Beijing, 7/1: China’s Ant Group said on Saturday that its founder Jack Ma will no longer control the Chinese fintech giant after the firm’s shareholders agreed to implement a series of shareholding adjustments that will see him give up most of his voting rights. Ma previously possessed more than 50 per cent of voting…
New Delhi, 6/1: Hit by weakening demand, the Indian economy is expected to grow at a slower 7 per cent rate in the current fiscal ending March 2023, setting the stage for the country losing the fastest-growing major economy tag. The 7 per cent expansion projected in the first official estimate released by the Statistics…
New Delhi, 6/1: Ecommerce company Amazon plans to lay off around 1,000 employees in India as part of its biggest retrenchment exercise across the globe, according to sources. The company has announced the elimination of over 18,000 roles across the globe due to uncertain economic conditions. “The decision to eliminate 18,000 job roles across…
Bhubaneswar, 6/2:Deloitte, a leading global professional services firm, today established its footprint in Odisha with the inauguration of its Capability Enhancement Centre (CEC) at ICOMC Tower in Bhubaneswar. Coming close on the heels of the just concluded and immensely successful the Make in Odisha Conclave 2022, this development provides yet another illustration of the…
Kashmir, 6/1: Seventeen Jammu and Kashmir leaders who left with Ghulam Nabi Azad three months ago returned to the Congress on Friday after they felt they were being “taken on a wrong path abandoning secularism”, but the party appeared in no hurry to open the doors to the veteran leader who has attacked Sonia Gandhi…
New Delhi, 6/1: The woman who complained about a male co-passenger urinating on her during an Air India flight in November had informed the crew that she did not want to see his face and was “stunned” when the offender was brought before her and “started crying and profusely apologisingAccording to the Delhi Police’s FIR…
Patna, 6/12: Bihar CM Nitish Kumar announced that the state will conduct a caste-based census “for the benefit of the people”, ANI reported. “We are doing this to understand other aspects as well and work for development accordingly. A caste-based census is important for the nation’s growth as well,” Kumar said. …
Chennai, 6/12: Governor R N Ravi has come under criticism yet again from political parties, this time for his controversial remark that it would be appropriate to call the state Tamizhagam rather than Tamil Nadu. The Governor, during an interaction with participants of the Kashi Tamil Sangamam, implied that the name Tamil Nadu (Tamil country)…
New Delhi, 6/1: In the latest development in the Kanjhawala death case, the Delhi Police have arrested the sixth accused Ashutosh, who is the owner of the car under which the deceased was dragged, reported ANI. Yesterday, the Delhi Police started the search for two more suspects in the Kanjhawala incident, who were…
New Delhi, 5/12: Indian defence scientists have created the first batch of “rat cyborgs” in their laboratory with the ultimate aim of providing a live video feed to security forces from inside a building in case of a 26/11-type scenario, in which the enemy has taken over a premise, but troops are bereft of a…
