Day: October 14, 2020

Vatican trial for sex abuse in pope’s youth seminary opens

8:08 pm October 14, 2020

Vatican City: A trial opened Wednesday in the Vatican’s criminal tribunal for two priests, one accused of sexually abusing an altar boy in the Vatican’s youth seminary and the other of covering it up. The charges read aloud in the courtroom marked the first time the Vatican had publicly detailed its case against the two […]

Xi asks China’s Marine Corps to turn itself into elite force

7:59 pm October 14, 2020

Beijing: Chinese President Xi Jinping has visited the headquarters of the Marine Corps, a new force being developed by the Chinese military to back up its navy’s manifold expansion with overseas logistics bases, and asked it to turn into an integrated, capable, flexible and fast-responding elite force. Xi, who is Chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC) – the overall […]

Gujarat: Tanishq store made to put up apology note over TV ad

7:50 pm October 14, 2020

Gandhidham: A Tanishq jewellery showroom in Gandhidham town of Gujarat’s Kutch district put up a note on its door, apologising to Hindus in the district over the brand’s controversial TV ad, police said on Wednesday. The handwritten note in Gujarati also condemned the TV commercial, which has been withdrawn after being viciously trolled across social […]

Use Mumbai rain water for irrigation, industries: Gadkari

5:15 pm October 14, 2020

Mumbai: Union minister Nitin Gadkari has written a letter to Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray, suggesting that rain water from Mumbai be used for irrigation, supply to industries around the city and for horticulture in cities like Nashik and Ahmednagar. Excess water can also be carried to drought-prone areas for domestic and other uses to […]

Domestic firms lead in impact investments, disclosures: Study

5:12 pm October 14, 2020

Mumbai: Domestic companies lead their global peers when it comes to average transparency rating about their impact investments at 29 per cent, higher than 26 per cent average for the rest of the world, according to a global survey. Also, nine in 10 domestic companies are more transparent on data related to women employees, with […]