Tata Sons makes organisational changes; Padmanabhan to head HR

Over a week after Cyrus Mistry was ousted as Chairman, Tata Sons on Friday announced organisational changes bringing in S Padmanabhan as the group human resources head. Besides, the former Tata brand custodian under Mistry’s regime Mukund Rajan has been given the responsibility of overseeing operations of the overseas representative offices of Tata Sons in the USA, Singapore, Dubai and […]

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UK changes visa policy for non-EU nationals

In a crackdown to curb its soaring immigration figures, the United Kingdom government has announced changes in its visa policy for non-EU nationals, which will affect a large number of Indians, especially IT professionals. Under the new visa rules announced evening by the Home Office, anyone applying after November 24 under the Tier 2 intra-company transfer (ICT) category would be […]

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Mobile Web Browsing Overtakes Desktop for the First Time

Mobile devices are used more than traditional computers for web browsing, as smartphone and tablet use overtook desktop for the first time, October figures show.Mobile web browsing has been steadily growing since 2009, while the desktop’s share of web traffic has steadily decreased. In October, the two crossed over, with global mobile and tablet browsing accounting for 51.3% versus the […]

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West Indies drop Samuels, include Dowrich for tri-series in Zimbabwe

Shane Dowrich, the West Indies wicketkeeper-batsman, received a maiden call-up to the One-Day International (ODI) team for the tri-series in Zimbabwe, also including Sri Lanka, later this month, after his heroics with the bat in the just-concluded third and final Test where he helped his team to a rare away win in Sharjah. Fast bowler Miguel Cummins has also been […]

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