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KKS Murthy, the owner of Bengaluru’s Select Books, who recently passed away aged 95, it was after a gap of many years. He seemed quite unchanged, sitting amid the heaps of books in his now 80-year-old shop off Brigade Road. He recognised me at once and, without asking, directed me to a pile of second-hand cookbooks. I rarely buy physical books now. You can tell me all about the joys of holding a printed book, and I’ll shrug and switch on the e-books app on my tablet or phone, with instant access to thousands of books, new ones instantly available, all easily searchable, with adjustable lighting and size. I also live in a humid Goa valley, which is rotting my old books. But I still love second-hand books. Booksellers like Murthy who specialise in them are rare now, with the places where they congregated — Fort’s pavements in Mumbai, Moore Market in Chennai —mostly cleared away. New & Secondhand, in Mumbai’s Dhobi Talao, is a distant memory. But Murthy kept the flag flying for the kind of place where, instead of the purposive searching of regular bookshops, you could randomly sift through piles and find the one book which, through past owners and shops, was waiting for you.

Air India Express will begin flight services to Bhubaneswar from the Hindon civil terminal on March 30, making it the eighth new route to be introduced from the airport this month. The airline has already announced flights to Mumbai, Goa, Kolkata, Chennai, Jammu, and two Bengaluru services. Hindon’s civil terminal, launched in October 2019 under the Centre’s UDAN scheme, has been gradually expanding its domestic network. Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi confirmed the upcoming Bhubaneswar connection on social media. «Aviation Bonanza for #Bhubaneswar! Sincere gratitude to Hon'ble Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi as new flights to Ghaziabad (Hindon) and Port Blair take off shortly under the #NewDestinationPolicy—boosting tourism, trade, and seamless connectivity,» he wrote on X. Officials at Hindon are awaiting formal confirmation. «The official confirmation on Bhubaneswar from Hindon will be made in a day or two. But from March 30, the operation on the said route is most likely to start. We are working on the schedule, the announcement for which will be made shortly,» an AI Express representative said.

Rachin Ravindra etched his name in the history books before being dismissed for 37 off 29 balls in the Champions Trophy 2025 final against India at the Dubai International Cricket Stadium. With his knock, Rachin became the first New Zealand batter to score over 250 runs in a single edition of the tournament, surpassing Kane Williamson’s 244-run tally from 2017. Coming into the final, Rachin had already amassed 226 runs in three matches, including two centuries in Pakistan. He got off to a strong start in the final, racing to 25 off just 14 balls in the first five overs.

azaan' at a volume exceeding the prescribed decibel limits. According to an official statement, the action was taken on Saturday night at a mosque in the Punjabhiyan locality, where 'azaan' or 'call to prayer' was played at a volume violating the prescribed limits set by the court.

Sunil Subramaniam attributed the recent uptick to domestic fund managers selectively deploying their cash reserves despite sustained selling by foreign institutional investors (FIIs). «This week, the reason for the slight uptick is that domestic fund managers, who are still sitting on a lot of cash, have engaged in some selective buying. FIIs have continued their selling,» he stated.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. ‘Climate Change & You’ is a fortnightly newsletter by Bibek Bhattacharya and Sayantan Bera. Subscribe to Mint's newsletters to get them directly in your email inbox. Dear reader, One of the first things that Donald Trump did when he became president was to withdraw the US from the 2015 Paris climate agreement.

The Summer I Turned Pretty Season 3 will premiere in July 2025, marking the long-awaited return of the beloved coming-of-age drama, as mentioned in a report by TV Insider. The announcement confirms that the upcoming installment will serve as the final season of the series, bringing Jenny Han’s literary trilogy to its ultimate conclusion. The show, which has captivated audiences since its debut, has followed a predictable release pattern until now. Season 1 premiered in June 2022, while Season 2 arrived in July 2023.

international women's day, the ET Awards for Corporate Excellence 2024 honoured the exceptional leadership of Vishakha Mulye, CEO of Aditya Birla Capital, with the award for Businesswoman of the Year. «Behind every successful man, there is a woman, but for a woman to be successful, I think, lots of things has to fall in place, right from family she is born in to she marries, the institutions she works and the ecosystem she operates in, said Vishakha Mulye, CEO of Aditya Birla Capital after receiving the ET's 'Businesswoman of the Year' award. Vishakha Mulye has redefined leadership at Aditya Birla Capital by transitioning its portfolio from large lumpy wholesale clients toward smaller and better yielding retail clients — driving consolidated growth.

Nuvama Institutional Equities has initiated coverage on Afcons Infrastructure Ltd (AIL) with a ‘buy’ rating and a target price of Rs 535, as it believes that the company is ‘in a league of its own’. The target price given by the brokerage firm implies a 23% upside potential from current levels.

