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05 Jan

Hero MotoCorp Gurugram awarded the CII National Award for Excellence in Water Management

Business BureauBusiness

The state-of-the-art manufacturing facility of Hero MotoCorp, situated in Gurugram in Haryana, has been conferred with the CII National Award for Excellence in Water Management, and rated as the ‘Winner’ in the ‘Within the Fence’ category. This is recognition of the Company’s innovation and excellence in water management and the positive outcome of the water management initiatives at its Gurugram facility. Hero MotoCorp, the world's largest motorcycle and scooter manufacturer, is on track to achieve its 500% water positive target by 2025. The company is saving nearly 3.8 million kiloliters of water annually and is focusing on water stewardship by…

05 Jan

Kaushal Rath Empowering Odisha’s Youth

Business BureauBusiness

Union Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Shri Dharmendra Pradhan launched the "Kaushal Rath", a bus providing skills on wheels. It aims to develop the potential of the younger generation in building 'Viksit Bharat' by 2047. The specialized mobile buses are designed to provide skill training and certification to aspiring candidates across Odisha. Equipped with state-of-the-art tools, facilities, and certified trainers, these buses will offer training and certification across course modules including Digital Literacy, Financial Literacy, Retail & Entrepreneurial Skills, among others. The Kaushal Rath will traverse multiple districts in Orissa, fostering connections with the youth by providing employment and…

05 Jan

Biryani as the most ordered dish in India on Zomato on New Year’s Eve 2023

editorFestival

Zomato’s New Year’s Eve food trends are in and biryani stole the show as the most ordered dish in India. “Biryani is unbeatable,” the food delivery platform said in a post on Instagram. Zomato shared a graph with a time stamp to show what India ordered on Dec 31. Dishes like pizza, burgers and starters feature in the list. This is actually good news as people are enjoy their life by eating different type of delicious food to celebrate New Year. Today Zomato is very popular and it had actually made food eating very easy as you can order different…

05 Jan

KMBL name Anupam Kaura as the Chief Human Resources Officer

Business BureauBusiness

Kotak Mahindra Bank Limited (KMBL) announced the appointment of Anupam Kaura as Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) to spearhead organizational transformation, in the journey of ‘accelerating change’at Kotak. Anupam joins Kotak from CRISIL Ltd, London, UK where as Global Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) and overseeing Corporate Administration was responsible for various crucial aspects such as Talent Strategy, Performance and Rewards, Learning and Development (L&D), Culture Transformation, and overall organizational transformation efforts. In the past year, Kotak has made global hires for key business priorities such as technology, customer experience and product. Anupam has over 25 years of experience in…

05 Jan

For two explosions that killed nearly 100 people and wounded several others Islamic State claimed responsibility

editorWorld

Recently Islamic State claimed responsibility for two explosions that killed nearly 100 people and wounded several others at a ceremony in Iran to commemorate General Qassem Soleimani who was killed by a US drone in 2020. In fact in a statement on Telegram it said two of its members “activated their explosives vests” at a gathering near the grave in Kerman. This is actually very sad news as this type of destruction is going on and killing many innocent people. Today in every corner of the world war and tension is going on and it is affecting people life very…

05 Jan

On January 14 Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’ is set to commence from Imphal

editorPolitical

Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Bharat Jodo Nyay Yatra’ is set to commence from Imphal on January 14, covering an extensive distance of 6,713 kilometres across 100 Lok Sabha constituencies, 337 assembly segments, and 110 districts, as announced by Congress General Secretary in-charge of Communications, Jairam Ramesh, on January 4.In fact earlier on the same day, Congress national president Mallikarjun Kharge chaired a meeting attended by PCC presidents, CLP leaders, AICC general secretaries, and state in-charges. With it former party president Rahul Gandhi was also present at the meeting. Actually the agenda of the meeting included preparations for the upcoming general elections and the ‘Bharat…

05 Jan

Narayana Murthy regrets not letting Sudha Murty join Infosys

Priyanka BhowmickBusiness, IndiaBusiness, India

Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy says he now regrets the decision to keep his family out of the company. Murthy, who co-founded Infosys in 1981 with a loan of Rs 10,000 from his wife Sudha Murty, never allowed her to join the firm even though he believed her to be more qualified than the other co-founders. "I had this feeling that good corporate governance means not bringing the family into it," he said when asked by CNBC-TV18's Shereen Bhan why he didn't let his wife, who gave him seed money, join Infosys. "Because in those days, it was just family-owned, all…

05 Jan

Assam Driver Union demands action on new passed law

editorSikkim

All Assam Day-Night (P) Super Bus Driver Union to protest against the recently passed Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS). As per the reports, no buses will ply within the northeast region for 48 hours from 5-6 January. The association members demand action from the government on the taken decision.

05 Jan

Picnic buses can only operate after fog clears, Assam

editorSikkim

The Assam Government has issued SOP for picnic goers due to the recent tragic incident which took place in Dergaon. Assam CM directs, buses carrying passengers for picnic can only operate after the fog clears in the morning and must arrive before the fog clears in the evening. Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said, "People should not start travelling for picnic so early in the morning. Today the state police have issued an SOP which states that buses can only operate after the fog clears in the morning and must arrive before the fog clears in the evening."

05 Jan

Assam aims to foster diversity within the state

editorSikkim

In a move to fostering diversity within the education sector, the Assam Government has decided to reserve three percent of seats for the Tea tribe and Adivasi communities. Assam Education Minister Ranoj Pegu via X announced the initiative to reserve seats in the current teachers recruitment which is going to be held soon. According to the sources, there will be a three percent reservation for the communities within the existing 27 percent quote under OBC/MOBC under the Department of School Education, Assam.