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Through the broken glass Of a library window The burning books Can’t be read. So new ones Will have to be written. —Ian McMillan (@IMcMillan) Over a decade ago, I walked into a small two-storeyed white house in Dhaka. It felt familiar. I’d grown up around houses like that in Kolkata with red oxide floors, black-and-white photographs on the wall, the rooms cool even on a warm afternoon.

Jerry Epstein at his home, was a rather unpleasant one, and that he had left her very 'unsettled'. The disgraced financer was convicted of sexual offence but long before it, Melinda had despised his work relations with her then husband Bill Gates, which she also spoke about in an old interview in CBS from 2022.

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super luxury cars are set to surpass previous peaks for the third straight year in India, even as mainstream auto makers are struggling to clear their piled-up inventory by offering massive discounts. A Lamborghini booked now will be delivered only in 2026 or later, as the supercar maker has sold all units its Italian headquarters allocated for India. The company retails the Huracan, Urus and Revuelto in India, with the on-road price ranging from ₹5 crore to ₹10 crore. Ferrari, McLaren and Aston Martin are also seeing strong demand in India for their supercars. Mercedes-Benz and Audi have waiting periods stretching up to a year for their top end models such as the AMG G 63 and RS Q8, priced ₹2.5-4.55 crore on road.

A woman says a stranger followed her family around an airport terminal and on to a Delta Air Lines plane even though he didn't have a boarding pass for the flight

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Samir Arora, Founder, Helios Capital, says we cannot let go of pockets of flow by just believing that we are getting Rs 20,000 crore a month. The SIP numbers are good, but they are not what you think are. The actual net flows are not Rs 20,000 crore or more per month, they are only Rs 10,000 crore. For some reason, we are only talking about gross flows. When things go bad, things will become very bad if we ignore one big pool of money and more than that, ignore valuations and ignore bad news beyond a point. So one has to balance it. We have done it. I am sure fund managers are doing it. Everybody is saying valuations are expensive, and the markets are due for a correction but look at the ability of the market to shrug off bad news, what it did on election day, the Budget day, and what it has done post that black Monday 10 days ago. Samir Arora: Correct. One of course is flows, but it would look out of place if we were doing it independent of the world. So, basically, the mothership which is the US is also doing the same, not related to the budget or elections, but in general reacting to any bad phases and so it has recovered so well, Japan has recovered. But the FII flows have been quite negative and I think that is because these tax hikes have become untenable. Just to give you one number, the MSCI India Index in dollar terms is up over 17 percent year to date, whereas a $10 billion index is up 13%. So, over time, this is going to hurt and there will be some loss of FII investments in India.

₹1,000 crore) in its latest funding round led by existing investor WestBridge Capital, taking the valuation to $1 billion and making it one of India’s freshest unicorns. It recorded revenues of ₹497 crore in the fiscal year ending March 2023, while its Gross Merchandise Value (GMV) grew to ₹2520 crore in the same period, a number that has increased 3X in the current fiscal year as per valuation reports. A few features set Rapido apart—it runs on a subscription model for its driver partners or “captains" instead of the more prevalent commission model, where the platform takes a commission on each ride.

The creator of the Famous Amos cookie empire has died

ED) has provisionally attached immovable properties worth Rs 678.48 crore belonging to various companies of the Avantha Group owned and controlled by Gautam Thapar. These properties-land holdings in Haryana, Maharashtra and Uttarakhand-have been attached under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA) as proceeds of crime. Thapar is being probed by the federal agency on charges of cheating and siphoning off loans worth Rs 2,435 crore taken from a State Bank of India-led consortium.

Avantax, the tax-oriented financial planning and wealth management firm under Cetera, continues to demonstrate its appeal for planning-focused advisors as it adds a seasoned professional from LPL.

inland waterways, as part of its efforts to promote greater use of the country's network of rivers, canals and backwaters to move cargo, officials in the know said. The government is readying a scheme to incentivise parcel movement on the Ganga, Brahmaputra and Barak rivers in the first phase. A discount of up to 35% on the invoice value for transporting goods is expected to be offered by a subsidiary of state-run Shipping Corporation of India, with the government reimbursing the company for the loss of revenue, they said. «This scheme has been designed after feedback from stakeholders that recently used national waterways 1, 2 and 16 to transport goods,» one of the officials said. The incentive will make waterway movement on those routes comparable to road transport, he added.

Canada Jetlines Ltd. has grounded all flights, temporarily ceasing operations amid a financial crisis at the carrier.

Air India on Thursday announced the cancellation of its scheduled flight from Delhi to Narita, Japan, on Friday, citing severe weather warnings at Tokyo. Passengers with confirmed bookings for flights AI306 and AI307 on the Delhi-Narita-Delhi route on August 16 are eligible for a one-time waiver on rescheduling or can opt for a full refund in case of cancellation. The airline shared this update via a post on X and said that the decision to prioritize passenger safety amid the weather warnings in Tokyo.

HONOLULU (AP) — Wallace “Wally” Amos, the creator of the cookie empire that took his name and made it famous and who went on to become a children’s literacy advocate, has died. He was 88.

V O Chidambaram Pillai, called VOC, started the first indigenous Indian shipping company, Swadeshi Steam Navigation Company (SSNCo), in 1906, against British India Steam Navigation Company, plying ships between Tuticorin-Colombo. He was later arrested by the British government in 1908 and sentenced to two terms of life-imprisonment and was locked in Coimbatore prison where he was sentenced to hard labour. Also Read: No, India did not get complete independence in 1947. Here's why

MUMBAI : As the nation celebrates Independence Day, a surge in travel enthusiasm has gripped well-to-do Indians. The extended holiday weekend has sparked a travel frenzy, with bookings for both domestic and international destinations witnessing a significant rise.

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scooter maker Ola Electric on Wednesday reported a 32% jump in revenue for the first quarter of fiscal year 2025 to ₹1,644 crore, while net loss widened to ₹347 crore, from a loss of ₹267 crore a year ago. The firm's automotive division saw total income jump 34% to ₹1,722 crore, while loss after tax for the segment widened to ₹233 crore, from a loss of ₹189 crore a year ago. Its battery division reported an income of ₹5 crore for the quarter, with a loss after tax of ₹37 crore.

Wan's latest series Teacup, puts Yvonne Strahovski and Scott Speedman in the world of horror. Robert McCammon's book Stinger is the inspiration for the Peacock horror series. The teaser, which premiered this Wednesday, showcased Strahovski and Speedman's characters, Maggie and James Chenoweth, as they confront a horrendous and invisible foe in rural Georgia. An eerie setting and loud shrieking sound effects give individual bone-chilling and thrilling adventures.

India Inc is actively pushing to leverage upcoming extended weekends in August and September. Such short breaks can help revitalise employees and boost their productivity, executives say. Executives at travel companies like Thomas Cook, SOTC, and StayVista told ET that working professionals including CXOs are making a beeline to avail quick and snappy breaks during this period. Even companies, at their end, are encouraging their staff to take these microbreaks and return rejuvenated as it increases productivity, executives said.