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Tata Motors to accelerate growth with SUV launches Premium 2 min read Share Via Read Full Story Mumbai: Tata Motors Ltd has laid high hopes on sport-utility vehicles to sustain the sales growth of its domestic passenger vehicle business, said a senior company executive. The Mumbai-based automaker introduced the Safari SUV model on Monday, resurrecting the brand name, which was discontinued in 2019 after a 21-year run. The new model will be sold in six and seven-seater versions and it will be th...

Realty sector witnessing k-shaped recovery; smaller players losing mkt share: Icra Premium The real estate sector has been down and out for about five years, with the last two years being particularly bad on the back of demonetisation and implementation of RERA and GST. Photo: Mint 2 min read . Updated: 22 Feb 2021, 05:01 PM IST PTI For the broader market, COVID-19 triggered one of the worst demand crashes in recorded history, with housing sales volumes witnessing a Y decline of 62% during Q1...

Why women lose at chess GM Koneru Humpy and Chinese GM Ju Wenjun at the 2019 Skolkovo Women Grand Prix. Photo: David Llada/Fide 12 min read Share Via Read Full Story When she first started participating in chess tournaments at age 7, Koneru Humpy would play in both draws—of boys and girls. “They considered girls as ‘underdog players’, so I was allowed to participate," she recalls. “But mostly girls themselves didn’t dare do that because the competition (in the boys’ draw) was very...

The state’s chat apps Premium 1 min read Livemint( with inputs from PTI ) With networks, me-toos and latecomers are at an enormous disadvantage because the No. 1 already has a vast sprawl and this in itself is its big attraction. Even superior rivals can fail. For us to make headway, we’d need apps that are globally ahead of the concept curve Share Via Read Full Story The government, it seems, has decided to take head-on the privacy concerns generated by WhatsApp’s controversial data po...

Research on race in the workplace suggests executives could close racial gaps within their ranks by being more strategic about geographic locations

Biden’s first month of covid-19 response marked by larger federal role U.S. President Joe Biden speaks after a tour of a Pfizer manufacturing plant producing the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine in Kalamazoo, Michigan, U.S., February 19, 2021. REUTERS/Tom Brenner (REUTERS)Premium Stephanie Armour , The Wall Street Journal Efforts to keep mask rules in place have had mixed results, and many school districts are still grappling with a return to in-person instruction Share Via Read Full ...

India inks $50 million defence LoC agreement with Maldives **EDS: TWITTER IMAGE POSTED BY @DrSJaishankar ON SATURDAY, FEB. 20, 2021** Maldives: External Affairs Minister S.Jaishankar being received by Foreign Minister of Maldives Abdullah Shahid on his arrival in Maldives. (PTI Photo)(PTI02_20_2021_000164A) (PTI)Premium Share Via Read Full Story India on Sunday reiterated its commitment to the Maldives security and signed a $50 million defence Line of Credit (LoC) agreement with it to boost th...

EAM Jaishankar shares photos of Day 2 in Maldives Premium 1 min read On the second day of his trip, Jaishankar called on Maldivian President Ibrahim Mohamed Solih He also met with top Maldivian leadership including foreign minister Abdulla Shahid Defence Minister Mariya Didi, Minister of Finance Ibrahim Ameer, Minister of Economic Development Fayyaz Ismail Share Via Read Full Story External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar, who arrived in the Maldives on Saturday on the first leg of his two key In...

India signs $50-mn pact to boost Maldives’ naval capabilities India inks $50 mn line of credit to strengthen Maldives maritime capabilities 2 min read Share Via Read Full Story New Delhi: India has signed an agreement with the Maldives to extend a $50-million line of credit to strengthen Male’s maritime capabilities, cementing New Delhi’s position as a key defence partner of the archipelago nation. A total of five agreements were signed between the two countries over the weekend during In...

Foreign arrivals at pvt hospitals way short of pre-covid levels Premium 2 min read Share Via Read Full Story New Delhi: While private hospital chains such as Apollo Hospitals Enterprise Ltd and Fortis Healthcare Ltd continued to witness a recovery in international arrivals in October-December, the number of such patients was significantly lower compared with pre-covid levels due to restrictions on international flights. “Just looking at international patients, it is about 10% of total outpati...