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9 months, 4 weeks ago

Trade puzzle: The Hindu Editorial on exports and global trade

Towards the end of a tumultuous trading year, India’s goods exports jumped 11.9% in February, marking the healthiest uptick in 20 months. It is remarkable that this spurt, significantly higher than the average export tally of $35.4 billion in the first ten months of this year, comes amid persistent concerns about disruptions in the Red Sea and the drought-hit Panama …

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11 months, 2 weeks ago

Home prices jumped by the most in almost a year in November, this closely watched barometer says

Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — A closely watched housing market barometer shows U.S. home prices in November posted their biggest annual gain in more than a year. A tight supply of homes for sale nationally has kept upward pressure on home prices despite a severe housing market slump deepened by a sharp runup in mortgage rates last fall. “That suggests pivoting of …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Subversive? Dangerous? Boring?: How the red carpet became a barometer for modern masculinity

The Independent

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2 years, 1 month ago

Christmas may be new Thanksgiving as NHL playoff barometer

Associated Press

For the better part of two decades since the NHL instituted a salary cap, enjoying turkey, stuffing and mashed potatoes were synonymous with feeling pretty good about making the playoffs. Thanks to the season starting later than normal, many contenders still trying to find a groove amid various injuries and expansion to 32 teams also makes it inherently harder to …

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3 years, 1 month ago

AFLW wingers are becoming increasingly important, and a barometer of team success

ABC

In the AFLW, the wing has traditionally been seen as a stepping stone role for midfielders. Average possessions have steadily increased across the five years of the AFLW competition, with the increase in uncontested possessions last year indicating that a clearer game style and outside ball use are being employed by more teams. An 18-team AFLW may require another leap …

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3 years, 4 months ago

As Afghans try to figure out Taliban’s new rules, burqas are barometer of sorts

LA Times

In the old days — just over a week ago — the burqa-sellers of Kabul were doing a less-than-booming business. When the Taliban last ruled Afghanistan, a five-year reign that came to a close in 2001, women risked being whipped by Taliban enforcers if they dared venture out without donning a burqa, the full-body, full-face covering whose mesh eyepiece offers …

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3 years, 9 months ago

Why Uttar Pradesh panchayat polls could be barometer for assembly election 2022

India Today

Panchayat polls in Uttar Pradesh should have happened last year. In 2005 too, panchayat election in Uttar Pradesh was held after the high court’s intervention — that is, two of four panchayat elections required judicial order. The Uttar Pradesh panchayat election is being held at four levels — gram panchayat, gram pradhan, block panchayat and zila panchayat. With such high …

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4 years, 3 months ago

IndiGo Topples Vistara as Safest Domestic Airline During Covid-19, Says Ranking

News 18

The pandemic is changing the way we live, socialize and even travel. We have been ranked #1 by the Safe Travel Barometer with a rating of 4.2 out of 5 as the safest airline in India. #LetsIndiGo #Aviation pic.twitter.com/Q2JWP55Cuw— IndiGo September 23, 2020 With a steady increase in travellers opting for air travel, it has started a new tussle among …

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4 years, 5 months ago

Fixing India’s broken growth barometer key to revival

Live Mint

After being conferred the first P C Mahalanobis Award in Official Statistics for lifetime achievements by India’s statistics ministry a few weeks ago, former Reserve Bank of India Governor, C. Rangarajan had one big message for his hosts: end the controversy around GDP calculations. The great Indian GDP paradox The GDP series suggests that India’s economic boom in the 2005-11 …

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4 years, 11 months ago

Democracy, corruption and the erosion of political trust

ABC

How best to understand the counter-currents in public trust affecting our world? Liberal Party pollster Mark Textor told The Bulletin that at the start of that campaign he and other strategists identified the need to secure a “redefinition of honesty” away from being a “technical thing” to being “a matter of behaving in a consistent and understandable way” — “a …

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5 years, 2 months ago

Long winter night significantly increases the chance of burglary

NL Times

The long winter nights and upcoming holiday season mean that you stand a much greater chance of being burgled in the coming weeks. The risk of falling victim to a burglary increases most for residents of Zeeland, Drenthe and Limburg in the coming weeks, the Telegraaf reports. The Burglary Barometer predicts the chance of a burglary per neighborhood based on …

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5 years, 4 months ago

“The sari has become the barometer of the Indian woman’s cultural change,” writes Vogue’s Priya Tanna

Hindustan Times

What makes up the Indian fashion industry today, you ask? As I took on the role as editor-in-chief of Vogue India some 10 years ago, the decision was easy – we could either go about the traditional route of commenting on the changing hemlines and necklines of womenswear or we could eschew this from time to time to champion matters …

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5 years, 7 months ago

US aircraft carrier seen as barometer of tensions with Iran

Associated Press

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — Ordered by the White House to the Persian Gulf, the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier has become a 100,000-ton barometer of the tensions between Iran and the U.S. While U.S. military officials aren’t publicly explaining the delay, it may be to calm nerves before the ships pass through the strait, a narrow waterway where Iran …

