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Can there ever be a Great Indian ‘State of the Nation’ novel?Indian novels often focus on specific regions rather than the entire nation. This is due to India's immense diversity. Authors find success...
How Ratan Tata strategically used retirement policies to consolidate power, modernise Tata GroupRatan Tata strategically used retirement policies to reshape Tata Group. He enforced a retirement age for directors, leading several senior...
Concept of globalisation needs to be revisited, can't be allowed to be defined by interests of a few: S JaishankarThe minister said India needs to be more self-generating and self-sustaining. He said during this phase of the global pandemic, India will ...
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres warns of the folly of coal but exit may not be easyDelivering the 2020 Darbari Seth Memorial Lecture virtually, Guterres called on India to move away from coal, even as he acknowledged that ...
UN Chief Antonio Guterres calls out Indian govt to phase out use of coalUnited Nation Secretary General Antonio Guterres calls on the government to stop investing in coal and to progressively phase out coal use....
- India’s dependence on coal to continue despite thrust on renewables
New Tata chief N Chandrasekaran may bring in more insiders to beef up operational expertiseTwo people with direct knowledge of the plan said induction of group CEOs will help the new chairman plan and allocate capital better.
Tata Sons EGM: Rift between Ratan Tata, Nusli Wadia widens over Cyrus Mistry feudIt was his childhood friend Nusli Wadia who sided with Ratan Tata to remove his rivals Russi Mody, Darbari Seth and Ajit Kerkar from their ...
Cyrus Mistry issue: Independent directors must give guidance to shareholdersIiAS said if boards of listed firms are divided in their of support Mistry, then there is a risk of boards becoming dysfunctional which has...
Tussle between Tata Sons and Mistry may make group boards dysfunctional, says IiASSeven independent directors of Indian Hotels Company (IHCL) on Friday strongly backed Mistry and praised the steps taken by him in providin...
Ratan Tata may follow his old strategy of getting outsider CEOsMistry was family through the marriage and yet he wasn’t a Tata; he had spent time on Tata Sons as an independent director, and yet had nev...
LIC likely to back board decisionsDespite having a large stake, LIC does not have a board position in most of the companies. However, former LIC chairman D K Mehrotra is on ...
Cyrus Mistry exit unlikely to dent Tatas’ image as employerHR execs see Mistry’s removal as an aberration at a group where employee ethos is built around the adage ‘Once a Tata employee, forever a T...
Government ready with policy to promote electric 2-wheelers: Jayant Sinha"Policies are already in place both in transport and power ministries. What is required is innovative models and financing..." Jayant Sinha...
MOOC to take education to every doorstep: M M Pallam Raju"We want to embrace MOOC in a big way to increase the number of literates in the country. Institutions must become creators of knowledge," ...
- Tata Chemicals in pact with ICT for creation of endowment chair
Tata Chemicals will donate Rs 3.5 crore as endowment fund to help set up the Chair Professor's position, it added.
- Sustainability reporting framework soon for companies: Veerappa Moily
The Ministry of Corporate Affairs will soon come out with a sustainability reporting framework for companies to ensure that they follow cer...
CAG reports will precipitate policy paralysis in govt: Veerappa MoilyCorporate Affairs Minister Veerappa Moily today said that CAG reports on power and coal have been done without proper study and that they w...
- Report a pack of lies, fumes Pachauri
A report in a British newspaper has accused IPCC chief Rajendra K Pachauri of making a fortune from his links with ‘‘ carbon trading’ ’ com...
- 'Increase R&D spending to boost development'
India's GDP spending on R&D activities is below the global average and expenditure should be increased to create an economy of scale, Minis...