JP Morgan chairman & CEO Jamie Dimon MUMBAI: JP Morgan is the world’s most valuable bank, and its chairman and CEO Jamie Dimon is the longest serving chief of a large global bank. In an interview with TOI, Dimon speaks of what it takes to run America’s largest bank and his definition of success.You completed…
New Delhi: Most urban travellers opt for hotels, guesthouses or house rentals for their stay for an overnight domestic trip, while dharamshalas remain the top place of stay for those from rural India.A part of the reason may have to do with the fact that over three-fourths of Indians who travelled in the past year…
Indian space programme (representative image) BENGALURU: August 23, 2023, gave India an image it had waited decades to see: a spacecraft settling on the Moon, its lander and rover beginning work near the lunar south polar region. But the significance of Chandrayaan-3 was perhaps easier to understand if one looked backwards.Six decades earlier, India was…
Mike Nithavrianakis worked as a British diplomat in Pakistan for three years from 2019 to 2022, working as Deputy High Commissioner in Karachi and Trade Director for Pakistan. During his time there, he clearly remembers his first visit to a school run by The Citizens Foundation (TCF) in Pakistan, The students in the classrooms were…
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Photo credit: X/@TheHockeyIndia Pakistan’s hockey team management found itself under scrutiny after the side was penalised for fielding six players instead of the permitted five during its five-a-side international match against India in Muscat, Oman.The incident took place on Friday shortly after the match began, when the umpires noticed Pakistan had six players on the…
Indian benchmark indices ended sharply higher in the previous session, extending their rally for a second straight session. The 30-share BSE Sensex gained 685.34 points, or 0.95%, to settle at 73,067.81, while the 50-share NSE Nifty climbed 220.35 points, or 0.98%, to close at 22,776.10. Buying in banking stocks and Reliance Industries, along with a…
Meera, born as Pallavi Kumar Aggarwal in Patna, has led a life full of remarkable turns. She studied fashion design, ventured into print modelling, and was crowned Kingfisher Miss Photogenic. A marathon runner and a corporate professional for 18 years, her journey seemed firmly rooted in the fast-paced world of ambition and achievement. Little did…
The operation allowed 15–20 tankers to move through a southern channel of the strait each night under US military guidance. The US military secretly helped commercial tankers navigate the Strait of Hormuz in recent weeks despite Iran’s closure of the strategic waterway. The operation allowed millions of barrels of oil to reach global markets each…
Shankar Baba Papalkar has dedicated decades to caring for orphaned, destitute and Divyang children. “I dedicate this award to Divyang children.” When social worker Shankar Baba Papalkar was told that he had been chosen for the Padma Shri in 2024, he did not speak first about the recognition. Instead, he spoke about the children who…
On BCCI’s agenda: Rohit’s future, WC roadmap and India’s recent past (Agency Images) Mumbai/New Delhi: The future of Rohit Sharma and the shape of India’s ODI team for the next World Cup cycle are set to dominate discussions when the BCCI’s top brass meets in Mumbai on Thursday for a wide-ranging performance review.While recent defeats…
Melbourne is known for its coffee culture, but Sanjith Konda House believed there was room for another kind of brew. The Bengaluru native wanted to introduce more people to Indian chai, complete with its familiar spices, comforting flavours and snacks. The idea eventually became Dropout Chaiwala, a tea business that reportedly crossed AUD 1 million…