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5 years, 8 months ago

Lifestyle Barometer: Your guide to what’s hot and what’s not this week from the royal baby to the Met Gala

The Independent

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5 years, 8 months ago

Biz Barometer

India Today

Here is some relief coming in for the staff of Jet Airways, which has grounded its operations on April 19, after lenders refused it emergency funds to keep its operations going. Jet's rival SpiceJet has absorbed nearly 1,000 of the former's staff, according to SpiceJet chairman Ajay Singh. The grounded airline's CEO, Vinay Dube, told staff that all efforts by …

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5 years, 10 months ago

Lifestyle Barometer: Your guide to what’s hot and what’s not this week from Christian Dior to toxic media

The Independent

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5 years, 11 months ago

Edelman Trust Report 2008 vs 2014 vs 2019: Here is how the Modi govt did vs the Congress govt

Op India

In an all-important election year, the Edelman Trust Barometer Global Report signals cheer for the central government led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Since these ratings have come on an all-important election year, it bodes well to go back in time and analyse what the trust rankings in the government were in 2008, 2009 when the Congress government was elected …

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6 years ago

Lifestyle Barometer: Your guide to what’s hot and what’s not this week from veganism to nomophobia

The Independent

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6 years ago

Lifestyle Barometer: your guide to what’s hot and what’s not this week from Christmas music to Kendall Jenner

The Independent

Going up: The cinema open image in gallery Trips to the flicks could be good for your mental health New research from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing has revealed that regular trips to the cinema could help guard against depression in old age. “You’re simply spending all of your energy trying not to hear what you’re hearing.” Body shaming …

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6 years, 1 month ago

Lifestyle Barometer: your guide to what’s hot and what’s not this week from size-inclusivity to smear tests

The Independent

Going up: Size-inclusivity open image in gallery Tess Holliday has backed a letter calling for fashion brands to cater to plus-size women A recent survey by Cosmopolitan UK found that 83 per cent of women who wear a size 16 or over do not feel represented by the high street. “We’re excited to work with them in this new capacity, …

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6 years, 1 month ago

Hatred towards dissenters has become barometer of patriotism, says Javed Akhtar

India Today

How much you can hate somebody who disagrees with you or dissents with your views has become the barometer of judging your love for your country, lyricist, writer and former parliamentarian Javed Akhtar said today. "You see," Javed Akhtar said, "Communal Muslims don't like secular Hindus and communal Hindus don't like secular Muslims." "When communal people from both sides abuse …

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6 years, 4 months ago

Lifestyle Barometer: your guide to what's hot and what's not this week from curry to crop tops

The Independent

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6 years, 5 months ago

Lifestyle Barometer: Your guide to what’s hot and what’s not this week from FUPA to Parma Violet gin

The Independent

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6 years, 5 months ago

Samsung Galaxy Note 9 v iPhone X v Pixel 2 XL and other flagship comparisons

Firstpost

The Samsung Galaxy Note 9 is finally out in the open but the question is, are we as excited as we would be for say, a new iPhone launch? Let’s find out where the Galaxy Note 9, which is priced starting at $999, stands after being put head-to-head with its greatest competitors which are the iPhone X, Pixel 2 XL, …

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Trade puzzle: The Hindu Editorial on exports and global trade

Home prices jumped by the most in almost a year in November, this closely watched barometer says

Subversive? Dangerous? Boring?: How the red carpet became a barometer for modern masculinity

Christmas may be new Thanksgiving as NHL playoff barometer

AFLW wingers are becoming increasingly important, and a barometer of team success

As Afghans try to figure out Taliban’s new rules, burqas are barometer of sorts

Why Uttar Pradesh panchayat polls could be barometer for assembly election 2022

IndiGo Topples Vistara as Safest Domestic Airline During Covid-19, Says Ranking

Fixing India’s broken growth barometer key to revival

Democracy, corruption and the erosion of political trust

Long winter night significantly increases the chance of burglary

“The sari has become the barometer of the Indian woman’s cultural change,” writes Vogue’s Priya Tanna

US aircraft carrier seen as barometer of tensions with Iran

Lifestyle Barometer: Your guide to what’s hot and what’s not this week from the royal baby to the Met Gala

Biz Barometer

Lifestyle Barometer: Your guide to what’s hot and what’s not this week from Christian Dior to toxic media

Edelman Trust Report 2008 vs 2014 vs 2019: Here is how the Modi govt did vs the Congress govt

Lifestyle Barometer: Your guide to what’s hot and what’s not this week from veganism to nomophobia

Lifestyle Barometer: your guide to what’s hot and what’s not this week from Christmas music to Kendall Jenner

Lifestyle Barometer: your guide to what’s hot and what’s not this week from size-inclusivity to smear tests

Hatred towards dissenters has become barometer of patriotism, says Javed Akhtar

Lifestyle Barometer: your guide to what's hot and what's not this week from curry to crop tops

Lifestyle Barometer: Your guide to what’s hot and what’s not this week from FUPA to Parma Violet gin

Samsung Galaxy Note 9 v iPhone X v Pixel 2 XL and other flagship comparisons