Cyclone Alfred, a category 2 storm in the Coral Sea, is likely to make landfall on Saturday morning (Australia time). Air New Zealand has announced that it has stopped operations in and out of Brisbane and Gold Coast in the face of the impending storm. While announcing the decision to suspend operations, Air New Zealand' chief operational integrity and safety officer Captain David Morgan stated that flights would resume only after the Australian authorities give the all clear and restore roads and rail connectivity to the affected airports. «Customers are advised not to travel to the airport and those impacted have been contacted directly with rebooking options. We also encourage customers to ensure their contact details are up to date in their booking, so we can reach them if needed. We understand some customers may no longer wish to travel to or from areas affected by the cyclone, so we are offering additional flexibility for affected customers. Customers ticketed to travel to or from Brisbane or the Gold Coast up to and including Sunday, 16 March, have the option to defer travel within seven days of their original booking or place the value of their ticket into credit,» Morgan was quoted as saying by New Zealand website RNZ.co.nz.

14-year-old girl and three others for forcibly marrying her to a 30-year-old relative in Krishnagiri district, as per a TOI report. The action was taken after the girl’s grandmother, who opposed the marriage, lodged a complaint.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Imagine a literary festival not as encounters with favourite authors or listening to fascinating debates but instead as embarrassing onstage debacles, serialised episodes of misadventures that metamorphose in the mind into a very public pillorying. With this season’s calendar of lit fests, in locations as diverse as Jaipur and Thimphu, coming to an end, my bizarre experiences at Sri Lanka’s Galle Literary Festival last month reminded me of my accident-prone run on stage.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. Mumbai: Afcons Infrastructure Ltd, which has so far limited its exposure to the Middle East due to unfavourable contract terms, is looking to increase its business there as the region witnesses a construction boom to diversify from oil money. The company will work in the region in collaboration with local partners who are familiar with domestic conditions to reduce the execution risk, as per top company executives.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. On 6 March, Indian stock indices, the Sensex and the Nifty 50, lost their initial upward momentum and closed in negative territory, dragged down by declines in major stocks like HDFC Bank, Airtel, ITC, and Infosys. Meanwhile, the White House revealed that US President Donald Trump is open to evaluating additional products for possible tariff exemptions, which came into effect on 4 March.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. You don't really need a finance degree to excel in the stock market—ask Sapna Shaligram. The 58-year-old chemistry teacher turned psychological counsellor is a self-taught investor who has been tracking stock markets since the early 90s.

home loan EMI subvention scheme offered by many builders and developers a decade ago. According to TOI, subvention schemes were supposed to make things easier for buyers, but in many cases, became instruments that gave builders access to loans without accountability and left homebuyers in the city to bear the aftershocks, like demand letters to pay EMIs despite houses running years behind schedule. Also read | How an easy home loan EMI scheme turned into a nightmare for many homebuyers in Delhi NCR

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday stated that the world's leading economies are grappling with a population crisis. Speaking at a book launch, Naidu emphasised that while these countries possess advanced resources such as Artificial Intelligence and cutting-edge technologies, they lack a sufficient workforce to operate them. «All top countries in the world are struggling. There is no population. AI and technology exist, but there are no people to operate them,» he said.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. On 3 March, the Indian government announced that the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) had been awarded ‘Navratna’ status, marking a defining moment in the company’s already remarkable journey. The stock has gained 3.5% since the announcement, signaling investor optimism, though it remains down 11% over the past month and 26% over the past six months.

rupee liquidity. However, the trading position would impact the market's view on how much it could erode future foreign exchange reserves, experts said. RBI's net short positions in the forward book reached a record high of $77.5 billion as of January 31, with the majority of positions in the three-month to one-year tenure at $30.6 billion, central bank data showed. The RBI also did two dollar-rupee buy-sell swaps in February — $5 billion for a six-month tenure and $10 billion for a three-year tenure.

Facebook/ Meta will be published next week. Flatiron Books announced Wednesday that «Careless People» is scheduled for Tuesday. The memoir is written by Meta's former director of global public policy, Sarah Wynn-Williams, who left what was then Facebook in 2018. "'Careless People' takes readers inside Meta's board rooms, private jets, and meetings with heads of state, revealing the appetites, excesses, blind spots, and priorities of executives Mark Zuckerberg, Sheryl Sandberg, and Joel Kaplan," the publisher's announcement reads in part. «Wynn-Williams paints a portrait of this group as profoundly flawed, self-interested, and careless human beings, callously indifferent to the price others would pay for their own enrichment.»