The shining: jewellery picks for the festive season
The Hindu
How to add some bijoux to your celebrations
Stacking is big this season, as are the multi-coloured jewels seen at Bulgari and Sabyasachi. So when you are done splurging on solitaires at Tiffany & Co online or your favourite diamond destination, here is how you can add some heavy-duty colour:
Fabergé has more recently made its mark with their contemporary offerings — bracelets, necklaces, cufflinks, and watches. Now the Russian jewellery house has its first wearable object since 1917: the Majesty Clutch Bag that draws inspiration from the brand’s archives and the ‘Crystal Palace’ which housed The Great Exhibition of 1851. Featuring a carved rock crystal, carved natural turquoise and teal blue signature guilloché enamel, the one-of-a-kind bag is set in 18k yellow, white and rose gold. Also making an appearance are a series of gemstones, including diamonds, pearls, yellow and pink sapphires, tsavorite garnets and Gemfields Mozambican rubies and Zambian emeralds. Approximately ₹3,11,67,015 on .
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In a study published in the journal Mammalian Biology on December 23, 2024, researchers compared the calls of Asian elephants based on their age, sex, and behaviour. They found the duration of trumpets remained fairly consistent across all age classes for both male and female Asian elephants but roars and roar-rumbles got longer with age.
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The STS-63 mission, more popularly dubbed as the near-Mir mission, was a successful mission that spanned from February 3-11, 1995. A mission that served as a dress rehearsal for later missions that would rendezvous and dock with Mir, STS-63 reeled off a number of firsts. A.S.Ganesh tries and lists them out for you…