Vikram Doraiswami, who is presently serving as the Indian High Commissioner to Bangladesh, has been appointed as the next High Commissioner of India to the UK. He started his career as the journalist and joined the Indian Foreign Service (IFS) in 1992.He had also served as the Third Secretary in the Indian Embassy in Hong Kong in May […]
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Credit Suisse has appointed Dixit Joshi as chief financial officer with effect from October 1, 2022 and Francesca McDonagh as group chief operating officer from September 19, 2022. Prior to this, Dixit Joshi was group treasurer at Deutsche Bank and also worked at Credit Suisse from 1995 to 2003. He replaced David Mathers, who stepped down from
Veteran filmmaker, Abdul Gaffar Nadiadwala, fondly known as Gaffarbhai, has been passed away at the age of 91 due to cardiac arrest. He was known for his films including Mahabharat (1965), Jhutha Sach (1984), Lahoo Ke Do Rang (1997), Hera Pheri (2000), Welcome (2007) & More. He had started his film production and media entertainment company in 1953.
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Shareholders of One97 Communications have approved the re-appointment of Vijay Shekhar Sharma as managing director and chief executive officer of Paytm. According to the scrutinizer report, 99.67% votes were in favour of Sharma’s re-appointment while only 0.33% voted against the resolution. Remuneration of Vijay Shekhar will be remain fixed for the next three years without any annual
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Former India football team captain Samar ‘Badru’ Banerjee, passed away. He led the country to a historic 4-place finish in the 1956 Melbourne Olympics. Fondly known as ‘Badru Da’, he was suffering from Alzheimer’s, Azotemia and high-blood pressure-related ailments. Besides guiding Mohun Bagan to several trophies including their 1st ever Durand Cup (1953), Rovers Cup (1955), Banerjee has also won the Santosh Trophy twice
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Dalai Lama received Ladakh highest civilian award: 14th Dalai Lama (Tibetan spiritual leader) has been honoured with the ‘dPal rNgam Duston’ award, the highest civilian honour of Ladakh. Reason: For his immense contribution to humanity, especially towards the union territory. The sixth award was conferred by Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (LAHDC), Leh. The ‘dPal rNgam Duston’ is the celebration of
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Founder of Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party, senior leader, and lawyer Bhim Singh passed away in Jammu at 81. He founded the Panthers Party in 1982. He was remains Panthers Party chairman for 30 years, until 2012. The veteran leader was known as ‘Sher-e-Jammu’ for raising the voice of the people of Jammu before the Kashmir-centric governments. He
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Nine times Derby winner, legendary Lester Piggott has died aged 86. Piggott was partially deaf, has won the Derby at Epsom for the first time in 1954 and ninth win came on Teenoso in 1983. He also had 116 Royal Ascot victories and was named champion jockey 11 times between 1960 and 1982. His career first trophy
Days after the Punjab government reduced his security cover, along with that of many others, Congress leader and popular Punjabi singer Shubhdeep Singh Sidhu Moosewala was shot dead near Mansa on Sunday. The incident happened a day after the Punjab Police ordered the withdrawal of security of his security along with more than 420 people, including former
The world’s richest person also received the highest CEO compensation in 2021. Elon Musk, the chief executive of SpaceX and Tesla, topped Fortune‘s new list of the most highly compensated CEOs on the Fortune 500. In 2021, Musk “realized” compensation worth almost $23.5 billion, from exercising some Tesla stock options awarded in a 2018 multiyear “moonshot” grant. That was—by far—the biggest CEO
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