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BCCI CEO Johri accused of sexual harassment

BCCI CEO Johri accused of sexual harassment

Rediff.com13 Oct 2018

The Committee of Administrator on Saturday sought an explanation from Board of Control for Cricket in India's CEO Rahul Johri after an anonymous account of alleged sexual harassment by him was shared on social media as part of the ongoing #metoo movement.

What awaits Urjit Patel in 3rd year as RBI governor

What awaits Urjit Patel in 3rd year as RBI governor

Rediff.com1 Sep 2018

Heading to the third year, will Urjit Patel be busy firefighting a currency crisis? Almost no governor of the RBI managed to evade it and Patel perhaps knows it.

RBI Guv pitches for continued policy support to revive growth

RBI Guv pitches for continued policy support to revive growth

Rediff.com20 Aug 2021

All members of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) -- Shashanka Bhide, Ashima Goyal, Jayanth R Varma, Mridul K Saggar, Michael Debabrata Patra and Shaktikanta Das -- had unanimously voted to keep the policy repo rate unchanged at 4 per cent after the three-day meet of the panel earlier this month. Further, except Varma, other members voted to continue with the accommodative stance as long as necessary to revive and sustain growth on a durable basis and continue to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on the economy, while ensuring that inflation remains within the target going forward. Varma expressed reservations on this part of the MPC resolution, according to the minutes.

Why companies are chary of independent directors

Why companies are chary of independent directors

Rediff.com18 Jan 2019

As many as 104 listed companies have fewer independent directors than mandated by the regulations, according to the figures from Prime Database, reports Sachin P Mampatta.

Why PSBs put Rs 1-trn bad loans on sale

Why PSBs put Rs 1-trn bad loans on sale

Rediff.com24 Jan 2019

Bankruptcy proceedings are going at a slower pace than what the bankers had envisaged and many cases have gone beyond the 270-day timeline set under the IBC mainly because of litigation.

Why Ind-WI ODI shifted away from Wankhede, asks MCA

Why Ind-WI ODI shifted away from Wankhede, asks MCA

Rediff.com13 Oct 2018

Miffed MCA asks CoA for reasons for moving ODI to CCI

WANTED! Independent oversight of reform process

WANTED! Independent oversight of reform process

Rediff.com2 Dec 2015

Leading sponsors of football's world governing body have demanded independent oversight of FIFA's reform process in an open letter published on Tuesday ahead of a key meeting to finalise proposed reforms at the scandal-plagued organisation.

Is it time to end a 150-year-old tradition and move to a Jan-Dec financial year?

Is it time to end a 150-year-old tradition and move to a Jan-Dec financial year?

Rediff.com22 Dec 2016

The most serious recommendations to change the financial year came in the years preceded by deficient rainfall. The Jha committee was formed after droughts in 1979-80 and 1982-83, reports Rishika Pardikar/IndiaSpend.

Autonomy for govt banks remains on paper

Autonomy for govt banks remains on paper

Rediff.com31 Aug 2015

Instructions were issued on holding loan camps in the last week of September.

Why reduce the bank CEO to a titular head!

Why reduce the bank CEO to a titular head!

Rediff.com4 Aug 2020

'The CEO will neither be able to guide the senior team in operational matters nor decide on their appointment, compensation or removal.' 'Yet, the CEO is responsible for the profit and loss of the bank!' 'Why would the senior executives listen to him?' 'Which self-respecting professional would want to be a CEO with these constraints?' asks Tamal Bandyopadhyay.

SC dismisses petitions seeking Rafale probe

SC dismisses petitions seeking Rafale probe

Rediff.com14 Dec 2018

The apex court said there was no occasion to doubt the decision-making process in the multi-billion dollar Rafale deal.

Will BCCI look into issues raised by Guha?

Will BCCI look into issues raised by Guha?

Rediff.com11 Jun 2017

Batting for larger transparency, the Central Information Commission (CIC) has urged the Committee of Administrators running the Board of Control for Cricket in India to look into the issues raised by historian Ramachandra Guha.

Congress, BJP lock horns over PM's 'security breach'

Congress, BJP lock horns over PM's 'security breach'

Rediff.com5 Jan 2022

A political slugfest broke out on Wednesday between the Bharatiya Janata Party and the Congress after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's cavalcade, in a major security breach, got stranded on a flyover, 30 km away from Hussainiwala in Punjab, as a group of protesting farmers blocked his route.

Health ministry ready to roll out COVID-19 vaccine in around a week

Health ministry ready to roll out COVID-19 vaccine in around a week

Rediff.com5 Jan 2021

Addressing a press briefing, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said healthcare workers and frontline workers need not register themselves as their database has been populated on to the Co-WIN vaccine delivery management system in a bulk manner.

Tharoor: 'Scindia's shallowness and hollowness of convictions'

Tharoor: 'Scindia's shallowness and hollowness of convictions'

Rediff.com11 Mar 2020

'Scindia's willingness to consort with the BJP, a party he has rightly, and eloquently, excoriated in various speeches and statements in the recent past suggest a shallowness and hollowness of convictions and principles.'

Full text: President Murmu's address to Parliament's Budget Session

Full text: President Murmu's address to Parliament's Budget Session

Rediff.com31 Jan 2023

'Wherever in the world there is political instability, those countries are beset with severe crises today. But India is in a much better position than the rest of the world due to the decisions taken by my government in the national interest,' President Droupadi Murmu said in her address to both Houses of Parliament.

We need a Sudarshan Chakra for PSB revival

We need a Sudarshan Chakra for PSB revival

Rediff.com27 Nov 2017

'Every few days, I wake up with a sense of restlessness that time is running out'... 'We have created a due process for stressed assets to resolve, but there is no concrete plan in place for public sector bank balance sheets,' says RBI Deputy Governor Viral Acharya.

Kunal Kamra seeks Rs 25L from IndiGo over flying ban

Kunal Kamra seeks Rs 25L from IndiGo over flying ban

Rediff.com1 Feb 2020

Kamra was banned by India's largest airline for six months on Tuesday for allegedly harassing Goswami on the Mumbai-Lucknow flight. SpiceJet, GoAir and Air India also imposed a similar ban on Kamra without specifying any period.

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