WOMEN should make up at least 40 per cent of boards at British listed companies and one director should be a person of colour, the country’s financial watchdog said as it set a range of diversity targets for firms’ top leaders. At least one senior position such as company chair,…
PUNJAB National Bank scam accused Nirav Modi‘s sister has approached a special court in Mumbai seeking a direction to the Enforcement Directorate (ED) to intervene in the bankruptcy proceedings against him in the US. Last month, Purvi Mehta moved the special Fugitive Economic Offenders (FEO) Act court stating that she had…
Months after announcing the arrival of their first-born, Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas have named their baby daughter Malti Marie with both their own surnames, Chopra and Jonas, reports TMZ. The birth certificate, which the publication claims to have accessed, mentions the baby’s name as Malti Marie Chopra Jonas. Malti, which is…
BY NOW the whole world knows about that heated moment when Will Smith walked onto the Oscars stage and assaulted comedian Chris Rock. While there is no place for violence, what the world witnessed beyond that slap was a trauma response. Viewing this incident through a trauma-informed lens helps us…
POPULAR Indian actress Shama Sikander got married to longtime partner James Milliron in Goa in March. The couple, who met through a mutual friend in Mumbai and have been together since 2014, were originally supposed to have a destination wedding in Turkey, but Covid-19 forced them to postpone it by two…
POPULAR singer Arijit Singh turns a year older on April 25 and then returns to UK the first week of May for two huge arena concerts, where he will be performing his greatest hits. To celebrate India’s most popular solo star returning for a British tour and his 35th birthday, Eastern…
UK prime minister Boris Johnson on Thursday (21) expressed his amazement at the simple principles of truth and non-violence advocated by Mahatma Gandhi that changed the world for the better. Johnson, who landed in Ahmedabad on Thursday, visited Sabarmati Ashram. He was accompanied by Gujarat chief minister Bhupesh Patel. “It is an…
BRITISH prime minister Boris Johnson indicated he was ready to offer more visas to India in return for this year clinching a free-trade deal that could boost annual bilateral trade by billions of pounds. Speaking on the plane on his way to the world’s second-most populous country, Johnson signalled he…
POPULAR Indian actor Ayush Anand has been entertaining television audiences ever since he made his debut with hit historical drama Jodha Akbar in 2013. The talented small screen star has since then shown off his versatility in popular serials like Naagarjuna – Ek Yoddha, Ishqbaaaz, Tu Sooraj Main Saanjh, Piyaji and Vish. He has also openly spoken about…
BRITISH prime minister Boris Johnson arrived in India Thursday (21) touting job-creating investment but facing long odds to get his reluctant counterpart Narendra Modi to back Western action against Russia. Johnson arrived in Gujarat — Modi’s home state and the ancestral home to half of the United Kingdom’s British Indians — where he is…