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Life Mission case: After 9-hour grilling session, ED makes headway

After a nine-hour grilling of Venugopal Iyer, a CA, a close aide of Sivasankar, the ED has reportedly made headway with the CA stating he had just followed the former top bureaucrat's instructions.

Life Mission case: After 9-hour grilling session, ED makes headway
Updated On : 17 Feb 2023 | 12:02 PM IST

Australian shoppers shift to cheaper goods amid multi-decade high inflation

Woolworths' biggest competitor, Coles, painted a similar picture in their end-of-year results

Australian shoppers shift to cheaper goods amid multi-decade high inflation
Updated On : 25 Aug 2022 | 2:35 PM IST

Women have more sex partners than men in 11 states/UTs: NFH Survey 2019-21

Women on average have more sex partners than men in 11 states and UTs but the percentage of men who had sexual intercourse with someone who was neither their spouse or lived with stood at 4 per cent, much higher than that of women at 0.5 per cent, according to the NFHS data. The National Family Health Survey which was conducted among 1.1 lakh women and 1 lakh men showed that the number of sex partners on average for women was higher than men in many states and Union territories. These states and UTs are Rajasthan, Haryana, Chandigarh, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Madhya Pradesh, Assam, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Puducherry, and Tamil Nadu. Rajasthan had the highest number of women who had on an average 3.1 sex partners as against the 1.8 for men. But the percentage of men who had sexual intercourse with someone who was neither their spouse or live-in partner, in the 12 months preceding the survey, stood at 4 per cent. For women, the number stood at 0.5 per cent. The National Family Health

Women have more sex partners than men in 11 states/UTs: NFH Survey 2019-21
Updated On : 19 Aug 2022 | 12:57 PM IST

Lifestage marketing & New Year resolutions

It was the banking industry that pioneered the concept of lifestage marketing

Lifestage marketing & New Year resolutions
Updated On : 13 Apr 2022 | 1:22 AM IST

For a more enduring New Year's resolution, pick an 'old year's resolution'

With the 'old year' approach, perhaps you can sidestep the inevitable challenges that come with traditional New Year's resolutions and achieve lasting, positive changes

For a more enduring New Year's resolution, pick an 'old year's resolution'
Updated On : 02 Jan 2022 | 11:08 AM IST

Perfect imperfections

Two Netflix shows, Atypical and The Bold Type, show that human bodies are unpredictable. What they require is not self-hatred but tenderness

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Updated On : 16 Jul 2021 | 10:53 PM IST

Best of BS Opinion: Gaps in tax reform, mapping recovery, and more

Here are the best of Business Standard's opinion pieces for Monday

Best of BS Opinion: Gaps in tax reform, mapping recovery, and more
Updated On : 05 Jul 2021 | 6:30 AM IST

How change spreads, or doesn't

Book review of Change: How to make big things happen

How change spreads, or doesn't
Updated On : 25 Feb 2021 | 11:32 PM IST

Seeds of discontent

'Their agenda is always to figure out the social impact of businesses like mine', says the author

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Updated On : 14 Dec 2019 | 9:33 AM IST

HAL 9000, here we come

The prediction is that once we achieve human standards, that machine will become as close to a god

HAL 9000, here we come
Updated On : 12 Jul 2019 | 11:34 PM IST

An evening to remember

'Waiter's crime was one of impropriety', says the author

An evening to remember
Updated On : 15 Feb 2019 | 8:59 PM IST