Tag: art
Kishori Amonkar: An Incomparable Voice, An Eclectic Innovator
Medicine's loss was music's gain. She had planned to cure ailments of the body, but fate planned her to instead to minister to the soul through her incomparable voice -- and innovations. Schooled directly and indirectly by stellar proponents of her Jaipur gharana, Kishori Amonkar never remained bound by its style only to emerge as one of the foremost exponents of Indian classical music.....
Kejriwal Questions EC's Insistence On EVMs
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday questioned the Election Commission's insistence on the use of EVMs and said the whole country wanted that paper ballots should be used in elections.....
Haryana To Observe Mahavir Jayanti As No-meat, No-liquor Day
The Haryana government will observe Mahavir Jayanti on April 9 every year as a no-meat and no-liquor day.....
Cutting Base Rates By SBI, HDFC Is Smart Move: Jefferies
Large lenders have smartly cut their base rates to slow down the borrowers from switching to marginal cost of fund based lending rate (MCLR) and in the process protect their margins, said investment banking firm Jefferies.....
Global End-user Spending On Devices To Grow 2% In 2017: Gartner
Global end-user spending on devices will increase by two per cent in 2017, to reach nearly $600 billion, market research firm Gartner said on Thursday. ....
E-commerce Investors Sound Alarm Bells Over Impending Slowdown
Indian start-ups have sounded alarm bells over an "impending slowdown" in the e-commerce ecosystem due to the "predatory" pricing tactics of foreign players to capture market share, even as homegrown firms wither away because of their inability to compete on funds. ....
Actress Zareen Khan, who is set to explore the horror genre for the first time with filmmaker Vikram Bhatts "1921", has been preparing for her role by watching some horror series and films every night. ....
Panasonic Eyes Rs 1,200 Cr In Revenue From India In 2018
As Japan giant Panasonic turns 100 next year, the company aims for Rs 1,200 crore ($185 million) in revenue from India, with a renewed focus on connected devices and moving from a product-based approach to a solution-based approach, a top executive from Panasonic India has said. ....
Airtel Doubles Mobile Sites In Two Years
Bharti Airtel has doubled its mobile network deployment to 180,000 sites over the past two years in line with its objective of building a future-ready network, a company said on Thursday.....
Traders Want Transaction Charge On Digital Payments Removed
The government should remove transaction charges on e-payments for the faster adoption of digital payments in the country, the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) said on Thursday.....
