Surbhi Gupta

From idea rooms to regional language engagement, these short-video platforms are transforming our consumption of news, views and talent.

Many of them have shared on social media screenshots of these products available on a major e-commerce platform and said such products perpetrate the stigma about adoption.

Writer-producer Gayatri Gill on weaving tales set during the lockdown in her debut fiction and what it exposed about our homes and families.

If the proposal is passed, it will be the first time that non-white people will be featured on British coins or notes.

People are spending less on weddings that now feature masks, hand sanitisers and social distancing.

Korikart, an India-based online store for Korean food and lifestyle products, has witnessed an increase in sales by around 300 to 400 per cent, mainly due to a surge in demand for Jin Ramen instant noodles, said Seo Young-doo, CEO and founder

While the Delhi government launched its first plasma bank at Vasant Kunj’s ILBS Hospital Thursday, several such citizen-led initiatives were already gone live in Delhi-NCR, in the last one month, which matched plasma donors with patients.

Despite being cleared by the Pakistani censors and a top body of the country’s Senate, the film is stalled by a case in court. What is the film about, and why are protesters including the Islamist Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan party upset?

Visual artist Priyanka Pachpande researched a variety of Indian fabrics to illustrate How the Onion Got Its Layers.

The COVID-19 pandemic, coupled with the limited access to brick-and-mortar stores, has given a big boost to what is called livestreaming e-commerce. It is an amalgamation of several tech trends —— streaming, influencers, social media and e-commerce.

Falling incomes coupled with low optimism about the economy is making Indian consumers spend more on essentials, such as grocery and household supplies, and cutting back on categories like apparel, footwear, and travel.

There’s no stopping enterprising foodies as they offer multi-cuisine choices to their neighbours, from mutton korma to home-made gelatos

Dr Hari Krishen Kaul was known for forming DELNET, a network of over 1,500 libraries in South Asia, in 1988, and was the founder-member and president of the Poetry Society (India), which he set up in 1984, along with poets Keshav Malik, J P Das and Lakshmi Kannan.

Big brands such as Pepsi, Puma, Clean and Clear, Flipkart and Myntra, among others, also run their campaigns on the app through hashtag promotion, influencer outreach and home screen ads.

The move comes in the wake of the Black Lives Matter movement, and protests in the US after the death of George Floyd, which has compelled companies, globally, to reassess their businesses and marketing strategies for signs of racism, colourism and discrimination.

One of the most popular artistes in Kashmir, Ali Saffudin talks about his latest single, his journey as a musician and protest art in the Valley.

In S block of Greater Kailash-1, residents have tied up with a local hospital 10 minutes away to help with oxygen cylinders.

It was in a trip as part of his college’s nature club in 2007 when filmmaker Sahirr Sethhi, 32, first visited Kanha and Bandhavgarh tiger reserves. “Not only did I learn more about tiger conservation, but also those who dedicate their lives to save the tiger,” he says.

By pitching into the crisis, the volunteers have felt the scale of deprivation acutely.

When Philadelphia-based Thom Stead is not designing streets, he’s re-designing book covers and in turn, living many lives.

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The Ramzan treats at Old Delhi's Jama Masjid area are popular across India, says Akram Qureshi, owner of Al Jawahar and president of Matia Mahal Shopkeepers’ Association. “Par woh raunak toh ab nahi hai... ek khalipan hai,” he says.

The walled-in life to prevent the spread of COVID-19 has led to a spike in mental-health issues. From patients regressing in their treatment to people with no prior history finding themselves unable to cope with the uncertainty, notes from a world at unease

Online grocer Grofers is “extending fixed payouts & medical benefits” for delivery and warehouse personnel, in case they test positive.