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New movies out this week: July 31-Aug 6
Guru, Nianne-Lynn Hendricks, Published on 31/07/2025
» New releases that hit cinemas in Thailand this week.
India bans many single-use plastics to tackle waste
AFP, Published on 01/07/2022
» NEW DELHI - India imposed a ban on many single-use plastics on Friday in a bid to tackle waste choking rivers and poisoning wildlife, but experts say it faces severe headwinds from unprepared manufacturers and consumers unwilling to pay more.
Exposing the bad boy tycoons of India
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 23/10/2020
» Despite an earnest effort by Netflix's docuseries Bad Boy Billionaires: India to document the rise and fall of men behind financial deceit such as Vijay Mallya, Nirav Modi and Subrata Roy -- best described as a bunch of "has-beens" whose amoral behaviour eventually led to their fall from grace -- it does little to shed new evidence about their cases.
Connecting in Covid times
Business, Vijay Verghese, Published on 06/05/2020
» In 2003 when Linden Lab launched the virtual world Second Life, it was a novelty and a huge success, with a community of over a million at its peak. A quaint convergence of unfettered imagination and dollar-powered real life -- through avatars, business, product sales, music, movies, and even news reporting and politics -- its ever-changing and expanding virtual world took off.
SoftBank CEO: Japan is AI 'developing country'
Business, Reuters, Published on 19/07/2019
» TOKYO: SoftBank Group Corp founder and CEO Masayoshi Son said on Thursday that there was a dearth of investment opportunities in Japan, which he said was lagging in the race to develop artificial intelligence (AI).
Welcome to the robotel
Business, Vijay Verghese, Published on 12/02/2019
» Voice recognition is not a new phenomenon. It has been around ever since your mother hollered, "Your father wants to speak with you, NOW!" as you crept home from a school date, way past the curfew hour with a scantily clad, gin-soaked "study" companion in tow. It was a very accurate system and ears were regularly boxed and bottoms paddled to ensure it stayed in trim.
The power of quiet
Life, Yvonne Bohwongprasert, Published on 04/05/2018
» Malaysian-born Vijay Eswaran is a well rounded personality who carries out his responsibilities as entrepreneur, philanthropist and author to a T.