Noel picks top lawyer, friend as Trent successor

Spread the love       File photo: Noel Tata Bahram Vakil MUMBAI: Noel Tata has selected close friend and AZB & Partners co-founder Bahram Vakil to succeed him as chairman of Trent, the Tata Group‘s fashion and retail flagship established by his mother, Simone Tata. Vakil will take over as chairman of Trent on Nov 12, a day after Noel retires from...

Michigan family’s Halloween display adds pirate ship with skeleton sailors

Spread the love       The family transforms its pirate ship display into an immersive Halloween experience, featuring live actors on October 31. Across Sterling Heights, Michigan, Halloween is more than a night of costumes and candy. It is a season of elaborate transformations, when ordinary front yards become haunted graveyards, mythical creatures emerge from the shadows, and homeowners turn their properties...

Fired US general admits leaking classified Iran, Ukraine information to journalists

Spread the love       File photo: Fired Lt Gen Brett Sylvia The US Army general fired by defence secretary Pete Hegseth admitted to leaking classified information about the wars in Iran and Ukraine to journalists over a period of roughly a year, according to an internal investigation report reviewed by Axios.Lt Gen Brett Sylvia, who headed the Joint Chiefs of Staff’s...

Israel overhauls airline security after attempted flydubai hijacking

Spread the love       File photo: A flydubai plane parked on the tarmac Israel has tightened security requirements for airlines operating flights to and from the country, requiring carriers to submit crew details 48 hours before departure, a month after an attempted hijacking of a flydubai flight exposed gaps in the screening of foreign pilots and airline personnel.The new directives, issued...

NCLT, NCLAT hijacked by corporate affairs ministry: SC

Spread the love       SC slammed the corporate affairs ministry for “completely hijacking” NCLT and NCLAT, citing infrastructure failures, large vacancies and contractual hiring that undermine the tribunals’ autonomy. New Delhi: In an outburst sure to embarrass the govt, Supreme Court Thursday slammed the ministry of corporate affairs for “completely hijacking” the two most important quasi-judicial financial adjudicatory bodies – National...

Bihar Museum in world top 10, ahead of Met, Louvre

Spread the love       Image Source: WikiMedia Commons Artist Subodh Gupta helped put Bihar on the global art map with his signature bartan sculptures.Even so, the art world was surprised to see the barely decade-old Bihar Museum ranked ninth on the ‘World’s 100 Best Museums 2026’ list, ahead of institutions such as New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Louvre...

Rare White House visit by top US commander puts Trump’s Iran strike options in focus

Spread the love       Adm. Brad Cooper and US president Trump The top US military commander in the Middle East held a rare in-person briefing with US president Donald Trump on Thursday to discuss the state of the Iran war, including the effectiveness of Washington’s naval blockade and military options for a possible resumption of major combat operations, according to reports...

Most of private equity in health went to west & south: Study

Spread the love       A study found that private equity investment in India’s healthcare sector is concentrated in urban hospitals in southern and western states, leaving rural and underserved regions largely overlooked. (AI-generated image) A mapping of private equity investments in India’s health sector over past 18 years has revealed investments are overwhelmingly in multispecialty hospitals in the urbanised southern and...

Opposition may gather 15,000 people but ballot will decide fate of govt: BJP

Spread the love       File photo: Union minitister Kiren Rijiju NEW DELHI: BJP is banking on twin planks of combativeness and persuasion directed at the opposition and the masses, respectively, as it looks to step up its nationwide mobilisation of people in the coming days, with top organisational functionaries and Union ministers Thursday giving shape to the party’s strategy ahead of...

Kharge says CJP not coming for rally, latter says yet to take a call

Spread the love       Cockroach Janta Party (CJP) founder Abhijeet Dipke and Congress chief Mallikarjun Kharge NEW DELHI/BENGALURU: As preparations for opposition’s Nov 1 mega rally got into full swing starting with “public impeachment” of CEC Gyanesh Kumar Friday, Congress and CJP are learnt to be in touch for the events ahead.Senior Congress sources said both sides have touched base following...

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