Air India will launch a new performance management system for its non-flying staff next week. Air India, which was taken over by Tata Group in January last year, has embarked on an ambitious revival plan."Rise.AI will introduce a fair, transparent and completelydigitisedappraisal system, with clearly defined job descriptions and specific performance goals so that all our staff know what is expected of them and what they must deliver on," Air India CEO and MD Campbell Wilson said in his weekly message to staff on Friday. Earlier this year, Air India placed orders for 470 planes with Airbus and Boeing.
Hospitals in Delhi are witnessing a surge in cases of eye infection or acute conjunctivitis, with the All India Institute of Medical Sciences reporting approximately 100 cases per day, doctors at the premier hospital said. Terming the rising eye infection cases an epidemic, Dr J S Titiyal, chief of RP Centre, AIIMS, said the number of such cases are expected to hit the peak within the next few days after which the numbers may come down.He said an acute epidemic of conjunctivitis cases is usually observed in the monsoon season which coincides with the flu season. "But this year, there seems to be a heavier outbreak of cases, which may be attributed to heavy, incessant rains and flooding," the doctor said.
12 fire tenders rushed to the spot. Fire brought under control, no casualties or injuries reported, the Delhi Fire Service said.
India is an "indispensable" partner in achieving a free and open Indo-Pacific and Japan intends to deepen cooperation with New Delhi in all areas to expand the special strategic and global partnership between the two sides, Japanese foreign minister Yoshimasa Hayashi said on Friday. Complimenting India's focus on the Global South, he said the call for upholding the free and rules-based international order may sound like a mere slogan unless there was adequate commitment to address the challenges facing the developing countries.
Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar convened an all-party meeting in his chamber today in an attempt to break the deadlock in the Upper House.
Four advocates and two judicial officers were on Friday elevated as judges of two high courts. Separately, 15 additional judges of five high courts -- Bombay, Calcutta, Gauhati, Kerala, and Chhattisgarh -- were elevated as judges or 'permanent judges', the law ministry said.
Advocates Ranjan Sharma and Bipin Chander Negi and judicial officer Rakesh Kainthla were appointed as judges of the Himachal Pradesh High Court. Advocates L N Alishetty and A K Jukanti and judicial officer Sujana Kalasikam were appointed as additional judges of the Telangana HC.
-- GST Council is likely to approve the clear definition of actionable claims at the August 2 meeting.
-- The council is likely to bring online money gaming supplied by an entity located outside taxable territory under IGST ambit
-- The GST Council is likely to approve the blocking of all online gaming apps/platforms not complying with tax rules
The Government of India on July 28 announced that it has prohibited the export of de-oiled rice bran until November 30, 2023.
“Next meeting of I.N.D.I.A will take place in Mumbai and after August 15, date of the meeting will be finalised...meeting will take place after August 15 or in the first week of September...so to prepare for the I.N.D.I.A meeting, we had a meeting with Sharad Pawar today...,” Nana Patole, Maharashtra Congress chief
-- A special Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) court here on Friday acquitted gangster Chhota Rajan in a case related to the 1997 murder of trade union leader Datta Samant for want of evidence.
-- Samant, who organised the 1981 textile mill workers' strike in Mumbai, was shot dead on January 16, 1997, while travelling in his Jeep to his office in Pant Nagar in suburban Ghatkopar.
-- There was nothing on record to prove that Rajan -- whose real name is Rajendra Sadashiv Nikalje -- hatched the conspiracy, the court said.
-- The gangster, however, is not likely to be released from jail anytime soon as he is facing trial in dozens of cases in various cities.
-- The Enforcement Directorate on July 28 provisionally attached immovable properties worth approximately Rs 22 crore under the provisions of the PMLA in connection with a case of illegal sale and alienation of the lands of housing co-operative societies.
-- At the time of the offence the attached properties were valued at Rs 22 crore; they are currently valued at Rs 500 crore, approximately.
-- The amount was siphoned off from various housing co-operative societies in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) informed.
