INDORE: President Droupadi Murmu on Thursday said women need to be encouraged to pursue higher education and become independent to achieve the goal of making India the world’s most developed nation by 2047. She also urged people to help women make this happen. “I would like to call upon all educational institutions and teachers to […]
MUMBAI: The Bombay High Court on Thursday said creative freedom and the freedom of expression cannot be curtailed and the censor board cannot refuse to certify a film just because there is an apprehension of a law and order problem. A division bench of Justices B P Colabawalla and Firdosh Pooniwalla expressed its displeasure with […]
NEW DELHI: India’s logistics cost will come down to single-digit within the next five years, Union Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said on Thursday. Addressing the ‘Deloitte Government Summit’ here, Gadkari said the ministry is constructing several highways and expressways which will help reduce India’s logistics cost. “I am confident that within five […]
NEW DELHI: BJP National President JP Nadda on Thursday launched a scathing attack on Congress MP and Leader of Opposition in the Lok Sabha, Rahul Gandhi, labeling him a “failed product” repeatedly rejected by the people. Nadda’s remarks came in response to a letter written by Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, […]
NEW DELHI: India rose to third place in the list of global cross-border capital destinations for land and development sites in the first half of 2024, a report showed on Thursday, adding that investments in Indian real estate sector will remain steady. With $3.5 billion of inflows in the January-June period, institutional investor interest in […]
NEW DELHI: A recent report highlighted that Bengaluru is poised for dramatic growth in its population of centi-millionaires over the next 16 years. According to the Henley & Partners’ Centi-Millionaire Report 2024, the city is also forecasted to witness an increase of over 150 per cent in its ultra-rich population. Home to nearly 13,200 millionaires, […]
NEW DELHI: A group of influential countries has urged the G20 nations to increase the overall pool of financing for climate action and urgently shift away from investments in fossil fuels. In a letter to the G20 bloc, the High Ambition Coalition (HAC) said all countries must work together to mobilise as much funding as […]
WASHINGTON: After former US President Donald Trump announced that he would meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his New York visit, Trump’s close aide Al Mason called them “strong leaders” who respect each other. He said that the meeting between Trump and PM Modi next week in New York will further cement the bond between […]
TAIPEI: Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defence (MND) has said that 20 Chinese military aircraft and 10 naval vessels were detected operating around Taiwan from 6 am (local time) on Wednesday to 6 am (local time) on Thursday. According to Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defence (MND), 15 of the People’s Liberation Army’s (PLA) aircraft crossed the […]
HYDERABAD: Woxsen University in Hyderabad, Telangana, has clinched the 6th position in the Bloomberg Best B-School 2024 Rankings for the Asia Pacific region, establishing itself as the 3rd highest-ranked institution in India, after IIM-Bangalore and the Indian School of Business. The university’s remarkable ranking is attributed to its focus on four key pillars: Learning, Networking, […]