Around 149 trucks had gone to Bangladesh from Petrapole on Thursday — less than half the usual number (Photo: Ishita Ayan Dutt) 5 min read Last Updated : Aug 08 2024 | 11:57 PM IST Ganesh Datta cremated his wife on Monday and is now heading back home to Bangladesh. She had been battling … Read more
India medal winners in Olympics history 4 min read Last Updated : Aug 08 2024 | 7:25 PM IST At the Paris Olympics 2024, the Indian hockey team secured the fourth bronze medal for the country by defeating Spain in the bronze medal match on August 8, 2024. This marks India’s back-to-back medal win in … Read more
An undated photo of Nobel Laureate Professor Muhammad Yunus. (Photo: PTI) 5 min read Last Updated : Aug 08 2024 | 4:23 PM IST The first task of Bangladesh’s interim government, which will be sworn in on Thursday, will be to restore law and order in the country, Nobel Peace Prize-winning economist Muhammad Yunus, … Read more
India’s most valuable family businesses are collectively worth a whopping Rs 6,009,100 crore, according to a newly released report which has unveiled the country’s most influential family-owned enterprises. The Ambani family has emerged as the undisputed leader, followed closely by the Bajaj and Birla families, according to the ‘2024 Barclays Private Clients Hurun India … Read more
Yunus name was first proposed for the top job by the coordinators of the students movement. | Photo: PTI 6 min read Last Updated : Aug 07 2024 | 10:03 PM IST Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus is set to take oath as the head of Bangladesh’s interim government on Thursday, as he made a … Read more
MP Ahammed, Chairman, Malabar Gold & Diamonds Image: Mexy Xavier He may be blissfully unaware of it, but Amitabh Kant, the renowned civil servant, and India’s G20 Sherpa, may have inadvertently helped build the country’s largest jewellery brand by revenue. In 1993, MP Ahammed, a copra dealer from northern Kerala, had made up his mind to … Read more
Despite abundant global wealth, some countries continue to suffer in extreme poverty. Going by GDP per capita country-wise, this article lists the poorest countries in the world in 2024. Before getting into the list of the poorest countries in the world, let’s first understand the concept of GDP per capita and how a country is … Read more
When it comes to building good rapport, the gender makeup of managers and their teams matters. Image: Shutterstock It’s a manager’s nightmare: A customer pulls into a drive-thru after a long day at work with children in tow, everyone looking frazzled and famished. After waiting patiently in line, the customer grabs her bag of burgers … Read more
MN Jaganath (left), co-founder, MD & CEO and A Balaraju, co-founder, director at Dairy Day Image: Selvaprakash Lakshmanan for Forbes India January 2002, Chennai. It was a ‘bizarre’ dilemma for the master salesman. For the first time in 12 years, ‘Ice Cream Jagan’ was asked to do something contrary to what he had been doing … Read more
An aerial view shows the site of a landslide on July 31, 2024 in Chooralmala village, India. Heavy monsoon rains triggered massive landslides in Wayanad, Kerala. Image: Abhishek Chinnappa/Getty Images The lives lost and the ongoing devastation in Wayanad in Kerala—just the latest in climate change related disasters in the country—is one more stark reminder … Read more