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Left to right: Flea Market Flip (Screenshot); Worn Stories (Photo: Netflix); Stylish With Jenna Lyons (Photo: HBO Max)
Shopping was one of the few activities that was never fully suspended during the pandemic. But the days of perusing the wares of businesses and vendors on some city block or commercial corridor have been put on hold. (At least, they should be on hold, if we want to avoid
another spike.) Sure, you could scroll through online retailers, but there are some elements of in-person browsing and buying that just can’t be recreated: the thrill of a great find, getting a friend’s opinion on the spot.
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It was the Critics’ Choice Awards Sunday night! Everyone clap. Despite working in this industry for over a year, I still have no idea why we give the critics an awards show, or if anybody even watches this thing. Who cares! Keep clapping.
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Keeping in mind the pomp and circumstance that such an awards show demands from its audience, it’s with a heavy heart that I must also admit that I am too poor to afford the fancy photos from it, most likely because photos of people standing around as people do, and not over Zoom or whatever, are in high demand these days.
BASF India jumped 3.89% to Rs 1700.55 after the specialty chemical maker reported a consolidated net profit of Rs 115.15 crore in Q3 FY21 as against net loss of Rs 32.38 crore in Q3 FY20.Net sales for Q3 FY21 grew 24.4% to Rs 2,506.54 crore as against Rs 2,014.38 crore in Q3 FY20. The result was announced during market hours today, 9 February 2021.
The company recorded a pre-tax profit of Rs 196.57 crore in Q3 FY21 as against a pre-tax loss of Rs 38.92 crore in Q3 FY20. The company posted a tax expense of Rs 81.42 crore in Q3 FY21 as against tax credit of Rs 6.54 crore in the same period last year