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Lakmé Fashion Week Winter/Festive 2018: Gender-neutral fashion concept takes centre stage
Bloni, The Pot Plant, Anam, and Bobo Calcutta raised their voices against gender-based social discriminations, in the 'agender' collection. The Gender Bender collection was androgynous, loose silhouettes and minimal prints.
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Lakmé Fashion Week Winter/Festive 2018 celebrates Sustainable Fashion Day
This year’s Sustainable Fashion Day was a sight for the sore eyes, with a contemporary take on a lot of traditional designs and innovation in the use of fabrics.
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LinkedIn Power Profiles 2018 list recognises influential Indian professionals
Professional networking platform LinkedIn released its fifth edition of the LinkedIn Power Profiles 2018 list, which recognises the 'most viewed' professionals in India. Srividya Gopani, director, brand and consumer marketing, Asia Pacific and China, said, "These Power Profiles have not only had exciting journeys but they participate in meaningful dialogue, offer perspectives, and continue to engage all our members, including young career starters."
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PV Sindhu amongst world's top 10 highest-paid female athletes
Forbes US released names of the world’s highest-paid female athletes in 2018. PV Sindhu became the only Indian to make it to the list, which is mostly dominated by tennis players. Cumulatively, the top ten highest-paid female athletes earned approximately $105 million in the past year, ending June 1, 2018.
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As far as the lens can see
Leica Camera AG, the iconic German manufacturer of high-end cameras and lenses, is organising an exhibition showcasing the works of Forbes India’s chief photographer Amit Verma at Leica Store New Delhi. The one month expo which began on World Photography day (August 19), at the Leica Gallery, is the first solo exhibition of an Indian photographer by Leica in India. Sixteen images clicked by Verma (all self-printed) are displayed in monochrome. Amit felt monochrome was the perfect format to capture the fascinating landscapes of Lahaul and Spiti in Himachal Pradesh
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Artificial Intelligence Art: Parenting a new genre
The first-ever show of art created by Artificial Intelligence just opened at the Nature Morte Gallery in New Delhi. Presented by Aparajita Jain, Gradient Descent brings together seven pioneering international artists who have adopted a radically new aesthetic practice: Their final artwork is actually created by an AI algorithm. The show is curated by Raghava KK and Karthik Kalyanaraman, founders of 64/1, a curatorial collective that focuses on building a public understanding of how artists and AI can come together to create art for the post-human age (By Madhu Kapparath)
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World's top 10 highest-paid actresses 2018
Earlier today, Forbes US released names of the top ten actresses that are paid the most. Collectively, they made a whopping $186 million between June 1, 2017, and June 1, 2018, before fees and taxes
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Atal Bihari Vajpayee: A life in pictures
Atal Bihari Vajpayee, the first non-Congress leader to serve a full term in power, died August 16 2018, at AIIMS in New Delhi, where he had been undergoing treatment for a kidney ailment since June. Renowned for his powerful oratory and poetry, Vajpayee, 93, one of the founder members of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), served as prime minister for 13 days in 1996, 13 months (1998-99) at the head of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) government and then for a full five-year term (1999-2004)
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Into the fire: The alarming effects of climate change
Delhiwallas may have learnt to live with 43 degree heat, but Europe is wilting in the heat as a record heatwave continues to sweep across the northern hemisphere, causing forest fires, droughts and people to suffocate. Climate change is impacting what farmers can grow and what fishing boats can catch. As the planet gets warmer, some colder, northern regions in the world are benefiting from these changes, but the tropical and equatorial regions will be the worst hit
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Rajan Nanda: End of an era
Nanda was among the rare businessmen who have seen their fortunes flourish, dwindle and then recover
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Work in progress: The evolution of jobs
Rapid deployment of technology in the workplace has led to fears that some skills and professions will become redundant. However, history shows that the labour market has a way of adjusting to changes in demand