Jagdishan’s exit removes leadership uncertainty at HDFC Bank, giving board clear runway for transition and global growth plan. MUMBAI: Sashidhar Jagdishan’s decision to step down as HDFC Bank’s MD & CEO is set to remove a layer of uncertainty around the leadership of the country’s second-largest bank, giving the board and the incoming chief executive…
Foreign firms leased a record 9.1 million square feet of office space across India’s top nine cities during the January-March quarter to set up Global Capability Centres (GCCs), highlighting strong demand for workspaces, PTI reported citing CBRE data.Real estate consultant CBRE said total gross leasing of office space rose 5% to 20.7 million square feet…
Indian men’s cricket team head coach Gautam Gambhir has filed a lawsuit in the Delhi high court seeking relief against what he described as misuse of his identity through artificial intelligence (AI) tools, deepfakes, and unauthorised commercial use, news agency ANI reported on Thursday. In his petition, Gambhir has named multiple social media accounts, intermediaries…
BJP had claimed that button for BJP had been taped at at a booth in Falta In a rare move, the election commission on Saturday order “fresh” polling in the entire constituency of Falta on May 21. Citing, “severe electoral offences subversion of democratic process”, it announce its decision with counting scheduled for May 24….
NEW DELHI: At least four people have been killed in a fire that broke out in a four-storey residential building in Vivek Vihar in east Delhi’s Shahdara area, officials said on Sunday. “Early in the morning, we got a call about a fire. Fire tenders rushed to the spot and brought the fire under control….
Florida Universities Face H-1B Hiring Freeze: What It Means for Careers and Research Florida’s public universities are considering a pause on hiring international faculty through the H-1B visa program, a move that could reshape career opportunities and research across the state. The Board of Governors is set to vote on a one-year freeze that would…
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has arrested an Indian national in California who is wanted in Germany for attempted murder, according to a public statement from ICE San Francisco.The agency said 40-year-old Sandeep Singh was taken into custody in Fairfield, California, after entering US illegally from Mexico in 2023. He is currently being held…
A row has broken out in the United States after Indian-origin congressional candidate Jay Vaingakar was criticised for campaigning in Hindi while addressing members of the ‘Desi’ community in New Jersey.The controversy began after Indian American commentator Mehek Cooke posted on X, reacting to a video of Vaingakar speaking in Hindi about uplifting the “desi…
