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With PV Sindhu mulling legal action, moment marketing faces moment of truth

Brands confronted with the question of what's acceptable and what isn't

Covid-19 pandemic: Tales of migrant workers betray a year of woes

Their lives thrown into disarray, they struggle with lack of aid, jobs and vaccine

Passenger sues Air India for personal data breach: What happens now

India lacks a mechanism for compensation or redress of consumers in such cases, say experts

Decoded: At loggerheads with govt over IT rules, Twitter's options and fate

Non-compliance may lead to the loss of protection under the safe harbour provisions accorded by Section 79 of the Information Technology Act

Parents lost to Covid-19, young lives fall vulnerable to exploitation

The pandemic has exacerbated the crisis for the most vulnerable sections, and children who have lost a parent or have been orphaned are among the worst hit

Decoded: What is black fungus and its link to Covid-19 pandemic

India has a huge diabetic population that is at risk. And along with that, steroids and antibiotics are being used quite irrationally for Covid-19 patients

WhatsApp policy change: No chat list in some time if you don't accept

The company had earlier set a deadline of February 8 for these changes but deferred it to May 15 after a backlash with wide fears over data being shared with Facebook

He didn't believe in incidental music: Shyam Benegal on Vanraj Bhatia

In a conversation with Ritwik Sharma, Benegal recalls their partnership and what made Bhatia a very special music director

In India's conflict-ridden zones, 60% trust state police over army

Thirty-nine per cent also believe that the police are corrupt in conflict-affected regions, while 20 per cent shared such a perception of the paramilitary/army, study says

Second Covid-19 wave: Hospitals running out of beds, staff overstretched

A year later, non-Covid treatments fall off priority list again

Budweiser promises to restore art it plastered with Messi murals

The beer brand had painted over street art in Delhi and Mumbai, inviting social media outrage

Gaitonde, Tyeb Mehta, other modern masters return with AstaGuru's auction

Since the onset of the pandemic, the Indian art auction market has stood its ground through the course of the past one year

ASCI aims to break gender stereotypes in advertising, change mindsets

The Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI) is hoping to find an answer and help advertisers embrace positive depiction with a first-of-its-kind study on gender in advertising

Portrait of an artist's friend: An Amrita Sher-Gil rediscovered

Sher-Gil's hitherto unknown portrait will lead Christie's March auction

After United Nations vote, high hopes for Indian cannabis industry

Their optimism stems from the United Nations (UN) reclassifying cannabis as a less dangerous drug in December 2020

Christie's arm enters India as luxury realty grows despite Covid upheaval

Initially, it will focus on residential properties in north India, particularly south and central Delhi, apart from holiday homes in places like Himachal Pradesh

India's advertising monitor asks viewers to speak up with new digital drive

#ChupNaBaitho, a digital campaign by the Advertising Standards Council of India (ASCI), is part of several initiatives planned by the self-regulatory body for 2021

The campaign for Covid-19 vaccine requires a 360-degree approach

Some lessons can be drawn from the two-decade-long pulse polio mass immunisation campaign that was memorably captured by an iconic phrase: "Do boond zindagi ki (Two drops of life)."

Move to create an 'integrated doctor' by 2030 will backfire: IMA President

In an interview with Ritwik Sharma, IMA National President Rajan Sharma says that allowing postgraduate ayurveda practitioners to perform surgical procedures will harm ayurveda and health care

More NREGA job cards, but dip in houses getting 100 days of work

The MGNREGA gained greater significance this year as the pandemic crushed livelihoods across the country