- Thursday, March 13, 2025
TUPPERWARE Brands filed for bankruptcy protection in Delaware, succumbing to mounting losses due to poor demand for its once popular colorful food storage containers. Its popularity exploded in the 1950s as women of the post-war generation held "Tupperware parties" at their homes to sell the containers as they sought empowerment…
BUDGET airline SpiceJet, which has statutory dues of more than ₹6.01 billion (£54.40 million), has received a good response for its ₹30 billion (£271.54m)-worth sale of shares to qualified institutional buyers. Operating with a reduced fleet as well as facing financial and legal headwinds, the carrier is looking to raise…
ABOUT 59 per cent of the electorate in Jammu and Kashmir turned out to vote on Wednesday, giving a thumbs up to the union territory's first assembly election since the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019 with round one going off without incident. Chief Electoral Officer P K Pole said…
THE DEATH of a 26-year-old employee of Ernst & Young in Pune and her mother's heart-wrenching letter blaming the company for its 'excessive workload' and 'callous attitude' has sparked outrage on social media. Anna Sebastian Perayil, a chartered accountant from Kerala, had joined the consulting major in March. In a…
JENNIFER LOPEZ and Brett Goldstein will co-star in Netflix’s upcoming romantic comedy, "Office Romance." Goldstein, known for his breakout role in "Ted Lasso," will also co-write the film's script with Joe Kelly. While plot details remain undisclosed, the project currently has no director attached. Lopez, recognized for her roles in…
MOVING ahead with its "one nation, one election" plan, the government on Wednesday accepted a high-level panel's recommendations for holding simultaneous polls for the Lok Sabha, state assemblies and local bodies in a phased manner after a countrywide consensus-building exercise. Home Minister Amit Shah hailed the cabinet's decision, saying it…
INDIA head coach Gautam Gambhir on Wednesday dismissed concerns surrounding Indian batters' recent struggle against quality spin bowling, saying that the line-up has enough firepower to take on the best in the world. On the eve of the two-Test series against Bangladesh, Gambhir told media that the bowling quartet of…
INDIA'S diamond sector is facing a severe crisis as both imports and exports have sharply declined in the past three years, which has triggered defaults, factory closures, and widespread job losses, think tank GTRI said on Wednesday. It said that while export returns have surged, a large inventory of unprocessed…
THE CONGRESS on Wednesday filed a police complaint over the recent statements of leaders belonging to the ruling NDA targeting Rahul Gandhi. The party alleged that the statements were aimed at jeopardising the safety and security of the leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha and to disturb peace…
HORROR comedy Stree 2 continues its dream run on the box office and is poised to join the ₹6 billion (£54.22 million) club. This Shraddha Kapoor and Rajkummar Rao-starrer was made on a modest budget of ₹600 million (£5.43m), and has given big-ticket films like “Jawan”, “Animal” and June 2024’s…
