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Emerging patterns: Businesses that will suffer, or survive, after Covid-19

Which sectors will bounce back fast? Which will lag? Has the consumer changed forever? Some answers

Film industry caught in a tug of war between exhibitors and OTT platforms

With many big budget movies stuck in the cans, the film industry is caught in a tug of war between exhibitors and OTT platforms

Dabur looks to sharpen its herbal edge as ayurvedic products get a push

As ayurvedic formulations get a renewed push in the fight against Covid-19, can one of the oldest players in the segment step up its game?

Little-known brands nudge their way into the mainstream amid lockdown

Once regarded as cheap me-too products, the lockdown has changed how customers engage with private labels. Will the trend outlast the pandemic?

Voltas Beko betting on product development to tide over Covid-19 lockdown

A 50:50 joint venture between the Tata-group-owned Voltas and Arcelik, a Turkey-based home appliances company, Voltas Beko offers refrigerators, washing machines, dishwashers and microwave ovens

Online storytelling that will have kids entertained and adults nostalgic

Complicated times can be helped by simple measures.

Star struck

A candid admission about Milind Soman's enrolment with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) as a young boy has generated tremendous curiosity in this book, which might have otherwise gone unnoticed.

Amazon: How numbers lie at the centre of Jeff Bezos' management ethos

In 1994, Bezos had just discovered that web activity had increased by a factor of roughly 2,300% in the past year. Later, he quit the lucrative Wall Street job and began his own business.

In an age of rage, Rishi Kapoor was Hindi cinema's enduring safety valve

Saibal Chatterjee on the endearing actor who lit up the screen

Cricket 'superfans' who share their hoard of old footage and photographs

Many of us are fans. A few of us record every ball of every single match played in international cricket. Dhruv Munjal on the custodians of archival treasures

CHESS #1399

The semi-finals lineup in the Magnus Invitational is Ding Liren vs Magnus Carlsen, and Hikaru Nakamura vs Fabiano Caruana.

The largest retrospective of Raja Ravi Varma's ubiquitous works goes online

2020 marks 150 years of Raja Ravi Varma's first commissioned painting, a family portrait of Krishna Menon, a sub-judge of the Calicut Court.

A place called home: Remembering the life and art of the reclusive Zarina

Kishore Singh on the life and art of Zarina, the reclusive artist who died this week in New York aged 83

Art world wide open

While the confinement is chafing to us Indians as well, the concern in the art world isn't about an absence of footfalls at galleries and museums - as about the loss of business.

And when the lockdown lifts?

The assumption from the state is that the citizen will 'misuse' individual liberty and get up to mischief if not threatened or coerced

The studied subtleties of Irrfan Khan's cinema leave permanent impressions

He allowed two things to guide his film choices - serendipity and variety. He felt signs when good roles were about to come calling, he said, and he liked to pick the ones that did not bore him.

Will Apple's iPhone SE dramatically alter the company's prospects in India?

A completely redesigned iPhone SE with thinner bezels and better battery life could have been a brand new iPhone unlike any other

Death, but not by Covid

The death of two iconic actors in quick succession would have been a terrible tragedy at the best of times. But this is the worst of times

How lockdown in pushing brands to redraw the customer engagement maps

On-demand consumption of online videos with increased watch-time is changing the way brands interact with customers, but do they really know their audience?

Auto brands craft their comeback avatars for post Covid-19 world

An already battered set of companies are battling the pandemic through a burst of activity online, hoping to keep their brands on the road after the lock down