Former Tata Group Chairman Cyrus Mistry Passes Away
Cyrus Mistry, former chairman of Tata Sons and scion of the Shapoorji Pallonji Group, died in a car accident near Mumbai. He was 54.
Mistry -- who studied in Cathedral and John Cannon School in Mumbai and London Business School -- became chairman of the Tata group in 2012, after a year-long search by Tata Sons, the holding company of the $103-revenue group. Mistry succeeded Ratan Tata, who retired as Tata group chairman after he turned 75. Cyrus was the sixth chairman of the Tata group and second chairman who did not have the Tata surname. Cyrus joined the Tata Sons board as a director in 2006 and since then was representing Mistry's family on the board.
During Mistry's tenure, Tata Power acquired Welspun's renewables energy assets for Rs. 10,000 crore -- making the Tatas an early investor in the sector.
Sep 02, 2022
Mary Roy, Educator and Champion of Gender Equality, Passes Away
Mary Roy, an educator and a women's rights activist, on whose petition the Supreme Court delivered the landmark judgment against the Travancore Christian Succession Act of 1916 to ensure Christian women an equal share in family property, died after a brief illness. She was 89 and is survived by two children, son Lalit Roy and daughter Arundhati Roy, renowned writer and activist who won the 1997 Man Booker prize.
Sep 01, 2022
Karnataka's Divita Rai Crowned LIVA Miss Diva Universe 2022
Divita Rai from Karnataka won the prestigious title of Miss Diva Universe 2022. She was crowned by the reigning Miss Universe 2021, Harnaaz Sandhu, at a lavish ceremony that celebrated the 10th anniversary of the coveted pageant. At the 71st Miss Universe pageant, Rai will be representing India, where Harnaaz Sandhu was crowned as the winner last year. Pragnya Ayyagari of Telangana was declared Miss Diva Supranational 2022.