Friday, August 14
New Delhi, The Centre's pollution watchdog on Saturday invoked curbs under Stage 4 of the Graded Response Action Plan (GRAP) in Delhi-NCR as the capital's air quality deteriorated to enter the 'severe' category, according to officials."The AQI of Delhi, which was recorded as 400 on Saturday at 4 PM, exhibited a sharp increasing trend and has been recorded at 428 at 8 PM owing to a western disturbance, highly unfavourable weather and meteorological conditions, and lack of dispersal of pollutants," said a senior official of the Commission for Air Quality Management (CAQM)."Keeping in view the prevailing trend of air quality and relevant factors and in an effort to prevent further deterioration of air quality in the region, the CAQM Sub-Committee on GRAP unanimously decides to invoke all acti
President Donald Trump said Saturday that he would charge a 10% import tax starting in February on goods from eight European nations because of opposition to U.S. control of Greenland. He said in a social media post that Denmark, Norway, Sweden, France, Germany, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Finland would face the tariff, which would be raised to 25% on June 1 if a deal is not in place for "the Complete and Total purchase of Greenland" by the United States. Earlier Saturday, hundreds of people in Greenland's capital braved near-freezing temperatures, rain and icy streets to march in a rally in support of their own self-governance in the face of threats of an American takeover. The Greenlanders waved their red-and-white national flags and listened to traditional songs as they wa
Mumbai: The board of ICICI Bank on Friday approved the reappointment of Sandeep Bakhshi as Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer for a further two-year term, beginning October 4, 2026 and ending October 3, 2028, according to a regulatory filing.Bakhshi’s current tenure as MD & CEO runs till October 3, 2026. The reappointment will be subject to approvals from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI), the bank’s shareholders and other statutory authorities, ICICI Bank said.Bakhshi took over as MD & CEO in October 2018 and has been credited with steering the country’s second-largest private sector lender through a period marked by tighter risk controls, improved asset quality and steady growth across retail and corporate banking. The board noted that the reappointment is in line
