Month: August 2020

Thimphu – A modern City in an ancient plate✓ Currency ▪ Bhutanese Ngultrum (BTN)▪ 1 INR = 1 BTN (Indian currency has one on one mapping with Bhutan)▪ All major International currencies such as U.S. Dollar, Pound Sterling, Euro, Australian Dollar etc are easily convertible.   Visa/Permit Citizens of India, Bangladesh and Maldives with a valid passport need a permit available at the
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An Estee Lauder cosmetics counter in Los Angeles, California, August 19, 2019. Lucy Nicholson | Reuters Estee Lauder forecast current-quarter profit below analysts’ estimates on Thursday after posting a bigger-than-expected quarterly loss, as travel restrictions and store closures put in place to contain the spread of coronavirus dampened demand for its premium makeup brands. The
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How do parents keep education informative and enjoyable during COVID-19? With an increased need for distance learning and homeschooling, parents are feeling anxious and burned out, and the school year hasn’t even started yet. Thankfully, one solution is using the fantastic surge of educational content for kids recently published online. There is Dolly Parton’s Imagination
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Sandra Mansour’s job is turning dream worlds into dresses. She pulls clouds down to earth via billowing tulle; she sews dawn dew from gardens into glass-beaded gowns. It’s a gift, as they say, but it comes with a cost—like, literally—because the hand-crafted pieces by the Swiss-born, Beirut-based designer are roughly (and rightly) the cost of
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Footwork architect Traxman has shared a new “Juked Out” remix of “WAP,” as the Chicago Reader points out. The Teklife producer integrates Boom-Boom’s classic 1989 track “Work This Pussy” (famously sampled on Teyana Taylor’s “WTP”) into his take on Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s raunchy hit. Take a listen to that below. Earlier this
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Jeffrey Ubben Source: BusinessWire Jeffrey Ubben is betting on widescale adoption of clean energy through his new fund Inclusive Capital Partners, which he launched in June after stepping away from ValueAct to focus on sustainable investing full time. His fund is the lead investor in a company being formed through a partnership between Schneider Electric
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Old world charm – with a burst of new world energy Long regarded as Lisbon’s quieter sibling, Portugal’s second city is currently undergoing a magical moment of rejuvenation. Centuries ago, British merchant ships would cluster in Porto’s medieval harbour to ferry the region’s eponymous port wines back home. Now, the city’s river banks are crowded with hip
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Sun protection, but make it fashion Whether you’re popping out to run errands or spending the day at the beach, sun protection is a must. While you should wear SPF every day (yes, every day!), dermatologists say sunscreen simply isn’t enough on its own. Enter: sun hats. A stylish hat will not only shield you from harmful UV rays, but
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Fundraising needs to be prepared to reinvent itself and work with critics to avoid perpetuating injustices, according to a paper from fundraising think tank Rogare. The discussion paper, The donor-centred baby and the community-centric bathwater, argues that it is possible for donor-centric fundraising and community-centred fundraising philosophies to find common ground and work together. The
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Longtime synthpop duo Erasure are back with a new album called The Neon, and they’ve released it in full today. Stream it below via Apple Music and Spotify. This year marks Erasure’s 35th anniversary as a band (!) which is a pretty remarkable feat to hit, especially since they’ve never stopped innovating along the way.
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Jeju Air plane at Seoul Incheon International Airport. Benard | Andia | Universal Images Group | Getty Images Low-cost carriers (LCCs) are likely to have an advantage in a price-sensitive and regionally focused air travel market, analysts told CNBC. However, one observer cautioned that the benefit can only be enjoyed when demand recovers. The coronavirus pandemic
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He’s known as one of Wall Street’s longtime bears. But David Rosenberg appears to exude more optimism than pessimism these days. The chief economist and strategist at Rosenberg Research sees signs the economy doesn’t require a second coronavirus aid package right now. “Maybe we don’t need to have another stimulus package this quickly because the
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California based actress and musician Daniella Monet (real name Daniella Monet Zuvic) gained mediocre fame in the early 2000s after she landed small roles on shows like “Zoey 101,” “iCarly” and “Listen Up” … but Monet’s stardom really began to shine after her breakout role as the entertainment-driven big sister Trina Vega on the 2010
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Sony Pictures Classics has scheduled Azazel Jacobs’ drama French Exit for a Feb. 21, 2021 release in time for Oscars. The pic, which stars Oscar nominees Michelle Pfeiffer and Lucas Hedges, is making its world premiere as the Closing Night feature at the 2020 New York Film Festival.    Directed by Jacobs and written by award-winning novelist Patrick deWitt, based
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