Women’s football is often seen as a safe space for LGBTQIAPN+ players. However, despite the consistent LGBTQ+ representation in the women’s game, players still face homophobic abuse on social media. Geyse Ferreira, the Manchester United and Brazil forward, was recently targeted by homophobic attacks after sharing a photo of herself with her partner, Bruna Gois, … Read more
As if the railways didn’t have enough problems following a spate of deadly accidents and mishaps, the railway ministry has hit the pause button on filling top positions, including chairman/member, Railway Board, and general managers. The decision apparently stems from growing discontent among officers who entered the service through the Indian Engineering Services (IES). Sources … Read more
L to R – Ramesh Mitragoti, Group Exec President-HR, Aditya Birla Group; DP Nambiar, VP-HR, TCS; Rajkamal Vempati, Head Human Resources, Axis Bank; Saba Adil, CHRO, Edelweiss Life Insurance at BSmart HR Conclave in Mumbai | Photo: Kamlesh Pednekar 4 min read Last Updated : Aug 29 2024 | 12:09 AM IST The fast-changing … Read more
Officials at Arlington national cemetery have filed a report over the behavior of members of Donald Trump’s campaign staff who reportedly shoved and verbally abused an employee during a “crass” photo opportunity for the Republican presidential candidate. The officials confirmed that a confrontation took place at the Virginia cemetery on Monday after the former president … Read more
If it shows nothing else, the uproar over a shockingly brutal rape and murder in Calcutta, sorry, Kolkata, as renamed by West Bengal’s aggressively nationalistic chief minister, demonstrates that the city is far from dying, as Rajiv Gandhi had once thought. If death does indeed loom ahead, it’s because all those senses that men believe … Read more
(From left) Hema Bajaj, NMIMS; Ruhie Pande, Sterlite Power; Amit Das, Novo Nordisk India and Suryanarayan G Iyer, Oracle India at Business Standard’s BSmart HR Conclave in Mumbai on Wednesday | Photo: Kamlesh Pednekar Mandating India Inc to comply with the Centre’s new internship scheme, which aims to skill 10 million youngsters in five … Read more
How will the new format work? This is a high-stakes experiment from Uefa, implemented initially for the 2024-27 Champions League cycle. The old group stage has been replaced by a single 36-team league table in which each team will play eight matches against as many different opponents, four at home and four away. It is … Read more
Ramesh Mitragoti, Group Executive President – HR, Aditya Birla Group, D.P. Nambiar, Vice President-HR, TCS, Rajkamal Vempati, Head Human Resources, Axis Bank, Saba Adil, CHRO, Edelweiss Life Insurance at the BSmart HR Conclave, Mumbai on Aug 28, 2024 4 min read Last Updated : Aug 28 2024 | 8:38 PM IST The role of … Read more
Students coming to the workforce should be ready for “lifelong learning” as the business environment is changing fast, said Rama Bijapurkar, former board member and visiting faculty at IIM Ahmedabad (IIM-A), here on Wednesday. She was chief guest at the BSmart HR Conclave: Shaping Tomorrow’s Workforce, an event organised by Business Standard. Bijapurkar … Read more
BLYTH DISREGARD While Newcastle may be the latest and most high-profile club in the north-east of England to be linked with an autocratic foreign state renowned for its laissez-faire attitude towards human rights abuses, they certainly weren’t the first. Fans who rocked up to Croft Park to watch Blyth Spartans’ 2-2 draw with Spennymoor in … Read more