A 22-year-old woman was arrested on Monday for allegedly choking her toddler son to death with a woollen glove and hiding his body in a bed box at their home in Burail village of Punjab. The body of the boy, who was aged two-and-a-half years, remained lying in the bed […]
24×7 Mumbai plan: City may get body like London’s Night Time Commission
With the ‘24×7 Mumbai’ plan rolled out, here’s another first for the city– a body to find more opportunities; better the security, transport and give suggestions to make the most of the initiative, similar to London’s Night Time Commission. Environment and tourism minister Aaditya Thackeray exclusively told HT, “I have […]
IIM Calcutta 42nd in Financial Times Global MBA ranking
The Indian Institute of Management, Calcutta (IIM-C), has been ranked 42nd globally in The Financial Times (FT) Global MBA ranking, 2020. The institute secured the spot for its Masters of Business Administration for Executives (MBAEx) programme, the IIM-C said in a statement on Monday. The Financial Times (FT) Global MBA […]
Oil falls for sixth day as China Coronavirus spreads
Oil futures slipped on Tuesday, extending losses into a sixth session as the spread of a new virus in China and other countries raised concerns about a hit to economic growth and slower oil demand. Brent crude was down 15 cents, or 0.3%, to $59.17 at around 0114 GMT, after […]
IIM Lucknow Placements 2020: Highest international CTC offered Rs 58.47 L
The Indian Institute of Management, Lucknow (IIM-L) completed final placements for the class of 2018-20 (34th Batch) of the two-year post-graduate programme. The highest international salary package (CTC) offered to a student was Rs 58.47 lakh while the highest domestic salary package (CTC) was Rs 54 lakh. The mean salary […]
Maruti Suzuki increases price of six models, including Alto and WagonR
Maruti Suzuki India has announced an increase in prices for select models, with immediate effect, due to increase in input costs. In a statement, the automobile major said that the price hike is up to 4.7 per cent. “The price change varies across models and ranges from 0 per cent […]
Science is solution to all problems, says Bharat Ratna awardee
Science is the solution to all problems and development of a nation depends on its scientific progress, Bharat Ratna professor C N R Rao said on Monday. Speaking after inaugurating a CNR RAO Research Centre at Avinashilingam Institute for Home Science and Higher Education for Women here through video conference, […]
Sara Ali Khan stuns in white floral lehenga on Indian Idol 11 sets
Sara Ali Khan recently made her way to the sets of Indian Idol 11 for the promotion of her upcoming romance movie with Kartik Aryan, Love Aaj Kal 2. She stunned in a traditional white floral embroidered lehenga with beautiful mirror work. The lehenga featured colourful flowers along with mirror-work all […]
Shipwreck diving to help boost Greek tourism
Greece aims to exploit untapped tourism revenue by allowing diving for post-19th century shipwrecks in the near future, Tourism Minister Harry Theocharis said Monday as his country is already enjoying growth in the key sector. In an interview with AFP, Theocharis said tourists would over the next few years be allowed to explore wrecks […]
GST collections for January may hit record Rs 1.15 lakh crore
Goods and Services Tax (GST) collection may hit a record Rs 1.15 lakh crore in January, while the shortfall in gross direct tax collections may be only Rs 11,000 crore in the first 10 months of the current financial year as compared to same period last year, two government officials […]
Commercial air travel safer than ever: MIT study
Commercial air travel has become safer than ever, according to a study that tracked the continued decrease in passenger fatalities around the world. The study, published in the journal Transportation Science, found that between 2008 and 2017, airline passenger fatalities fell significantly compared to the previous decade. Globally, that rate is now one death […]
Union budget 2020 will fear and wish for inflation at same time
The forthcoming union budget will be presented at a time when inflation growth is the highest in five-and-half years. India’s benchmark inflation measure, Consumer Price Index (CPI), grew at 7.35% in December, the highest since July 2014. Yet, it is lack of inflation which would have hurt the government’s fiscal […]
Janhvi Kapoor, Arjun Kapoor walk ramp for Anamika Khanna
Bollywood actors, and half-siblings Janhvi Kapoor and Arjun Kapoor walked the ramp for Anamika Khanna at Blenders Pride Fashion Tour’s Kolkata chapter recently. Janhvi and Arjun looked stunning as they dazzled in traditional attires from the Kolkata-based designer’s newest collection. Janhvi took to her Instagram and wrote in two consecutive […]
Coronavirus may impact Apple’s business in the long run
The deadly Coronavirus has claimed more than a 100 lives in China so far and Apple is taking precautions, understandably. Apple supplier Foxconn has warned employees who were in Taiwan for the Chinese New Year to not come back to the Wuhan plant in China. The Foxconn facility in Wuhan […]
Coronavirus death toll jumps to 106 in China, 24 deaths in Hubei province overnight
At least 106 people have now died from the ongoing novel Coronavirus outbreak in China with 24 new deaths reported from the central Chinese province of Hubei overnight. The first death from Beijing was reported late on Monday as the countrywide infections breached the 4500-mark – the numbers are rapidly […]