Supreme Court NEW DELHI: Frowning upon grossly inadequate infrastructure and huge vacancies in National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT) and appellate NCLAT, Supreme Court Monday said the situation is unacceptable as these two tribunals have to daily deal with Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code matters involving thousands of crores of rupees.“They are govt’s lifeline now. All nationalised...
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‘Dangerous for our Country’: Trump slams CNN, Politico, MS NOW over White House lawsuit
‘Third Rate Clowns’: Trump attacks CNN, Politico, MS NOW after White House access suit US President Donald Trump on Monday attacked CNN, MS NOW and Politico as “Fake News” outlets after the three news organisations sued his administration over their exclusion from the White House, accusing them of publishing negative and defamatory reports.The three organisations...
386-acre Washington ranch with converted grain silos lists for $895,000
While the ranch is being marketed as a recreational retreat, its size and improvements are conducive to other uses. Some properties are constructed around a house and then there are constructions like Steel Ranch, a recreational retreat that takes another route. The property spans 386.1 acres near Odessa, Washington, and combines wide-open land with four...
Chandra’s done great job for Tata: JP Morgan’s Dimon
JP Morgan chairman & CEO Jamie Dimon MUMBAI: JP Morgan is the world’s most valuable bank, and its chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon is the longest serving chief of a large global bank. In an interview with TOI, Dimon speaks of what it takes to run America’s largest bank and his definition of success.You completed...
New Zealand trade pact to take effect on Oct 20, to give duty-free access
India-New Zealand trade deal to come into force on Dussehra (representative image) NEW DELHI: The India-New Zealand free trade agreement (FTA) will come into force on Oct 20 (Dusshera), providing duty-free access to 100% of India’s exports, commerce and industry minister Piyush Goyal announced Monday. And, talks with Canada for a comprehensive economic partnership agreement...
Lockheed ready for tech transfer of some parts of Super Hercules to India
Lockheed Martin vice-president Robert Toth New Delhi: US defence and aerospace major Lockheed Martin is “ready for complete transfer of technologies of some parts of Super Hercules C-130J transport aircraft” if it wins India’s contract for 60 medium transport aircraft (MTA), the company’s vice-president (strategy & business development, air mobility and maritime missions) Robert Toth...
Washington family protects nearly 40 acres of 70-year-old farm from development
For a family that has worked the property for more than 70 years, the arrangement preserves both the land and its role in the valley’s agricultural landscape. For more than seven decades, the Foster family has worked the same stretch of Washington farmland, raising dairy cattle, producing hay and opening its operation to visitors through...
No median cuts, surface intersections on future high-speed NH corridors: NHAI
A view of the Barapullah Phase-3 elevated corridor that is scheduled to be inaugurated on September 29, 2026, in New Delhi on Saturday. (ANI Photo) NEW DELHI: New access-controlled high-speed national highway corridors will have no median (divider) openings and no at-grade (surface level) intersections, a move that aims at eliminating conflict points and reducing...
Massachusetts town uncovers buried brook, replaces parking lot with wetlands
For decades, a stretch of Mill Brook in Athol, Massachusetts, was hidden beneath asphalt, largely out of sight beneath what had become a downtown parking area. This month, the small central Massachusetts town celebrated a very different landscape: the stream is flowing in the open again, new wetlands surround it and much of the former...
Flights grounded at major US airports after construction workers cut backup cable
The Air Traffic Control tower at Ronald Reagan International Airport in Arlington, Virginia (Reuters image) Flights were disrupted across the US Northeast on Monday after a key air traffic control connection failed and a backup fiber optic cable was cut during construction work, forcing the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to temporarily halt some incoming flights...
