JANUARY 17, 2023
New Delhi: Adani Group, the conglomerate led by India’s richest billionaire Gautam Adani, on Monday made the country’s biggest plantation pledge. As part of India's declaration to take a leading position in its commitment at Paris COP 21, the conglomerate has vowed to plant 10 crore trees by 2030.
The Adani-led group made this commitment on the 1t.org...
JANUARY 16, 2023
Indian-origin Anu Aiyengar has become the only woman to head mergers and acquisitions on wall street. The 52-year-old has been with JP Morgan Chase &Co for 20 years and was named co-head of global M&A in 2020. After her co-head Dirk Albersmeier stepped aside to focus on client work, Aiyengar now takes the sole reins of the...
JANUARY 16, 2023
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Net worth can be determined by calculating the difference between your assets (what you own, like a home or retirement account) and liabilities (or debts), and it can widely range depending on salary and age.
But when the U.S. is facing inflation and an uncertain economy,...
JANUARY 16, 2023
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — Raqib Hameed Naik stood in his tidy American kitchen, feeling torn about his secret life. On the one hand, he was safe from the Indian government, and far from the death threats and the late-night knocks on his parents’ door.
On the other hand, he was essentially in hiding, working on a scrappy secret data...
JANUARY 16, 2023
India’s super rich invest their wealth in equities, real estate and bonds, a survey by Knight Frank’s Attitude has found. Equities accounted for 34% of investments by Ultra High Net Worth Individuals (UHNWI). Not far behind, at 25% UHNWI also favoured commercial properties ( either directly through ownership or indirectly through funds).
According to Knight Frank’s Attitude survey,...
JANUARY 16, 2023
New Delhi: According to sources, terrorists are planning a major attack on Ram Mandir in Uttar Pradesh's Ayodhya in the coming days. After receiving the inputs of the terror attack on the Ram temple, the intelligence agencies are on high alert and the security of the temple premises has been beefed up. As per the reports, a...
JANUARY 16, 2023
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In the fourth year of the pandemic, Covid-19 is once again spreading across the US and is being driven by the recent holidays, fewer precautions and the continuing evolution of Omicron subvariants.
New subvariants are causing concern because of their increased transmissibility and ability to evade some antibodies, but the same tools continue to curtail the...
JANUARY 15, 2023
Russian President Vladimir Putin listens to film director Fyodor Bondarchuk while visiting the Lenfilm film production studio in June 2016 in Saint Petersburg. - Mikhail Svetlov/Getty Images
Russian actor Artur Smolyaninov was the star of one of President Vladimir Putin’s favorite films – about a Soviet unit making a last-ditch stand against Afghan insurgents. Now he is classified...
JANUARY 15, 2023
Union Minister for Science and Technology, Earth Sciences, and several other portfolios, Dr. Jitendra Singh, on Sunday said that by 2025, the entire country will have a Doppler Weather Radar Network to more accurately predict extreme weather events.
He highlighted that the under the current government, India Meteorological Department (IMD) has rapidly expanded the radar network from 15...
JANUARY 15, 2023
New Delhi: Exercising is known to have several health benefits – from weight loss to healthier heart to better management of chronic and acute conditions. But think of fitness and workout and the first thing that comes to mind is weight loss – however, it is time to put an end to this myth. According to experts,...
