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Byju Raveendran, the mathematics whiz who soared from teacher to startup billionaire before his education technology company imploded this year, now faces his biggest test. The future of Raveendran’s eponymous Byju’s online coaching firm rests with courts after the country’s biggest startup, once loved by global investors who valued it at $22 billion, crashed below $2 billion in valuation. The 44-year-old founder last week lost control of the company as a tribunal kick-started an insolvency process. Accused of “financial mismanagement and compliance issues”, the son of a family of teachers from a small village in south India faces a reckoning…
Gautam Gambhir Press Conference Live Updates: Addressing his first media conference as the head coach of the Indian men’s cricket team, Gautam Gambhir has a tough task ahead of him, as he finds himself in the middle of a tricky transition. With Rohit Sharma, Virat Kohli, and Ravindra Jadeja deciding to retire from T20 Internationals after their T20 World Cup 2024 triumph, Gambhir has had to take some tough captaincy calls. Suryakumar Yadav’s promotion as the skipper in the shortest format, ahead of the ‘natural successor’ Hardik Pandya, is the biggest burning topic in Indian cricket at the moment. Gambhir…
The Union government is set to present the Economic Survey 2023-24 in both houses of Parliament today. Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman will table the pre-budget document in Parliament, a day ahead of the full Budget presentation for 2024-25. The Economic Survey 2023-24 will be presented in Lok Sabha at 1 pm and in Rajya Sabha at 2 pm, followed by a press conference by Chief Economic Adviser Anantha Nageswaran. This year’s Budget will be keenly watched as several major economies in the world have been struggling. India, on the other hand, has retained its tag as the fastest-growing economy.…
The presence of IIT Madras director on the National Testing Agency’s (NTA) governing body as an ex-officio member does not amount to conflict of interest, the exam body has told the Supreme Court. This comes against the backdrop of the Centre citing a report by IIT Madras director, Professor V Kamakoti, to stress that there was no malpractice in the conduct of the all-India exam for admission to MBBS courses. Narendra Hooda, the counsel for the petitioner in the NEET UG case, had said the data analytics report was not reliable and alleged a conflict of interest because the IIT…
Amid a huge row over the selection of controversial probationary IAS officer Puja Khedkar under disability criteria, a senior bureaucrat has questioned the need for quotas for the specially-abled in the civil services. Smita Sabharwal – member-secretary of the Telangana Finance Commission – said the demands of the job for ground work make the job difficult for those with disabilities. “With all due respect to the Differently Abled. Does an Airline hire a pilot with disability? Or would you trust a surgeon with a disability. The nature of the #AIS ( IAS/IPS/IFoS) is field-work, long taxing hours, listening first hand…
US Vice President Kamala Harris has said she was honoured to have President Joe Biden’s endorsement as the nominee of the Democratic party for the presidential election and asserted that her aim was to unite the nation in “defeating Donald Trump and his extreme Project 2025 agenda”. Her remarks came after Biden (81), in a stunning decision, on Sunday announced that he was withdrawing from the race to be the next president in 2024 and endorsed Harris, who is of both Indian and African origin, as the Democratic Party’s new nominee. Biden’s decision to nominate Harris (59) follows weeks of…
Anil Kapoor’s latest social media post has become the talk of the town. The megastar had recently shared a picture in which he was seen showing off his ripped physique against the poster of Arnold Schwarzenegger. The picture garnered immense attraction from his fans, contemporaries and well-wishers. One of the comments came in from the producer Rory Millikin, who was also a part of Rennervations, a docu-series hosted by Jeremy Renner, which also featured Anil Kapoor in one of the episodes. Previously, Jeremy had also liked one of the body transformation posts by Anil Kapoor.Rory commented, “I don’t know who’s…
Swadesh, released in 2004, was a landmark movie in which the young hero, Mohan Bhargav, portrayed rather brilliantly by Shah Rukh Khan, goes back, straight from building rockets at NASA, to his village. The movie has a happy ending, with villagers building their own technology, inspired by the hero. Unfortunately, things aren’t so good in the around 6,50,000 villages housing 65% of India’s population, that is, close to 90 crore people. These villages are largely driven by an agricultural economy. Trapped between increasing extreme climatic events like floods and drought and poor availability of affordable farm credit, they have a…
Bad Newz, directed by Anand Tiwari, released in theatres on Friday. The film, starring Vicky Kaushal, Triptii Dimri, Ammy Virk and Neha Dhupia, continued its good run at the box office after its opening. Bad Newz earned around 11 crore India net on its second day, reported Sacnilk. The report added that Bad Newz had an overall collection of ₹ 29.55 crores. In addition to the film’s impressive cast, there are also cameos by actors Ananya Panday and Neha Sharma.After the film’s release, Katrina Kaif shared her review of the film and she wrote in an Instagram story, “And it’s…
As Gautam Gambhir addresses the media in his first press conference since taking over the job from Rahul Dravid, some grueling questions are awaited to be answered. Gambhir, who has been a no-nonsense pundit over the last few years, while analysing the Indian team’s performances across formats, might don the same avatar as he wears the Team India colours and sheds light on his vision as the head coach. Gambhir wouldn’t be alone in the hot seat, with the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) selection committee chief Ajit Agarkar also accompanying him in the media conference. The…