Afghanistans rulers last week barred women from attending universities effective immediately, dealing another blow to women and girls rights and freedoms since they seized power in the country in August 2021. The move also triggered international condemnation and and an outcry at home.
Founded in April 2019, Mumbai based Lido Learning was offering online tuition in the school education space and has raised over $20 million to date.
Jamshedpur plant of Tata Motors may be closed for five days from September 26 on the back of a slump in demand, sources say.
Beleaguered Kingfisher Airlines today faced fresh trouble with its employees deciding to move court seeking a formal closure of the company if it did not spell out future plans giving a time-line for clearing their salary dues of eight months.
The Supreme Court today said it cannot be swayed by emotions or public protests in directing closure of polluting industries but have to go strictly by law in deciding demands for closing down Sterlite Industries in Tamil Nadu's Tuticorin district.
Six Metro stations in Central Delhi will be closed for most part of the day on Sunday, an apparent precautionary step following a call by erstwhile Team Anna to gherao residences of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and BJP chief Nitin Gadkari over the coal block allocation issue.
Reliance Industries and BP have dropped a bombshell by claiming gas production at the KG-D6 could stop in 2015.
State-run Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd has shut about two-thirds of its 150,000 barrels per day (bpd) Karnataka refinery due to a water shortage, which may mean delays in unloading oil cargoes and product shortages.