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AQUARIUSGeneral:A cheerful current runs through the day, and you may feel it from early on. News from children or younger people around you can lift your spirits, and the atmosphere feels friendlier than usual.This isn’t just a lucky day. It’s a smart day. Mercury supports clear thinking, while Jupiter adds openings through honest effort.You are…
Isabel Getty, great-granddaughter of J. Paul Getty, begins a new chapter with British financier Faris McKinnon. (Photo: Instagram) Isabel Getty, the 32-year-old great-granddaughter of oil tycoon J. Paul Getty, has married British financier Faris McKinnon in an intimate ceremony in London. The billionaire heiress looked elegant in a white skirt suit paired with striking cobalt…
Amitabh Chaudhry, who has headed Axis Bank for seven-and-a-half years MUMBAI: Under Amitabh Chaudhry, who has headed Axis Bank for seven-and-a-half years, the bank delivered an 18% ROE for nearly seven quarters. However, the retail cycle, higher credit costs and rate cuts put pressure on NIMs. In an interview with TOI, Chaudhry spoke about how…
Supreme Court freed a man sentenced by lower courts NEW DELHI: For the third time this week, Supreme Court freed a man sentenced by lower courts – in a kidnapping and murder case in the latest instance – questioning their analysis of evidence, and flagging loopholes in the prosecution theory tying the accused to the…
Two workers rescued alive after 9 days KATHMANDU: “Hunchha” – yes, we hear you. Just after dawn on Friday, a faint reply became the first voice rescuers had heard from inside the buried Trishuli 3A hydropower tunnel since the Aug 26 flood. Nepal army personnel called out, “Brothers, we are a rescue team, we are…
Just as fans wait for ‘Harry Potter’ to return to screens with the release of its all-new web series this Christmas, the makers have begun work on Season 2.According to the latest reports, the cast of the upcoming series has expanded with new faces being cast as young Tom Riddle, Dobby the house-elf and a…
HUL is stepping up investments to defend market share MUMBAI: After two years of sluggish growth, Hindustan Unilever (HUL) is stepping up investments to defend market share amid stiff competition from a clutch of new-age brands and changing shopping patterns. On Friday, the consumer goods giant said that it will boost capex to 3% of…
When Lilah Mehta entered a biomedical research laboratory at Yale University as a 16-year-old high-school pupil, her main goal was to explore the biological questions that had interested her since her ninth-grade science classes. Two years later, the New Canaan resident and King School student in Stamford has reached an academic milestone rarely achieved before…
Pearl Monroe battled childhood leukemia and found comfort in Dolly Parton’s music during her difficult treatment journey. (Photo: Chad Tucker) When Pearl Monroe “Roe Roe” Tucker was battling leukemia as a young child, Dolly Parton’s voice became a source of comfort during some of her hardest moments. Years later, after completing more than two years…
Online, he is known as “Bittu Tabahi” but his real name is Surendra Singh Chaudhary. For months, 20-year-old Surendra Singh Chaudhary has been getting into the polluted Ajnar River in Madhya Pradesh and pulling out plastic, bottles, algae and other waste with his own hands. The BSc student from Biaora in Rajgarh district started the…
