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BOOKS ENTERTAINMENT

Abundantia Entertainment acquires the rights of book on Nirav Modi

Team L&M Abundantia Entertainment, the producer of entertaining and impactful films like Sherni, Shakuntala Devi, Toilet – Ek Prem Katha, Airlift and original series like Breathe and Breathe: Into The Shadows, has acquired the rights of journalist, Pavan C. Lall’s captivating book Flawed: The Rise and Fall of India’s Diamond Mogul Nirav Modi that will […]Read More

BOOKS

Longlist for Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize 2021 announced

Team L&M The New India Foundation (NIF) announces the Longlist for the fourth edition of the Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay NIF Book Prize, recognising and celebrating excellence in non-fiction writings on modern and contemporary India. This Longlist of 12 books reflects a compelling picture of the diverse narratives which embody independent India’s cultural, political, and social milieu […]Read More

SCIENCE & TECH

Now, made-in-India transparent ceramics

Team L&M Indian researchers have developed transparent ceramics, reaching theoretical transparency through a technique called colloidal processing followed by simultaneous application of temperature and pressure, for the first time in India. The material can be used for thermal imaging applications, especially in harsh service conditions and personal protection systems such as, helmets, face shields, and […]Read More

SCIENCE & TECH

Noise Control Sheet Absorber developed by mimicking bee hives

Team L&M An Indian researcher has fabricated paper honeycomb and stronger polymer honeycomb structure as sound-absorbing panels that dissipate acoustic energy to low-frequency ranges. The technology can be used in building acoustics and also as environmental noise control solution. Many traditional materials have been found to be good at controlling higher frequencies. However, natural bee […]Read More

HERITAGE & CULTURE

Indian Roots of trans-Himalayan Buddhism

Team L&M In the 4th century, in the region of Kashmir, Asanga and Vasubandhu developed the Yogachara school of Buddhism, which was to travel far and wide. In the 8th century, Guru Padmasambhava who was teaching in Kashmir, took a highly developed form of this Buddhism and its sacred dance to Ladakh, Lahaul-Spiti, Kinnaur, Western […]Read More

BOOKS

Celebrate Hindi Diwas with audiobooks

On September 14, 1949, the Constituent Assembly of India decided that Hindi would also be the official language of the Central Government. To expound the importance of this decision and to spread Hindi in every region, Hindi Diwas is celebrated every year on September 14.   Team L&M This Hindi Diwas listen to the timeless Hindi classics, […]Read More

HEALTH & FITNESS

FOPL adoption will help check rising NCDs, say healthcare experts

In 2018 the Food Safety Standards Authority India (FSSAI) published draft regulation for FOPL which was subsequently withdrawn for further deliberation. In 2019 December, FSSAI delinked FOPL from general labelling regulations and is currently seeking inputs from consumer rights organisations, industry and nutrition experts for a viable model for India. Team L&M Medical experts across […]Read More

BEAUTY & FASHION

‘Hallmarking welcome, but not HUID’

Taruna Sharma While jewellers across the country welcome the hallmarking of silver and gold pieces, it is the new HUID (Hallmarking Unique ID) which has become the bone of contention between the industry and the government. The HUID, say jewellers, has nothing to do with the purity of gold, and procuring this number leads to […]Read More

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