India in Davos: Union minister rules out trade talks at WEF; assures New Delhi’s engagement on other fronts

Union minister Ashwini Vaishnaw on Wednesday clarified that while India remains engaged with major global powers, the World Economic Forum (WEF) at Davos is largely a platform for the exchange of ideas rather than a venue for formal group-to-group trade negotiations.Responding to a query on whether India would hold meetings with the US delegation at…

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‘Are you sure?’ – Bangladesh captain Litton Das makes shocking T20 World Cup admission | Cricket News

NEW DELHI: Bangladesh captain Litton Das raised fresh questions over his team’s participation in the upcoming T20 World Cup after Rangpur Riders were knocked out of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL) on Tuesday.Litton was speaking after Rangpur lost a tense, low-scoring qualifier to Sylhet Titans. Chasing just 112, Sylhet won off the last ball when…

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‘Your career’s ruined’: Mumbai court Judge warns TISS students linked to Saibaba event; 9 under probe | Mumbai News

MUMBAI: A sessions court Monday issued a stern warning to nine students of Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS) seeking anticipatory bail, observing their involvement in a criminal case could permanently damage their professional future.The students are under investigation for organising an unauthorised event on the TISS campus at Deonar to commemorate the first death…

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EPFO’s equity market exposure reaches 10%

NEW DELHI: The Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) exposure to the equity market has for the first time reached 10%, as the retirement fund body looks for avenues to augment its income to sustain the persistent high annual returns amid falling govt bond yields, where nearly 85% of its investible corpus is parked.“EPFO is allowed…

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“I wish upon you pain and suffering”: Why Jensen Huang once told Stanford students to lower their expectations

Much of modern education grind rests on a simple promise. Aim high, work hard, and success will follow. Elite universities use this logic through rankings, placement statistics and the price tags attached to admission letters. But when Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang addressed students at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, he put out a different…

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