HI president Dilip Tirkey (ANI Photo) BENGALURU: What began as a controversy over the Indian hockey team’s switch from its traditional blue jersey to saffron has now snowballed into a governance battle within Hockey India (HI).In a strongly worded letter to the federation’s director general (DG), Cdr RK Srivastava, HI president Dilip Tirkey has raised…
MUMBAI: The chief of LIC Housing Finance, the largest home loan company in India, has called for capping of interest rates on loans in the affordable housing segment stating that nothing about some of the rates being charged in this segment is affordable. MD and CEO Tribhuwan Adhikari said some housing finance companies are charging…
Dave Bautista, best known for his work in ‘Guardians of the Galaxy’, is currently in talks to replace Ryan Hurst in ‘God of War’ live adaptation after ‘The Walking Dead’ actor tore his bicep on set during filming. (Instagram) Following Ryan Hurst’s major injury on the sets of ‘God of War’ live actions series, many…
Protecting new online shoppers from AI scams is India’s next e-commerce challenge. NEW DELHI: India’s next big e-commerce challenge is not artificial intelligence itself but protecting millions of first-time online shoppers from AI-powered scams, according to Amazon’s global trust and safety chief, who said consumer awareness has become as critical as technology in tackling digital…
After an extraordinary opening weekend that rewrote Hollywood box office history in India, Tom Holland‘s ‘Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ witnessed its first significant drop in collections on Monday. Despite the expected weekday slowdown, the Marvel blockbuster continues to dominate cinemas and is now closing in on the Rs 350 crore gross milestone at the Indian…
NEW DELHI: Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman is set to introduce further amendments to tax laws going beyond the Ordinance offering concessions to overseas investors putting money in govt bonds.According to the bill that has been circulated, it has been proposed to replace the broad reference to “electronic goods” with a defined list of “specified electronic…
Chief Minister Vijay’s ‘Jana Nayagan’ continues to rack up steady numbers as the film saw a decent opening to the second working week at the box office. The political action drama saw a decent start on Monday after a drop in collections compared to its previous day, which is expected after the weekend. The latest…
A parliamentary panel suggests lowering the minimum director age to eighteen years. NEW DELHI: The joint committee of Parliamentary panel examining the amendments to the Companies Act has recommended reducing the minimum age for appointment as managing director and whole-time director from 21 years to 18, bringing it in line with similar age caps in…
CHENNAI: Flagging that “free is the most expensive word in public policy”, chief economic adviser (CEA) Anantha Nageswaran said infrastructure built on the promise of free or below-cost services cannot attract patient capital. “What makes infrastructure worthy of patient capital? There are three conditions: quality infrastructure, contract certainty, and policy certainty. And the fourth, which…
This divestment aims to meet minimum public shareholding norms ahead of schedule. MUMBAI/NEW DELHI: The govt is selling up to 6.5% in LIC, currently worth nearly Rs 35,000 crore ($3.7 billion) through the offer for sale (OFS) route that will be launched on Tuesday and close on Wednesday. The base offer is for 2.5% of…
