A senior banker with royal links has been arrested in connection with the long-unsolved “Putney Pusher” case, nearly a decade after a woman was shoved into the path of an oncoming bus in London.The 44-year-old man was detained at his £1. 4million home in west London on suspicion of attempted grievous bodily harm. He is…
MUMBAI: :Stress is emerging in the micro-borrower segment of the MSME industry, particularly for loans with ticket sizes below Rs 2 crore, even as larger enterprises remain relatively resilient amid geopolitical headwinds, tighter working capital conditions, and global supply chain pressures. The divergence in asset quality across MSME segments has widened, with micro borrowers showing…
Amazon’s UK chief has said young people should not be blamed for rising unemployment levels, arguing the education system is failing to prepare them for work.John Boumphrey, Amazon’s UK country manager, said businesses across the country were struggling to recruit workers with the skills they need despite nearly a million young people in Britain being…
Billionaire and philanthropist MacKenzie Scott continues to direct large sums towards organisations working on long-term social challenges. Her latest contribution of $20 million focuses on an area that has become an increasing concern for families, schools and healthcare professionals alike: youth mental health. The donation arrives at a time when many charities are facing uncertain…
The draft electoral rolls will be published on August 5. Voters will get a month to file claims and objections until September 4. BENGALURU: More than 5.55 crore voters in Karnataka will undergo Special Intensive Revision (SIR), a voter verification exercise under the Election Commission of India’s (ECI) starting June 20.The door-to-door enumeration will take…
New Delhi: A month after the fire incident at Hauz Rani in Malviya Nagar, Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) has inspected 6,436 health trade establishments, found 84 operating without a fire No Objection Certificate (NOC), issued 285 challans, 245 show-cause notices and 240 closure notices, but sealed only 33 premises.The health department has now directed…
Nandigram: Amid slogans demanding the chief ministerial post for him, Suvendu Adhikari held his first public meeting in Nandigram since elections on Thursday. As locals cheered for him, slogans of “Suvenduda apni Nandigramer, Suvenduda CM (You belong to Nandigram, you are our CM)” rang out loud, with Adhikari saying the decision was not his to…
Indian team members, who won the bronze medal at the Asian Para Throwball Championship in Malaysia, with Nirmala Rawat, Adv Lalit Sharma and other Indian delegates Jaipur: India won the bronze medal at the second edition of Asian Para Throwball Championship, organised under the auspices of the World Para Throwball Federation, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia…
Vasco: Mormugao Municipal Council (MMC) on Friday resolved to hand over around 9,000sqm Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL) land, which is presently in the possession of the municipality, to Kadamba Transport Corporation Ltd (KTC) on a temporary basis.When several councillors raised queries on the allocation of land to the KTC, MMC chairperson Girish Borkar said,…
Wolfgang Pauli (Image: Wikipedia) Something is interesting about certain quotations. They begin as a small sentence but somehow end up sounding larger than the number of words they contain. Wolfgang Pauli’s remark is one of those lines. At first, it feels almost playful, maybe even a little sarcastic. It sounds like the kind of thing…
