Campaigning for Lok Sabha elections has pitchforked Bhupender Yadav, Union environment minister, BJP’s key organisation man and backroom strategist, to the frontlines in Rajasthan’s Alwar constituency, known as much for lakes, Neemrana and Sariska’s tigers as it is for factories turning out cars, tractors and liquor. Less than 10 days from the first phase of…
BENGALURU: The appointment of non-Indian CEOs at Indian IT companies has presented a curious case of cultural misalignment, as evidenced by the departures of former Wipro CEO Thierry Delaporte and former Cognizant CEO Brian Humphries.Both leaders faced challenges in blending into the cultural fabric of their respective firms. Both CEOs were based in Europe –…
Read today’s horoscope, April 10, 2024. Today we’ll be taking a closer look at what the stars have in store for each of the 12 zodiac signs. Our astrologer has analyzed the movements of the planets and the alignment of the stars to bring you the most accurate and up-to-date horoscope predictions for the day…
MUMBAI: Instagram reels are not all that keep Gen Z glued to their phones. With a deluge of user-friendly investment apps and move towards a mobile-first approach, a section of the Gen Z cohort (aged 12-24) have taken to investing like a fish to water.Take, for instance, Madhur Katta. The 22-year-old investor from Jaipur initially…
MUMBAI: A little over 38 years after it was launched with a base of just 100 points, BSE sensex, the most watched stock market bellwether in India, crossed the 75,000-point mark on Tuesday, signifying past successes of Indian economy and the market, and raising hopes for more wealth creation in the years ahead.On Tuesday, sensex…
A 30km drive from New Jalpaiguri station takes a tourist to Bhorer Alo, a govt tourist estate at Gajoldoba in north Bengal’s Dooars. Gajoldoba, where the first commercial tea estate was set up in 1874-75, is a tourist hot spot. Gajoldoba is also a microcosm of a Hills society in the throes of change —…
NEW DELHI: Skymet, India’s private weather forecasting company, on Tuesday predicted ‘normal’ monsoon this year, saying the four-month season is expected to receive rainfall to the extent of 102% (with an error margin of +/- 5% ) of the long-period average (LPA).Rainfall between 96-104% of the LPA is considered normal. IMD will release its forecast…
PHOENIX: Arizona’s highest court on Tuesday upheld an 1864 law that bans nearly all abortions, a decision that could have far-reaching consequences for women’s healthcare and poll-year politics in a critical battleground state.The Arizona Supreme Court said that because the federal right to abortion in Roe v. Wade had been overturned, there was no federal…
MUMBAI: An army of retail investors has found a strong footing on Dalal Street over the last decade thanks to a bullish market and a pandemic-driven digital push. In April 2015, India had just over 2 crore individual demat accounts – the actual number of investors would have been even less as one person can…
A gurdwara president, also the owner of a construction firm, was shot dead on Monday in Canada. Indian gangsters are suspected to be behind the killing of Buta Singh Gill, who was shot near a construction site in Edmonton‘s Millwoods area. He was the owner of the firm Gill Built Homes Ltd.According to Canada-based sources,…
