Suella Braverman, who was appointed by Prime Minister Boris Johnson to the cabinet role of attorney-general for England and Wales on February 13, was sworn in to the key role at the Royal Courts of Justice on Monday.
A tweet by Rishi Sunak, Britain’s new Indian-origin chancellor of the exchequer, showing him preparing tea for his team working on the forthcoming budget, has blown into a storm, with those opposed to Tory politics subjecting him and a tea brand to much abuse.
The Madhya Pradesh government has removed the editor of the magazine of its directorate of public relations (DPR) – Madhya Pradesh Sandesh from his post and served a show cause notice over the alleged glorification of Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse in one of the articles in the January edition of the magazine, officials said.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Tuesday that the success of new measures such as letting employees work from home and expanding hospital treatment capacity will determine whether the country can control its virus outbreak.
Indian companies operating in China are facing harsh challenges amid the ongoing coronavirus (covid-19) outbreak, which has shaved revenues, added to unplanned costs and put pressure on retaining employees scared of the epidemic.
The United States was working productively with Pakistan to counter terrorism on its soil, US President Donald Trump said on Tuesday as he addressed a joint press conference with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in New Delhi. The two leaders spoke after one-on-one talks at Hyderabad House on wide range of issues.
Spinner Nayeem Hasan claimed a match haul of nine wickets as Bangladesh thrashed Zimbabwe by an innings and 106 runs inside four days in the one-off Test on Tuesday. The big victory in Dhaka ended a six-match losing streak for the hosts and handed centurion Mominul Haque his first win as Test captain.
Dubai International Airport, the world’s busiest for international travel, said Tuesday that the United Arab Emirates is limiting flights to Iran over the outbreak of the new coronavirus, just a day after it spread across multiple Mideast nations from the Islamic Republic.
In a first, the Decision Review System (DRS) will be implemented in the Ranji Trophy when Saurashtra take on Gujarat in the semifinal of the premier domestic competition, starting at Rajkot on Saturday.
Saturday Night Live star Pete Davidson has said he knew that his engagement with pop star Ariana Grande will end after the death of her ex-boyfriend Mac Miller. Davidson and Grande started dating in May 2018, just a few weeks after she broke up with Miller. They announced their engagement in June same year but ended it in the aftermath of Miller’s death due to an accidental overdose in September.
Huawei earlier this week launched its second generation foldable-display smartphone, that is, the Huawei Mate Xs, along with the MatePad Pro 5G and a bunch of new MateBook series of laptops. At the event Huawei CEO Richard Yu confirmed the launch date of the company’s upcoming P40 series smartphone.
At the Paris Climate Conference, India pledged to reduce the green house emission (GHE) intensity of its gross domestic product by 33-35% over 2005 levels by 2030. One of the key sectors that need to be factored in to meet this target is the real estate. India’s building stock is expected to double in the next 15 years and buildings are expected to emerge as the largest electricity consuming sector in the country. It is crucial that new buildings in the country are designed to be energy efficient and thermally comfortable.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Tuesday said that developers in India need to think more broadly about the impact to further help achieve an inclusive growth.
ICSI CS December Results 2019: Institute of Company Secretaries of India (ICSI) will declare the results for CS Executive and Professional programme (old and new syllabus) December exams 2019 today, February 25 on its official website.
In the past decade, entrepreneurship has emerged as a popular career choice among both students and working professionals. A survey revealed that 83% of the Indian workforce would like to become entrepreneurs, higher than the global average of 53%. Of this, 56% people were considering quitting their current jobs to start their own business ventures. In another survey, it was found that more than 60% Indian youth believe that entrepreneurship is their calling for good livelihood prospects and would like to study it during their academic years.
By April, consumers in India will be able to initiate class-action lawsuits and also opt for mediation under the new Consumer Protection Act 2019, which gives legal teeth to claims for damages over defective products or poor services.
Chief minister Uddhav Thackeray’s visit to New Delhi last week led to some anxiety in the ruling three-party coalition in the state as the CM endorsed the Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) and spoke in favour of the National Population Register (NPR) as he met Prime Minister Narendra Modi and home minister Amit Shah.
Hosni Mubarak, who became Egypt’s longest-serving ruler in more than 150 years before being forced from office by a popular uprising, has died. He was 91.