Hire or promote a woman to join your board of directors now to reap better results. According to a research, even one woman on the board of directors in a firm can lead to stronger corporate governance practices than those with no women.
Moreover, companies with at least three women in board of directors rank even higher, depending on specific industry sectors, the study said.
Last week Varun Dhawan’s promotional event with Alia Bhatt for “Humpty Sharma Ki Dulhania” in Chandigarh turned out to be a surprise for his fans. He sang live on stage with rapper Badshah.
“Alia persuaded me to sing on stage. We started singing at promotional events in North India in Ludhiana, Chandigarh and Delhi. Luckily for us, the song Saturday, Saturday is already doing very well,” said Varun.
The benchmark BSE Sensex gained over 83 points to hit another record-high of 25,924.25 in opening trade today on strong rally in FMCG, metal, consumer durable, PSUs and oil & gas stocks amid sustained capital inflows.
Hitting a new peak for the second straight session, the 30-share barometer surged 83.04 points, or 0.32 per cent, to trade at 25,924.25, surpassing its previous intra-day high of 25,864.53 reached yesterday.
The gauge has rallied over 778 points in the past four sessions.
A survey has revealed that 66 percent of Pakistanis are concerned about religious extremism while 59 percent do not sympathize with the Taliban militants.
The survey was conducted by the Pew Research Center which interviewed about 14,200 people in 14 countries. It revealed that support for extremist groups and the fear of extremism has been waning fast in the Muslim-dominated countries of Middle East and South Asia.
The survey also showed that amidst the fledgling war in Syria and the rise in attacks by Boko Haram in Nigeria, concerns over extremism have risen over the past 12 months.
At least 142 Pakistanis arrested in police sweeps in Sri Lanka in June 2014 are being detained and are at risk of deportation, Human Rights Watch said today.
It further said that the Sri Lankan controller general of immigration should not deport members of Pakistani minority groups until the UN refugee agency (UNHCR) has had full access to them and determined their need for international protection.
Lindsay Lohan has filed a lawsuit against the video game makers of Grand Theft Auto for creating a character named Lacey Jonas that looks like her.
According to the legal papers, the recently turned 28 actress’ lookalike character, parties at the Hotel Chateau Marmont in West Hollywood, where Lohan had once lived, and also ‘escapes paparazzi’ as a mission in the game, the New York Post reported.
In 20 years’ time, most of the Caribbean coral reefs may disappear, since what is left of them currently does not exceed one-sixth of the original coral cover, according to a report published by the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) Wednesday.
The report lists the population explosion along the coast lines, overfishing, the pollution of coastal areas, global warming and invasive species among the main reasons that have put Caribbean coral reefs in danger of extinction.
Actress Deepika Padukone has topped FHM’s 100 sexiest women in the world list for the year 2014 she replaces Katrina Kaif, who has been topping the list for the last five years.
Padukone was recently spotted partying at FHM’s Victory bash in Mumbai where she got candid with us and said…
“Well it’s a great feeling, and it’s always nice to be appreciated in a way when people vote for you more than anything else. And, I think, it’s the result of all the films I have done and all the characters I have played. So, its fun, I mean, you can’t take these things very seriously, but its fun.”
A 45-year-old woman was injured and two were suspected to be trapped under the debris when three houses, including one where crackers were being made illegally, damaged following a blast on Thursday police said.
The blast brought the roof of the house down and damaged two neighbouring houses.
The government has appointed Mr. K Bhopal Reddy IFS retd. as the Special Secretary to Chief Minister. Chief Secretary Dr. Rajiv Sharma issued orders in this connection.
GO stated that the rules and regulations regarding appointment of the officer will be later issued separately.
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A new study has revealed that kangaroos use their tail as a “fifth leg” and plant their tails on the ground in combination with their front and hind legs.
According to the study by researchers at Simon Fraser University showed that the animals move with a “pentapedal” gait, which provides new insight into the diversity of biological movement, and specific insight into why humans walk the way they do.
The US has high level of expectations about a new momentum of India’s economic growth under the new government, a senior American Senator Thursday told Prime Minister Narendra Modi who expressed desire to take the relationship to a new level.
Senator John McCain who met Modi here conveyed the keen desire in the US to work with him to revitalise the India-US strategic partnership.
Modi said he hoped for forward looking visit to the US in September this year to take the relationship to a new level.
Farmers in Gujarat await rains after slow start to Monsoon as they fear drought like situation in the coming days.
Farmers of Rajkot region have been experiencing difficult times and have yet to begin planting because there is no scope of rainfall.
In the current situation, farmers are upset due to scanty rains.
