More people from ethnic minority backgrounds are heading the UK's biggest companies but more needs to be done to improve representation, according to authoritative analysis of company directors, chief executives and senior management. The 350 most valuable companies on the London Stock Exchange were looked at as well as data …...Read More
More ethnic diversity in UK's largest businesses but still work to do, analysis suggests
Sandeshkhali ED attack case | CBI summons nine close aides of Shahjahan Sheikh
March 11, 2024 12:57 pm | Updated 01:23 pm IST - New Delhi The CBI has summoned nine close aides and associates of suspended TMC leader Shahjahan Sheikh to appear before the agency on March 11, officials said. The agency suspects that these nine individuals were allegedly part of the …...Read More
100 kg of hashish worth ₹110 crore seized from prawn farm shed in Pudukottai district
March 11, 2024 12:50 pm | Updated 12:50 pm IST - PUDUKOTTAI A Central Intelligence Unit (CIU) team of the Tiruchi Customs has seized 100 kilograms of hashish and 876 kilograms of ganja from a shed, on a prawn farm, near coastal Mimisal in Pudukottai district. The seizure was made …...Read More
Bengaluru water crisis | ‘Karnataka has not seen such a severe drought in 30-40 years’
March 11, 2024 12:37 pm | Updated 01:00 pm IST - Bengaluru Amid the acute water shortage in Bengaluru, Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar said on March 11 the State had not witnessed such a severe drought in the past three-four decades. "In the last 30-40 years we had not …...Read More
Agreement signed for transfer of technology for non-corrosive textile reinforced concrete
March 11, 2024 12:30 pm | Updated 12:30 pm IST - CHENNAI An agreement for the transfer of technology for corrosion-free Textile Reinforced Concrete Prototyping Technology (TRCPT), a patented technology developed by CSIR – Structural Engineering Research Centre (CSIR – SERC), Chennai was signed here recently between CSIR and L&T …...Read More
”My third term will write new chapter in rise of women power” says PM Modi - The Hindu
March 11, 2024 12:29 pm | Updated 01:03 pm IST - New Delhi Prime Minister Narendra Modi cited a host of women-centric schemes of his government to assert that only a society which boosts women's standing and creates opportunities for them can advance. His third term will write a new …...Read More
Election Commission briefs its observers ahead of Lok Sabha elections
March 11, 2024 12:19 pm | Updated 01:47 pm IST - New Delhi The Election Commission of India (ECI) on March 11 organised in New Delhi a meeting for the observers it will be deploying for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. The day-long briefing for the over 1,800 observers is …...Read More
Congress leader moves SC seeking to restrain Centre from appointing new ECs
March 11, 2024 12:14 pm | Updated 01:11 pm IST - New Delhi A plea has been filed in the Supreme Court seeking to restrain the Centre from appointing new election commissioners as per a 2023 law, the provisions of which have been challenged in the apex court. Two vacancies …...Read More
BJP govt 'misusing' ED to create fear among opposition leaders: Pawar
March 11, 2024 12:02 pm | Updated 12:02 pm IST - Pune NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar on March 11 alleged the Bharatiya Janata Party-led government was misusing agencies like the Enforcement Directorate to create fear among the Opposition and called the ED "supporting party" of the BJP. Speaking to …...Read More
Watch | Former High Commissioner to Pakistan Ajay Bisaria on his new book ‘Anger Management’
March 11, 2024 11:51 am | Updated 11:51 am IST Urdu poetry, diplomatic missives, the nuclear question, and forcing a Prime Minister to take a toilet break – the last High Commissioner to Pakistan Ajay Bisaria shared his journey and gave his insights on India-Pakistan relations in a conversation with …...Read More
