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Inside Rahul MIshra’s store in Hyderabad Designer Rahul Mishra’s first store in Hyderabad is a reflection of his artistic vision. In a hat tip to the city, the 5000 square feet store has a metal ceiling featuring ripples of water inspired by the Hussain Sagar lake , and rocks resembling the Deccan terrain at several places inside the Banjara Hills store. The store’s facade incorporates Rahul Mishra’s signature trompe l’oeil technique, which creates optical illusions that trick the eye of the viewer.If a store can be this stunning with so many natural design elements, one would wonder what would his…

Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal. File. | Photo Credit: PTI The announcement to negotiate a bilateral trade agreement between India and the U.S. has boosted business confidence in both countries, as it can help further strengthen economic ties by leveraging their competitive strengths, Commerce and Industry Minister Piyush Goyal said on Sunday (February 16, 2025). During the recent visit of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to Washington, India and the U.S. announced to more than double the two-way commerce to $500 billion by 2030 and negotiate the first tranche of a mutually beneficial, multi-sector bilateral trade agreement (BTA)…

In 2022, Balenciaga collaborated with Lay’s to create bags that looked like packets of chips. These debuted on the hallowed runway of the Paris Fashion Week. This year, the snack brand has teamed up with homegrown label Huemn. And the first look of the garment-heavy merchandise took place across grocery stores in Delhi in a rather innovative way. “It was a treasure hunt. We hid them in custom-made Lay’s chips packets in a few grocery stores,” says Saumya Rathor, category lead — Potato Chips, PepsiCo India, adding, “I found this idea very disruptive. We really believe that collaborations are a good way…

Hitesh Mehta, General Manager and Head of Accounts at New India Cooperative Bank, after being arrested by the EOW, in Mumbai, on February 15, 2025 | Photo Credit: PTI The Chief Judicial Magistrate court in Mumbai sent the former general manager of New India Co-operative Bank to five-day police custody during a holiday court proceedings on Sunday (February 16, 2025) for allegedly siphoning off ₹122 crore from the bank.The first accused Hitesh Pravinchandra Mehta, 57, conspired with another unknown person to embezzle ₹122 crore in cash from the safe deposit box of the Mumbai-based New India Co-operative Bank. Of the…

Still from ‘Emily in Paris’ | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement So obviously Emily in Parisis not a deep and meaningful dive into cultural differences and otherness. It is frivolous fun with fabulous fashion. The venerable Patricia Field, who clothed Carrie and her friends through 94 episodes and two movies of Sex and the City and made Manolo Blahnik and Christian Louboutin household names, designed the first two seasons of Emily in Paris.While there has been some grumbling over Marylin Fitoussi (who took over from Field) trying too hard in Season 3 of Emily in Paris, Season 4 features more hits…

The Union Budget 2025 has once again brought the debate between the old and new tax regimes into focus. While the government continues to promote the new tax regime with simplified tax slabs and lower rates, the old tax regime remains attractive for many taxpayers due to extensive exemptions and deductions. With no changes made to the old tax regime in this year’s Budget, taxpayers must carefully evaluate their financial situation to decide whether to stick with it or transition to the new system. Opting for old regimeThe old tax regime is available to all taxpayers, including salaried individuals, self-employed professionals,…

Tod’s aproached designer Rahul Mishra (right) for a collaboration in 2017 | Photo Credit: Special arrangement The story of the first-of-its-kind collaboration between award-winning Indian couturier Rahul Mishra and Italy’s multimillion-dollar fashion house Tod’s goes back to 2017 when their paths crossed in Paris. The latter reached out to Rahul — who had created waves in the industry with his couture edits at platforms like Paris Fashion Week — for a limited-edition handcrafted capsule of bags and shoes, which provoked his fiercely creative mind to take up the challenge. Made with absolute luxury of time and embroidered with intricate details,…

Systematic investment plans (SIPs) make the process of investing in equity funds easy. You must, however, rebalance investments through time horizon for a life goal. Rebalancing involves costs. In this article, we discuss a process to reduce such costs. Diverting SIPRebalancing goal-based portfolios typically involves selling some units in equity funds and investing proceeds in bank deposits. This cuts the risk of losing all unrealised gains in equity portfolio should the market decline.Previously in this column, we suggested you can keep a threshold beyond which you could decide to annually rebalanceyour equity investments. The threshold can be determined as your expected…

In 1951, MS Subbulakshmi made her way to Nalli Silks with a blue thread in hand, hoping to have a sari made of the same colour. The colour of the sari then specially woven for her, was so unique that it went on to be referred to as MS Blue. Till date, people walk into silk sari stores, referring to MS Blue, seeking out the exact same shade of inky, iridescent blue. In a tribute to the legendary Carnatic singer, whose voice, and sartorial sense has inspired generations since, actor Vidya Balan collaborated with Chennai-based costume designer Anu Parthasarthy, who has worked…

Forex traders said the Indian rupee is trading with a negative bias as foreign banks went on a dollar-buying spree and importers scrambled to secure dollars. File | Photo Credit: V. V. Krishnan The rupee witnessed a range-bound trade and depreciated 5 paise to 86.76 against the U.S. dollar in initial deals on Monday (February 17, 2025), weighed down by significant foreign fund outflows and a negative trend in domestic equities.Forex traders said the Indian rupee is trading with a negative bias as foreign banks went on a dollar-buying spree and importers scrambled to secure dollars, as they feared further…