Noel Tata kicks off Tata Sons succession search MUMBAI: Tata Trusts chairman Noel Tata is understood to have informally kicked off the search process for Tata Sons’ eighth chairman, meeting former HDFC chairman Deepak Parekh at the Taj Wellington Mews Residences in Mumbai on Wednesday, according to people aware of the meeting.The meeting, which also…
A Messi shirt gifted to former Manchester United masseur Rod Thornley has sold for more than six times the price of a Ronaldo jersey from the same collection/Credits: MatchWornShirt A Lionel Messi shirt from his Barcelona days has sold for £48,608 ($66,107) at auction, comfortably exceeding the price paid for a Cristiano Ronaldo shirt sold…
Arogyaswami Paulraj: The Indian engineer whose MIMO breakthrough powers 4G, 5G and Wi-Fi In 1971, a naval officer was asked to solve a problem that India could not simply buy its way out of. The Indian Navy needed better anti-submarine sonar, but access to advanced foreign systems was restricted. The officer tasked with finding an…
Charles Melton is a married man!The actor, who most recently starred in the hit series, ‘Beef 2’, has sparked buzz that he has secretly wed his longtime partner Camille Summers-Valli after he referred to her as his ‘wife’ in a new interview. Charles Melton sparks marriage rumours According to a report on PEOPLE, Charles seemingly…
Panel pitches cross-subsidy: Corporate hospitals urged to use rich-patient revenue to fund poorer patients’ care NEW DELHI: Revenue earned from foreign patients and affluent Indians should help fund the treatment of poorer patients, the parliamentary standing committee on health and family welfare has recommended, proposing that corporate hospitals adopt a cross-subsidisation model to make advanced…
Crew of 10 includes six Indian nationals; vessel was carrying arms and security equipment Six Indians were among the 10-member crew of a Cameroon-flagged cargo ship hijacked by pirates off Somalia’s Puntland coast earlier this week, news agency AP reported citing a Somali official on Thursday.The M/V LUTUF was seized on Monday about 3.5 nautical…
England’s Joe Root celebrates hitting a half century. (AP Photo) Joe Root added another landmark to his extraordinary Test career on Thursday, equalling Indian batting legend Sachin Tendulkar’s record for the most half-centuries in Test cricket during England’s first Test against Pakistan at Headingley.Root brought up his 68th Test fifty on the second day before…
NCERT has formed a new team to draft Political Science textbooks for Classes 11 and 12, with a focus on Indian knowledge systems, cultural rootedness and inclusion. The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) has reconstituted the team responsible for preparing new Political Science textbooks for Classes 11 and 12. The new team…
Amid chatter about the much-anticipated sequel to Ayan Mukerji’s ‘Brahmastra’, a new report details an exciting update about Alia Bhatt‘s role in the film that reportedly reunites her with husband, Ranbir Kapoor. Alia Bhatt to return in ‘Brahmastra 2’ The actress, who played the female lead in the hit film, is set to make an…
Bribe demand unproven, Rs 20 note no proof: SC acquits 2 NEW DELHI: Thirty years after they were accused of taking a bribe of Rs 20 to issue an income certificate, Supreme Court has acquitted two govt employees in a 1996 corruption case in which they were convicted and sentenced to one year’s imprisonment by…
