Thai Iced Tea has slowly become one of those drinks people instantly recognise, even outside Thailand. With its creamy texture, bold tea flavour and eye-catching orange colour, the drink has found fans across cafés, restaurants and street food markets around the world. Traditionally served cold with milk and plenty of ice, Thai Iced Tea is…
Long before smartphones and social media check-ins, travellers had another way of preserving memories and it was through postage stamps and postal cancellations. Today it sounds like a nostalgic tradition. But for those who miss collecting stamps, worry not as the tradition has returned with a modern twist, thanks to the Karnataka Philately Passport. Let’s…
Former West Bengal chief minister and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee, wearing a lawyer’s court, arrives at the Calcutta high court. KOLKATA: Former West Bengal chief minister and TMC chief Mamata Banerjee, wearing a lawyer’s court, arrived at the Calcutta high court to appear before chief justice HC Sujoy Pal, in connection with the post-poll violence…
PC: The James Dyson Award At a bus stop in a midsummer European city, heat does not arrive as a single spike. People wait in that trapped heat, often without shade or airflow, relying on nothing more than chance positioning or a passing breeze. This precise moment of exposure was when a pair of industrial…
The action was confirmed by Union minister of state for finance Pankaj Chaudhary in a letter to Naveen Patnaik NEW DELHI: A bank branch manager in Odisha Grameen Bank has been suspended, and all 28 Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) across India have been directed to provide more compassionate and transparent customer service. The directive comes…
Kedarnath Dham pilgrim shares her harrowing experience An Indian traveller’s experience of her recent pilgrimage to Kedarnath Yatra is receiving attention among travellers for reasons other than the actual destination; rather, due to the difficulties which she has encountered during her journey.In one of her videos posted online, she states that she had made extensive…
Kotak Mahindra Bank CEO Ashok Vaswani to step down after term ends; lender begins succession search Kotak Mahindra Bank on Saturday said its Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer Ashok Vaswani will not seek reappointment after his current term ends on December 31, 2026, citing personal reasons, prompting the private sector lender to begin the…
MUMBAI: Commodity inflation driven by the West Asia war has been ‘significant’ in the June quarter and it will take a while for things to come to normalcy, said Nitin Paranjpe, chairman at Hindustan Unilever (HUL), projecting short-term growth to be hit by volatility and challenges. The conflict that dragged on for months disrupted energy…
Oil prices edged higher on Thursday as traders remained cautious ahead of US President Donald Trump’s meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing. Oil markets have stayed elevated since the outbreak of the Middle East conflict, with disruptions in the Strait of Hormuz, a critical global oil transit route, continuing for 75 days.By 7:05…
Why your front border flower bed looks flat and how to fix it with three simple layers? Image credit – Wikimedia The front yard may have green foliage, colourful flowers, fresh mulch, and yet be lacking the desired wow effect. Usually, it is not about the plants but about the design. Many flat borders occur…