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A necklace from Anu Merton | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Nearly five months since its first pop-up in Chennai, jewellery brand Anu Merton, which shares its moniker with the designer who founded it in 2020, is back at Amethyst. This time, it introduces the city to its soon-to-be-launched capsule that parades a colourful spectrum of semi-precious stones on the sturdy foundation of time-tested jewellery-making techniques. Rings, necklaces and bracelets by Anu Merton | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Assessing the response to her brand’s first outing at the 24-year-old garden café and boutique, Anu lauds the venue’s potential to draw the…
India’s insurance companies have agreed on a simple yet comprehensive and customer-friendly model for Bima Vistaar, the composite cover mooted by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI). It will be the first ever such product covering death, personal accident property and surgical hospitalisation with each line of the risk, co-insured between all the insurers of that corresponding line of business within an omnibus co-insurance arrangement, IRDAI said on the deliberations at the two-day Bima Manthan quarterly meeting with CEOs of insurers conducted here from February 13. “Discussions dwelled into operating model and implementation strategy… touched all aspects…
Designer duo Abraham and Thakore need no introduction; known as masters of minimalism, the OG designers David Abraham and Rakesh Thakore were in Hyderabad to launch their first flagship store at Banjara Hills. In 1992, as classmates and friends, they started a business in Abraham’s bedroom in Delhi’s Defence Colony, based on a suggestion from their friend Martand Singh.In today’s entrepreneurial lingo, they were a start-up. Abraham is quick to answer, “Of course we were. It all happened in my bedroom — designing, planning and even meeting clients. John Bissel, owner of FabIndia knew we had started something, he told…
In several States, free power is supplied to agriculture connections, which is why farmers don’t look for energy-efficient pumpsets. File | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Agricultural pump-sets manufactured by the organised sector are losing out to “kit” (unbranded) pumps made in the unorganised sector because of 18% GST being levied on them for the last three years, say manufacturers in Coimbatore.According to K.V. Karthik, president of the Indian Pump Manufacturers Association, sale of “kit” pumps reduced to less than 10 % of the total agriculture pump-set sales after the introduction of 12% GST. However, following the hike in GST to…
When clothing brand My Designation launched their Onakkodi box, they did not anticipate the response. Though their merchandise — t-shirts, shirts, bottom wear, hoodies and jackets — that derive heavily from Kerala pop culture, is very popular, the response to the Onakkodi box has them on cloud nine. “We are almost sold out!” says Vishal Venugopal, general manager of the Thiruvananthapuram-based brand. One of their Onakkodi boxes, also unisex, has their signature modal Kerala shirt with its cheerful Onam/Kerala imagery — snake boats, sadya, pookkalam, pulikali (tiger dance), chenda melam (percussion ensemble) — a white and gold mundu (dhoti), a notebook…
Sugar mills in Uttar Pradesh usually had a slightly higher realisation for sugar in the domestic market compared with the mills in Maharashtra. File | Photo Credit: The Hindu Sugar mills have sought hike in the minimum selling price (ex-mill) of sugar to ₹39 a kg from ₹31 a kg now.Deepak Ballani, Director General of the Indian Sugar & Bio Energy Manufacturers Association (ISMA) told The Hindu that the retail price of sugar was almost flat for the last two years. However, the fair and remunerative price (FRP) paid to farmers and the conversion costs were on the rise. There was…
A Rouka sari | Photo Credit: SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT Kerala quirkyRouka by Sreejith’s collection of Kerala handloom saris for Onam are a bit whimsy, quirky and bring in a whole lot of nostalgia. The collection, says designer Sreejith Jeevan, as the answer to the question: What is the Onam of now? “This connection to our roots is also sprinkled with who we are now.” “Onam is a search for home — for a sadya that takes you back to childhood; for the comfortable wrap of a kasavu that connects with your grandmother; for that feeling of being one among a closely…
Volvo Trucks has announced the introduction of India’s first Road Train solution which is aimed at optimising efficiency in the high-volume logistics industry.Operated by logistics firm Delhivery, the Road Train was on Saturday flagged off by Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways, Nitin Gadkari.The Road Train concept was formally incorporated into regulations in 2020, allowing for vehicle lengths up to 25.25 meters. A Road Train consists of a tractor unit towing two or more trailers, significantly increasing cargo capacity.Volvo Truck’s Road Train features Volvo FM 420 4×2 tractor, a 24-ft containerised intermediate trailer, and a 44-ft semi-trailer, delivering a…
In its fifth edition, Geneva Watch Days (GWD) has come a long way from August 2020 when it was launched by its six founding members — watch brands Breitling, Bvlgari, De Bethune, Girard-Perregaux, H Moser & Cie, and MB&F. An exhibit-cum-celebration of watchmaking, the event was held across various locations in Geneva, from hotels like Beau Rivage, Fairmont, Angleterre, Ritz-Carlton and Woodward, to boutiques of watch brands like Breguet, Blancpain, and Breitling. It had a common pavilion though — at the lakefront promenade in the backdrop of the city’s largest fountain Jet d’Eau — where all the 52 participating brands…
Representative image | Photo Credit: SUDHAKARA JAIN Reliance Infrastructure Ltd has reported widening of consolidated net loss to ₹3,298.35 crore in the December quarter.It had clocked a net loss of ₹421.17 crore in the year-ago period, the company said in an exchange filing.The company’s total income, however, rose to ₹5,129.07 crore from ₹4,717.09 crore in the same period a year ago.Its expenses declined to ₹4,963.23 crore from ₹5,068.71 crore in the third quarter of the previous fiscal.Reliance Infrastructure is engaged in the business of providing engineering and construction services for power, roads, metro rail, and other infrastructure sectors. Published -…