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Hong Kong has hosted the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Finance Ministers’ Meeting for the first time, bringing finance leaders and representatives of international organisations together to discuss regional economic stability, financial co-operation and sustainable growth. Held on October 20 and 21, 2026, the meeting took place as economies across the Asia-Pacific region face uncertainty over trade policies, geopolitical tensions and changing financial conditions. The discussions focused on how countries can maintain economic connections, manage risks and build a more resilient future. The meeting concluded on October 21 with the release of the 2026 APEC Finance Ministers’ Joint Statement, reaffirming the…

Ask a wedding planner for a royal wedding in India, and a city’s name comes up quickly: Jaipur. Udaipur comes up just as fast. So which one really owns the title? The honest answer is that neither does, because no official ranking exists. “Royal wedding capital” is mostly a marketing phrase, and the proof is that it keeps changing hands. One Jaipur palace hotel calls the city the world capital of palace weddings, while a venue-booking website calls Udaipur “the Royal Romance Capital” of India. One title cannot belong to two cities. So what does the data say? Each year,…

At 2 am, Mumbai tells a different story. The roads that remain crowded during the day begin to open up, the noise of traffic fades in some neighbourhoods, and the city’s familiar rush gives way to an unusual calm. Yet, while many people are asleep, a taxi moves through the streets, carrying someone home, towards a hospital or to catch an early-morning train. For the passenger, it may be just another ride. For the driver, it is another journey in a working night that may have started hours ago. A City Seen Through the Windscreen A night-shift taxi driver sees…

Vivek is 23. Two years ago, he finished his BA with one clear dream: a job in the police force. Since then, his life has mostly been about waiting. An exam he prepared for was cancelled, and he hopes the next one will happen within six months. Until then, he works in a packaging factory in Aligarh, shares a room with three co-workers and studies a part-time computer course. His parents, a nanny and a driver in Delhi, worry about him. They worked hard for his education, and he is still chasing the same dream. Vivek’s story is not rare.…

Durga Puja and food have always gone hand in hand. There are plates of bhog, boxes of mishti that never seem to end, and quick food stops between one pandal and the next. For many people, the festival is as much about taste as it is about art and devotion. This year, one pandal in Kolkata has taken that love for food a step further and built its entire theme around the sweets Bengal is known for. The pandal belongs to Ahiritola Sarbojanin Durgotsab Samity, which is stepping into its 87th year. Its theme is Madhuri Maitrir Anneshane, which translates…

Picture a plate in a fine-dining restaurant in Delhi. There is a bowl of wild nettle soup, a charcoal-roasted dumpling stuffed with turnip greens, and a dessert of roasted barley, jaggery and butter. The menu calls it “foraged,” “heritage” and “rooted in the Himalayas.” Now picture a kitchen in Ladakh in the middle of winter. The same ingredients sit on the stove, but nobody calls them special. It is simply dinner. That gap is the part of Ladakh’s food moment that few people are talking about. Ladakh is a cold, high-altitude desert, where winters are long and harsh and the…

Walk into any Garba ground this Navratri, in Ahmedabad, Mumbai or New Jersey, and the picture looks the same. Loud music, bright chaniya cholis, thousands of people moving in rings. Very few of them look at what sits at the centre: a small clay pot with a lamp inside. That pot is the reason Garba exists. The word Garba comes from the Sanskrit word garbha, which means womb. The lamp inside the pot is called the garbha deep, or the womb lamp, and it is usually read as a symbol of the body that holds the divine energy of the…

हम सभी ने ट्रेन से कई बार सफ़र किया है। स्टेशन की भागदौड़, चाय वाले की आवाज़ और खिड़की से पीछे छूटते खेत, ये सब हमें जाने-पहचाने लगते हैं। लेकिन क्या आपने कभी गौर किया है कि उसी एक ट्रेन में सफ़र करने वाले लोगों की ज़िंदगी कितनी अलग हो सकती है? चलिए जानते है!! गाँव जाने के लिए हम सब कभी न कभी ट्रेन पकड़ते ही हैं। जिस ट्रेन में आप बैठे हैं, उसी में कोई एसी डिब्बे में आराम से सफ़र कर रहा है, कोई स्लीपर में अपनी जगह पर बैठा है, तो कोई जनरल डिब्बे में खड़े…

Producer Murad Khetani is expressing gratitude for the encouraging response to ‘Baththa’, which marks his debut in the Tamil film industry. The film has been receiving appreciation from audiences and continues to reach a wider viewership, including through its expansion into key North Indian markets. For Khetani, the film’s reception has made this professional milestone particularly meaningful. Reflecting on the film’s success, the producer said he was humbled by the love and appreciation audiences had shown towards ‘Baththa’. He noted that seeing a film connect with viewers is one of the most rewarding experiences for a producer, adding that the…

गुजरात, 16 अक्टूबर 2026: गुजरात में नवरात्रि का उत्सव गरबा, संगीत और पारंपरिक परिधानों के साथ पूरे उत्साह से मनाया जाता है। इस साल कोका-कोला इंडिया राज्य में अपने विभिन्न पेय ब्रांडों के माध्यम से उत्सव का हिस्सा बनने जा रहा है। कंपनी गरबा मैदानों, स्थानीय बाजारों, खानपान स्थलों और प्रमुख सार्वजनिक स्थानों पर विशेष गतिविधियों के जरिए लोगों से जुड़ने की योजना बना रही है। इस पहल के तहत यूनाइटेड गरबा महोत्सव और लक्ष्मी विलास पैलेस हेरिटेज गरबा जैसे प्रमुख आयोजन स्थलों पर कंपनी की मौजूदगी देखने को मिलेगी। इन गतिविधियों का उद्देश्य उत्सव में शामिल लोगों तक पेय…