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Employers Taking Active Measures To Promote Diversity, Gender Parity: Report
NEW DELHI: A significant percentage of employers in India are taking active measures to promote diversity and gender parity through progressive policies, upskilling, and flexibility and have realigned their hiring strategies by mandating women hiring at every level across sectors, says a report. According to New research conducted by...
Claims of KAL Airways, Kalanithi On Damages Legally Untenable: SpiceJet
NEW DELHI: In an escalation of the ongoing dispute, SpiceJet on Tuesday said the claims made by KAL Airways and Kalanithi Maran for more than Rs 1,323 crore in damages are baseless and legally untenable. On Monday, KAL Airways and Kalanithi Maran said they will seek more than Rs...
Left Wing MORENA Expected To Win In Mexican General Elections On June 2
By Satyaki Chakraborty For Latin American Left as also the Global Left, there seems to be a welcome news waiting on June 2 as nearly 100 million voters of Mexico including a record number of first timers will be polling to elect a new President as also many other...
Last Phase Of Lok Sabha Polling Acquires Special Significance
By Dr. Gyan Pathak The last 7th phase of Lok Sabha Election 2024, has acquired double distinction. It offers the best of times to PM Narendra Modi in Varanasi, but also presents the worst of times in majority of the Lok Sabha constituencies scheduled for poll on June 1...
U.S. Military Alarmed At Joint China-Russia Collaboration In Space War
By Girish Linganna Pentagon officials are speaking out about possible dangers as China expands its activities in space and Russia expresses interest in equipment capable of destroying satellites. The U.S. military aims to dominate space in future conflicts. Satellites, crucial for national defense and worldwide communication, have always been...
Undecided Political Analysts Beat Around The Election Bush
By Sushil Kutty Political analysts are crouching tigers hiding behind “public mood is tough to read”. A plausible narrative for the 2024 Lok Sabha Election eludes them. Will the BJP get a majority again, will Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s “abki baar 400 paar” come true? Taking the safe line...
Kolkata South Constituency Is Quite Easy For The Trinamool Candidate Mala Roy
By Tirthankar Mitra KOLKATA: Time was when the “mother of all electoral battles” in West Bengal used to be fought in Kolkata South constituency with CPI (M)-led Left Front sparing no efforts to defeat Kolkata (South)’s sitting MP Mamata Banerjee. Kolkata(South) has lent an aura of invincibility to any...
May 28 – On Menstrual Hygiene Day – Break The Silence: Why Menstruation Still Triggers Shame
By Seema Jain Menstruation remains a taboo topic, shrouded in secrecy and discomfort. Despite being a natural and healthy process, societal stigmas and misconceptions perpetuate discrimination against many adolescent girls and young women. This stigma, coupled with limited access to menstrual hygiene products, strips them of opportunities, infringes on...
Coalition Of Black Trade Unionists Maps Strategy For 2024 And Beyond
By Cameron Harrison HOUSTON: “Staying neutral means staying silent. It means risking the rights of workers and the civil rights of all. It means the continuation of unemployment and poor wages while the powerful continue to get richer.” That’s the warning from Fred Redmond, Secretary-Treasurer of the AFL-CIO and...
The Rise And Rise Of ICC’s Chief Prosecutor Karim Khan In Three Decades
By Girish Linganna Karim Khan, a British lawyer specializing in international criminal law and international human rights law, promised to bring ‘determination’ and ‘stamina’ to his role as the chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC). He will need these qualities to handle the intense political backlash from...
KAL Airways, Kalanithi Maran To Seek Rs 1,323 Crore In Damages From SpiceJet
NEW DELHI: KAL Airways and Kalanithi Maran on Monday said they will seek more than Rs 1,323 crore in damages from SpiceJet and its chief Ajay Singh as well as challenge the recent Delhi High Court order in the ongoing dispute between the two sides. On May 17, a...
Technology Promises To Enhance Incomes Of Rice Farmers
NEW DELHI: A groundbreaking technology promises to enhance the incomes of millions of rice farmers using Direct Seeded Rice (DSR), while significantly reducing labor costs and greenhouse gas emissions by about 25 per cent. This innovation will also conserve water, promote sustainable agriculture, enhance yields, and support the Government...
Hyundai Sets Up EV Charging Station In Chennai, Plans 100 Facilities Across Tamil Nadu
CHENNAI: Automaker Hyundai Motor India Limited (HMIL) on Monday announced the inauguration of its fast electric-powered vehicles (EV) charging station here, and said this was first of the company’s target of installing 100 such facilities across Tamil Nadu. The 180 kW DC fast charging station, comprising of 150 kW...
Indya Raises Rs 50 Crore From Sangita Jindal, Others
MUMBAI: High Street Essentials, the makers of fashion brand Indya, on Monday announced a Rs 50-crore fundraise from JSW Group chairman Sajjan Jindal’s wife Sangita Jindal and other investors. Three fourths of the funding is equity infusion for a minority stake, while the rest is debt, Indya’s co-founder Shivani...
Rupee Falls 4 Paise To Close At 83.14 Against US Dollar
MUMBAI: The rupee pared its initial gains and settled for the day lower by 4 paise at 83.14 (provisional) against the US dollar on Monday, mirroring the benchmark indices that erased their gains and ended the day off their record-high levels. Forex traders said the rupee settled in a...
Goldman Sachs Ups India 2024 GDP Forecast To 6.7 Per Cent
NEW DELHI: Goldman Sachs revised upwards its forecast for India’s gross domestic product (GDP) growth for calendar year 2024 (CY24) by 10 basis points (bps) to 6.7 per cent. It expects the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to cut interest rates during the fourth quarter of the current calendar...
RBI’s Notification On Partly Paid AIF Units Puts Industry In A Bind
MUMBAI: Foreign portfolio investors (FPIs) are in a bind after a recent notification by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) that aims to regularise the issuance of partly-paid units by alternative investment funds (AIFs). While the central bank’s move paves the way to issue these units, industry players fear...
Sustained Fiscal Deficit Reduction Positive For India’s Ratings: Fitch
NEW DELHI: Sustained fiscal deficit reduction, particularly if underpinned by durable revenue-raising reforms, would be positive for India’s sovereign ratings fundamentals over the medium term, Fitch Ratings said on Monday. The rating agency’s statement comes in the backdrop of the recent larger-than-expected Reserve Bank of India (RBI) dividend of...
