquisite painting includes a verse from the Mahabharata in Mewari written by Pandit Kishan Das, related to the image. The Mewari text has been translated into Hindi by Deval and then further into English by Bhalla, who has also written the extensive general introduction to each volume, as well as the introductions to the 14 parvas for which paintings have been showcased in the book. A fifth volume of 500 paintings devoted to the Gita, was published by Niyogi Books in 2019. These radiant miniatures painted by Baksh follow almost every story in every chapter of the Mahabharata and have no precedent in India's art tradition.

WWE), the world's biggest sports entertainment company and the top mixed martial arts promotion (UFC) completed their merger to form a new entity named TKO Group Holdings. WWE announced the merger through their website. Endeavor Group Holdings owns the UFC. «Endeavor Group Holdings, Inc.

Lauren Boebert was escorted out of the 'Beetlejuice' musical show on Sunday for allegedly disturbing other people in the audience. In a report about the incident at the Buell Theater in Denver, it is said, two patrons «received three different complaints» and were accused of «vaping, singing, causing a disturbance.» The identity of these two persons has not been revealed, but when they were requested to leave, they reportedly said, «Do you know who I am?»

NBC series 'Found,' created by Nkechi Okoro Carroll, is set to debut at the Boston Film Festival. The show features Shanola Hampton and Mark-Paul Gosselaar and will be showcased at the festival on September 23, with its official premiere scheduled for October 3. NBC recently unveiled the first trailer for the drama. Originally intended for a midseason release, the series was rescheduled for the fall line-up.

Sotheby’s just landed the chance to sell the undisputed star of the fall auction season: A royal blue, green and red portrait of Pablo Picasso’s young mistress curled up in a chair, “Woman with a Watch," estimated to top $120 million this November. The 1932 portrait hails from the estimated $400 million estate of Emily Fisher Landau, a New York collector who died in March at age 102. Fisher Landau’s 120-piece trove includes major examples by Jasper Johns, Ed Ruscha and Andy Warhol, so market watchers will be closely following the estate’s performance to gauge global bidder interest during the current slump.

Skill India Digital, a digital public infrastructure (DPI), that will bring together all government initiatives related to skilling, education, employment and entrepreneurship in the country on one platform. “The state-of-the- art platform will be a breakthrough in accelerating skilled talent hiring, facilitating lifelong learning and career advancement,” the ministry said in a statement. “It is also a comprehensive information gateway for all government skilling and entrepreneurship initiatives and aligns perfectly with the vision articulated in the G20 framework for building DPI and the digital economy to promote digital skills and digital literacy,” MSDE added. “MSDE has created an open-source platform to address the skilling needs of India’s diverse demography. Skill India Digital is one more step towards harnessing our demographic dividend and establishing India as a global skills hub,” Dharmendra Pradhan, minister for skills development and entrepreneurship, said. According to MSDE, the Skill India Digital aims to remove existing obstacles by offering an easy-to-use interface which is adaptable to various devices. “It will ensure that eople from diverse backgrounds can access the platform effortlessly, regardless of the technology as it will support multiple Indian Languages,” it added. As per the statement, one of the key strengths of Skill India Digital is its comprehensive approach to training and skill development.

Learning Standards (LS) are the spine of the National Curriculum Framework for School Education (NCF), that was released by India’s ministry of education on 23 August 2023. ‘Spine’ because the NCF is built around these Learning Standards, knitting all its elements together to form the whole.

Kempegowda International airport in Bengaluru which started operating international flights on Tuesday, is a 'terminal in the garden', reminding one of Singapore's Changi airport with its extravagant display of trees, plants and waterfalls. If the Bengaluru airport's Terminal-2 doesn't compete with Changi, it sure does take a 'leaf' out of it. The terminal fuses the ethnic with the futuristic and the aesthetic with the efficient amid a lush green design. The new 255,000 square metre terminal is designed and built on four key pillars and reflects Bengaluru's rich culture, history, its nature as the garden city and technology hub of India. Spread over four levels, the terminal is built for seamless departures and easy arrivals that are facilitated on different floors. The scale of T2 and the insightful design makes it a destination in itself.

