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The RealReal may have risen to popularity for its big-name designer finds, but emerging designers are quickly rising through its ranks, according to the luxury resale platform’s 2026 Resale Report released on Tuesday. “Resale is a really interesting discovery engine for emerging designers,” Noelle Sciacca, The RealReal’s associate director of fashion merchandising and content strategy, tells Fashionista over email. “Because we can look at search volume, our ‘obsessions’ and supply together, we can see when interest in a brand is beginning to accelerate.” Zankov — New York-based designer Henry Zankov’s namesake knitwear label — is one of the buzziest emerging…

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Chandigarh, The governors and chief ministers of Punjab and Haryana on Friday greeted people on Janmashtami.Punjab, Haryana governors, CMs extend Janmashtami greetingsScores of people in both the states as well as Chandigarh thronged temples on the occasion, which is celebrated to mark the birth of Lord Krishna.Punjab Governor and Chandigarh Administrator Gulab Chand Kataria said Lord Krishna’s life and teachings included the message of well-being and virtue.”Lord Krishna propagated the concept of ‘nishkam karma’ while enlightening the people about the attainment of the ultimate truth through the path of ‘dharma’,” Kataria said.”May this festival inspire us to follow the path…

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Fifteen years ago there was almost no market for avocados in India, remembers Sunil Bopaiah.Ripe fruit would fall off trees and be eaten by dogs, earning avocados the unappetising name dog fruit, he says.Bopaiah has been working in India’s plantation industry for 26 years, he’s currently group manager at Cottanad Plantations, which grows cocoa, rubber, coffee, spices and fruits, including avocado, in the hills of Wayanad in the southern Indian state of Kerala.”We never planted avocado as our main crop. We introduced it as a shade tree for coffee plantations, and only later realised it could become a profitable business,”…

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Supporters of the Cockroach Janata Party (CJP) on Friday marched to the Parliament Street Police Station in Delhi, demanding action against self-styled influencer Swatantra Bhardwaj over the alleged assault of Sanjay Kumar, father of student activist Nishu Azad, during a protest at Jantar Mantar protests in July.The protest has drawn political attention, with Leader of Opposition Rahul Gandhi backing Azad and questioning the alleged lack of action against Bhardwaj. AAP national convener Arvind Kejriwal also shared a video at the centre of the controversy and criticised the government.What is the protest about?The CJP has accused Bhardwaj of assaulting Kumar and…

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The initiative has been launched at Shri G S Institute of Technology and Science (SGSITS), an aided autonomous institute and one of the reputed engineering colleges in central India.Indore, A Hindi-medium B.Tech course in civil engineering has been introduced from the current academic session, with students enrolled in the programme also being eligible for a Rs 2 lakh incentive from the Madhya Pradesh government in their final year, officials said.The initiative has been launched at Shri G S Institute of Technology and Science (SGSITS), an aided autonomous institute and one of the reputed engineering colleges in central India, they added.Thirty…

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Toxic Day 10 box office collection LIVE (Image credits IMDb) ‘Toxic: A Fairytale For Grown-Ups’ entered its second weekend with its India box-office run approaching the Rs. 240 crore net mark. After opening to a mammoth Rs. 101.10 crore on Day 1, Yash’s gangster drama saw its collections decline sharply through the week, although it continued to add to its theatrical tally. With the domestic total now within touching distance of Rs. 240 crore, the next few days will determine whether the Geetu Mohandas directorial can turn its strong opening into another major box-office milestone.The immediate domestic target for ‘Toxic’…

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Infrastructure projects worth more than ₹150 crore each recorded a cumulative cost overrun of around ₹3,40,504 crore, according to a monthly government report for July 2026.A total of 1,775 ongoing infrastructure projects across 17 Central Ministries/ Departments were monitored, and it was found that the total revised cost was ₹37,10,642 crore compared to their original cost of ₹33,70,138 crore.The report, however, did not specify the actual number of projects that faced cost overrun.The cumulative expenditure incurred on these projects stands at ₹19.26 lakh crore, accounting for approximately 51.91% of the revised project cost, indicating steady progress in project implementation, a…

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For many Indians these days, the real value of gold may lie not in keeping it locked away, but in unlocking it. They say old is gold, and indeed old gold is turning into a golden opportunity for families in India as prices of the yellow metal rise, yielding an asset that is now increasingly being used to meet goals.Take the case of Patils (name changed): a pair of heavy gold bangles, a bridal necklace and other heirloom jewellery had been inside their bank locker in Mumbai. And, while the pieces carried memories, for the couple they had little practical…

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Right-wing party Brothers of Italy’s leader Giorgia Meloni. File. | Photo Credit: AP Giorgia Meloni on Friday (September 4, 2026) celebrates her hard-right government becoming the longest-lasting in Italy’s postwar history, with a rally in Bari expected to draw thousands of supporters, while protesters demonstrate nearby.Italy’s first leader will have been in charge of the same administration for 1,413 days — one more than billionaire media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi managed — despite crises within the other parties in her governing coalition.Italy has had 68 governments in 80 years. Past governments were toppled by crises and defections which Mr. Meloni has…

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