As Kumar Mangalam Birla steps down making way for Himanshu Kapania to take over as non-executive chairman of Vodafone-Idea, it is time to analyse what was the real meaning of his letter to the government.
The stock plunged 10.30 per cent to close at Rs 7.40 on the BSE. During the day, it tumbled 13.09 per cent to Rs 7.17 -- its 52-week low.
The left-handed opener hit 103 not out from 189 balls after being asked to follow on to help Madhya Pradesh salvaged a draw against Bengal in an Elite Group B game at the Eden Gardens in Kolkata on Thursday.
Kumar Mangalam Birla will be chairman of the new company that will have a 12-member board of directors.
Aryaman had gone unsold in the first round of bidding. However, in the second round, 20-year-old Aryaman was snapped up by the Rajasthan Royals against his base price of Rs 20 lakh.
The VVIP guest-list will take some beating. It has Union Minister Rajnath Singh, the BJP President Amit Shah and industrialists Mukesh Ambani, Kumar Mangalam Birla and Ratan Tata.
He would take his colour, brushes and canvas outside to paint and talk with his love. He would stand close to the window and paint, keeping an eye on his muse.
They say the violin mimics the human sound. In his case, it was that of love, of longing. He didn’t know any other way of loving.
Younger people do not have much progressive beliefs; a 2017 survey found that one-third of young people opposed inter-caste marriage.
The pandemic has made it clear that virtual learning is here to stay. In the West, the big question is whether it will dilute the quality of the college experience and education. In India, which grapples with digital divide, the question remains whether this will reach most people at all.
Even after two years of the Covid-19 pandemic, many 'informed' individuals in India continue to deny the virus with unscientific claims and unfounded data. The latest? Omicron will end the pandemic.
Across Asia there are deeply entrenched obstacles to a mode of higher education that is liberal in multiple senses – disciplinary and epistemological but also social and political.
The two incidents in the recent past, one in Mon district of Nagaland and the other at Lakhimpur Kheri in Uttar Pradesh, undermined the core principles democracy and federalism.