Bengaluru: Cognizant Technology Solutions is set to receive $5.5 million under a proposed settlement of a long-running shareholder derivative lawsuit linked to the company’s Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) investigation and subsequent securities litigation.According to a notice filed in the US District Court for the District of New Jersey, Cognizant’s directors’ and officers’ insurers will…
Passenger vehicle exports were led by utility vehicles, underscoring the global shift towards SUVs Chennai: Despite mounting geopolitical tensions, India’s automobile exporters delivered a surprisingly strong performance in Q1 of this fiscal. Nearly 2 million vehicles were shipped overseas, with two-wheelers, passenger vehicles and three-wheelers driving growth. Total exports rose 34% year-on-year to 1.96 million…
Hyderabad: The Greater Hyderabad region has consumed nearly 12% extra electricity in the first two weeks of July compared to last year, as temperatures remain high owing to a subdued monsoon this year.Telangana State Southern Power Distribution Company Limited (TGSPDCL) officials said that from July 1 to 14, total power consumption in the state touched…
Police have registered a case against the unidentified driver, who fled the scene after the accident Gurgaon: A 42-year-old pedestrian died after being hit by an unidentified pickup vehicle near a govt school in Siwari village under Farrukhnagar police station limits on Monday. Police have registered a case against the unidentified driver, who fled the…
Healthy pupil-teacher ratio at state schools Kolkata: The state school education department is set to launch a drive to rationalise the pupil-teacher ratio (PTR) at state-run schools to ensure balanced classroom teaching and learning. The department has prepared an SOP for the transfer of teaching and non-teaching staff from zero-enrolment schools as well as teachers…
Officials said around 70 people, mostly women, children, elderly residents and private sector employees resting after night shifts, were inside the building when the fire broke out Noida: A spark at a basement charging point into which an EV battery was plugged triggered a fire that gutted the ground floor of a house in Mamura…
Water seepage threatened several old records and official files stored inside the building Margao: Restoration of the heritage South Goa comunidade building, a landmark in the heart of Margao, has finally begun more than a decade after concerns were first raised over its deteriorating condition. The project is being undertaken at an estimated cost of…
Varanasi: Bhadohi police on Tuesday night arrested two juveniles aged 15 and 16 for their alleged involvement in a cyber fraud racket that duped people of over Rs 10 crore on the pretext of facilitating benefits under govt schemes and arranging loans.The two were arrested from the Hariharnath Mandir area and Gopipur village.Three members of…
Vadodara/Ahmedabad: After making global headlines for slowing ships in the Persian Gulf during the Strait of Hormuz crisis, barnacles—tiny shell-covered marine creatures that cling to rocks and ship hulls—are now exposing alarming levels of microplastic pollution along Gujarat’s coastline.A study by researchers from Hemchandracharya North Gujarat University (HNGU) and the Maharaja Sayajirao University (MSU) has…
Chandigarh: Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Wednesday announced a series of appointments in various state-level commissions, boards, and local market committees. Mann shared the information on his X account.The AAP govt has named Kammikar Singh as a member of the Punjab State Commission for Scheduled Castes and appointed Sukhjeet Singh Dhaliwal as the vice-chairman…