Millions of Indian farmers are hoping rains will strengthen in the next two weeks so they can grow rice, soybean, cotton, pulses and some vegetables – summer crops that account for 7.5 percent of the country’s economy.
The Indian Railways on Thursday held a trial run of a semi-high speed train between New Delhi to Agra.
“The maximum speed of the train is 160 km/h. There are 10 coaches altogether and it is a trial run today. The speed of the train is more than the Shatabdi that runs from New Delhi to Agra. It will start running from November,” said DRM of Delhi Division, Anurag Sachaan.
“The fare will be decided by railway department. After this, a similar train for New Delhi to Chandigarh and New Delhi to Kanpur will be put into effect,” he added
Government has sought legal opinion from advocate general K Ram Krishna Reddy on the issue of split of Waqf Board into two states. In this connection Secretary Minority Welfare Ahmed Nadeem and other officials met advocate general and discussed the legal aspects of Waqf Board division.
Argentine football legend Diego Maradona has claimed that Lionel Messi is under too much pressure to turn their homeland squad into World Cup winners and fears that the striker could crack.
Messi helped Argentina secure a quarterfinal tie with Belgium on Tuesday as he rescued a subdued and frustrated display against Switzerland with the last-gasp run and pass for Angel Di Maria’s winner.
A man has been sentenced to life imprisonment by a court here for raping a 12-year-old girl in 2009.
Additional District and Sessions Judge Lukmanul Haq also imposed a fine of Rs 10,000 on the convict Jony after holding him guilty Wednesday.
The girl, who belongs to a tribal community, was raped by her neighbour Jony when she was going to give lunch to her father who was working in the fields.
The convict, who also belongs to a tribal community, is already serving a jail term in another rape case.
……PTI
Man’s tragic end
(Siasat News): A man, who didn’t bother to abandon his wife for the love of boozing and gambling, met his tragic end as one of his associate brutally killed him.
This incident came to light lately and sent shock waves in Kulsumpura area. Inspector Kiran Kumar Singh of Kulsumpura police station said that Satyanarayna, 32 resident of Ziaguda, was a labour and an alcoholic and loved gambling.
The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that police cannot automatically arrest an accused in a dowry case before judicially examining it.
A bench headed by Justice CK Prasad directed all the state governments to instruct its police officers not to automatically arrest an accused in such cases.
The apex court expressed concerns over misuse of the anti dowry law.
Section 498-A of the IPC was introduced with object to combat the menace of harassment to a woman at the hands of her husband and his relatives.
……ANI
Former President retired Gen Pervez Musharraf’s legal team drew up a list of eight meetings that the former President of Pakistan held with political and military leaders prior to imposing emergency and the sacking of Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry, the then chief justice of Pakistan in 2007.
The list challenged the claims made by the prosecution earlier in which it said that it could not obtain the details of meetings that Musharraf held before Nov 3.
A new study has revealed that 25 minutes of focused meditation for three consecutive days affects people’s ability to be resilient under stress.
J. David Creswell, associate professor of psychology in the Dietrich College of Humanities and Social Sciences, said that many people reported that they practiced meditation for stress reduction but they knew very little about how much people need to do for stress reduction and health benefits.
A 16-year-old girl was allegedly raped by two youths at Rasoolpur village in Shamli district, police said on Thursday.
The girl was on her way to the market when the two accused Kurban and Waseem forcibly caught hold of her and raped her in nearby fields yesterday, according to the FIR registered by the girl’s father.
A case has been registered against the two absconding accused, SHO KM Dohre said.
–PTI
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Thursday ordered a probe into the collapse of an 11-storey under-construction residential building here.
Jayalalithaa has set up a one-man commission to inquire into the incident. The panel will not only probe the reasons for collapse but also suggest corrective course of action.
The death toll in the incident has, meanwhile, risen to 53.
“The death toll stands at 53 as of now. Rescue work is continuing in full swing”, a senior Tamil Nadu government revenue official said on Thursday.
Twenty-seven people have been pulled out alive.
Secretary Minority Welfare Mr. Ahmed Nadeem expressed great anger over failure of authorities in providing basic facilities to devotees of historical Makkah Masjid. He asked the concerned officials the reason for delay in providing facilities.
Government had directed to complete the whitewashing and other works before the arrival of Ramadan and had also released the funds, however thanks to the negligence of authorities the work was not completed yet.
Odisha, one of India’s top vegetable producers, Thursday said it has deregulated fruit and vegetables from local market fees so that these can be available at lower prices to consumers.
“The government has exempted fruits and vegetable from the purview of the regulated market committees (RMCs) because these commodities are perishable and need to flow smoothly throughout the state,” Bishnupada Sethi, cooperation department secretary, told IANS.