HUL is stepping up investments to defend market share MUMBAI: After two years of sluggish growth, Hindustan Unilever (HUL) is stepping up investments to defend market share amid stiff competition from a clutch of new-age brands and changing shopping patterns. On Friday, the consumer goods giant said that it will boost capex to 3% of…
‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ has continued its impressive box office run, officially becoming the third highest-grossing movie of all time.While on its golden run, the Tom Holland starrer has officially crossed the Rs 900 million mark at the North American box office, thus becoming only the second film, after ‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ to…
A camera on the Philippine island of Mindoro captured one of the country’s rarest birds, confirming that the critically endangered Mindoro bleeding-heart pigeon still survives in the wild. The bird was spotted in August in the Puerto Galera rainforest, and is the first confirmed photograph of the species Gallicolumba platenae in two decades, according to…
Online, he is known as “Bittu Tabahi” but his real name is Surendra Singh Chaudhary. For months, 20-year-old Surendra Singh Chaudhary has been getting into the polluted Ajnar River in Madhya Pradesh and pulling out plastic, bottles, algae and other waste with his own hands. The BSc student from Biaora in Rajgarh district started the…
SCORPIOGeneral:Money that’s been stuck may start moving at last. It’s the best part of the day and it’s a big deal. But inside, you could not be satisfied as the final result may not correspond to what you imagined.The mixed mood is caused by the Moon inducing emotional rage, whereas Saturn seeks real-world realism. It’s…
The wait is finally over! ‘Mirzapur: The Movie’ has arrived in theatres on September 4, taking audiences back to the world of Purvanchal with an “unexplored” story set in 2018, the year the first season of the hit series was released. Rather than serving as a direct continuation, the film reportedly explores a new narrative…
British journalist Piers Morgan calls Messi’s GOAT ad the ‘most arrogant’ and ‘shameless’ bragging ever Lionel Messi may have just retired from international football, but apparently the Messi-Ronaldo GOAT debate did not get the memo.The Argentina legend has been at the centre of the argument for years, and his latest appearance in a Michelob Ultra…
‘Exceptionally rare’ failure of all 3 hydraulics MUMBAI: Aircraft Accident Investigation Bureau’s preliminary report has confirmed what pilots and engineers call an exceptionally rare event, the near-simultaneous loss of all three hydraulic systems on the A320neo aircraft at 36,000 feet. Hydraulic systems are the fluid-pressure circuits that physically move an aircraft’s wing and tail surfaces….
Representative Image (AI-generated) A conservation effort that began nearly four decades ago is sending hundreds of tiny snails on a remarkable journey back to their native home. Five hundred Partula snails raised at the Detroit Zoo are travelling more than 5,000 miles from Michigan to Tahiti, where they will be released into the wild as…
Kurien had worked as a driver with the Kerala State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) for 18 years. A Kerala bus driver had an unusual goodbye for the vehicle he had driven for years. On his last working day, Paul Kurien stopped beside his bus, leaned towards it and kissed it before walking away. The simple…
