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Gary Oldman, the series follows a group of MI5 misfits known as the 'slow horses,' stationed at Slough House.

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis made renewed calls on Easter Sunday for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza and the release of all Israeli hostages in a peace-focused address marking the most important day on the Christian calendar. Francis presided over Mass in a packed St Peter's Square, and then delivered his «Urbi et Orbi» (to the city and the world) blessing and message from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica.

Sabyasachi Mukherjee, and the milestones keep adding up. From March 7-16 this year, coinciding with the Oscars weekend, Mukherjee presented an exclusive showcase of jewelry, clothing and other accessories at Saks Fifth Avenue’s new Beverly Hills flagship. March also marked the UK launch of Estee Lauder and the designer’s limited edition lipstick collection which will be exclusively available at Selfridges. In 2023, Mukherjee launched his largest flagship yet in Mumbai and his first exclusive jewellery boutique in India at Taj Krishna in Hyderabad.

smuggled Chinese garlic in India has prompted authorities to step up vigilance at the land customs posts. Customs authorities have deployed sniffer dogs and alerted its local intelligence at wholesale distributors and warehouses to prevent smuggling via bordering Nepal and Bangladesh, said people aware of the matter. «There has been a spike in such instances, especially in Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and the Northeast, where garlic is transported via Nepal,» a customs official told ET on condition of anonymity.

Vaporizers can also be used for steam therapy to achieve clear and healthy skin. Steam can open up pores, allowing impurities, dirt, and excess oil to easily removed from the skin.

Over the past five years, the West has worried that India is losing its values, by which it means that India is not trying to imitate the West. Even despots are wondering what is up with India. Every country wants other countries to have Western values.

₹2.86 trillion into public sector banks, as per data presented in the Parliament by junior finance minister Bhagwat Karad in March 2023. The cleanup of legacy bad loans and stronger underwriting decisions have played a role in the improvement of their health. Asked about the trends in private capex, the minister said the private sector is investing significantly in areas offering new opportunities.

Last fortnight, Boeing’s airline customers sent two clear messages when they asked to meet with the planemaker’s directors without its chief executive officer David Calhoun. The first was that they had lost confidence in Calhoun and his deputies. No matter where you fall on the organization chart, it’s never a good sign when a client wants a tête-à-tête with your boss and doesn’t invite you along.

Congress leadership is trying to arrange a meeting between Rahul Gandhi and Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Uddhav Thackeray. Thackeray is in Delhi to participate in the Aam Aadmi Party-led INDIA bloc rally. Congress leaders in Maharashtra are keen on the meeting as there is deep discontent within the party in the state after the UBT Sena declared its candidate for Mumbai North West and Mumbai South Central seats and put up a candidate in Sangli Lok Sabha constituency also. The Mumbai South Central seat has also caused a heartburn within the Congress as the party was keen to field Mumbai Congress chief Varsha Gaikwad from the constituency. While Gaikwad has not come out against the Sena (UBT) decision, however, Congress leader Sanjay Nirupam, who was keen to contest from Mumbai North West, has given an ultimatum of a week to his party to resolve the issue or «else all options would be open». Similarly, in Sangli too, Congress leaders have expressed apprehension that Vishwas Patil may contest as a rebel if the issue is not resolved.

The art of wise living is to be present in the present as a present. Most of us do not experience an experience. We are busy butchering the experience with our concepts of good and bad, right, and wrong; thereby missing the experience altogether. To be open to an experience is to chew and munch on that experience. In this space, experience guides you mysteriously. What do you mean when you term 'experience an experience?' A student asked the master 'What was your experience before and after enlightenment?' The master replied, 'Before enlightenment I used to wake up, bathe, eat, chop wood and sleep at night. After enlightenment, I did the same,' he continued. 'The only difference being, previously when I was doing similar chores, my mind used to be in the past or future. After enlightenment, when I eat — I eat, when I bathe — I bathe and hence I live in the present.'

Han So-hee and 'Lost' star Ryu Jun-yeol have ended their relationship weeks after making it official. On Saturday, Korean digital outlet Edaily reported the duo broke up recently. Responding to the report, a source from Ryu's agency C-JeS Studio said: «It is true that Ryu Jun-yeol and Han So-hee broke up.» A representative from Han's agency 9ato Entertainment also confirmed the report of their split.

AAP workers and supporters attended the INDIA bloc rally in large numbers at the Ramlila Maidan on Sunday, many of them wearing yellow-coloured T-shirts with «Mai bhi Kejriwal» and «Modi ka sabse bada dar Kejriwal» printed on them. Top INDIA bloc leaders gathered at the Ramlila Maidan to express solidarity with arrested Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal and former Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren, and urged people to vote out the BJP in the Lok Sabha polls to «save democracy and the Constitution». «Arvind Kejriwal who always talks about education, providing free electricity, free bus services for women has been sent behind the bars,» said Aam Aadmi Party (AAP worker Kewal Singh, a resident of Taran Taran village. He was dressed up as Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann at the rally. «The rally is being organised to end dictatorship and save democracy,» said Kulwinder Singh, an AAP worker from Delhi.

