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Dr. Manmohan Singh passed away on Thursday at the age of 92. Singh breathed his last at AIIMS Delhi, where he had been admitted earlier that evening.

Manmohan Singh who has been credited passed away at the age of 92 after he was admitted to AIIMS Delhi's emergency department.

The Home Alone franchise has become a quintessential part of the festive season, with its slapstick humor, endearing characters, and Kevin McCallister's iconic scream becoming synonymous with Christmas cheer. Released in November 1990, Home Alone became an instant hit, ranking as the second-highest-grossing film of the year. Its sequel, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (1992), also became a fan favorite. Decades later, the holiday classic and its sequel still remain popular, but behind-the-scenes tragedies have affected some actors. Several “Home Alone” cast members have experienced hardships, prompting some to call the film “cursed.”

Retirement savers, take note: more employers have added a Roth savings option to their workplace 401(k) plans.

U.S. military woman claimed that she did not join the military to serve her country, but rather to access benefits such as the VA home loan, the GI Bill, and student loan forgiveness. In his post, Chip S expressed concern over the statement, questioning whether other service members, who are supposed to protect the country, feel the same way. This sparked a range of reactions from both military veterans and the general public.

Godfrey Phillips India, one of the leading tobacco and FMCG companies in India, announced on Thursday the appointment of Siddharth Chawla as its new Chief Operating Officer (COO), to be effective from January 7, 2025, or another mutually agreed-upon date.

Amitava Chatterjee, currently Deputy Managing Director of State Bank of India (SBI), as its new managing director (MD) and CEO. Chatterjee will replace Baldev Prakash, whose term comes to an end on December 29.

Sriram Krishnan as Senior Policy Advisor for Artificial Intelligence at the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy has sparked significant interest, but an intriguing aspect of this story is the connection between Chennai-born Krishnan and Sridhar Vembu, CEO of Zoho Corp. Vembu, known for his visionary leadership in the tech industry, had spotted his potential early on.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The Venus de Milo; “Mona Lisa"; 250 skulls on a mirrored wall; a six-metre Tyrannosaurus rex. You can see all this and more at “The Art of the Brick", a touring exhibition currently in Berlin.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. “One word: plastics." Career advice given to Dustin Hoffman’s aimless character in “The Graduate" turned out to be pretty solid. Since the film’s 1967 release, global plastic use has risen twentyfold.

Bramoullé takes over as UK CEO after more than three years spent as head of marketing and products at Amundi. Prior to that, he was Amundi's CEO for South Asia from 2018 to 2021, as well as CEO at Amundi Austria from 2015 to 2018 and CEO of Amundi Poland from 2013 to 2015. Allianz and Amundi halt M&A talks — reports Bramoullé began his career at Société Générale Asset Management as an equity portfolio manager in April 1999, where he worked for over six years before moving on to SBI Funds Management in India to become vice president of its Investment Risk and Process Control de...

Over the years, the untimely deaths of several prominent Indian entrepreneurs and company founders in their 40s and 50s have underscored the dangers of stress, the pressures of leadership, and the physical toll that intense work can take on the human body. While these individuals were often seen as the driving forces behind their businesses, their sudden departures have raised concerns about the importance of mental and physical health in today’s fast-paced corporate world. Here, we take a look at some of the Indian business leaders who passed away prematurely due to cardiac arrest, leaving behind a legacy that continues to inspire despite their untimely departures.

RBI under former governor Shaktikanta Das resisted pressures to cut interest rates through 2024 as it kept its 'Arjuna's eye' trained on inflation, but the central bank under a new detail-oriented head will soon have to take a call if it can continue sacrificing growth. Das, a career bureaucrat who in 2016 oversaw Prime Minister Narendra Modi's highly disruptive demonetisation move, left a lasting legacy as he demitted office towards the end of 2024 after expertly navigating monetary policy for six years, the highlight of which was steering India's recovery through the pandemic. Sanjay Malhotra, another civil servant, was named as Das' successor barely 24-hour before the latter's second three-year term came to an end.

Subscribe to enjoy similar stories. The freelance economy in India has witnessed extraordinary growth, transforming from a niche working arrangement into a mainstream career choice. With more than 15 million active freelancers and an industry projected to reach $50 billion by 2032, the sector represents a significant shift in how Indians approach work.

Mark Burnett, the power producer who helped reintroduce Donald Trump to a national television audience with «The Apprentice,» is being tapped by the president-elect as special envoy to the United Kingdom in his upcoming administration. «With a distinguished career in television production and business, Mark brings a unique blend of diplomatic acumen and international recognition to this important role,» Trump announced Saturday. Burnett, who was born in London, helped produce hits like «Survivor» and «The Voice,» but is perhaps best known for teaming up with Trump for «The Apprentice,» which first aired on NBC in 2004.

Ravichandran Ashwin's surprise retirement midway through the India-Australia series, PM Narendra Modi wrote a letter to the star cricketer acknowledging and thanking him for his phenomenal services to cricket. «As you bid farewell to international cricket, jersey number 99 will be sorely missed. Cricket lovers will miss the sense of expectation they felt when you took to the crease to bowl — there was always a feeling that you were weaving a web around the opponents which would trap a victim any moment. You possessed an uncanny ability to outwit batsmen with good old off-spin as well as innovative variations, as the situation demanded,» the PM wrote. Referencing one of the iconic weapons from the off-spin great's legendary bag of tricks, PM Modi said the shock announcement by Ashwin felt like a «carrom ball that bowled everyone».

Mark Burnett, the power producer who helped reintroduce Donald Trump to a national television audience with "The Apprentice", is being tapped by the president-elect as special envoy to the United Kingdom in his upcoming administration. «With a distinguished career in television production and business, Mark brings a unique blend of diplomatic acumen and international recognition to this important role,» Trump announced on Saturday. Burnett, who was born in London, helped produce hits like «Survivor» and «The Voice», but is perhaps best known for teaming up with Trump for «The Apprentice», which first aired on NBC in 2004.

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Samajwadi Party (SP) MP Jaya Bachchan on Friday alleged that the BJP MPs, undergoing treatment in a hospital in the city, are doing «drama» and said they should be given all the awards for their «acting performance». Speaking to reporters during a protest march carried out by opposition parties here, the Rajya Sabha member also claimed that she has never seen in her career as an actor a «better performer» than BJP MPs Pratap Chandra Sarangi, Mukesh Rajput and S Phangnon Konyak. The BJP hit back and said this is the «true culture» of the SP and the opposition INDIA bloc with Bachchan standing with the «aggressor», not with the victim, survivor and the tribal woman MP who has made «grave» allegations against Leader of Opposition in Lok Sabha Rahul Gandhi. The acrimonious face-off between the opposition and the ruling NDA over alleged insult to B R Ambedkar took an unprecedented ugly turn in Parliament premises on Thursday with claims of pushing and shoving involving MPs, leaving two BJP members Sarangi and Rajput hospitalised.