MUMBAI: Tata Sons chairman N Chandrasekaran on Friday asked Air India employees to focus on cost control, improve services and “stay grounded” in the reality of the challenging situation, while reiterating the group’s continued commitment to the airline. Addressing an employee town hall at the Air India Group’s headquarters in Gurugram, Chandrasekaran said, “While our…
To woo women voters in Assam, BJP and Congress have pitched competing cash-transfers. In Assam, the BJP sankalp patra promised that the monthly direct bank transfer under Orunodoi scheme would be increased to Rs 3,000 for women and that it aims for 40 lakh “lakhpati baideos , a flagship initiative to economically empower women. Congress,…
DIY enthusiasts often face a silent drain on their mobile data through automatic WhatsApp media downloads. Image Credit: Google Gemini In modern times, there is no shortage of smartphones lying alongside hammers and spades in our house, as they are just as important as these tools for us. Be it for checking tutorials on how…
MUMBAI: With the peace plan for West Asia moving ahead-though under clouds of uncertainty-investors around the world are slowly taking bets that the war would end soon. Most markets across the globe moved up, including in India. However, in early trades, the US markets were marginally lower. On Friday, although crude prices hovered around the…
NEW DELHI: Observing that inflationary pressures do not discriminate between a serving employee and a pensioner, hitting the two equally, Supreme Court Friday held that fixing differential rates of enhancement of inflation-linked dearness benefits for the two categories is arbitrary and cannot be allowed. A bench of Justices Manoj Misra and Prasanna B Varale disapproved…
The making of Andaz Apna Apna has long been associated with stories of tension between co-stars Raveena Tandon and Karisma Kapoor. Reports over the years have suggested that the two actors barely spoke during the film’s shoot due to an intense rivalry, often ignoring each other and even keeping tabs on each other’s costumes. However,…
NEW DELHI: US secretary of state Marco Rubio will visit India next month, said ambassador Sergio Gor after a meeting that Rubio had with visiting Indian foreign secretary Vikram Misri. This will be Rubio’s first visit to India since he assumed office after the return of President Donald Trump to the White House. Welcoming Misri…
NEW DELHI: Commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal has held talks with his counterparts from the UAE, Kuwait and Bahrain as well as the Gulf Cooperation Council and assured India’s support in addressing supply chain challenges, especially food. During his calls, he underlined the need to maintain peace in the region that has come under…
A 58-year-old man in the United States died after delays in insurance approval allegedly prevented him from receiving a potentially life-extending cancer treatment in time, according to media reports.Eric Tennant, a mining safety instructor from Bridgeport, West Virginia, was diagnosed in 2023 with stage 4 cholangiocarcinoma, a rare and aggressive bile duct cancer that had…
An 18-year-old from North Carolina, Nathan Byrd, heroically intervened when a grease fire erupted in his neighbor’s home. Vaulting a fence and entering the smoke-filled house with a fire extinguisher, he successfully doused the flames before firefighters arrived. His quick thinking prevented injuries and significant damage, showcasing extraordinary neighborly courage. Neighbours are like our best…