At the turn of a new financial year, cars were expected to get safer – and they have. However, some of the cars are not updated to meet the new safety norms which were implied on April 1, 2019. So far, the safety norms mandated ABS…
Tag: of
The tour guides of Dharavi, Asia’s largest slum
Dreaming big: Dharavi, Asia’s largest slum. His head is cocked to one side and the visor of his baseball cap is at an angle with his sharp jawline — Pawan Sauda aka Maze 022 doesn’t look impressed by my question. “In Gully Boy (the Zoya Akhtar film…
5 years of Modi – Is Indian real estate’s ‘house’ in order?
From major policy overhauls to amendments in old acts, from a decisive impetus to infrastructure development, and from the arguably Utopian 100 Smart Cities and Housing for All by 2022, one thing is clear – the Modi government set the stage for Indian real estate to…
JP Morgan’s Stablecoin: A Feat of Engineering or Marketing?
The world of blockchain and banking was set alight last month by the announcement that JP Morgan has created its own stablecoin. It was a rare move that has simultaneously excited the banking and enterprise blockchain community as well those in the cryptocurrency world. But is this…
A day in the life of the top real-estate broker in the US, who sold $2.2 billion worth of homes in 2018, wakes up at 5 a.m. every morning, and works out with a personal trainer 3 times a week
Ben Caballero is the top real estate broker in the US, according to REAL Trends, a residential brokerage industry publication. He sold $2.2 billion worth of homes in 2018. The Texas-based broker has been ranked as the top real estate agent for nearly a decade by REAL Trends…
Sophie Ecclestone to miss rest of India series, SL tour
Ecclestone sustained the injury in the warm-up before the second ODI against India. © Getty England women’s left-arm spinner Sophie Ecclestone will not take part in the remainder of the India series (the last ODI and the three T20Is) as well as the following tour of…
Size of real estate market to grow to $650 bn by 2040 from $120 bn now: Niti Aayog
Indian real estate market is expected to jump over fivefold to USD 650 billion by 2040 and its share in the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) is set to double from the current seven per cent, Niti Aayog Vice-Chairman Rajiv Kumar said on Friday. “The government…
MS Dhoni returns home after successful tours of Australia and New Zealand
S Dhoni and Kedar Jadhav were spotted at the Mumbai airport after returning home from successful tours of Australia and New Zealand. India were away for three months – in that time, they drew a T20I series in Australia before winning historic bialteral Test and ODI…
The lack of socio-economic diversity in marketing is a ‘fundamental danger’
Marketing may be going through turbulent times, but the industry should consider that a gift according to Magnus Djaba, global president and UK CEO of Saatchi & Saatchi. Speaking at the School of Marketing’s inaugural event for its Founding 50ambassadors last month, Djaba stressed that the turbulence…
Hall of Fame gets grant for tours
Owensboro’s Bluegrass Music Hall of Fame & Museum is one of 10 programs across the country to receive a total of $14,000 in grants from the International Bluegrass Music Association Foundation. Nancy Cardwell, the foundation’s administrator, said the Hall of Fame will receive $1,000 to be…