Maintaining that GPT-4 “kind of sucks", Open AI CEO Sam Altman said recently his company will release an “amazing new model" this year. This has sparked speculation that OpenAI may release GPT-5 sometime between June and August this year.

record-setting momentum, marking its second-best March performance ever, led by brisk sales activity and robust demand despite higher mortgage rates and escalating property prices. The significance of performance is underscored by its second-place ranking, closely following March 2021, when the market received substantial support through a halving of stamp duty rates, intended to bolster business activity in the backdrop of the COVID-19 pandemic. The country’s commercial capital has witnessed the registration of over 14,145 properties during the month, up 7.5% from a year ago. Revenue collection through stamp duty charges, however, declined 8.1% to Rs 1,125 crore, according to data from the inspector general of registration in Maharashtra.

soft-boiled egg, the ball is raised to the other end of the rod and released. It hits the mould with a force of 0.6867 Newtons, just enough to crack the eggshell so the top comes off cleanly and the contents can be dug out and eaten. Germans aren’t alone in their love for soft-boiled eggs; Singapore’s kopitiam (coffee-shop) style eggs are served with a dash of soy sauce and pepper. France has many recipes structured around oeufs mollets, most notably one which suspends them in savoury jelly. Scotch eggs envelop them with minced meat. Japanese ramen includes a soft-boiled egg whose creaminess subtly helps enrich the broth. Indians eat eggs scrambled with onions, tomatoes and coriander, or stir-fried with kheema. We hard boil and cook them in curries. We make them into omelettes, stuff them into rolls, or dunk them in gravy. We fry and serve them with cheese and chillies on toast in the newly-popular Eggs Kejriwal. We make bizarre variations (fried with Fanta!) that are condemned or celebrated on social media. What we don’t like is to just soft-boil them.

Kim Taehyung, aka BTS’ V, surprised soccer fans when he turned up at a soccer match on Sunday! The ‘Slow Dancing’ hitmaker attended Round 4 of the 2024 Hana Bank K League 1 soccer match. The match took place at the Chuncheon Songam Sports Town stadium. Dressed in the military uniform, the ‘Singularity’ singer was seen sporting a pair of stylish glasses and a mesmerising boxy smile. Photos of the star looking radiant quickly went viral on social media and many eagle-eyed fans noticed that the star was looking healthy and very content at the event. A fan club of the star shared details of the star’s surprising appearance at the event. “Kmedia reports, V watched the match between Gangwon and FC Seoul. V was caught on the electronic display before kickoff. His face was captured as BTS' hit song Dynamite was played. When V, with short hair, wearing a combat uniform, appeared, the stadium was filled with cheers. A large number of soldiers serving in the 2nd Corps, including V, visited the stadium..” read the post.

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INDIA bloc held a massive rally here on Sunday against the arrest of Arvind Kejriwal, Prime Minister Narendra Modi kickstarted the NDA Lok Sabha campaign from Meerut in west Uttar Pradesh with a public meeting where he alleged that the Opposition has formed a coalition to protect the corrupt while he has ensured that those engaged in huge corruption are put behind bars. “In the last ten years, the country has seen that we have started the fight against corruption, we have ensured that no middleman is able to steal money from the poor… I am fighting against corruption and because of this, some people are facing problems… Modi’s mantra is remove corruption and they say ‘save the corrupt’. This election is between the NDA, which is fighting against corruption and the other group, which is fighting to save the corrupt,” he said at the joint rally of NDA partners. He took digs at the Opposition on corruption and the formation of INDI Alliance to fight him.

Narendra Modi on Sunday said that his government is making efforts to make the sugarcane belts across the country into «energy belts,» a reference to the use of ethanol as fuel. Addressing a poll rally here in the sugarcane belt of Uttar Pradesh, Modi said, «Friends, we don't want to limit the sugarcane crop to sugar and jaggery. We want to make every sugarcane belt of the country into an energy belt.» The PM said that the amount of ethanol produced from sugarcane has gone up in the last 10 years. «Work is on to manufacture ethanol from sugarcane to be used as fuel for vehicles. Because of this, in the last ten years, around Rs 70,000 crore have been paid to sugarcane farmers,» he said.

British International Investment is looking to raise exposure to India's affordable housing finance and micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) spaces, sectors that receive continuous government support and have shown significant improvements in asset quality metrics. The UK's development finance institution said that it has a strong pipeline on both debt and equity investment in these two sectors and that it is looking for innovative ideas for funding. «We are currently pushing funding into two big areas. One is affordable housing and the other is MSME finance. There is a third area which is microfinance,» BII's director and head of financial services business in South Asia, Gaurav Malhotra, told ET.