Recent Views 16 MUMBAI: HDFC Bank has submitted two names in order of preference to RBI for appointment as its next managing director and CEO, setting in motion the succession process ahead of Sashidhar Jagdishan’s exit at the end of Oct.Alongside the CEO shortlist, the board also approved a revamp of its senior management by…
Recent Views 13 RBI’s decision upends efforts by Noel Tata, chairman of Tata Trusts -Tata Sons’ majority shareholder -to keep the company private MUMBAI: Reserve Bank of India has shut the door on Tata Sons’ attempt to surrender its core investment company (CIC) registration, dealing a blow to the efforts of the holding company of…
Recent Views 12 NEW DELHI: Over 60 nutrition and public health scholars from 17 countries, including researchers from Harvard, Johns Hopkins and Oxford, have backed India’s mandatory warning labels on packaged foods and beverages high in nutrients of health concern, while urging FSSAI to strengthen system.In a written comment to Food Safety and Standards Authority…
Recent Views 11 The proposed testing range in Junput will be the third major hub for DRDO after the Chandipur sites and the proposed testing centre in Andhra NEW DELHI: In a boost for the country’s defence testing capabilities, India will get another weapon and missile testing range in Bengal’s Junput coastal village in Purba…
Recent Views 12 MUMBAI: Markets regulator Sebi on Saturday proposed to make some changes to the recently introduced Closing Auction Session’s (CAS) timings and to the derivatives pricing mechanism. Launched on Aug 3, CAS had created controversy in the market with traders and investors pointing out that it increased volatility in stock prices and index…
Recent Views 11 NEW DELHI: Declaring the 18th Brics leaders’ summit open, PM Narendra Modi stressed that UN Security Council (UNSC) reforms cannot be delayed any longer and that the “pyramid of privilege” reflected in the current global governance structure must be transformed into a “platform of partnership”.Modi focused on economic integration of the Global…
Recent Views 13 Kelly LiuPhoto credit: www.actionfornature.org When Kelly Liu looked at air pollution data around San Jose, she noticed something important was missing. Official monitoring stations could show broad regional trends, but they did not always reveal what students were breathing beside busy roads, industrial areas or older school buildings. The 16-year-old student decided…
Recent Views 12 Ritabrata Banerjee and Mamata Banerjee NEW DELHI: The Election Commission Saturday met with the representatives of both factions of Trinamool Congress, one headed by former West Bengal CM Mamata Banerjee and the other group headed by West Bengal leader of opposition Ritabrata Banerjee, amid their competing claims to being the real party…
Recent Views 11 Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar: Maratha quota activist Manoj Jarange announced a five-day march to Mumbai starting Sept 15 on the 15th day of his indefinite hunger strike on Saturday despite appeals from several ministers to defer the programme during Ganeshotsav. Jarange termed the proposed march a “decisive and final”…
Recent Views 12 Photo credit: actionfornature.org When Nithya Tammana learned that lead could enter drinking water through old pipes and plumbing fixtures, she did not treat the problem as someone else’s responsibility. The New Jersey student began researching affordable ways to make contaminated water safer, eventually focusing on a humble material often found growing on…
