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What PM and CMs can learn from this Collector

Dr Rajendra Bharud has done what no other district collector in India could do as the pandemic ravaged the nation.He not only made Nandurbar district oxygen surplus, but ensured that the supply of......

Xi Jinping writes to Modi, offers help to fight COVID-19

Chinese President Xi Jinping on Friday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi and expressed readiness to strengthen cooperation with India to fight the pandemic and provide support and help to deal......

Tamil Nadu and the forgotten clamour for prohibition last election

If purists are surprised as to why and how people are not demanding prohibition or not talking about past promises, both in the election manifestos five years back and even those made to the......

Why was Kumbh Mela held amidst raging pandemic?

What is particularly worrying is that the vast majority will not have access to testing or even to proper treatment.These cases could have been avoided if the government had shown the political......

US body wants India named for violating religious rights, chief dissents

A US Congress-constituted quasi-judicial body on Wednesday asked the Joe Biden Administration to designate four nations, including India, as "countries of particular concern", alleging that......

Scrapping vehicles in volumes to curb pollution will be a tough task

For deciding which vehicles are to be scrapped, the setting up of fitness centres and regulating them would be a humongous task. One of the things that became mandatory in the middle of the......

India's IT firms have big plans for UK

IT firms Infosys and Mphasis on Tuesday said they will create employment for about 2,000 people, while Wipro will invest pound 16 million (about Rs 163 crore) in the UK over the next few years.......

Goldman Sachs lowers India's growth forecast for FY21 to 11.1%

Wall Street brokerage Goldman Sachs has lowered its estimate for India's economic growth to 11.1 per cent in fiscal year to March 31, 2022, as a number of cities and states announced lockdowns of......

Wipro ups IT services revenue guidance to 8-10% in Q1

Wipro on Friday revised upwards its IT services revenue outlook to 8-10 per cent sequential growth in the June 2021 quarter, following the completion of its $1.45 billion buyout of Capco. While......

Ajay Singh's toughest challenge: How to save SpiceJet

The fairy tale turnaround story has, however, taken a few knocks after a second wave of the pandemic has brought a series of default notices and has posed the toughest test for the 55-year old......

The Big Bull review

Abhishek Bachchan's sneering expression is ill-quipped to convey the confidence of a wheeler-dealer. Those frequent bouts of muahaha make it worse. So much worse, says Sukanya Verma. 'I am and......

Was Kangana's National Award calculated?

'Of all artists who openly support the current political dispensation, she is far and away the finest,' argues Sreehari Nair.'With the exception of perhaps Tabu, no Indian actress has done more to......

'Women in our cinema are frozen in time'

'This is the kind of dream role that actresses beyond a certain age don't get in our country.' IMAGE: Pooja Bhatt in Bombay Begums. Photograph: Kind courtesy Pooja Bhatt/Instagram Pooja Bhatt......

Bombay Begums review

It's a treat to watch Pooja Bhatt explode on the small screen, applauds Sukanya Verma. Imperfect women fuel writer and director Alankrita Shrivastava's stories. All her creations (Lipstick Under......

When Madhuri, Rekha, Hema played a tawaif

Meena Kumari's Pakeezah and Rekha's Umrao Jaan epitomise the cinematic tawaif, a combination of poetess and seductress, steeped in the tragic metaphor of the candle that burns itself out while......

1980 Olympians Kaushik, Ravinder succumb to COVID-19

IMAGE: MK Kaushik was a member of the 1980 Moscow Olympics gold-medal winning Indian hockey team. Photograph: Hockey India India lost two of its most revered hockey stars, Ravinder Pal Singh and M......

Sports Shorts: Women's recurve team tops qualification

IMAGE: Atanu Das and Deepika Kumari, who have won many international medals together in the past, will take on France in the World Cup mixed team quarter-finals in Guatemala City. Photograph:......

Super League breakaway in tatters after English clubs quit

The league, which was announced on Sunday with 12 founding members, has been championed by Real Madrid president Florentino Perez, the new competition's chairman. It is now left with three Italian......

UEFA blasts 'disgraceful' Super League plan

'UEFA and the football world stand united against the disgraceful and self-serving proposal we have seen in the last 24 hours for a select few clubs in Europe motivated by greed.' IMAGE: People......

IPL 2021: Check out Sunrisers' strengths and weaknesses

IMAGE: Since winning their only IPL title in 2016 under David Warner's leadership, Sunrisers Hyderabad have always made it to the play-offs in the last four years but failed to finish on top.......

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Sivarama Krishnan, Partner & Leader, Cybersecurity, PwC India, pitched for a three-level governance model to deal with the security issues... ...

https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/industry/banking/finance/banking/robust-regulatory-framework-needed-to-deal-with-open-banking-challenges-experts/articleshow/82496462.cms

1980 Olympians Kaushik, Ravinder succumb to COVID-19

IMAGE: MK Kaushik was a member of the 1980 Moscow Olympics gold-medal winning Indian hockey team. Photograph: Hockey India India lost two of its... ...

http://www.rediff.com/sports/report/olympic-medallist-ravinder-pal-singh-succumbs-to-covid/20210508.htm

World Bank, AIIB clear $250 million for RKI second phase

The World Bank and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank have cleared $250 million as concessional funding for the second phase of Resilient Kerala... ...

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/thiruvananthapuram/kerala-world-bank-aiib-clear-250-million-for-rki-second-phase/articleshow/82473875.cms

Four people freed from ongoing Minnesota bank robbery standoff

A standoff between Minnesota police and an alleged hostage-taker continued into the evening Thursday despite the release of four bank employees. ...

https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/four-people-freed-from-ongoing-minnesota-bank-robbery-standoff/articleshow/82448732.cms

SGX Nifty Up 78 Points; Indicates Firm Opening for Indian Stock Markets

Posted by Equitymaster The SGX Nifty opened on a positive note today. At 8:05 am, it�was trading up by 78 points, or 0.5% higher at 14,875... ...

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