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Flags, signs, soldiers ahead of Joe Biden's presidential inauguration

Most offices in the surrounding buildings are closed, many boarded up with plywood to prevent damage in case violence breaks out Wednesday.

CCI approves Manipal Health's 100% acquisition of Columbia Asia Hospitals

“Commission approves acquisition of 100% shareholding of the Columbia Asia Hospitals by Manipal Health Enterprises,” the regulator said in ...

$900 billion US economic relief package: A dose of support, but is it enough?

For now, the package that congressional leaders agreed to Sunday will provide urgently needed benefits to the unemployed, loans to help sma...

Zoom classes. No chance of meetings. Is expensive virtual business school worth the cost?

Students in the MBA class of 2021 have been hit particularly hard. They began their program in the fall of 2019, and all went as usual unti...

Indian-origin Raj Chouhan elected Speaker of Canada's British Columbia province

Chouhan, who has represented Burnaby-Edmonds constituency five times in the British Columbia legislature, has served as Deputy Speaker in t...

ONGC gains 5% as overseas arm discovers oil in Columbia

In a BSE filing, the company said that OVL struck oil while drilling an appraisal well 'Indico-2' in CPO-5 block in Llanos Basin of Colombi...

6 family-centric attractions in Dubai that will make your trip memorable

It's winter time and skiing can be such an amazing adventure to try out, isn’t it!

View: ESG commitments are useful. But have they translated into action?

Governance mechanisms must include independent verifiers who report and verify environmental and social gains to a regulatory authority.

View: India needs hospital, not hospitality, industry

India needs investment in its primary healthcare services, both in its cities and villages. Instead, most of the fresh investment is happen...

Nand Kishore ‘NK’ Singh: A very civil servant indeed

NK had a highly successful stint as economics and commerce minister in the Indian embassy in Japan. In that role, he helped bring to fruiti...

US formally exits Paris climate deal

The US formally exited the Paris Climate Agreement on Wednesday amid election uncertainty, three years after President Donald Trump announc...

PM Narendra Modi to meet officials of top global SWFs, PFs

​​Modi will chair the Virtual Global Investor Roundtable (VGIR) that will also see participation from domestic industry.

Manipal Hospitals to acquire Columbia Asia Hospitals for Rs 2,000 cr

The integrated entity will ensure improved access and address the growing demand for high quality tertiary and quaternary healthcare in the...

International Space Station marking 20 years of people living in orbit

The first crew - American Bill Shepherd and Russians Sergei Krikalev and Yuri Gidzenko - blasted off from Kazakhstan on Oct. 31, 2000. Two ...

Bob Farrell's 10 thumb rules to deal with market uncertainties

Farrell is one of the pioneers of technical securities analysis, who always endorses the use of the sentiment gauge to better evaluate and ...

Embassy Group and Columbia Pacific Communities to jointly develop senior homes

The firm plans to develop 900 units across Chennai, Bangalore and Mumbai by 2023 scaling up to 3000 units over the next 5-7 years to 3000 u...

Manipal Health in talks to buy India operations of Columbia Asia for Rs 1,600 crore

​​If the deal goes through, Columbia Asia will be rebranded Manipal Hospitals, which will likely become the second largest hospital chain i...