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Will Zerodha compensate investor losses caused by tech glitch?

Users and investors took to Twitter in large numbers to express their concerns because this is not the first time such a situation has risenUsers said they’ve experienced similar technical issues in the past during event days--days with heavy traffic

2 min read29 Aug 2019
News

Discourage students from kite flying: Delhi government tells schools

Often accidents involving kite flying have been reported causing fatal injuries especially during festivals, the Directorate of Education said in a letter to school principalsTerming it a matter of grave concern, the letter stated that the passion for it among the students should be discouraged

1 min read27 Aug 2019
Lounge

Rubik’s cubes, red horses and UFOs: Kite shapes at international festival

Creativity was the winner at the latest edition of the International Kite Festival in Ahmedabad In Gujarat, kites are traditionally flown on Makar Sakranti to mark the beginning of Uttarayan

1 min read10 Mar 2019
Mint-lounge

Opinion | The prolific Indian author you may not have heard of

Andaleeb Wajid's absorbing portraits of the inner lives of Indian women should have made her a household name, but for now Wajid is probably the most prolific Indian author you may not have heard of

5 min read20 Sep 2018
Industry

Ten bilingual films made in India

Kamal Haasan's 'Vishwaroopam II' that releases this week, has been shot simultaneously in Hindi and Tamil

1 min read6 Aug 2018
News

Novel cancer drug gets stymied by Medicare rigid billing system

A US government reimbursement system that doesn't fully cover the costs for Gilead's complex blood cancer therapy is partly to blame for the slow uptake of the novel life-saving treatment

4 min read16 Dec 2017
Education

Kerala plans to make public school classrooms high-tech by April

The Kerala govt is expanding the use of computers and internet in state-run schools after scoring early success with a project to introduce technology in schools

2 min read25 Sep 2017
Companies

Gilead to buy Kite Pharma for promising cancer therapies in $12 billion deal

Gilead has agreed to buy Kite Pharma in a nearly $12 billion deal , as it looks enter the emerging and expensive class of cancer immunotherapies

2 min read28 Aug 2017
Mint-lounge

Rapping with a subcontinental backbeat

Anik Khan, Heems Suri and Riz MC are American and British born rappers of Indian, Bangladeshi and Pakistani origin who channel their political, social and cultural context into their music

4 min read10 Aug 2017
Politics

NGT bans ‘Chinese manjha’ for kite-flying

The NGT said Chinese manjha is made of synthetic material/yarn in place of cotton and has a coating of material that can cut the skin of humans and animals

1 min read12 Jul 2017
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