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Following in AirBnb's footsteps, high-end hotels enter home-sharing market

Private home rental is a way to capture more of the customers' total travel spending

FMCG company CavinKare chalks out new strategy: Divide and rule

By splitting its business into separate verticals with dedicated portfolio heads, CavinKare looks to improve distribution and facilitate more launches in the future

Ashok Leyland hopes to make sustainability its new brand mantra

Ashok Leyland is also keen to project itself as an experiential brand

Jaquar taps into premium wave but faces stiff competition from other brands

How a homegrown faucet maker is playing the game of perceptions to challenge the dominion of global players in the category

Net practice for healing: Netmeds unveils brand campaign with MS Dhoni

That the app was noted, and was able to hit the right chord was evident from the two million downloads that it received from the day it was launched

Fifa World Cup scores a language goal; Sony raising the pitch on promotions

Top markets in terms of reach for the matches includes Bengal (14.8 million), Kerala (14.5 million), North East (8.4 million), Maharashtra (7.1 million)

How Amazon is working hard on beefing up delivery network to beat Walmart

Amazon is working hard on beefing up its delivery muscle as global rival No 1 throws its hat into the ring

How 12-year-old R Praggnanandhaa became India's youngest Chess Grandmaster

Rameshbabu Praggnanandhaa has made his opening gambit by becoming the second youngest Grandmaster ever, greater glory will follow if the 12-year-old retains his hunger, writes Devangshu Datta

Avtar Singh Bhasin's book explains how the past shaped Sino-Indian ties

Bhasin's five volumes add up to 5,318 pages, providing value for the Rs 15,000 you will shell out for them

Sacred Games, Netflix's first Indian original, a gripping crime drama

The eight-part series follows the plotline, character names et al of Chandra's complicated tale

Germany's exit from Fifa World Cup brings back memories of the Cold War

The retrospective temptation for writers to make more out of sporting events than they merit is too strong to resist, but perhaps one is justified in this case

A new age for open museums

The quite amazing retrospective on

Secret watch: Inside the thriving world of private detectives in India

An increasing demand for detective services points to a growing need to regulate the unorganised and unlicensed world of sleuths

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12-year-old R Praggnanandhaa completed his GM title with a round to spare at the Gredine Open in Ortesei, Italy

Australia's Great Ocean Road makes for one of world's great driving trips

A collection of limestone stacks just off the shore of Port Campbell National Park, the Twelve Apostles draw thousands of hedonistic tourists like me every year, writes Dhruv Munjal

Three features that make the Thomson B9 40-inch TV good value for money

A good price, slim bezels and the Aptoide app store are the plus points of the Thomson B9 40-inch TV

It's only football

Germans have always been passionate about football. But seeing flags hanging from balconies was new

Easy-to-wear Jabra Elite Bluetooth earphones offer superior sound quality

A rubber-heavy design, the Elite 65e comes loaded with Bluetooth, active noise cancellation and a trio of microphones

Sanju review: Hirani uses shock and awe to repackage Sanjay Dutt's life

Hirani juxtaposes his inimitable humour with Dutt's life events to make light of the actor's brash decisions and criminal offences

The 'best Indian food'

Bourdain thought vada-pao was so good that all other Indian food could be dismissed. He was not wrong