Rahul Mishra was on Tuesday conferred with the insignia of Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres at a function at the Residence of France here. The French government's distinction l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters) is bestowed upon «persons who have distinguished themselves by their creativity in the field of art, culture, and literature or for their contribution to the influence of arts in France and throughout the world». Ambassador of France to India Emmanuel Lenain presented the medal to Mishra for his career and connection to France. «We wish you the best. For all these reasons, the French government wanted to give this honour to you. You're not going to be alone. Many Indian artistes have received this. One of the last was Shah Rukh Khan. You're in good company,» the ambassador said at the event. Mishra, who shared the stage with his wife Divya, expressed his gratitude to the government of France for the honour. «I'm deeply humbled to receive the Chevalier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by French ambassador Emmanuel Lenain. He has been a great supporter and friend. Also thanks to French President Emmanuel Macron for his kind recognition,» the Delhi-based designer, known for marrying slow fashion with traditional Indian crafts, said in his acceptance speech.

van Gogh painting snatched from a Dutch museum during the Covid-19 lockdown, AFP looks back at some other heists involving works by the Dutch master: On August 21, 2010, Van Gogh's "Poppy Flowers", worth $55 million at the time, was cut out of its frame in broad daylight at the Mohamed Mahmoud Khalil Museum outside Cairo. An investigation revealed that the museum's alarm system did not work and that 30 out of 47 surveillance cameras were out of order. It was the second time the small painting from 1887, which is still missing, had been stolen — the first was in 1997, when it was taken from the same museum and was found only 10 years later, in Kuwait. Van Gogh's «Blossoming Chestnut Branches» (1890), among four Impressionist masterpieces valued at more than 112 million euros, was stolen from a Zurich museum on February 10, 2008, in one of Europe's biggest-ever art heists.

G20 Summit concluded with a successful adoption of declaration after bringing all the G20 leaders into common ground. Apart from the diplomatic success, the whole summit served as a platform to highlight India's rich culture and heritage. G20 summit's main aim was to introduce the global leaders with India's rich culture and heritage.

Milady Maker, a nonfungible token (NFT) project on the Ethereum blockchain, has fallen victim to a major exploit involving the platform’s fees and social media accounts.

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Florida has recognised November as Hindu Heritage Month. Broward County joins a list of states from across the country, including Georgia, Texas, Ohio, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Virginia, etc, to commemorate Hindu heritage, culture, values, and traditions. November is a significant month for Hindus as they celebrate the festival of lights, Diwali, which falls on the 12th of the month this year. Stating that millions of Americans celebrate the festival every year, including those in the county, the recent resolution called Diwali a «time of peace, joy and new beginnings where people of all ages, especially young children, light oil lamps, burst fireworks and distribute sweets». Welcoming the move, CoHNA (Coalition of Hindus of North America), a Hindu advocacy group in the US, said on Tuesday: «The Resolution also acknowledges Hinduism as one of the world's largest and oldest religions, along with its diverse traditions, collectively known as Sanatana Dharma, with core values of acceptance, mutual respect, freedom and peace.» The resolution also acknowledged the community's contributions towards yoga, ayurveda, meditation, food, music, arts, etc has enriched the cultural fabric and have been widely adopted in American society. It highlighted that the Hindu philosophy of Vedanta and ideals such as selfless service, non-violence, etc have inspired many American intellectuals and leaders, from Martin Luther King, Jr, John D. Rockefeller, Henry David Thoreau, to Aldous Huxley, and many others.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's «Amrit Kaal» call to bring India into the category of developed nations by 2047, popular music composer and singer Kailash Kher has said. Energised and motivated Indians have put the country on an accelerated path of development and India would become a developed nation much before 2047, a timeline set by the prime minister, Kailash said. India today is «taking a lead» in making the world a «livable» place, the 50-year-old singer told PTI here in an interview as he referred to the phenomenal success of the recently concluded G20 Summit in New Delhi. Bollywood can play an important role in Prime Minister Modi's «Amrit Kaal» call to bring India into the category of developed nations by 2047, he said. In its discourse, the Bharatiya Janata Party describes the period between the country's 75th Independence year to the 100th as «Amrit Kaal».

Speaking to on Sunday, Anirudh Singh said that due to the severe rainfall and floods, the state has incurred a loss of 10,000 crore rupees. «The heavy downpour has caused massive damage to the National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) worth over 20,000 crore,» he claimed. «There has been a loss of 10000 crore rupees to the government property due to the rain and flood disaster in the state. 2200 crore losses as per set norms of the Union government.