Srikant Datar becomes the second Indian to hold a key position in Harvard. The Arthur Lowes Dickinson Professor of Business Administration and the senior associate Dean for University Affairs at Harvard Business School (HBS), will become the second consecutive dean hailing from India to lead the prestigious 112-year-old institution. Mr Datar will begin his service on January 1, 2021. “Srikant Datar is an innovative educator, a distinguished scholar, and a deeply experienced academic leader. He is a leading thinker about the future of business education, and he has recently played an essential role in HBS’s creative response to the challenges…
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Rajnath Singh congratulated DRDO for successfully test-firing Rudram. The “Rudram” is Anti-Radiation Missile, developed by Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO), from a Sukhoi-30 fighter aircraft off the east coast today. “The New Generation Anti-Radiation Missile (Rudram-1) which is India’s first indigenous anti-radiation missile developed by DRDO for Indian Air Force was tested successfully today at ITR, Balasore. Congratulations to DRDO and other stakeholders for this remarkable achievement,” the Defence Minister tweeted. As per the official statement, Rudram is the country’s first indigenous Anti-Radiation missile for Indian Air Force, being developed by DRDO, and is integrated on SU-30 MkI fighter…
BCCI has yet to announce the squads but Indian, international and national uncapped players have been informed of their selection. Around 30 Indian players due to take part in the Women’s T20 Challenge in the UAE next month have been invited to gather in Mumbai by October 13. After arriving in Mumbai from various parts of the country on October 18, players will be quarantined for more than a week and they will be tested multiple times during this period. The players will likely leave for the UAE on October 22, after which they will undergo a six-day quarantine like…
An helicopter of the Indian Air Force made a precautionary landing in an open field in Uttar Pradesh’s Saharanpur this afternoon. The precautionary landing was made after the Dhruv Advance light helicopter developed a technical snag in-flight during a routine training mission, the Air Force said. “An Advanced Light Helicopter of Indian Air Force was airborne from Air Force Station, Sarsawa on a routine training mission. Approximately 30 NM out of Sarsawa, the helicopter developed a technical snag and carried out precautionary landing south of the airfield. The actions taken by the pilots were prompt and correct. No damage to…
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has set the foundation of 175 road works in the Gorakhpur and Sahjanwa region on Thursday (8 October), Times of India reports. The total worth of these projects is projected to be around Rs 122 crore and they are slated to be completed in the next three-four months. Jayant Narlirkar is the divisional commissioner of the concerned sector. He has been instructed to appoint a nodal officer for each work to look after the speedy completion of the tasks in the next three-four months. “The image of Gorakhpur is changing, as it is increasingly…
The national vice president of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) AP Abdullakutty was attacked on his way to Kannur from Thiruvanathapuram last night. His car was reportedly hit on the rear by a truck in Randathani. https://twitter.com/TimesNow/status/1314386967044395008 According to reports, Abdullakutty was manhandled by some unidentified men when he stopped to have some food at Malappuram, Kerala. The culprits hurled abuses at him. Abdullakutty alleged that his car was chased after he left the hotel and that a truck hit it twice. “My car was hit twice. Later the driver said he fell asleep. It is not true. We felt that…
The Nobel Peace Prize for 2020 has been awarded to the Nobel Peace Prize 2020 awarded to World Food Programme (WFP). The Norwegian Nobel Committee announced the winner for this year’s peace prize on Friday at 11:00 am (0900 GMT) at the Nobel Institute in Oslo. The Nobel Prize Committee took to Twitter to announce the winner: “The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize to the World Food Programme (WFP).” With this year’s Nobel Peace Prize awarded to the WFP, the Norwegian Nobel Committee wishes to turn the eyes of the world towards the…
A BJP leader was shot dead in Haripur village in Powal area here, police said on Friday. Arjun Yadav (46), who is also a Kshetra Panchayat member, was attacked by unidentified people on Thursday night when he was returning home after closing his shop, they said. He was taken to the hospital by villagers and family members but was declared brought dead, they said. “Information is being sought from the family… the cause of the murder has not been ascertained yet. Those involved in the incident will be caught soon,” Superintendent of Police Sudhir Kumar Singh said. Police force was…
The Reserve Bank of India on Friday said the economy is likely to contract by 9.5 per cent in the current fiscal year. GDP contracted 23.9 per cent in the first quarter of the fiscal, as per the estimates of the Central Statistics Office (CSO) In a statement after the meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee, RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das said Indian economy is entering into a decisive phase in the fight against coronavirus Das also said contraction in economic growth witnessed in the April-June quarter of the fiscal is “behind us” and silver linings are visible, and higlighted the…
After the sudden demise of Ram Vilas Paswan, Union Minister Piyush Goyal on Friday was assigned the additional charge of Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution. He was given the additional charge following the death of Lok Janashakti Party (LJP) founder and union minister Ram Vilas Paswan. Goyal is currently serving as the Minister of Railways and Minister of Commerce and Industry in the NDA-led government. Ram Vilas Paswan was hospitalized for the past few weeks and passed away on Thursday evening at the age of 74 at All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi. He was…