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Sashidhar Jagdishan’s Exit: How HDFC Bank Lost Control of Its CEO Succession
Sashidhar Jagdishan’s Exit: How HDFC Bank Lost Control of Its CEO Succession
7 min read
Sashidhar Jagdishan succeeded banking legend Aditya Puri and steered HDFC Bank through India’s largest corporate merger. Six years later, a chairman’s explosive resignation, two legal reviews, a penal ...
ROMAN HOLIDAY | The ‘Mother of Hubble’, 100,000 New Worlds & NASA’s Next Great Eye in the Sky
10 min read
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will ride a Falcon Heavy into space to investigate dark energy, scan billions of galaxies and hunt planets without suns. Named after the ‘Mother of Hubble’, it ...
PM Modi in Tashkent: Yoga, Diaspora Welcome and Key Talks With Mirziyoyev
2 min read
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is in Uzbekistan for a two-day state visit, with yoga, cultural diplomacy and talks with President Shavkat Mirziyoyev featuring prominently on Sunday's agenda
Nepal Flood Disaster: Death Toll Rises to 734, 2,498 Missing as Bhote Koshi Swells Again
8 min read
Four days after an ice-and-rock avalanche sent a wall of mud down the Bhote Koshi-Trishuli river system, bodies and human remains are being recovered hundreds of kilometres from the disaster’s source. ...
Saas, Bahu & Search Bar: How Google AI Entered the Indian Soap Opera
6 min read
Zee TV characters will now consult Google Search’s AI Mode while navigating fictional problems. A soft drink merely occupies the frame. Artificial intelligence supplies an answer, influences a decisio ...
Pernia’s Sells Luxury. Its ₹680-crore IPO Will Help Pay the Rent
9 min read
Purple Style Labs has turned Pernia’s Pop-Up Shop into a luxury destination and attracted ₹306 crore from anchor investors. But three years of cash burn, rising debt, fewer customers and a ₹285-crore ...
Djokovic’s 25th Slam, a Royal Return and Two Sisters Back Together: Welcome to the US Open 2026
5 min read
A record-breaking prize purse. A 39-year-old legend chasing tennis immortality. A defending champion returning from injury. And two sisters who changed the sport reuniting once more. As the US Open be ...
Remember Swine Flu? The Virus That Once Shut Schools Is Back. Doctors Have a New Warning
4 min read
As H1N1 cases rise across several states and Uttar Pradesh goes on alert, health experts are urging people not to panic—but they are also warning against one mistake many Indians make the moment fever ...
Ancient Myths, Modern Blockbusters: Why The Odyssey Speaks to Us Today
5 min read
The Odyssey is very much part of Christopher Nolan's grand style, a technological feat, using non-linear narratives with great performances by major stars. It is an amazing new version of the Odyssey. ...