 | Geopolitical risks, record attrition and risks around rising inflation and currency volatility may stymie Indian tech's blockbuster growth story. |  |  | According to Dream Theatre, one of India's largest licensing companies, India booked $1.86 billion worth of licensing revenues in 2019; of this, entertainment licensing led the tally with $669 million, followed by corporate licensing at $586 million and fashion licensing at $535 million. | |  | With the Omicron surge ebbing and the bulk of their workforce vaccinated, many companies are asking staff to return to office. But who all should come, when, how often and how to convince employees of the point of it all is a minefield companies here, like their peers across the world, are gingerly navigating. | |  | But it's not just alopecia that's given the hair-loss segment a boost. Covid, hormonal and lifestyle changes also have an impact. Asha Hariharan, Education Director, Enrich Salons, says: "Nowadays, due to pollution, food intake, stress that people go through it is often and is a condition found happening to a younger age group. Today we see that 50% of women have hair fall issues while earlier we would have 20% to 30% of walk-ins complain about the same." | |  | As the race to be associated with new sports leagues began, many thought cricket finally would have competition in India. Within a few years, Tendulkar and many others exited the clubs. But leagues like the ISL and the Pro Kabaddi League (PKL) survived due to corporate backing in terms of league and franchise ownerships. Then Covid-19 came, sounding the death knell for smaller franchise-format leagues. | |  | When our building manager spoke to Mr A, the flasher, about the blaring bells he tolled at dawn and dusk, he threatened, saying that as he was protected by a Hindu outfit and that nothing would come out of our protests. | | |  | In Gwalior, it is not difficult to come across people who don't think much of Gandhi. For them, his assassination is no longer a millstone around the nation's neck, but an act of 'glory' and 'patriotism'. Here, sankalp and balidan - resolve and sacrifice - are part of the vocabulary in conversations referring to Gandhi's assassins, not 'conspiracy' and 'execution'. | |  | The AA framework will further scale up when both financial and non-financial data are shared on the AA network | |  | The Europa Conference League is a useful reminder. It might easily have failed, had the cynicism of the major European leagues — the ones who believe that all anybody wants is to watch the same teams play each other, over and over again, in various combinations — proved infectious. That it has thrived is not simply because it was a good idea. It is because we accepted that it was a good idea and because we decided that it mattered. | |  | With many under-construction projects, RMZCorp plans to make 5-6 million sq ft operational this year and is also looking at launching at least 15-20 msf by the end of this year, spread across all cities. "We are looking for something large in Gurgaon for IT development of big size. We are interested in the Gurgaon market and we will acquire something very soon," said Thirumal Govindra | |  | Who then has greater claim to Vatapi Ganapati today? Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, or the legacy of Dikshitar? This question is as absurd as the mindless obsession with 'origins' in the politics of religious heritage that continuously threatens our social fabric today. Also, before Ganapati and other deities began to reside in the temples of Badami, the region was inhabited by a pervasive belief in the worship of serpents and fertility cults, which were later assimilated by Hindu religious practices. | |  | PM Modi will initiate a slew of development projects during the visit and participate in a programme for tribal welfare at Dahod. Modi will also inaugurate the Banas Community Radio Station. | |  | The problem was the players were already overworked. Calls of a burn out were rife and to expect them to play for 2 more months non-stop was unrealistic unless the BCCI was able to sweeten the deal by paying them monies they had never earned before. | |  | The April 21-22 visit will come close on the heels of the successful completion of four out of 26 chapters in the ongoing India-UK FTA negotiations. There has also been progress on the remaining 22 chapters at the end of the first two rounds of negotiations. | |  | Mamata Banerjee, like many other gentlevolk from her state, for instance, seems to have GI-tagged Uttar Pradesh for rape. | |  | The English paper for UP Board's class 12 examination was discovered to be leaked in Ballia last month and the exam was cancelled in as many as 24 districts on the day students were scheduled to appear for it. | | |
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