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Donald Trump wasn’t the only controversial cultural figure on the receiving end of Robert De Niro’s ire, as the two-time Oscar winner delivered a blistering speech at the Gotham Independent Film Awards Monday. The 80-year-old De Niro also slammed the long-dead John Wayne, suggesting that the star of Hollywood Westerns was anything but an exemplar of positive American values. In fact, De Niro invoked racist statements Wayne made in an infamous 1971 Playboy interview to suggest to the audience that his own Hollywood film…

Would Indians Embrace a Reimagined Tata Nano? First of all, let’s be very clear. There are no such official plans by Tata Motors that we know of. This story is purely hypothetical – we are just wondering what would tempt Indians into buying a refreshed supercool Nano. Why the Nano failed On the face of it, we know why the Nano failed. Its availability was delayed, competition reduces prices, used cars became more affordable, there were safety worries and people did not want to buy a ‘cheap car.’ What if all those…

In a courier scam, scammers who pose as delivery service providers or police officers approach victims and claim to have seized packages having illicit goods. By providing false assurances of being exempt from charges, these con artists trick victims into sending large sums of money. The "home delivery" option has made city living easier. But it has also introduced a new kind of con in the industry. A 66-year-old resident of Bengaluru became a victim of a 'courier scam,' which cost him Rs 1.52 crore.In a…

Curated By: Shahrukh ShahLast Updated: November 18, 2023, 16:29 ISTPhoto is used for Representational purpose only. (Photo: Cars24) It has been reported by the Cars24 that on an average, loans worth of Rs 4.7 crore were disbursed daily on used car segment this festive season. The auto industry has witnessed massive growth this year in terms of sales. Most of the milestones have been unlocked by carmakers in November, a big credit goes to the festive season. Amid this, the pre-owned car sales numbers also achieved…

The word ‘admin’, which, most likely, is one of the passwords that people do not bother changing, made it among this year’s most common passwords in India and many other countries, the report found. In 2023, ‘123456’ was the most common password among Indians and worldwide, a new report said on Thursday.According to the password management solution company NordPass, people used the weakest passwords for their streaming accounts in 2023.Words that refer to a specific location were also found in people’s…

It is an interesting fact of history that the concept of civilization emerged in northwestern Europe in the same decades of 1750s and 1760s during which the foundations of the colonial regime were laid in India after the East India Company’s successive victories in the battles of Plassey (1757) and Buxar (1764) (Febvre, 1998). While initially emerging as a concept to refer to and theorize the emergent modes of civility and urban sociability of the post-feudal bourgeois world in Europe, civilization soon came to be used…

Published By: Paras YadavLast Updated: July 20, 2023, 10:53 ISTImage used for Representation. (Photo: IANS)Hatchback models dominated the total sales with 62 percent share during the June quarter of 2023 while the sedans made a stylish comeback.Pre-owned vehicle sale, purchase and financing platform CARS24 on Wednesday said vehicles worth over Rs 1,800 crore were sold to its platform in the April-June quarter of this year. The quarter also witnessed a surge in demand for pre-owned cars with as many as 30 vehicles getting…

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) platforms such as ChatGPT or Google’s Bard may not be able to process the personal data of Indians available in the public domain, as per the latest draft of the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Bill, 2023, which was approved by the cabinet earlier this month.To be sure, the draft of the final bill is not public as yet. Experts are relying on a leaked version of a draft that’s circulating in legal and policy circles to make this analysis. Most declined to be named due to this…

A wide range of product choices, convenience of ordering what you want while sipping a cup of coffee, and a slew of discounts has certainly made online shopping just another thing in an average Indian's fast moving life. But what we buy, who are the people spending the most money and how much time we spend on e-commerce platforms like Amazon or Flipkart? A new report has some answers.According to a new consumer survey from CyberMedia Research (CMR), Indians are spending multiple hours per week on these platforms. The…

Everyone holds a special place in their hearts for their first car, and celebrities are no exception. Despite their extensive collections of exotic vehicles, Indian celebrities too have fond memories of their first automobiles. Let’s take a look at some of these notable personalities and the cars they began their journeys with. Sachin Tendulkar Maruti 800 Sachin Tendulkar, renowned for his impressive collection of Porsches and BMWs, had a humble beginning with a Maruti 800, just like many Indians of his generation.…