Issa Rae throws shade over all-male director nominees

New York (CNN Business)“Insecure” star Jo-Issa Rae Diop, better known as Issa Rae, is a big believer in amplifying creative voices and paying her blessings forward. Less than a month after signing an eight-figure production deal with HBO’s parent company WarnerMedia, the 36-year-old actress and producer is partnering with PepsiCo’s […]

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Jeff Bezos Tops Forbes Billionaires List

Jeff Bezos is the world’s richest person for the fourth year running, according to Forbes. The Amazon founder is worth $177 billion, says the business magazine. His fortunes are up $64 billion from a year ago as a result of surging share value of Amazon. Elon Musk, the biggest gainer […]

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Govt to focus on LPG cost in next leg of Ujjwala scheme

With the price of a cylinder touching Rs 800, it’s becoming increasingly unaffordable to an already price-sensitive population, threatening to risk one of the most-celebrated campaigns of the Modi regime, reports Twesh Mishra. The next phase of the Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) will kick off in May this year after the […]

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SC ruling: Banks could be hit for Rs 100 bn

How much will the banks’ bad assets grow in March?It could be anywhere between Rs 1.2 trillion and Rs 2 trillion, observes Tamal Bandyopadhyay. Last year, as a pandemic struck the economy hard, all proceedings against loan defaulters under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code were suspended, initially till September 2020 […]

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