AI generated representative image Ten years ago, India’s insolvency landscape was defined by stalled projects, endless litigation, weak recoveries and mounting bad loans. Companies remained trapped in legal limbo for years, banks struggled to recover dues, and distressed assets steadily lost value as cases moved through multiple forums.The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC), enacted in…
Hello and welcome to another edition of Offside. Now, there’s a phrase on OSINT Twitter: “monitoring the situation”. It refers to the lives of those individuals who are really into bird-watching, except their birds are usually military planes and other assorted objects of mass destruction.Football fans, too, have been monitoring the situation for the last…
BHUBANESWAR: A 67-year-old grocery shop owner was arrested on Sunday for allegedly raping an MBA student from Chhattisgarh. The incident happened while he visited her rented accommodation on Friday night to deliver some grocery items.According to the police, the accused, who runs a small grocery store on the city’s outskirts, entered her room under the…
NEW DELHI: Over a month after facing a drubbing in the West Bengal polls, Trinamool Congress appears to be experiencing a second wave of exodus, with several party MPs reportedly submitting a letter to Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla expressing their desire to support the BJP-led NDA.This comes days after Mamata Banerjee lost control over…
MUMBAI: Giesecke+Devrient (G+D), the German security technology group spanning currency, digital payments and cybersecurity, is stepping up its India play with fresh investments of Rs 1,100 crore in 2026, localisation plans and a sharper focus on digital infrastructure, as it bets on the country’s dual-track growth in cash usage and digital adoption. The company is…
The controversy around MBBS student Sejal Pawar and comedian Pranit More’s crowd-work show doesn’t seem to be dying down anytime soon.What started as a viral clip from a comedy show has now sparked conversations across medical circles, social media and even student organisations. And now, the president of the All India Medical Students’ Association (AIMSA)…
Excerpts from the interview:Q: How did this book come about? A: Most of my books start with a character…, not anybody specific but someone from a village in the 1920s. That is what I was picturing in my mind: living in a village, growing there and then emerging from the village during that period, which…
For every chef, serving the country’s top brass is a dream. And when you get to live the dream in a foreign land, it is even more exciting and challenging. From climate to ingredients, everything behaves differently and that is where your skill plays the key role. But, what if your elaborate menu is declined…
Riot police fired tear gas and water cannons at stone-throwing demonstrators in Geneva on Sunday as an estimated 20,000 people marched against the G7 summit. The demonstrations are aimed to highlight issues such as environment, human rights, imperialism, fascism, and capitalism but the ensuing violence has boarded up downtown Geneva and caused harm to the…
South Africa head coach Hugo Broos, right, celebrates with a team member. (AP Photo) South Africa etched their name into FIFA World Cup history after sealing a maiden place in the knockout stages with a gritty 1-0 victory over South Korea, while head coach Hugo Broos added another remarkable chapter to his storied career by…