After Satya Nadella’s gaffe, Microsoft board to look at gender pay ga...
A well-known picture in tech circles, taken in 1978, shows the first 11 employees at Microsoft. Two are women. One of them left two years later after a pay dispute. Almost four decades later, the ratio has improved: About a third of Microsoft’s 110,000 or so employees are women. But the... read more »
Border tension: Onus on Pakistan to de-escalate, India says
NEW DELHI: As stray incidents of firing continued to be reported from the international border in J&K, India further hardened its position saying the onus for de-escalation is on Pakistan. After the Pakistan foreign ministry accused India of starting ceasefire violations, the MEA responded by... read more »
Gold falls 0.23% on weak global cuesGold falls 0.23% on weak global cues
NEW DELHI: Gold futures fell 0.23 per cent to Rs 26,897 per 10 grams on Friday as speculators locked in gains amid a weak global trend. At the Multi Commodity Exchange, Gold for delivery in December fell by Rs 61, or 0.23 per cent, to Rs 26,897 per 10 grams in a business turnover of 13 lots. On... read more »
Bombay high court rules in favour of Vodafone in transfer pricing case
Mumbai: The Bombay high court on Friday ruled in favour of the Indian subsidiary of Vodafone Group Plc in a case relating to addition of about Rs.3,200 crore to the taxable income of Vodafone India Services Pvt. Ltd for fiscal year 2009-10 by the tax department. A division bench of chief justice... read more »
Maharashtra: Minor girl repeatedly raped, gets pregnant
Thane: A minor girl was allegedly raped by a man for about a year following which she became pregnant, police said on Wednesday. The accused, identified as Rahim (age not specified), a... read more »
PM Narendra Modi seeks mother’s blessings on 64th birthday
Gandhinagar: On his 64th birthday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi sought mother’s blessings at her home here on Wednesday. The PM also received calls from his Japanese counterpart... read more »
Woman molested on campus: 35 Jadavpur University students arrested for protesting
KOLKATA: In the latest development in the Jadavpur University molestation case, 35 students who were part of a protest outside the campus have been arrested by police. The students were... read more »
Reliance Power withdraws from Dadri power project in Uttar Pradesh
NEW DELHI: Reliance Power has formally withdrawn from the Dadri power project in Uttar Pradesh after a protracted legal battle over acquisition of land for the plant. The Supreme Court on... read more »
Mayank Pareek quits as Maruti Suzuki marketing chief
NEW DELHI: Mayank Pareek, the sales chief of India’s largest carmaker Maruti SuzukiBSE -0.37 % has put in his papers after serving the company for more than two decades. Known among the... read more »
